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Electric Vehicles

Tesla Releases Updated Model Y to the Philippines

Tesla unveiled its updated Model Y on February 26, 2025, during a modest event, with the vehicle showcased publicly at EDSA Shangri-La Plaza in the Philippines …

SMR

Holtec Launches Mission to Deploy First US SMRs at Palisades

Holtec International, a US-based company, has initiated its Mission 2030 project to construct two small modular reactors, known as SMR-300s, at the Palisades Nu…

Power Construction

German Energy Giant E.ON Seeks Higher Grid Returns

E.ON, Europe’s largest energy network operator, has called on Germany’s incoming government to improve returns on energy networks. The company highl…

Offshore Wind Power

CIP to Buy 480MW Morecambe Offshore Wind Project in UK

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has entered into an agreement to purchase Morecambe, a 480MW fixed-bottom offshore wind project in the United Kingdom. …

Gas power plant

NRG, GE Vernova and Kiewit to Advance Four Natural Gas Power Plants

NRG Energy, GE Vernova, and The Industrial Company (TIC), a subsidiary of Kiewit, have launched a collaborative effort to expand electricity generation capacity…

Oil & Gas Trade

Congress Kills Biden Era Methane Fee on Oil, Gas Producers

On February 27, 2025, the U.S. Senate voted to approve a resolution reversing a Biden administration policy that introduced a fee on methane emissions. This dec…

Pumped Storage

Iberdrola España Begins Commissioning of Valdecañas Pumped Storage Plant

Iberdrola España has begun commissioning the first pumping station at the Valdecañas pumped storage hydroelectric power plant in Cáceres, E…

Hydrogen Production

Romania Kicks off Project of Its First Hydrogen Production Plant

Romania’s first hydrogen production facility is set to begin operations within two years in Cluj-Napoca. This plant, focused on producing hydrogen as an a…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Spanish Nuclear Industry Calls for Rethink of Phase-Out Policy

On February 26, 2025, a group of 32 companies from the Spanish nuclear industry, including Empresarios Agrupados-GHESA (EAG), Framatome, GDES, GE Vernova, IDOM,…

Metal

Merdeka Battery Secures $1.4bn Financing for Nickel Plant in Indonesia

Sulawesi Nickel Cobalt (SLNC) has obtained $1.4 billion (Rp22.93 trillion) in funding to build a high-pressure acid leach (HPAL) plant on Sulawesi Island, Indon…

Metal

Rio Tinto Subsidiary Rincon Selects Worley for $2.5bn Lithium Project in Argentina

Rincon Mining, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, has appointed Worley as the lead integration delivery partner (LIDP) for the Rincon full potential lithium project in …

Energy Storage Project

Arevon Secures $258M for Peregrine Energy Storage Project in California

The project aims to enhance grid stability by storing electricity for use during peak demand or outages.Arevon Energy has finalized a $258 million financing pac…

Solar Panel

Strategies to Reduce Perovskite Solar Cell Degradation Caused by Thermal Stress

Scientists from Germany and China have published a study on the thermal stress cycles affecting metal halide perovskite solar cells. Their research, titled Resi…

Photovoltaic （PV）

India Adds 25 GW of Solar in 2024

India achieved another milestone in its solar energy mission in 2024, installing 25.2 GW of solar capacity, marking a significant leap from the 8.3 GW added in …

Electric Vehicles

Kia Brings Vehicle-To-Home to USA and Smart Charge Feature to Netherlands

Kia has made significant strides in advancing its leadership in the electric vehicle (EV) sector, with the introduction of cutting-edge technologies like vehicl…