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South Africa

Mulilo reaches financial close on BESS project in South Africa

Mulilo has reached financial close on the Hartebeesfontein battery energy storage system (BESS) project, a 77 MW/308 MWh facility located near Klerksdorp in the…

Malaysia

Weng Yat To Supply Biomass To Japan, Targets RM60 Mil Annual Revenue

MALAYSIAN biomass producer Weng Yat Resources Sdn Bhd has sealed a deal to build a biomass supply platform for Japan with more than RM60 mil in the annual reven…

Electric Vehicle Charging

Optimus Energy Solutions Acquires South Carolina EV Fast-Charging Network

Optimus Energy Solutions (OES) has acquired and will continue operating a major electric vehicle fast-charging network in South Carolina. Originally developed t…

United States

Green Service Insulation Expands Residential Insulation Services Across South Florida to Help Homeowners Reduce Energy Costs

Green Service Insulation, a leading insulation solutions provider based in Hollywood, Florida, announced on June 10 the expansion of its residential insulation …

United States

Voltus Acquires Brightfield AI to Accelerate Energy Storage Deployment

Voltus, Inc., the leading virtual power plant (VPP) operator and distributed energy resource (DER) platform, announced on June 10 its acquisition of Brightfield…

United States

GM to offer EV owners ability to sell power to US electricity grid

General Motors is releasing a software update that allows some U.S. electric-vehicle owners ​to pipe power back to the electric grid, another example ‌of …

China

Failure Rate Dropped from Industry Average 18% to 0.3%: Zhang Ying Reshapes Industrial Measurement Reliability Standards with Ultra-High-Temperature Molten Salt Measurement Technology

In the industrial measurement and control and energy equipment sector, long-standing pain points—including measurement instability under ultra-high-temperature…

Egypt

Alcazar Energy secures $420m deal to manage Egypt’s Gabal El Zeit wind farm

Egypt signed investment, operation, and power purchase agreements worth $420m with Alcazar Energy for the 580-megawatt (MW) Gabal El Zeit wind power plant, the …

United States

Qualitas Energy Acquires 164 MW Solar Project in US

Qualitas Energy, an investment firm specializing in renewable energy, energy transition, and sustainable infrastructure, has acquired a development-stage solar …

Brazil

ANDRITZ WINS MAJOR CONTRACTS TO EXPAND HYDROPOWER CAPACITY IN BRAZIL

COPEL (Companhia Paranaense de Energia) has awarded ANDRITZ two turnkey contracts for the supply and commissioning of additional generating units at the Foz do …

Gas turbine engine

US lab’s rotating detonation engine breakthrough could boost gas turbine efficiency

Researchers at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) have designed and tested a key component for rotating detonation engines (RDEs), an emerging com…

China

Chinese battery maker CATL expects energy storage to make up half of global sales by 2030

China's CATL , the world's biggest battery maker, expects energy storage to account for half of its global sales by 2030, up from ​25% now, a company e…

Japan

Chubu Electric to procure credits from 7-MW biomass-fired plant in Japan

Chubu Electric Power Miraiz Co Inc has inked an off-site virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with Enshu Forest Energy LLC to procure environmental credits f…

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

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…