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Energy Storage Project

Lydian Energy Secures $233M Financing for Texas BESS Projects

Lydian Energy, an independent power producer supported by Excelsior Energy Capital, has finalized a $233 million financing deal to develop three battery energy …

SMR

Lithuania to Consider Deployment of Newcleo SMRs

On July 9, 2025, in Rome, Lithuania’s Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant and France-based Newcleo signed a memorandum of understanding to assess the potential o…

Electric Vehicles

Xiaomi So Far Has Access to Over 1.4 Million Public Chargers in China

On July 9, 2025, Xiaomi EV announced a significant expansion of its electric vehicle charging network, integrating over 1.4 million public charging piles across…

Energy Storage Project

AMPYR Australia Secures Funding for Wellington Stage 1 BESS

AMPYR Australia has obtained over A$340 million ($221 million) in funding for its 300MW/600MWh Wellington Stage 1 battery energy storage system (BESS) in region…

Photovoltaic （PV）

SUNOTEC Acquires 400MWp Solar, 600MWh BESS Project Site in Latvia

European renewable energy provider SUNOTEC has finalized the acquisition of SIA DSE Lazas Solar’s solar and energy storage project in Latvia from Danish S…

Germany

$1.3bn Set to Be Spent Developing Hamburg Port

The Port of Hamburg, Germany’s largest port, has launched a €1.1 billion ($1.29 billion) investment to modernize its container handling facilities at…

Finland

Groq Launches First European AI Data Centre in Helsinki

Groq has opened its first European data centre in Helsinki, Finland, in collaboration with Equinix, expanding its global AI inference network. The new facility …

Electric Vehicle Charging

NIO’s 1,000th Highway Battery Swap Station in China Goes Live

On July 9, NIO announced the opening of its 1,000th highway battery swap station at the Fushan Service Area on the G5011 Wuhu–Hefei Expressway in China. T…

Green Hydrogen

Hynamics UK and HY24 to Develop $407M Green Hydrogen Facility in UK

Hynamics UK, a subsidiary of EDF Group, has partnered with Hy24 to advance the Fawley green hydrogen project, located adjacent to the Esso Fawley refinery in Ha…

United Kingdom

Production Begins at u.k.’s First Recycled Rare-Rarth Alloy Plant

Mkango Resources Ltd., based in Vancouver, Canada, has announced the initial production runs of a commercial-scale Hydrogen Processing of Magnet Scrap (HPMS) ve…

Electric Vehicle Charging

China Overhauls EV Charging: 100,000 Ultra-Fast Public Stations by 2027

China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced a plan on Monday to deploy over 100,000 ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) charging stat…

Energy Storage Project

Papago Storage Facility in Arizona Reaches Commercial Operation

Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar, has launched commercial operations for the Papago Storage facility in Maricopa County, Arizona. The 300MW/1.2 …

Coal Mine

US Issues Expedited Permit for Proposed Tennessee Coal Mine

On July 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Interior granted a permit to Hurricane Creek Mining LLC for a coal mine on Bryson Mountain, Claiborne County, Tennes…

China

China’s First Hydrogen-Electric Tugboat Enters Service at Qingdao Port

On July 4, CATL announced via its WeChat account that China's first hydrogen-electric tugboat, "Hydrogen Electric Tug No. 1," has officially started operati…

Netherlands

World’s First Hybrid Solar-Powered Inland Shipping Vessel Starts Work

Dutch solar technology company Wattlab and German inland shipping company HGK Shipping have introduced the Blue Marlin, the world’s first inland vessel to…