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Energy Storage Project

Field Nets £42M Loan for 125MW UK BESS Trio

Energy storage developer Field has secured a £42 million loan to advance a 125MW/250MWh battery portfolio across England and Scotland. The non-recourse lo…

Wind Farm

Orsted Begins Construction of Bahren West 2

Orsted has initiated construction of the Bahren West 2 wind farm in the Lusatia region of Brandenburg, Germany, following the successful operation of the nearby…

Electric Vehicle Battery

CATL Launches 75# Standardized Swapping Electric Block

On May 18, 2025, in Datong City, Shanxi Province, the China Communications and Transportation Association and CATL introduced a next-generation battery swapping…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Reactor Closure Marks Taiwan’s Nuclear Exit

The Maanshan nuclear power plant’s Unit 2, Taiwan’s last operational reactor, was disconnected from the grid on May 17, 2025, at approximately 10:00…

Belgium

Port of Antwerp-Bruges Commissions Europe’s First Fully Electric Tugboat

The Port of Antwerp-Bruges in Belgium launched Volta 1, Europe’s first fully electric tugboat, on May 19, as part of its sustainability program aiming for…

Power Construction

€713.5m to Back Two Eastern Green Links and Five Other UK Grid Upgrade Projects

The National Wealth Fund (NWF), the UK’s sovereign wealth fund, has committed £600 million to ScottishPower to support seven critical transmission g…

Wave Energy

Carnegie Advances ACHIEVE Wave Energy Project With New Europewave Payment

Carnegie Clean Energy, an Australian wave energy developer, announced that its subsidiary, CETO Wave Energy Ireland (CWEI), received a €137,152 payment under t…

China

Xiaomi to Launch New Self-Designed Smartphone Chip

Xiaomi Corp announced plans to launch a new self-designed system-on-chip (SoC) for smartphones, marking a significant step in its semiconductor development stra…

Energy Storage Project

Sungrow installs BESS near Arctic Circle

Sungrow has completed the installation of one of the world’s northernmost battery energy storage systems (BESS), located in Simo, Lapland, less than 100 k…

Wind Farm

Ventis, Engie Commission Belgian Wind Farm

Ventis and Engie have inaugurated a new wind farm in Gouy-Lez-Piéton, Courcelles, Belgium, featuring eight turbines with a total capacity of nearly 29 me…

Floating Solar

India Plans 50 MW Floating Solar Plant at Nuclear Site

The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), a state-run entity, has approached Ciel & Terre to explore the development of a floating solar plant at …

Singapore

Singapore Finally Starts Work on $3.5bn Terminal 5

Singapore has commenced construction on Changi Airport’s Terminal 5 (T5) in the Changi East development, five years after the project was paused due to th…

Brazil

Brazil Converts Pastureland to Cropland to Boost Soybean Production

Brazil is significantly expanding its agricultural land by converting pastureland into cropland, in contrast to the shrinking U.S. farmland due to development a…

Australia

USDA Forecasts Australian New-Crop Wheat at 31MT

Australia’s 2025-26 wheat planting season is underway, with the USDA estimating production at 31 million tonnes, according to its May 2025 World Agricultu…

China

Shanghai Spot Box Rates to US West Coast Leap 31% in Just One Week

Spot freight rates from China to the United States surged significantly, as reported by the Shanghai Shipping Exchange on May 16, 2025. Rates from China to the …