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Wind Farm

RWE Commissions Kail Wind Farm in Germany

Germany’s RWE has commissioned the Kail wind farm, marking its first wind power project in the Rhineland-Palatinate region in western Germany. The renewab…

Biorefinery

Eni Seeks Approval for Sicily Biorefinery, Recycling Plant

Italian energy company Eni announced on Thursday that it has begun the environmental approval process to convert its industrial site in Priolo, Sicily, into a b…

Oil Refinery

BPCL Secures Land for $11 Billion Refinery Project in Southern India

India’s state-run Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) will invest nearly $11 billion to construct a new refinery with a capacity of 180,000 to 240…

Coal Mine

US Postpones Wyoming Coal Lease Sale After Disappointing Montana Auction

The U.S. Interior Department announced on Wednesday that the Trump administration had postponed a planned sale of coal leases on federal lands in Wyoming, just …

Brazil

Brazil’s Petrobras Set to Supply 20% of Country’s Demand for Nitrogen Fertilizers in 2026

Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petrobras announced that it will be able to supply about 20% of the nation’s nitrogen fertilizer demand next y…

Nuclear waste

Holtec Walks Away From Nuclear Waste Project in New Mexico

Private nuclear power company Holtec announced this week that it will withdraw from its planned nuclear waste storage project in New Mexico, despite a June ruli…

Battery

Nala Acquires 250MW BESS Portfolio in Finland

Nala Renewables has expanded its presence in Finland’s energy storage market through the acquisition of a ready-to-build 250MW battery portfolio from Swis…

Singapore

Singapore Goes Dutch by Using Dikes to Reclaim 800 Hectares From the Sea

Singapore has expanded its land area by 800 hectares, or 8 square kilometers, with the completion of its first polder at the northwestern tip of Pulau Tekong. T…

China

Corn Production in China Continues to Grow

China’s corn production for 2025/26 is projected at 298 million tonnes, up 3 million tonnes from 2024/25, supported by stable plantings and higher yields.…

Metal

Titan Mining Announces $120M Financing Interest From Exim for Graphite Project

Titan Mining Corporation has announced that the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) has expressed interest in providing up to $120 million in financi…

Saudi Arabia

Songwon Announces Investment to Establish Production Facility for Polymer Additives in Saudi Arabia

Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd. (Ulsan, South Korea; www.songwon.com), a leading global manufacturer of polymer stabilizers, has announced a major investment to es…

United States

AMD and OpenAI Forge Strategic Partnership to Deploy 6GW of GPUs for AI Infrastructure

AMD and OpenAI have announced a multi-year, multi-generation strategic partnership, under which OpenAI will deploy six gigawatts of AMD GPUs to power its next-g…

Metal

Indonesia Shortens Mining Production Quotas to One Year

Indonesia has announced a revision to its mining production quota system, reducing the validity period from three years to one year, effective 3 October. The go…

Singapore

GCMD and IAPH Shake Hands on Port Decarbonization Initiative

The Singapore-based Global Center for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) and the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) have signed a two-year coal…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Large-Scale PV Faces Market Contraction in Brazil

By September 2025, Brazil had added 935 MW of new utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) capacity, reflecting continued expansion of its renewable energy sector. From …