1

Battery

SSE Takes Final Investment Decision on Derrymeen BESS in Northern Ireland

SSE has announced the final investment decision for the Derrymeen battery energy storage system, a 100MW project located in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.Cons…

Electricity Transmission

KETRACO Signs PPP for Two High-Voltage Electricity Transmission Lines in Kenya

The Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO) has signed a public-private partnership agreement valued at $311 million with a consortium formed by Africa…

Hydropower Plant

NHPC Building Eight Hydropower Projects With 8.51GW Capacity

NHPC Limited, along with its joint venture and subsidiary entities, is advancing construction on eight hydroelectric projects totaling 8.51 gigawatts in capacit…

Italy

Cimolai Technology Completes Key Goliath Crane Milestone

Cimolai Technology has successfully completed the installation of the main girder for the initial 800-tonne rail-mounted Goliath crane at the Port of Chioggia.S…

Biofuel

US EPA Expects to Finalize Biofuel Rules in First Quarter of 2026

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicated on December 16, 2025, that it plans to complete the biofuel blending requirements for 2026 and 2027 in …

Canada

Canada Unveils New Rules to Lower Oil and Gas Methane Emissions

Canada released new regulations on December 16, 2025, designed to significantly lower methane emissions from its oil and gas industry.These measures set a cours…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Petrobras Enters Brazil Solar Energy Segment in Deal for 49.99% of Lightsource BP Subsidiaries

Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras has entered into an agreement to purchase a 49.99% stake in the Brazilian subsidiaries of Lightsource bp, as announ…

South Korea

DL Chemical Proposes Shutting Yeochun NCC’s No. 1 Plant Under Restructuring

South Korean petrochemical firm DL Chemical announced on Monday that it has proposed permanently closing Yeochun NCC Co.'s No. 1 naphtha cracker, which has …

Methane

Spain’s Solarig to Invest Over $400 Million in Biomethane Plants in Poland

Spanish renewable energy developer Solarig announced on Monday a planned investment exceeding 1.5 billion zloty, equivalent to approximately 415 million U.S. do…

Electricity Transmission

Kenya Signs $311 Mln Power Lines Deal With Africa Fund, Indian Firm

Kenya announced on Monday the signing of an agreement for a $311 million investment to develop two high-voltage electricity transmission lines. The partners inc…

CCS

Brazil’s BNDES Approves $71 MM for Carbon Storage Project

Brazil's state development bank BNDES has approved funding for corn ethanol producer FS to construct the nation's inaugural carbon capture and storage f…

Metal

Jiangxi Copper Increases Solgold Takeover Bid to $1.12bn

Jiangxi Copper, based in China, has raised its takeover proposal for SolGold, an exploration company focused on gold and copper projects in Ecuador. The revised…

China

China at 2025 Having Harvested a Record Crop of Grains

China's National Bureau of Statistics reported on Friday that the country's grain output for 2025 reached a record 714.88 million tonnes, marking a 1.2%…

United States

Chlorum Solutions Acquires Iowa Chlor-Alkali Facility From Cargill

Chlorum Solutions USA LLC, headquartered in Chicago, announced on December 13, 2025, the signing of a definitive agreement to purchase Eddyville Chlor-Alkali, L…

United States

OpenAI Unveils GPT-5.2 Improvements

OpenAI introduced its advanced AI model, GPT-5.2, on December 11, 2025, offering improvements in professional tasks, coding performance, and handling of extende…