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DiscoveryRussia Scrambles to Restore Fuel Supplies as Refineries Resume OperationsTexas Oil Regulator Elects New ChairmanDry ice quality concerns build case for local productionUS–Canada tariffs row set to impact CO2, cement and electronics supply chainsExxon Eyes Shell’s $8 Billion U.S. Chemicals BusinessIran Unveils Huge New Gas Discovery Amid U.S. Economic PressureNorway Vows to Keep Drilling for Oil and Gas in the ArcticJapan Power Prices Surge to Highest Since 2023LNG terminal resumes supply in Bangladesh after shortageUK energy sector urged to be on cybersecurity guard from Iran threatsEnviromena Begins Construction of Longpasture Solar Farm, Its Second-Largest UK Project, Targeting 2027 EnergisationIndian Green Energy Stocks Show Mixed Performance Amid Market Weakness (24 August 2026)Aker Solutions to accelerate CCS and CDR with MicrosoftMPA Completes 780,000 kWh Solar Power System At Singapore’s Marina South PierSolar SG Targets Next Growth Phase as Singapore Raises Solar Capacity Goal to 3 GWp by 2030ACWA Signs Storage Services Agreements for 1.5 GW/6 GWh BESS Projects in Saudi ArabiaLithuania approves EIA programme for Klaipėda CO2 terminalTankers Wait a Month as Venezuela Hits an Oil Export CeilingIraq Wants to Double Oil Output—and Needs OPEC to Get Out of the WayOil Prices Slide 2% as Markets Brace for Bessent’s ‘Economic D-Day’Hormuz Tanker Traffic Slumps as U.S. and Iran Trade ThreatsBrent Sees Another Volatile Month of TradingUS brewery records $100,000 loss from CO2 supply shortagesQatar ‘cuts government budget’ as LNG income collapsesIndia Boosts Battery Investment to Cut Solar Power WasteAtomic Eagle reaches agreement on Niger uranium projectHungary plans new climate law, as Paks ramps upReactors installed on nuclear-powered icebreaker Leningrad‘New realities’ for Kazatomprom as demand acceleratesIranian Oil Supply to China Is Rapidly Drying UpNigeria Eyes $50 Billion Offshore Oil and Gas Investment BoomEast African Nations Offered 30% Share 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Iran economic measuresIAEA project focuses on research reactor testing of fuels and materialsDoosan Enerbility contracted for Natrium componentsRussia plans to add 30 GW nuclear capacity, expand exportsBlue Ghost to carry nuclear power source to the MoonCoking Coal Prices Surge 25%, Squeezing India’s SteelmakersCoal India Ventures into Critical Minerals TradingTajikistan Turns to Iran for Oil as Russian Fuel Supply CollapsesElevated Oil Prices Push Japan’s Imports to an All-Time HighMiddle East Oil Crisis Sends Supertanker Prices to Record Highs
Wed. Aug 26th, 2026
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activityGameChange Energy Commissions Tracker System at 23 MWp Dannevirke Solar Farm in New ZealandGoldman Sachs: Europe Needs Much Higher Gas Prices to Secure Winter SupplyTotalEnergies Backs Two Major Oil Pipelines to Bypass HormuzTreasury Expands Iran Sanctions Without Targeting Major Chinese BanksIran Threatens Retaliation as U.S. Widens SanctionsAnalysts Examine Latest USA Measures Against IranJapan trial targets high-purity CO2 recovery from sewage sludgeGlobal Solar Energy Market to Nearly Double to $974.7 Billion by 2031: BCC ResearchMemory pricing and AI to drive semiconductor growthAircapture and NGK test ceramic DAC system in JapanWill the US ‘economic D-Day’ work with Iran?Xudabao control room simulator commissionedMyanmar SMR site work ‘could start in 2027’Criticality testing milestone for Westinghouse’s eVinci reactorCore Power teams up with US Administration on maritime nuclearNorway Takes Oilfield Climate Battle to Supreme CourtEquinor and Aker BP Make New North Sea Gas DiscoveryRussia Scrambles to Restore Fuel Supplies as Refineries Resume OperationsTexas Oil Regulator Elects New ChairmanDry ice quality concerns build case for local productionUS–Canada tariffs row set to impact CO2, cement and electronics supply chainsExxon Eyes Shell’s $8 Billion U.S. Chemicals BusinessIran Unveils Huge New Gas Discovery Amid U.S. Economic PressureNorway Vows to Keep Drilling for Oil and Gas in the ArcticJapan Power Prices Surge to Highest Since 2023LNG terminal resumes supply in Bangladesh after shortageUK energy sector urged to be on cybersecurity guard from Iran threatsEnviromena Begins Construction of Longpasture Solar Farm, Its Second-Largest UK Project, Targeting 2027 EnergisationIndian Green Energy Stocks Show Mixed Performance Amid Market Weakness (24 August 2026)Aker Solutions to accelerate CCS and CDR with MicrosoftMPA Completes 780,000 kWh Solar Power System At Singapore’s Marina South PierSolar SG Targets Next Growth Phase as Singapore Raises Solar Capacity Goal to 3 GWp by 2030ACWA Signs Storage Services Agreements for 1.5 GW/6 GWh BESS Projects in Saudi ArabiaLithuania approves EIA programme for Klaipėda CO2 terminalTankers Wait a Month as Venezuela Hits an Oil Export CeilingIraq Wants to Double Oil Output—and Needs OPEC to Get Out of the WayOil Prices Slide 2% as Markets Brace for Bessent’s ‘Economic D-Day’Hormuz Tanker Traffic Slumps as U.S. and Iran Trade ThreatsBrent Sees Another Volatile Month of TradingUS brewery records $100,000 loss from CO2 supply shortagesQatar ‘cuts government budget’ as LNG income collapsesIndia Boosts Battery Investment to Cut Solar Power WasteAtomic Eagle reaches agreement on Niger uranium projectHungary plans new climate law, as Paks ramps upReactors installed on nuclear-powered icebreaker Leningrad‘New realities’ for Kazatomprom as demand acceleratesIranian Oil Supply to China Is Rapidly Drying UpNigeria Eyes $50 Billion Offshore Oil and Gas Investment BoomEast African Nations Offered 30% Share of Dangote’s Kenya Mega-RefinerySaudi Oil Exports from Mediterranean Soar with Shuttles North to Avoid HouthisUkrainian Drone Attack Hits Lukoil Refinery Deep in Russia China’s Teapots Look Beyond Iranian Oil amid U.S. BlockadeCourt Upholds Trump Admin Order to Restart SYUWhisky waste-to-biomethane plant to meet 4% of Scotland’s gas demandCCS projects could put pressure on US Midwest CO2 supplyCO2 tightness hits US Southeast as brewers halt productionCO2 tightness hits US Southeast as brewers halt productionCO2 tightness hits US Southeast as brewers halt productionUS end users should embrace RNG as a source of CO2US end users should embrace RNG as a source of CO2Weekly Tech Insights: LONGi Advances Hi-MO X10 & Hi-MO 9, Growatt Explores Floating Solar, JinkoSolar Expands Sunny 365 Solar-Storage, Hoymiles Powers Rooftops with MIT-5000-8TChina Is Squeezing India Out of Russia’s Oil TradeWashington Eases Gasoline Rules as Iran Pressure Campaign Jolts Fuel CostsOil Prices Head for Second Straight Weekly Gain as Iran Risks MountAustralia’s Beetaloo Shale Basin Is About to Start Pumping GasChina’s Oil Imports Set to Rebound as Refiners Hunt for New SupplyGreen Energy Stocks Show Mixed Performance As Indian Markets Trade Flat (21 August 2026)US AFET credit for LNG tankers under scrutinyUS AFET credit for LNG tankers under scrutinyUS AFET credit for LNG tankers under scrutinyMalaysia Revises NEM 3.0 Rules For Residential And Government Solar InstallationsSpark Raises €2 Million To Expand Off-Grid Solar Access Across Sub-Saharan AfricaUK’s Grosvenor Farms invests in biogas and biomethaneSaudi Arabia Signs Four BESS Agreements Worth SAR 4.35 Billion For 2,000 MW Storage CapacityBajel Projects’ AGPOPL Wins Gujarat TBCB Project for 270 km of 765 kV Transmission LinesCan era of US LNG abundance boost global energy security?Continental Resources Expands Permian FootprintUr-Energy makes first shipment from Wyoming uranium projectOil prices rise toward $94 as U.S. prepares new Iran economic measuresIAEA project focuses on research reactor testing of fuels and materialsDoosan Enerbility contracted for Natrium componentsRussia plans to add 30 GW nuclear capacity, expand exportsBlue Ghost to carry nuclear power source to the MoonCoking Coal Prices Surge 25%, Squeezing India’s SteelmakersCoal India Ventures into Critical Minerals TradingTajikistan Turns to Iran for Oil as Russian Fuel Supply CollapsesElevated Oil Prices Push Japan’s Imports to an All-Time HighMiddle East Oil Crisis Sends Supertanker Prices to Record Highs
Wed. Aug 26th, 2026

