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Battery

Eku Energy Secures £145M BESS Financing

Eku Energy has obtained £145 million in financing to support the development of grid-scale battery storage projects across the UK. The funding, provided b…

Nuclear waste

Andra Updates French Repository Cost Estimate

The French radioactive waste management agency, Andra, has estimated the total cost of constructing, operating, and decommissioning France's planned deep ge…

Electric Vehicles

CATL, Changan Mazda Sign MoU to Co-develop NEVs Based on Skateboard Chassis

CATL and Changan Mazda signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Shanghai to collaborate on the development of new energy vehicles (NEVs) on May 13. The par…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Aypa Power Secures $535M for Hybrid Solar and Energy Storage Project in California

Aypa Power, part of the Blackstone portfolio, has obtained $535 million in debt financing for its Vidal solar-plus-storage project in San Bernardino County, Cal…

Gas power plant

NRG Energy to Acquire LS Power’s Natural Gas Assets in $12BN Deal

NRG Energy has finalized an agreement to acquire LS Power Equity Advisors’ natural gas generation facilities and a commercial and industrial virtual power…

Hydrogen Project

Hystar Secures More Than $36 Million to Fast-Track Electrolyzer Deployment

Norwegian hydrogen technology company Hystar has secured over $36 million in a Series C funding round to expand the commercial production of its electrolyzers. …

CCS

‘First European-Built’ Offshore CO2 Carrier Set for Launch

Greensand Future announced that the first European-built offshore CO2 carrier for carbon capture and storage (CCS) will be launched at the Royal Niestern Sander…

Hydrogen Fuel Vehicle

ClassNK Issues Guidelines for Safe Operation of Ammonia-Fueled Vessels

Japanese classification society ClassNK has issued new guidelines to facilitate the safe use and handling of ammonia as a marine fuel. Released recently, these …

Biofuel

USDA: May WASDE Predicts Soybean Oil Use in Biofuel Will Expand for 2025-‘26

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report on May 12, 2025, adjusting its forecast for U.S. so…

LNG

Shell’s LNG Canada Plans First Exports as Soon as Late June

Shell Plc’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, LNG Canada, located on Canada’s western coast, is nearing completion and preparing to start oversea…

Italy

Fincantieri Achieves Its Best Ever Order Intake and Quarterly Results

Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri reported its strongest financial performance to date in the first quarter of 2025, supported by record order intake and…

Hungary

Hungary’s Poultry Sector Poised to Strengthen Position on European Market

Hungary has a potential opportunity to expand its poultry production despite challenges posed by avian influenza and global trade tensions. During a World Poult…

Thailand

Sumitomo Establishes Sulfuric-Acid Storage JV in Thailand

Sumitomo Corp. (Tokyo) has formed a joint venture with NFC Public Company Ltd. (Bangkok), a tank terminal operator in Thailand, to manage a sulfuric acid tank t…

China

China’s Soybean Imports Fall to 10-Year Low

China’s soybean imports in April 2025 reached their lowest level in a decade, totaling 6.08 million metric tons, a 29.1% decline from the previous year, a…

United Kingdom

Warning Over Hinkley Point C Crane Safety Failings

The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has issued an improvement notice to NNB Generation Company (HPC) Ltd, a subsidiary of EDF Energy, concerning the managem…