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Clean power developer Hecate aims to build arrays on 8,000 acres of federal land at former nuclear weapons megasite under Biden program to use expanses of real estate at locations across the US for renewables. 

Contractor will build estimated $629M demo facility in Tennessee for engineer-developer Kairos Power—the first and only advanced nuclear reactor that feds have approved for construction

US Energy Dept. officials selected 20 projects to receive financial support under the Transmission Siting and Economic Development Grant Program created by the Inflation Reduction Act.

Labor PM Keir Starmer's government formed Great British Energy to undertake early project work to reduce private sector developer risk and boost technologies such as carbon capture and storage, hydrogen and wave and tidal energy.

But Exxon CEO told investors Aug. 2 that long turmoil at $11B Golden Pass gas export terminal forces six-month startup delay, to end of 2025.

The $2.4B RioSol clean-energy transmission project between New Mexico and Arizona and NV Energy's $4.2B Green Link Nevada are set to carry more wind, solar and geothermal energy to western states.

Developer also launched EPA permitting process for a carbon sequestration project at the LNG site, which aims to capture and store its emitted carbon.

Presidential candidate Donald Trump would use financial gains from oil and gas drilling to fund highways and some other infrastructure, he told Republican supporters at the party's national convention.

Independent power producer SolarAfrica Energy has begun construction on its first utility-scale solar installation, located in South Africa's Northern Cape that is set to total 1 GW in capacity when complete.

UPDATE: Blade break was due to plant manufacturing error—not design, GE Vernova CEO said. As incident probes and cleanup of floating debris and fiberglass shards continue near the 806-MW, $3B Vineyard Wind project, market signs show offshore wind sector still has growth momentum.