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CCS

Norway’s Northern Lights CCS Project Starts Operations With First CO2 Injected

Norway has begun operations at the Northern Lights carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, with the first volumes of carbon dioxide (CO2) successfully injecte…

Metal

US Interior Department Proposes Adding Copper to Critical Minerals List

On August 25, 2025, the U.S. announced a proposal to include copper, potash, silver, lead, and silicon in its draft critical minerals list for 2025, highlightin…

United Kingdom

STRABAG Consortium Secures Contract for £3BN Water Project in UK

The consortium of STRABAG, Equitix, and GLIL Infrastructure has been awarded a contract by United Utilities to deliver the £3 billion ($4.02 billion) Hawe…

Ukraine

Ukraine Exported 2 Mln Tons of New Harvest Wheat

As of August 22 in the 2025/26 marketing year, exports of grain and leguminous crops from Ukraine reached 3.4 million tons, representing nearly half of the leve…

Turkey

Wood Awarded Contract for Turkey’s Largest Polypropylene Plant

Wood plc, headquartered in Aberdeen, U.K., is providing project management consultancy (PMC) services for the development of Turkey’s largest polypropylen…

Oil Shale

Crescent Energy Nears Deal for US Shale Peer Vital Energy, Sources Say

Crescent Energy, a U.S. energy company, is in advanced discussions to acquire Vital Energy, a smaller firm, sources familiar with the matter reported on Friday,…

Singapore

Dell Technologies Launches Asia Pacific & Japan AI Innovation Hub in Singapore

Dell Technologies has launched its new Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ) AI Innovation Hub (AIIH) in Singapore during the Dell Technologies Forum. The AIIH, an extensi…

Metal

Energy Fuels Produces 99.9% Pure Dysprosium Oxide at Utah Mill

Energy Fuels has produced its first kilogram of dysprosium (Dy) oxide with a purity of 99.9% at the White Mesa Mill in Utah, surpassing the commercial specifica…

Germany

Port of Hamburg Marks New Multi-Purpose Terminal Digitalization Milestone

UNIKAI, part of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG, and AKQUINET completed the AKIDU project, enhancing digitalization at the Port of Hamburg’s O’Swald…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Taiwan Nuclear Plant Re-Opening Vote Fails as Approval Threshold Missed

On Saturday, a referendum to reopen the Maanshan nuclear power plant in southern Taiwan failed to meet the required voter threshold. The vote, proposed by the T…

Electric Vehicles

YANGWANG U9 Marks First Anniversary With 149 Units Delivered

On August 21, YANGWANG, BYD’s luxury brand, released its YANGWANG U9 One-Year Delivery Report, marking one year since the first all-electric supercar deli…

Solar project

Zambia Begins Building 100 MW Solar Project

Zambia has initiated construction on the 100 MW Chipata West solar project, aimed at providing electricity to rural communities. The project, led by the nationa…

Battery

France’s Largest Battery Storage System Powers Up

Harmony Energy, a UK-based renewable energy developer, has activated a battery energy storage system (BESS) at the port of Nantes-Saint-Nazaire, France. Boastin…

Hydrogen Project

New York State Invests Over $11M in Five Clean Hydrogen Initiatives

New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a $11 million investment in five clean hydrogen research and development projects across the United States. These initi…

Biofuel

US EPA Approves Biofuel Waivers for Small Refiners, Stirring Concerns Over Demand

On Friday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cleared most of its backlog of exemption requests from small oil refineries under the Renewable Fuel S…