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Decarbonization

Wärtsilä Signs Deal to Decarbonise Caribbean Island of Curaçao

Wärtsilä, a global technology group, has entered into a five-year services agreement with Aqualectra, the energy utility company of the Caribbean isla…

Coal Mine

India Introduces Incentives to Promote Underground Coal Mining

India’s Ministry of Coal has launched new incentives to encourage underground coal mining, aiming to modernize the coal sector and promote sustainable pra…

United States

Cruise Ship Boom Fuels New Records for Port Canaveral

Port Canaveral in Central Florida has achieved record-breaking passenger volumes in its current fiscal year, driven by the thriving cruise ship industry. March …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Pakistan Marks Official Acceptance of Karachi 3

Officials from Pakistan and China participated in a ceremony to mark the official acceptance of Unit 3 at the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Sindh provinc…

Kazakhstan

Sunflower Sowing in Kazakhstan to Increase to 1.4 Mln Ha

Kazakhstan plans to expand its oilseed crop area to 3.3 million hectares in 2025, with sunflower crops increasing by 121,200 hectares to reach 1.4 million hecta…

Electric Vehicles

China Aims for EVs to Dominate New Vehicle Sales by 2035

China has outlined plans to enhance the integration of transport infrastructure with renewable energy systems, targeting pure electric vehicles (EVs) to become …

Solar Power Plant

Recurrent Opens Louisiana PV Plant

Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar, has launched the Bayou Galion Solar project, a 127MWdc photovoltaic facility in Morehouse Parish, northeast Lo…

LNG

PIL’s First 8,200 TEU LNG Dual-Fuel Boxship Named in China

Pacific International Lines (PIL), a Singapore-based shipping company, celebrated the naming of its first 8,200 TEU LNG dual-fuel containership, Kota Oasis, at …

Hydrogen Production

Alberta Invests $3M in Hydrogen Project Turning Forestry Waste Into Clean Industrial Fuel

Alberta is advancing its leadership in low-carbon energy through a $3 million investment from Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) to support Hydrogen Naturally&rs…

United States

Intel’s Modest Q1 Masks Deeper Struggles With $821M Loss

Intel reported a mixed performance for the first quarter of 2025, achieving a slight profit on an adjusted basis but recording a net loss of $821 million, highl…

China

Global Grain Markets React to China’s Curtailment of Wheat Imports

The global wheat trade is projected to decrease significantly in the 2024/2025 season, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimating a 9% reduction …

Germany

World’s First Low-Carbon Concrete Rating System Launched

The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has introduced a pioneering global system to assess the carbon footprint of cement and concrete products. This…

Canada

Trump Tariff Chaos Makes Dow Pause $8.4bn Plant in Canada

US chemical company Dow has postponed its plan to construct a major net-zero chemical facility in Fort Saskatchewan, near Edmonton, Alberta, according to CBC. T…

Solar project

Grenergy Signs Chilean PV PPA

Grenergy, a renewable energy company, has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Chile’s National Copper Corporation, Codelco, to supply sol…

Crude Oil

US Eases Downhole Commingling Policy to Boost Oil Production

The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) has revised its policy to increase the allowable pressure differential for single-wellbore oil production fro…