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New Zealand

Cow Tech Startup Becomes New Zealand’s Latest Unicorn in $100 Million Fundraise

Agtech startup Halter has secured $100 million in Series D funding, raising its valuation to $1 billion. The company, based in Auckland, New Zealand, has now jo…

China

Huawei Unveils AI-Driven Ultra-Broadband Solution to Reshape Network Infrastructure

During the BDC Shanghai 2025 summit, held alongside MWC Shanghai 2025 from June 18 to June 20, 2025, in Shanghai, China, Huawei’s David Wang introduced th…

United States

Hilton to Build 160 Hotels in Africa

Hilton, a prominent US hotel company, aims to open 160 new hotels in Africa, nearly tripling its current 63 properties on the continent in the coming years.A re…

Ukraine

Ukrainian Grain Exports Reached 40 Mln Tons

As of June 20, 2025, Ukraine exported 40 million tons of grain and leguminous crops in the 2024/25 marketing year (July 2024–June 2025), a 19% decrease (9…

South Korea

SK Group, AWS Join Hands to Build $5.13 Billion AI Data Center, Korea’s Largest

SK Group has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to construct a 7-trillion-won ($5.13 billion) AI data center in Ulsan, South Korea. SK Group Chairman Chey…

France

World’s Largest Sail Yacht Cruise Ship Floated Out in France

On June 16, 2025, the Orient Express Corinthian, a 26,200-gross-ton luxury sail yacht, was floated out at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint-…

Metal

Cygnus Metals to Raise $11.8m for Canadian Copper-Gold Project

Cygnus Metals, a diversified critical minerals development company, has secured commitments to raise A$18.3 million (approximately $11.8 million) through a shar…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Uzbekistan Studying Option of a Four-Unit VVER-1000 Plant

Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, has signed an agreement with Uzbekistan’s Uzatom Atomic Energy Agency to assess the feasibility of cons…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Ireland Shuts Last Coal Plant, Becomes 15th Coal-Free Country in Europe

On June 20, 2025, Ireland became Europe’s 15th coal-free country by ceasing coal power generation at the 915 MW Moneypoint plant in County Clare. Operated…

Battery

SMUD Signs Battery Deal With DESRI

DESRI, a clean energy developer, and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) have entered into a long-term power purchase agreement for the 160MW/640MW…

Hydropower Plant

Globeleq to Acquire Majority Stake in Zambian Hydropower Company

Independent power company Globeleq has signed a share purchase agreement with Norwegian investment fund Norfund to acquire a 51% equity stake in Zambia’s Lunse…

Morocco

Morocco to Build Africa’s First Offshore Windfarm Near Its ‘Windy City’

Morocco has launched Africa’s first offshore wind project, a 1GW wind farm off the coast of Essaouira, announced during a UN conference in Nice, France, in Jun…

Metal

ARENA Announces Funding for Lower-Emissions Steel Pilot in Australia

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has committed A$19.8 million (US$12.9 million) to support the NeoSmelt steel pilot project in Kwinana, Western Au…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Germany Deploys 1.1 GW of PV in May

Germany’s Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) reported that 1.1128 GW of new net photovoltaic (PV) capacity was installed in May 2025. This figure …

Energy Storage Project

New Jersey Launches 2GW Energy Storage Programme

On 18 June 2025, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) approved Phase 1 of the Garden State Energy Storage Program (GSESP), a significant step toward…