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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…

United States

Azul Wins Court Nod for Debt Restructuring, American and United to Invest

A U.S. bankruptcy judge approved the debt restructuring plan for Brazilian airline Azul on December 12, 2025, enabling the company to reduce more than $2 billio…

Gas power plant

Nigeria Issues Permits for Gas-Flaring Project, Targets $2 Billion Investment and 3 GW Power Potential

Nigeria granted permits to 28 companies on December 12, 2025, as part of the Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialisation Programme (NGFCP), designed to reduce routine …

United States

JBS to Close California Beef Plant

JBS, the world's largest meat company, announced on December 12, 2025, the permanent closure of a beef preparation facility located outside Los Angeles. The…

Coal Production

India Approves Coal Exports Amid Healthy Power Station Stocks

India's cabinet approved a policy on December 12, 2025, allowing the export of coal due to surplus stocks at power plants, as announced by Information Minis…

Wind Turbine

GE Vernova Lands 85MW Romanian Turbine Deal

GE Vernova has secured a new contract with PPC Renewables to deliver fourteen 6MW-158m onshore wind turbines for a wind farm located in Vaslui county, eastern R…