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Coal-Fired Power Plants

Morocco Plans Coal Power Phase-Out by 2040

Morocco intends to completely phase out coal-fired power generation by 2040 if adequate international climate financing is secured, the Powering Past Coal Allia…

Carbon Capture

Google Backs US Gas Power Plant With Carbon Capture for Midwest Data Centers

Google (GOOGL.O) announced on Thursday that it has signed the first corporate agreement in the United States to purchase electricity from a power plant using ca…

United States

Alaska Air Cuts Annual Profit Forecast on Higher Fuel Costs

Alaska Air Group (ALK.N) reduced its 2025 profit outlook on Thursday as higher fuel prices and operational challenges, including severe weather, affected its ma…

China

CPC Plenum Concludes, Adopting Recommendations for China’s 15th Five-Year Plan

The 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) convened its fourth plenary session in Beijing from Monday to Thursday.Xi Jinping, general secr…

United States

Linde Starts up Air Separation Unit in Eastern Tennessee

Linde plc (Dublin, Ireland) announced the start-up of its new industrial gas supply to customers in Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Nashville in eastern Tennessee, …

Panama

Konecranes Unveils Hybrid & Electric Port Solutions

Konecranes has officially introduced its Noell Hydrogen Fuel Cell Straddle Carrier to the Americas, marking its debut in Panama City. The new model is presented…

Metal

Sagittarius Seeks Partner for Philippines’ Largest Copper-Gold Mine

Sagittarius Mines, developer of what could become the Philippines’ largest mining operation, is seeking a strategic partner to advance the long-delayed Ta…

Ethiopia

Ethiopian Investment Holdings to Construct Urea Fertilizer Plant

Ethiopian government officials announced plans to establish a large-scale urea fertilizer plant through a partnership between Ethiopian Investment Holdings and …

Energy Storage Project

Energy Storage Could Cut Brazil’s Electricity System Costs 16% in 2029

A recent study highlights that implementing energy storage technologies, such as lithium-ion batteries and pumped hydro, could lower Brazil’s electricity …

Metal

Angola’s First Major Copper Mine Starts Production

Angola’s first large-scale copper mine, the Tetelo project, will soon begin production as part of the country’s plan to expand beyond oil and develo…

Germany

BASF and IFF Collaborate on Next-Generation Enzymes for Fabrics, Personal Care and Industrial Cleaning

BASF (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com), a global chemical leader and pioneer in sustainable product innovation, announced a strategic collaboration with Int…

Photovoltaic （PV）

TotalEnergies Turns Closed US Landfill Into 7 MW Solar Plant

Baltimore County, Maryland, has completed a solar project on the 213-acre closed Parkton Landfill, aiming to reduce electricity costs, lower carbon emissions, a…

Battery

Rondo Powers up ‘World’s Largest’ Industrial Heat Battery

Rondo Energy has begun operation of a 100 megawatt-hour (MWh) industrial heat battery, described by the company as the world’s largest of its kind, at a f…

Hydrogen Project

German Hydrogen Network Sets Capacity Reservation Rules for 2026

Germany’s hydrogen core network operators have announced a key milestone in the country’s hydrogen development, publishing guidelines for capacity r…

Oil Refinery

Russia Ships First Oil to New Refinery in Georgia

Russian oil producer Russneft (RNFT.MM) has delivered its first oil cargo to Georgia’s newly constructed Kulevi oil refinery this month, according to LSEG…