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Battery

LEAG and Fluence to Develop Gigabattery Jänschwalde 1000 Project in Germany

LEAG Clean Power and Fluence Energy announced plans to build Europe’s largest battery energy storage system, the GigaBattery Jänschwalde 1000, in J&a…

Green Hydrogen

OMV and Masdar Form JV for 140MW Green Hydrogen Plant in Austria

OMV and Masdar have signed a binding agreement to jointly develop and operate a 140MW green hydrogen plant in Bruck an der Leitha, Austria, which is set to beco…

Denmark

Europe’s Largest Printed Housing Complex Completed in Denmark

The 3D-printing phase of Europe’s largest printed housing project, named Skovsporet (the forest trail), has been completed in Holstebro, western Denmark. …

Electric Vehicles

Renault Revives Twingo With New Affordable Electric Version to Boost Sales

Renault (RENA.PA) unveiled its new electric Twingo on Thursday, aiming to boost its electric vehicle sales by leveraging the classic model name and a price belo…

Australia

Google Planning Powerful AI Data Centre on Tiny Australian Indian Ocean Outpost

Google plans to build a large artificial intelligence data centre on Australia’s remote Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, according to documents revie…

Battery

Shell, Sunotec Ink Spread Hedge for 600MWh BESS

Shell Energy Europe and Sunotec have signed a cross-border spread hedge agreement for a battery energy storage project exceeding 600 MWh under development in Ce…

Romania

Romania to Set Up Fund for Critical Flood Infrastructure

Romania will establish an infrastructure fund dedicated to flood prevention and response, aiming to meet European Union requirements for unlocking recovery fund…

Battery

Sinopec and LG Chem Sign Agreement to Jointly Develop Sodium-Ion Battery Materials

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) and LG Chem announced a joint development agreement on key materials for sodium-ion batteries, aiming to advanc…

Brazil

Brazil to Expand Amazon River Flow for Year-Round Soy and Corn Exports

Brazilian authorities have approved the construction of a canal through 35 kilometers of rocky rapids in the Amazon rainforest, a major development aimed at fac…

France

Lille Orders Automated Metros From Alstom and Siemens as Part of Metro Modernisation

Métropole Européenne de Lille (MEL) is advancing the modernisation of its fully automated metro network with two major train procurement projects …

Oil Refinery

Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery Ramps up Output on Back of New Fuel Import Duty

Nigeria’s Dangote Petroleum Refinery, Africa’s largest oil refinery, announced on Saturday that it is increasing production to meet national petrol …

United States

Apple Shares Rise as iPhone Holiday Sales Forecast Soothes Supply Woes

Apple’s shares rose about 2% in premarket trading on Friday after the company issued an optimistic forecast for the holiday quarter, indicating that strong dem…

Oil & Gas Trade

Saudi Aramco and Sonatrach Cut LPG Osps for Nov by 3-4%

Saudi Arabia’s state oil company Aramco and Algeria’s national energy firm Sonatrach have reduced their official selling prices (OSPs) for liquefied…

Germany

BASF Will Construct Electronic-Grade Ammonium Hydroxide Plant to Support Semiconductor Manufacturing

BASF (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) announced the construction of a new electronic-grade ammonium hydroxide (NH4OH EG) plant in Ludwigshafen to support s…

Ukraine

EU and Ukraine Agree on New Poultry Import Quotas

Under a recent review of the EU-Ukraine Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), Ukraine’s annual poultry export quota to the EU will increase by one-th…