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Geothermal Power Plant

India Launches National Policy to Harness Geothermal Energy

India’s Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has launched the National Policy on Geothermal Energy, providing a framework for developing the …

United States

GSK Announces $1.2bn Spend on AI and Manufacturing Facilities Across US

GSK, a UK-headquartered pharmaceutical company, has announced plans to invest $1.2 billion in manufacturing facilities and digital technology in the United Stat…

Metal

India Defers Hike in Low-Grade Iron Ore Export Duty

India has postponed its plan to raise export duties on low-grade iron ore and pellets after facing strong objections from the domestic mining industry, accordin…

Battery

China Connects Largest Battery-Supercapacitor Hybrid Storage Plant

A 100MW hybrid frequency-regulation plant in northern Shanxi province, North China, was successfully connected to the grid at the end of August. The developers …

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Zimbabwe Signs $455M Deal With Jindal for Power Plant Refurbishment – Report

Zimbabwe has signed a $455 million, 15-year concession agreement with Jindal Africa, a subsidiary of India’s Jindal Steel, to rehabilitate the 920MW Hwang…

Brazil

Petrobras Refinery Tests Co-Processing of Vegetable Oil With Traditional Feedstock for SAF Production

In the first week of September, Petrobras carried out tests at its Henrique Lage Refinery (Revap) in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, for th…

China

China Slaughtered 183 Mln Pigs in the First Half of the Year, Driving Down Prices

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chinese slaughterhouses processed 183.55 million pigs from January to June, marking a 14.5% incr…

Battery

EVE Energy’s First Sodium-Ion Battery Storage System Enters Commercial Operation

On September 17, Chinese battery maker EVE Energy announced the successful connection of its first large-scale sodium-ion battery storage system to the grid at …

Electricity Transmission

US Approves $130 Million Project to Build Power Line in Moldova

The United States has approved a $130 million project to build a high-voltage transmission line that will strengthen Moldova’s access to electricity from …

France

INEOS Inovyn Announces Mothballing of Chloromethane Production Facility in France

INEOS Inovyn, headquartered in London, announced that it has decided to mothball its chloromethane production facility in Tavaux, France. The company explained …

Energy Storage Project

Australian Team Develops Graphene Supercapacitor

Researchers at Monash University have developed a new process that significantly improves the performance of supercapacitors, offering both high energy density …

China

COSCO Splashes Out in Shenzhen and Singapore With Twin Logistics Bets

On September 15, COSCO Shipping Holdings expanded its logistics operations with new initiatives in China’s Pearl River Delta and Singapore’s Tuas Port, aiming…

Wave Energy

Weco Completes First Full Assembly of Its Upgraded Wave Energy Device

The Hague-based Wave Energy Collective (Weco) has announced the successful first full assembly of its Kaizen 2.0 wave energy device. The milestone was achieved …

Uranium Project

GLE Completes Landmark Laser Technology Demonstration

Global Laser Enrichment (GLE) announced that large-scale testing of its laser enrichment technology at the Test Loop facility in Wilmington, North Carolina, has…

China

Solvay Doubles Production Capacity for High-Purity Hydrogen in China

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) has inaugurated a major expansion at its Zhenjiang, China, facility, doubling annual production capacity of electronic grade hyd…