Dec

Carbon Emissions

Japan’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Fall 4% in FY23/24 to Record Low

Japan’s greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 4% in the fiscal year ending March 2024, reaching a record low of 1.071 billion metric tons of carbon dioxid…

Russian

Russia Will Be Able to Export Only 2 Mln Tons of Wheat in April

In April 2025, Russian wheat exports experienced a significant decline, with only 1.3 million tons shipped in the first 20 days, a 2.8-fold decrease compared to…

United States

ADM Closes Soybean Processing Plant in the US

Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) will permanently close its soybean crushing facility in Kershaw, South Carolina, this spring, the company confirmed on Monday. The …

Wind Farm

Greenvolt Finalises Sale of Polish Wind Farm

Greenvolt Power has completed the sale of the Pelplin Wind Farm to Enea Nowa Energia, a subsidiary of Enea Group, a major electricity provider in Poland. The tr…

Uranium Project

US Uranium Enrichment Startup Emerges From Stealth

General Matter says it will use a novel, scalable, cost-competitive technology to address a "commercial bottleneck" in the US nuclear fuel cycle and will be shi…

Bangladesh

Rice Prices Plummet 16% in Eastern India Amid Bangladesh’s Land Port Closure

In Bangladesh, rice prices in the eastern region have decreased by 16% over the past ten days, driven by the closure of land ports with India and an increase in…

China

China Sharply Reduced Grain Imports From Certain Countries, Including Ukraine and the EU, in March

In March 2025, Chinese customs data revealed a significant reduction in grain imports from several major supplying countries, with notable declines from Ukraine…

Solar project

India’s MNRE Extends Deadline for Commissioning Certain Solar Projects to December

India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has extended the deadline for specific solar power projects by nine months, allowing developers until …

Crude Oil

MODEC Secures Exxonmobil Contract for Hammerhead FPSO in Guyana

MODEC, a global leader in offshore floating solutions, has secured a contract from ExxonMobil Guyana Limited to develop a Floating Production, Storage, and Offl…

Green Hydrogen

Indonesia Told to Cut Gas Subsidies

Indonesia is advancing its green hydrogen initiatives to support industrial decarbonization, according to the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR). Th…

Electric Vehicle Battery

LG Energy Solution Pulls Out From Indonesia EV Battery Investment

LG Energy Solution announced on Monday its withdrawal from a 142 trillion rupiah ($8.45 billion) electric vehicle (EV) battery project in Indonesia. The decisio…

Electric Vehicles

Mazda to Pause U.S. Production of Compact SUV Destined for Canada

Mazda Motor Corp. will temporarily suspend exports of its CX-50 sport utility vehicle to Canada from its Alabama plant, starting May 12, 2025, a company spokesp…

Photovoltaic （PV）

US Distributed Solar Grew 5.4 GW in 2024

The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) released its 2024 report, The State(s) of Distributed Solar, detailing the adoption of distributed solar across the…

Carbon Emissions

Taiwan Reports 2023 Greenhouse Gas Emission Decline

In 2023, Taiwan’s greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 4.64% compared to 2005 levels, according to the Ministry of Environment. The Taipei City Departmen…

Offshore Wind Power

Equinor Halts Work On Offshore Wind Project After US Order

On April 17, 2025, Norway’s Equinor announced it would pause offshore construction of its Empire Wind I project in New York State following a stop-work order i…