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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…

Ammonia

UK Unveils New Ammonia Fuel Guidelines in Push for Greener Shipping

The UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) issued new guidance on April 16, 2025, to support the safe use of ammonia as a marine fuel. This step aids t…

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…

Metal

Vale Reports 17% Drop In Q1 2025 Net Income Amid Lower Iron Ore Prices

Brazil-based iron ore producer Vale reported a 17% decline in net income for the first quarter of 2025, ending March 31, primarily due to lower iron ore prices.…

Geothermal Power Project

UT Austin and NTOU Partner on Taiwan Geothermal

On April 23, the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) and National Taiwan Ocean University (NTOU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to advance geo…

Solar project

Tigo Energy Releases Off-Grid Solar Package

Tigo Energy has introduced a new solution designed for off-grid residential solar power applications. The package includes a module-level power optimizer, inver…

LNG

Axpo Bolsters LNG Bunkering Business With Operations at Second Spanish Port

Axpo, a Switzerland-based renewable energy producer, recently completed its first ship-to-ship LNG delivery in Spain. The operation took place at the Port of Al…

Biofuel

Brazilian Giants Vale and Petrobras Test Biofuel Blend on Bulk Carrier

Brazilian mining company Vale and oil and gas leader Petrobras have partnered to test a biofuel blend containing 24% second-generation biodiesel on a Vale-chart…

Wave Energy

DEMCON Tests Uncrewed Inspection Methods for Wave Energy Tech off Scheveningen

DEMCON Unmanned Systems conducted inspection tests using an uncrewed vessel during a wave energy converter (WEC) trial led by the Wave Energy Collective (Weco),…

Gas turbine engine

Duke Energy to Procure up to 11 GE Vernova Natural Gas Turbines

GE Vernova has signed an agreement to supply Duke Energy with 11 natural gas turbines manufactured in the United States to meet increasing electricity demands d…

Natural Gas

Ukraine Needs $2.9 Billion to Buy Gas in 2025, National Bank Says

On April 25, 2025, Ukraine’s National Bank announced that the country requires $2.9 billion to fund gas imports in 2025, following damage to domestic gas …

Metal

Premier African Minerals Negotiating Lithium Offtake Agreement With Glencore

Premier African Minerals has entered into a non-binding letter of interest (LOI) with Glencore International for the potential sale of spodumene concentrate fro…

SMR

Project Development Firm Created for Norwegian SMR Plant

Trondheimsleia Kjernekraft AS, a new company formed by the municipalities of Aure and Heim, local energy provider NEAS, and Norsk Kjernekraft, is advancing plan…

Energy Storage Project

Hyperstrong Unveils Utility-Scale Battery Storage System Housed in 10-Foot Container

HyperStrong, a prominent energy storage integrator based in China, has introduced MagicBlock, a modular, AI-driven utility-scale energy storage platform. Availa…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Removal of Garigliano Liquid Waste Facility Under Way

At Italy’s Garigliano nuclear power plant in Campania, work has started to dismantle an outdated radioactive waste system previously used to manage liquid…