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Electric Vehicle Battery

CATL, Partners Push Large-Scale Battery Swapping Into China’s Car Rental Market

On August 1, 2025, in Ningde, China, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL), Contemporary Amperex Energy Service Technology Ltd. (CAES), CAR Inc., and …

Battery

FRV Australia Reaches Financial Close On Gnarwarre BESS Project

FRV Australia has finalized funding for the 250MW/500 megawatt-hour (MWh) Gnarwarre Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Victoria, Australia, marking a signi…

Oil Refinery

India’s Biggest Refiner Buys US, Middle East Crude as Trump Slams Russia Purchases

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), India's largest refiner, has secured 7 million barrels of crude oil from the United States, Canada, and the Middle East for Se…

Ukraine

Ukraine Eyes Higher 2025 Grain Harvest, Plans More Winter Wheat for 2026

Ukraine, a leading global grain producer and exporter, expects a potential increase in its 2025 wheat and corn harvests, contingent on favorable weather, accord…

China

SITC Returns to Huanghai for Boxship Quartet

SITC International Holdings, a Hong Kong-listed shipping company, has signed a contract with Huanghai Shipbuilding in China to construct four new container vess…

Estonia

AS TREF Nord to Construct Estonia’s Soodevahe Junction

AS TREF Nord has been awarded a €38.8 million ($44.2 million) contract by Rail Baltic Estonia to construct the Soodevahe traffic junction in Estonia. This …

United States

Linde Commissions One of the World’s Largest Helium-Storage Caverns

Linde plc, based in Dublin, Ireland, has commissioned one of the world’s largest helium storage caverns in Beaumont, Texas. With a capacity exceeding thre…

Wind Power Project

Vestas Bags 128MW Chile Order

Vestas, a leading Danish wind turbine manufacturer, announced a 128-megawatt turbine supply agreement with an undisclosed customer in Chile. The order strengthe…

SMR

Hungary Looking at Deployment of BWRX-300s

Hungarian nuclear energy development firm Hunatom, part of the Paks II Group, has entered into a letter of intent with Poland’s Synthos Green Energy to ex…

Oil Field

CNOOC Achieves New Gas Startup in South China Sea

CNOOC Ltd., a subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corp., has commenced production at the Dongfang 1-1 Gas Field 13-3 Block Development Project in the Ying…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Croatia’s Solar Capacity Reaches 1.1 GW

By June 2025, Croatia’s cumulative solar capacity reached 1,099 MW, as reported by the Renewable Energy Sources of Croatia Association (RES Croatia). This…

Oil&Gas Drilling

China’s Independent Oil Firms Elbow Into Iraq’s Majors-Dominated Market

China's independent oil companies are significantly increasing their investments in Iraq, a major OPEC producer, with plans to double their output to 500,00…

Metal

Australia’s BlueScope Leads Global Steel Giants in Push for Gupta’s Whyalla Plant

BlueScope Steel, an Australian company listed as BSL.AX, announced it is leading a consortium of international steelmakers to bid for the Whyalla Steelworks in …

Norway

OpenAI, Nscale and Aker to Build Massive ‘Stargate’ Datacentre in Norway

OpenAI, in partnership with Norwegian industrial group Aker and London-based AI infrastructure provider Nscale, has announced plans to construct Stargate Norway…

United Kingdom

Surge in Lower Quality Egg Imports Sparks UK Food Safety Fears

The British Egg Industry Council (BEIC) has issued a warning to food businesses in the UK, urging them to prioritize customer safety amid a significant increase…