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Pumped Storage

Spiral Case Successfully Installed at Kidston Pumped Storage Project

In late April 2025, the Kidston pumped storage hydropower project in Australia achieved a significant milestone with the successful installation of the spiral c…

United Kingdom

Bilfinger Awarded Contract for Mitsubishi Chemicals U.K. Polymer Expansion Project

Bilfinger SE, based in Mannheim, Germany, has secured a major contract with Mitsubishi Chemical U.K. Ltd. for a project at the Saltend Chemical Park in East Yor…

Natural Gas

EIA Expects USA Gasoline Price to Drop In 2025 and 2026

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released its latest short-term energy outlook (STEO) on May 6, forecasting a decline in U.S. regular gasoli…

India

South Korean Giant Begins Work on Third Indian Factory

South Korean company LG has revealed plans to establish its third manufacturing facility in India, a $600 million project spanning 247 acres in Sri City, Andhra…

Switzerland

Swisscom Dips Toes in National Swiss AI Research

Swisscom, a leading telecommunications company in Switzerland, has joined the Swiss National AI Institute (SNAI), established by ETH Zurich and EPFL in 2024. Th…

LNG

Germany’s Next LNG Terminal Chapter Nearly All-Set to Go Live

In Wilhelmshaven, Germany, the state-owned Deutsche Energy Terminal (DET), under the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, is preparing to l…

China

Across China: Largest China-Russia Land Port Reinvents Itself as Industrial Hub

In the early morning, freight trains roll through Manzhouli, a bustling border city in Inner Mongolia, China, transporting agricultural goods and timber from Ru…

Algeria

Algeria Announces Tender for Wheat Purchase

The Algerian state company, Office Algérien Interprofessionnel des Céréales (OAIC), has launched a tender to procure at least 50,000 tons o…

Dam

China’s Shuangjiangkou Dam Begins Water Storage, Set to Become Tallest – For Now

The Shuangjiangkou Dam in Sichuan Province, China, entered its final phase on May 1, as it began storing water, marking a significant milestone in one of the co…

Offshore Wind Power

Surveys for Ørsted’s Australian Offshore Wind Projects Completed

Ørsted, a global leader in renewable energy, has completed geotechnical and geophysical investigations at two offshore wind farm sites in Gippsland, Australia.…

Energy Storage Project

Australia Fast-Tracks ACEnergy’s $350M Battery Storage Project

ACEnergy’s Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project in Little River, Victoria, has been expedited through the Allan Labor Government’s Development Facilit…

Germany

BASF Launches Renewable Ammonia Production at Verbund Site in Ludwigshafen

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has introduced two new grades of renewable ammonia: renewable ammonia and renewable ammonia solution 24.5%, further expanding it…

United States

GCI Upgrades Alaskan Network With Netcracker BSS Suite

On May 13, 2025, Netcracker Technology announced the extension of its partnership with GCI, Alaska’s leading telecommunications provider, to enhance GCI&r…

Electricity Trade

Net Electricity Prices for End Customers Fall Below Zero for First Time in Germany

On May 11, 2025, electricity prices for German customers with dynamic tariffs dropped below zero for the first time this year, after accounting for approximatel…

Uranium Project

Utah Uranium Project Fast-Tracked Under US Emergency Procedures

The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced that it will expedite the permitting process for Anfield Energy's Velvet-Wood mine in Utah under newly est…