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Germany

BASF and ExxonMobil Collaborate on Methane Pyrolysis Technology

BASF (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and ExxonMobil (Houston, Texas) announced on Monday a strategic collaboration to advance methane pyrolysis technology, a step towar…

Photovoltaic （PV）

First Solar to Open Gaffney Production Facility in South Carolina, US

First Solar announced plans on Monday to build a new production facility in Gaffney, South Carolina, with an investment of around $330 million. The plant is sch…

Smart Grid

Shanghai Electric and Siemens to Drive Green Digital Power Grid Transformation

Shanghai Electric and Siemens signed a framework agreement on Monday at the 8th China International Import Expo to accelerate the green digital transformation o…

Gas power plant

TotalEnergies to Buy 50% of EPH’s Power Assets for $5.9bn

TotalEnergies announced a major step in its gas-to-power integration strategy with an agreement to acquire 50% of EPH’s flexible power generation platform…

France

EDF, OpCore to Develop 4-Billion-Euro Data Centre in France

French utility EDF and OpCore, a joint venture formed by telecoms group Iliad and InfraVia Capital Partners, announced on Monday that they have entered into exc…

Metal

Rio Tinto to Cut Yarwun Alumina Output by 40% From October 2026 to Extend Plant Life

Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto said on Tuesday that it will reduce production at the Yarwun alumina refinery in Queensland by 40% starting next October. The c…

Spain

Spain Aims to Cut Madrid-Barcelona High Speed Rail Time to Under Two Hours, Minister Says

Spain announced plans on Monday to renovate the high-speed rail network between Madrid and Barcelona, aiming to raise the maximum operating speed to 350 kph (21…

Photovoltaic （PV）

SECI to Develop 1,250 MWh Battery and Solar Projects in Andhra Pradesh

Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI) has completed the exchange of government orders with Andhra Pradesh for two new renewable energy projects. The …

Australia

Australia Details Year to September Wheat, Durum Exports

Australia exported 23.49 million tonnes (Mt) of wheat, including durum, in the year to September 30, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. This tota…

Germany

BASF Coatings Is Committed to the UN Sustainable Development Goals

The 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) provide a global plan for peace and prosperity. Adopted in September 2015 at the UN World Summit, t…

United Kingdom

Costain’s £30 Million of Road Upgrades for the UK

Costain has secured a £30m package of works under the Eastern Highways Alliance (EHA) Framework, known as EHF4. The Framework focuses on the next generati…

Metal

Barrick Mining Considers Splitting Into Two Entities, Sources Say

Barrick Gold's board is exploring options to divide the company into two distinct operations, with one centered on North American assets and the other on pr…

Nuclear Fusion

Six German States Unite for Fusion Research

Six German states—Bavaria, Hamburg, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, and Schleswig-Holstein—have established the Alliance for Fusion Research to …

Brazil

AFD and IDB Launch $324M Subsea Fibre and Data Centre Project in Brazil’s Amazon

The French Development Agency (AFD) has collaborated with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to allocate $324 million toward a comprehensive subsea fiber…

Tidal Energy

Bay of Fundy Tidal Turbines Get Regulatory Green Light

Fisheries and Oceans Canada has granted a Fisheries Act Authorization to Eauclaire Tidal, permitting the installation of up to three Orbital Marine Power O2-X t…