Power plants

Weak rains push India to extend emergency rule for Tata power plant

The emergency rule keeps Tata Power’s mega power plant in Gujarat operating through the rainy season, as low precipitation is expected to boost electricity demand for cooling and farm irrigation.

Ukraine will face summer power shortages after Russian attacks, think tank says

Russia and Kazakhstan will sign nuclear power deal during Putin trip, Kremlin says

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 8, 2026.

North Sumatra residents demand compensation after 17-hour power blackout

Fishermen at Lam Awe village in Banda Aceh on May 13. Some Indonesian provinces, including North Sumatra, Aceh and Riau, were hit by a power outage that lasted for about 17 hours from May 22.

Explosion at Venezuela gas facility, 6 workers injured

Nigerian court sentences ex-power minister Mamman to 75 years in prison for fraud

FILE PHOTO: Journalists wait outside the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria June 29, 2021. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo

In Good Company

GE Vernova’s riding geopolitics and AI for a spectacular surge

GE Vernova’s CEO Scott Strazik says that South-east Asia is a promising market for electricity generation as the investment supercycle kicks off and GEV is prepared.

Ukraine strikes Russian port of Tuapse again as environment crisis deepens

FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises from the site following a Ukrainian drone attack that caused a fire at an oil refinery, amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, April 28, 2026. 2026 Planet Labs PBC/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Ukraine says some Russian missiles fly near Chornobyl, risking major accident

FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the New Safe Confinement (NSC) structure, that covers the old sarcophagus which confines the remains of the damaged fourth reactor, at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv region, Ukraine April 12, 2025. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo

Singapore buys more LNG from outside of Middle East as war disrupts shipments

Generic shot of the Singapore skyline with HDB flats taken at 630am on April 7, 2026. For stories on haze, electricity, energy, economy, environment and more.

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