US Utilities on Dealmaking Spree to Blockbuster 2025

(Reuters) – With electricity demand in the United States set to hit record highs over the next two years, utilities are doubling down on assets that can boost their power generation capacity while shedding others to fund their massive spending plans.

The U.S. utilities sector – which includes electric, gas and water utilities – has signed deals worth $60.47 billion so far in 2025, per data compiled by LSEG.

The dealmaking spree comes as the industry prepares for rapid growth in electricity consumption nationwide, partly driven by power-hungry data centers needed to support the boom in artificial intelligence usage.

Power demand from data centers in the U.S. is expected to nearly triple in the next three years and consume as much as 12% of the country’s electricity, according to a Department of Energy-backed study.

Here are some of the biggest mergers, acquisitions and divestitures announced in 2025:
Company
Deal Description
Deal Value
Expected Closing Date
Constellation Energy
Acquiring Calpine, a private natural gas and geothermal company
$16 billion
Late 2025
NRG Energy
Buying power generation assets from LS Power
$12 billion
First quarter of 2026
NRG Energy
Acquired 738 MW natural gas assets from Rockland Capital
$560 million
Closed in April
TXNM Energy
To be acquired by Blackstone Infrastructure unit
$11.5 billion
Second half of 2026
Vistra
Acquiring seven natural gas plants from Lotus Infrastructure Partners
$1.9 billion
Late 2025 or early 2026
American Electric Power
Selling 20% stake in transmission network to KKR and PSP Investments
$2.82 billion
Second half of 2025
Sempra
Selling energy infrastructure assets in Mexico and minority stake in Sempra Infrastructure
Not disclosed
Mid-2026
Eversource Energy
Selling public water supply unit
$2.4 billion
Late 2025
National Grid
Selling U.S. onshore renewables business to Brookfield Asset Management
$1.74 billion
First half of the financial year to March 31, 2026
Ares Management
Selling 774 MW natural gas plant in Virginia to Blackstone
~$1 billion
Not disclosed
Partners Group
Buying energy asset management platform and gas-fired plants in California from Avenue Capital Group
$2.2 billion
Not disclosed
AES Corp
Selling 30% equity interest in Ohio subsidiary to CDPQ
$546 million
First half of 2025

Reporting by Vallari Srivastava, Pooja Menon, Katha Kalia and Arunima Kumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath

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