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Oil Refinery

Ecuador’s Biggest Oil Refinery Stops Operating as Precaution Due to Fire

On Monday, a fire broke out in a fuel oil tank at Ecuador’s largest oil refinery, the Esmeraldas refinery, operated by state-owned Petroecuador. The blaze…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Date Set for Taiwan Referendum on Nuclear Restart

Taiwan’s Central Election Commission has approved a referendum to decide whether the Maanshan nuclear power plant, which ceased operations on May 17, 2025…

Green Hydrogen

Xodus Bags Oz Site for Green Hydrogen Project

Xodus, a global energy consultancy, has secured land in the Oakajee Strategic Industrial Area within Western Australia’s Mid-West region to develop a comm…

China

Wacker Commissions New Specialty Silicones Plant in China

Wacker Chemie AG, headquartered in Munich, Germany, has completed the mechanical construction of an expanded production complex at its Zhangjiagang site in Chin…

United States

Nvidia to Launch Cheaper Blackwell AI Chip for China After US Export Curbs, Sources Say

Nvidia plans to introduce a new artificial intelligence chipset for the Chinese market, priced significantly lower than its restricted H20 model, with mass prod…

Japan

Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Completes SAP Pilot Plant

Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd., based in Osaka, Japan, has completed a dedicated pilot plant for super absorbent polymers (SAPs) at its Himeji Works in Hime…

Spain

Vodafone, Mediatek Shatter 5G Uplink Records With 277 Mbps Trial

Vodafone, in collaboration with MediaTek, has achieved a significant milestone by successfully testing 5G uplink speeds reaching up to 277 megabits per second (…

China

Hudong-Zhonghua Commissions Giant New Shipbuilding Facility North of Shanghai

Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a leading Chinese shipyard, has launched a major new facility on Changxing Island, north of Shanghai, to enhance its production of…

China

World’s ‘First’ 9,300 CEU Methanol Dual-Fuel Car Carrier Hits Water

On May 21, 2025, the world’s first 9,300 CEU methanol dual-fuel car carrier, named CM Hong Kong, was launched in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China. The cer…

Battery

Baywa r.e. Sells 300MW Dutch BESS to Vopak

BayWa r.e., the renewables division of BayWa, and its Dutch subsidiary, GroenLeven, have finalized the sale of a major battery storage project in the Netherland…

Singapore

Yinson Greentech, Wilhelmsen Ships Service Roll Out Electric Vessel Charging Station in Singapore

Yinson GreenTech (YGT), a Singapore-based provider of green technology solutions, has introduced an electric vessel charging station at the Pandan Loop facility…

Nuclear Reactor

Trump Sets Out Aim to Quadruple US Nuclear Capacity

On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump signed three executive orders aimed at advancing the U.S. nuclear energy sector: Reinvigorating the Nuclear Industrial Ba…

Metal

E3 Lithium, Pure Lithium Report Phase One Lithium Metal Battery Development Results

E3 Lithium, a Canadian lithium producer, has shared preliminary results from the first phase of its joint development agreement with Pure Lithium, a Boston-base…

Electric Vehicle Battery

UK Startup Unveils Industrial Batteries Based on Repurposed EV Battery Packs

Allye Energy, a UK-based energy storage startup, has introduced two innovative battery energy storage systems (BESS) designed for industrial applications. Named…

China

Giant FPU’s Transport Marks ‘World’s First’ for CNOOC

On May 11, 2025, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), a state-owned oil and gas company, successfully completed a significant transport operation fo…