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Battery

GoldenPeaks and Envision Sign MoU to Deploy BESS Projects in Europe

GoldenPeaks Capital (GPC) and Envision have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to deploy 1GWh of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects across Eu…

United Kingdom

UK Grants National Heritage Protection to Historic Cable Gear at Enderby Wharf

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has designated equipment at the former Submarine Cables Ltd factory in Greenwich as a Scheduled Monument, eff…

Germany

Evonik and Schneider Electric Partner to Advance Automation in Thermoplastic Recycling

Schneider Electric, headquartered in Rueil-Malmaison, France, and Evonik, based in Essen, Germany, have formed a strategic partnership to automate a thermoplast…

Russian

Russia Will Increase Grain Export Quotas in 2026

At the Golden Autumn agro-industrial exhibition, the Russian Ministry of Agriculture announced plans to slightly increase the national grain export quota for 20…

Oil Refinery

BPCL Secures Land for $11 Billion Refinery Project in Southern India

India’s state-run Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) will invest nearly $11 billion to construct a new refinery with a capacity of 180,000 to 240…

Coal Mine

US Postpones Wyoming Coal Lease Sale After Disappointing Montana Auction

The U.S. Interior Department announced on Wednesday that the Trump administration had postponed a planned sale of coal leases on federal lands in Wyoming, just …

Singapore

Singapore Goes Dutch by Using Dikes to Reclaim 800 Hectares From the Sea

Singapore has expanded its land area by 800 hectares, or 8 square kilometers, with the completion of its first polder at the northwestern tip of Pulau Tekong. T…

United States

AMD and OpenAI Forge Strategic Partnership to Deploy 6GW of GPUs for AI Infrastructure

AMD and OpenAI have announced a multi-year, multi-generation strategic partnership, under which OpenAI will deploy six gigawatts of AMD GPUs to power its next-g…

EVTOL

Geely-Backed AEROFUGIA Rolls Out First Large Passenger-Carrying EVTOL

On September 29, AEROFUGIA, a general aviation enterprise under Geely Technology Group, rolled out its first AE200-100 large passenger electric vertical take-of…

Oil Field

Exxonmobil Mulls Iraq Reentry With Majnoon Deal

Exxon Mobil Corp. is preparing to return to Iraq after nearly two years, with plans to sign agreements that could pave the way for exploring the country’s…

United States

Energy Vault, PG&E Complete World’s First Ultra-Long-Duration Hybrid Battery +Hydrogen Energy-Storage Microgrid

Energy Vault Holdings Inc., a provider of grid-scale energy storage solutions, and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation, an…

Japan

Japanese and Singaporean Players Team Up to Accelerate Fleet-Wide Decarbonization

Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Singapore-based Neptune Robotics to enhance fue…

Thermal Coal

Trump Administration to Expand Coal Leasing, Fund Coal Plant Upgrades

The Trump administration announced on Monday a plan to expand coal mine leasing on federal lands and allocate substantial funding to support coal-fired power ge…

United States

Werner Launches Ready Step Ladder for Jobsite Efficiency and Comfort

Werner, a leading manufacturer of ladders, has launched the Ready Step, a new line of lightweight, compact fiberglass step ladders designed for residential cont…

Metal

Rio Tinto Unveils Final Beyond Rare Diamond Tender

Rio Tinto has announced its final Beyond Rare tender, named "Into the Light," featuring a collection of pink, red, violet, yellow, and white diamonds from its C…