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Power Construction

AEP Texas Transmission Line to Support Permian Basin’s Electricity Demand

AEP Texas is set to build a 765-kV transmission line called the Howard-Solstice project to address the growing electricity demand in the Permian Basin, an essen…

China

Wan Hai Lines Seals $816M Deal for Methanol-Ready Boxship Quartet

Wan Hai Lines, a leading Taiwanese shipping company, has contracted two South Korean shipbuilders to construct four dual-fuel methanol-ready container vessels. …

Battery

BW ESS Secures Green Loan

BW ESS, in partnership with Ingrid Capacity, has obtained a SEK628 million (€57 million) green loan from Nordea Bank to support its 211MW/211MWh portfolio …

Battery

CIP to Sell 50% Stake in 500MW Coalburn 1 BESS Project, Scotland

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has finalized an agreement to sell a 50% stake in its Coalburn 1 battery energy storage system (BESS) to AXA IM Alts. T…

Battery

AXA IM Alts Enters UK Battery Storage Market With Strategic Scottish Investment

AXA IM Alts, managing €186 billion in alternative investments, has acquired a 50% stake in Coalburn 1, a 500MW battery energy storage system (BESS) in Sout…

Thailand

RCL Boosts Boxship Orderbook

Thailand’s Regional Carrier Lines (RCL) is expanding its fleet by ordering four new containerships from shipyards in China, as announced in a recent stock…

China

China Accelerates Shift to Brazilian Soybeans, as US Agricultural Exports Plunge Amid Tariffs

In April 2025, China’s Zhejiang Province is seeing a significant increase in soybean shipments from Brazil. Around 40 Brazilian soybean vessels are expect…

Saudi Arabia

Nokia, TAWAL Demonstrate World’s First Multi-Tenant Open RAN Edge-Cloud Platform

Nokia and Saudi Arabia’s neutral-host provider TAWAL successfully conducted the world’s first live demonstration of a multi-tenant, shareable Open R…

Poland

European Import Restrictions Promise a Catastrophe for Poland’s Poultry Industry

The European Commission is evaluating restrictions on poultry exports from Polish regions affected by bird flu outbreaks, with potential measures set to begin o…

Gas turbine engine

Duke Energy Taps GE Vernova for Gas Turbine Partnership

Duke Energy and GE Vernova have entered into a partnership to supply natural gas turbines and related equipment to address increasing energy demands driven by a…

Nuclear waste

Sogin Begins Dismantling Garigliano Radwaste System

Societa Gestione Impianti Nucleari (Sogin), an Italian state-owned company, has started dismantling the former radwaste system at the Garigliano Nuclear Power P…

Energy Storage Project

Aboitiz Power Breaks Ground for 48-MW Nasipit Hybrid Energy Storage Project

Aboitiz Power Corporation, via its subsidiary Therma Marine Inc. (TMI), has initiated construction for the 48-megawatt Nasipit Hybrid Energy Storage System (BES…

Gas power plant

ENEX Confirms Plans to Develop 1,100-MW Gas Plant in Philippines’ Batangas Province

ENEX Energy Corporation has reaffirmed its commitment to constructing a 1,100-megawatt gas plant in Batangas, Philippines. The announcement addresses inquiries …

Japan

NEC Claims Japan’s Longest Wireless Optical Data Link With 10KM Test

NEC Corporation has successfully conducted Japan’s longest terrestrial free-space optical (FSO) communication, achieving a distance exceeding 10 kilometer…

Pumped Storage

Glen Earrach Energy Submits Application for Major Pumped Storage Hydro Project on Loch Ness

Glen Earrach Energy (GEE) has submitted a planning application under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 for a 2GW pumped storage hydropower project near Loc…