** Cenovus Energy has reached an agreement to sell its 50% stake in a joint venture with Phillips 66 for $1.4 billion cash, the companies said Sept. 9. The divestiture comes after Cenovus said last month it would purchase fellow Canadian oil sands producer MEG Energy Corp. in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $5.7 billion.
** Environmental groups and the state Department of Environmental Protection have reached a $2.6 million settlement with Houston-based polystyrene maker Styropek for polluting a tributary of the Ohio River.
** US Wind, the company behind a planned wind farm off Delaware and Maryland, argues in a court filing that the federal plan to rescind permits for the project is part of its larger goal to “kill outright” offshore wind.
** The number of EVs on the road in Vermont has increased 41% in the past year, with one in eight new cars registered running on electricity.
** Global mining company Fortescue cancels plans for a $210 million electric vehicle battery plant in Detroit, citing the cancellation of federal tax credits and other market conditions as key drivers.
** Spain-based manufacturer PV Hardware opens a new solar tracker factory in Houston.
** Georgia regulators approve purchase agreements for Georgia Power to obtain power from five new solar farms with a combined capacity of 1,068 MW.
** U.S. solar deployment could be 21% lower through 2030 than previously forecast, according to a new industry analysis that’s one of the first since the passage of the federal budget bill that phases out wind and solar tax credits.
** Mississippi regulators place the Holly Springs Public Utility in receivership, citing a billing system in “chaos” and describing its metering system as being in a “death spiral” as they place its fate in the hands of a chancery court judge.
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** Russian forces struck a thermal power generation facility in the Kyiv region as part of an overnight attack, Ukraine’s energy ministry said on Monday, provoking localised blackouts and gas outages.
** In August 2025, Egyptian firm Blue Ocean Energy struck a $35 billion deal with partners in the Chevron-operated Leviathan field offshore of Israel to import more natural gas from Israel, the latest move by Egypt to meet natural gas demand that is outpacing domestic production.
** Japan has hired energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie to assess a proposed 800-mile Alaska gas pipeline and LNG plant in a sign it is weighing support for the $44 billion project touted by U.S. President Donald Trump, two sources with knowledge of the matter said.