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Electric Vehicle Battery

Samsung Wins Volkswagen EV Battery Supply Deal

Samsung SDI has secured another major electric vehicle battery supply deal following its recent contract with Mercedes-Benz, this time with Volkswagen Group.Sam…

Japan

Baseload Capital and Furusato Netsuden demonstrate scalable geothermal growth model in Japan

With the completion of the Waita No. 2 geothermal power plant in Kumamoto Prefecture, Baseload Capital and Furusato Netsuden are positioning Japan as a breakthr…

Japan

Maxell to Begin Joint Research with JAXA on All-Solid-State Battery Technology

Maxell has been selected by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for its JAXA Space Technologies Rapid Evaluation Program on Small Satellite (JAXA-STEP…

United States

esVolta Secures Upsized Corporate Credit Facility to Support Expansion of Energy Storage Portfolio

esVolt, a leading developer, owner, and operator of utility-scale battery energy storage projects across North America, announced on June 3 that it closed an ex…

United States

Google, Voltus partner on US power grid project

Google and Voltus announced a three-year agreement to unlock up to 100 megawatts (MW) of new electricity capacity from flexible distributed energy resources in …

China

Xudabao Nuclear Plant: Unit 3 Passes Hot Tests, Unit 2 Vessel in Place

Hot functional tests have been completed at unit 3 of the Xudabao nuclear power plant in China's Liaoning Province ahead of the reactor's start up, whil…

Combined cycle power plant

KEPCO Secures Saudi Jafurah Phase 2 Power Project

KEPCO has secured the second phase of the Saudi Arabia’s Jafurah, Jafurah combined cycle power project, following the first phase. KEPCO announced on the …

United States

SEG Solar announces third US solar panel factory in Texas

U.S. solar panel maker SEG Solar on ​June 1 announced plans for a third ‌major factory in Texas to serve demand for American-made clean energy ​equipment…

LNG

BP sells 5% stake in Australian Browse LNG project to South Korea's GS Energy

BP on June 1 said it agreed to sell 5% of its stake in the Browse liquefied natural ​gas project in Western Australia to South Korea's GS Energy.The sale l…

United Kingdom

UK's Drax to buy Bluefield Solar Income Fund in $755 million deal

British power group Drax said on June 1 it had ‌agreed to buy Bluefield Solar Income Fund in a deal that values the renewable energy-focused investment ⁠c…

United States

Carbon Direct publishes agricultural biomass sourcing guide

Carbon Direct has released what it describes as one of the first globally applicable frameworks for sourcing agricultural residues as feedstock for carbon dioxi…

Pakistan

Multiple electric, hybrid vehicles expected to launch in Pakistan

Pakistan’s automobile industry is expected to undergo a major transformation in the coming years.The electric and hybrid vehicles are continuing to enter the P…

Poland

Innargi signs agreement for potential sites of geothermal heating plants in Poznan, Poland

Danish geothermal heating developer Innargi has signed a usufruct agreement with the City of Poznan in Poland for two municipal plots where geothermal heating p…

South Korea

NK Tech Wins Order for Daejeon Hydrogen Tram Charging Infrastructure

On June 1, NK Tech officially announced that it has been selected as the final contractor for the "Daejeon Metropolitan City Hydrogen Tram Charging Infrastructu…

United States

LG Energy Solution Signs $1.6 Billion ESS Supply Deal With DTE Energy

LG Energy Solution said on May 28 that it signed a large-scale energy storage system (ESS) battery supply agreement with DTE Energy, the largest energy company …