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Biofuel

Indonesia to Raise Crude Palm Oil Export Levy to Fund Biodiesel, Replanting Initiatives

The Indonesian government has announced an increase in the export levy on crude palm oil (CPO) from 7.5% to 10% of the reference price to fund its national biod…

Brazil

Brazil Confirms First Case of Avian Influenza at Commercial Poultry Farm

Brazil has confirmed its first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial poultry facility. The outbreak was detected on May 16, 2025, at …

Photovoltaic （PV）

Italy Installs 1.24 GW of Solar in Q1

Italy's cumulative installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity reached 38.5 GW by the end of March 2025, according to data released by Anie Rinnovabili, the Italia…

Ukraine

Ukrainian Corn Exports Approaching 20 Mln Tons

As of May 19 in marketing year 2024/25, Ukraine has exported 37.153 million tons of grain and leguminous crops, according to data released by the Ministry of Ag…

Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s Corn Production to Hit Record 6 Mln Tons

Bangladesh is expected to achieve a record maize harvest in 2024, driven by a continued shift from traditional crops such as wheat and rice to maize cultivation…

Norway

Vianode and Fortum Join Forces for EV Battery Recycling

Vianode, based in Oslo, Norway, and Fortum Oy, headquartered in Espoo, Finland, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on developing a sustain…

United States

Chemours and Datavolt to Develop Liquid Cooling Solutions for AI Data Centers

The Chemours Company, based in Wilmington, Delaware, has announced a strategic collaboration with DataVolt, a designer and operator of sustainable digital infra…

Metal

Metals X Invests $3M in Elementos to Advance Spanish Tin Project

Australian tin exploration company Elementos has secured a binding agreement with Metals X to raise A$5 million (approximately $3.2 million) through a strategic…

Solar Module

Premier Energies, Sino-American Silicon Plan 2 GW Solar Wafer Plant in India

Premier Energies Limited, an integrated solar cell and module manufacturer based in India, has entered into a joint venture with Taiwan’s Sino-American Si…

United States

Arup to Lead Engineering for Sfpuc’s Millbrae Campus Improvements Project in US

Arup, a UK-based design consultancy, has been selected as the lead engineering consultant for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s (SFPUC) Mill…

Solar project

Bechtel Picked for Main Phases of 1.3GW ‘Mammouth’ Solar Farm

Doral Renewables, a U.S.-based renewable energy developer, has selected Bechtel to construct three phases of its 1.3GW Mammoth Solar farm in Indiana. This initi…

Carbon Capture

EEW and GEA Launch Strategic Partnership for CO2 Capture

EEW Energy from Waste (EEW), based in Helmstedt, Germany, and GEA Group AG, a machine and plant manufacturer from Duesseldorf, Germany, have formed a strategic …

Power Construction

Tennet Installs 900MW Borwin Converter Platform

TenneT has marked a key milestone in the development of its 900MW German offshore grid connection project, BorWin5. The BorWin epsilon converter platform, which…

Crude Oil

China’s Crude Oil Imports From Russia Fall in April; Imports From Malaysia Surge

In April, China imported 8.07 million metric tons of crude oil from Russia, equivalent to 1.96 million barrels per day (bpd), according to data released by Chin…

Battery

CATL Begins Operation at First Production Base in Northern China

Shandong Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (Shandong CATL), a subsidiary of CATL, has commenced production at its energy storage and power battery manufac…