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United Kingdom

UK to Debut an Electric Shipping Route

NatPower Marine and Peel Ports Group will begin installing shore power at Heysham port this month. The first plug will be operational during the initial phase, …

Solar project

South Africa Deploys 928 MW of Solar in Q1

South Africa’s solar power sector recorded notable growth in the first quarter of this year, with approximately 928 MW of new capacity added, according to…

Brazil

Petrobras Refinery Tests Co-Processing of Vegetable Oil With Traditional Feedstock for SAF Production

In the first week of September, Petrobras carried out tests at its Henrique Lage Refinery (Revap) in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, for th…

China

China Slaughtered 183 Mln Pigs in the First Half of the Year, Driving Down Prices

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chinese slaughterhouses processed 183.55 million pigs from January to June, marking a 14.5% incr…

Battery

EVE Energy’s First Sodium-Ion Battery Storage System Enters Commercial Operation

On September 17, Chinese battery maker EVE Energy announced the successful connection of its first large-scale sodium-ion battery storage system to the grid at …

Carbon Emissions

India’s Power-Sector CO2 Emissions Fall for Second Time in Over Four Decades, Report Says

India’s carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector fell by 1% year-on-year in the first half of 2025, according to a report released by the Centre for…

China

Record Achievement of China’s Five-Year Plan for Grain Production

China has achieved a historic milestone in grain production under its 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025), surpassing 700 million tonnes of grain in 2024. This was …

France

Orange Reaches 10 Million Fiber Customers, First Operator in Europe to Cross Milestone

Orange has announced that it has reached a record 10 million fiber customers in France, becoming the first operator in Europe to surpass this milestone in its d…

Wave Energy

Weco Completes First Full Assembly of Its Upgraded Wave Energy Device

The Hague-based Wave Energy Collective (Weco) has announced the successful first full assembly of its Kaizen 2.0 wave energy device. The milestone was achieved …

Germany

Nokia, Deutsche Bahn Launch ‘World’s First’ Commercial 1900 MHz 5G Rail Network

Nokia and Deutsche Bahn (DB), Germany’s national railway operator, have deployed the world’s first commercial 1900 MHz (n101) 5G radio network with …

Metal

MMC Completes First Gold Pour at Bayan Khundii Mine in Mongolia

Mongolian Mining Corporation (MMC), a leading coking coal producer and exporter, has completed the first gold pour at the Bayan Khundii gold mine in Mongolia. T…

Floating Offshore Wind

Norway’s First Floating Wind Tender Attracts Two Bids

Norway’s first tender for building commercial floating offshore wind farms has drawn bids from two consortia, the Ministry of Energy said on Monday.Equino…

France

Axens Announces Startup of First-Of-Its-Kind SAF Plant in Asia

Axens, headquartered in Rueil-Malmaison, France, has successfully started up a 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) unit at a site in Asia. The facility is desi…

Sweden

Ericsson Integrates Agentic AI Into Enterprise 5G Networking With NetCloud Platform

Ericsson has announced the integration of agentic AI into its NetCloud platform, marking a significant step forward in enterprise 5G networking. The development…

Coal Mine

China’s Largest Coalbed Methane Field Sees Output Top 4 Billion Cubic Meters

As of the end of August, China’s first large-scale coalbed methane field, the Daning-Jixian block in northern Shanxi Province, reached a cumulative produc…