An aging coal power plant slated to shutter will run through the summer at the order of Energy Sec. Chris Wright, a decision that could cost Midwest energy customers tens of millions of dollars.

China approved 11.29 GW of new coal power capacity in Q1 2025—outpacing last year’s mid-year total—raising concerns over energy overcapacity and climate goals.

President Tinubu inaugurates Sahara Group’s new 180MW power plant, boosting Nigeria’s energy capacity and supporting national power goals.

President Bola Tinubu has inaugurated the 180 megawatt (Mw) Afam II Power Plant in Rivers State completed by Sahara Power Group (SPG) in partnership with Crescendough Nigeria Limited (CNL).

President Tinubu commissions a 180MW power plant in Rivers, boosting electricity supply and infrastructure in Nigeria’s South-South region.

Meta struck a deal with energy company Constellation to expand an old nuclear power plant, part of a bigger trend of tech companies turning to nuclear reactors to power AI data centers.

Meta and Constellation have alluded to the deal as a way to save the nuclear power plant from shutdown, though neither said it was at imminent risk of closure.

In fact, some estimates say that AI will require quadruple the energy output by 2030, so it’s safe to say nuclear power plants will have to get on board. Big Tech Is Going Nuclear.

The Trump administration ordered another power plant to remain operational by invoking emergency powers for a second time, a day before the facility in Pennsylvania was scheduled to close.

U.S. Energy Dept. new order also directs the 1.5-GW JH Campbell coal fired power plant in Michigan to remain open for 90 days past its intended May 31 retirement. The Trump administration has ...

Under the Biden administration’s standards, new power plants were significantly cleaner than the existing infrastructure. According to a report from Cleanview , 96% of new power plants built in ...

Just a year ago, when the Biden administration announced tough new limits on pollution from existing coal-fired power plants as well as some new gas-burning plants, the E.P.A. said the ...