Ons

Wind Turbine

Vestas Secures Seven Wind Turbine Orders for 273MW Capacity in Germany

Vestas has secured seven new wind turbine orders totaling 273 megawatts for projects located in various regions of Germany. The company booked these orders duri…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Russia Plans a Nuclear Power Plant on the Moon Within a Decade

Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos announced plans to construct a lunar power plant by 2036. The agency has signed a contract with the Lavochkin Ass…

LNG

Malaysia’s Petronas Signs LNG Supply Deal With China’s CNOOC

Malaysian state-owned energy company Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) announced on Wednesday that it will supply Chinese offshore oil and gas company CNOOC …

Japan

UBE Mitsubishi Cement to Halt Kiln at Kyushu Plant by 2027

Mitsubishi Materials has announced that its 50:50 equity-method affiliate, UBE Mitsubishi Cement Corporation, formed with UBE Corporation, has approved a reorga…

United States

John Deere Agrees to Buy US Construction Tech Firm Tenna

Deere & Company (John Deere) has entered into an agreement to acquire Tenna, a US-based construction technology company, for an undisclosed amount. The announce…

Brazil

Hanseatic Global Terminals to Develop New Brazil Hub

Hanseatic Global Terminals (HGT) has signed an agreement with Imetame Group to acquire a 50 per cent stake in Imetame Logística Porto (ILP), a joint vent…

Nuclear Reactor

Sweden’s Vattenfall Applies for State Aid for New Nuclear Reactors

Swedish utility Vattenfall has submitted an application for state financing to construct new nuclear reactors at its Ringhals facility, marking the first such r…

Metal

Gold and Silver Soar in Year-End Rally

Precious metals continued their strong upward momentum in late December, with gold approaching $4,500 per ounce and silver reaching new peaks near $70 per ounce…

Power Construction

Shanghai Electric Begins Power Plants Upgrade Project in Iraq

Shanghai Electric has begun construction on the Euphrates combined-cycle power plant extension project in Iraq, adding 625 MW of capacity and increasing overall…

Wind Power Project

EBRD to Offer $200M Financing for Wind Power Project in Türkiye

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved financing of $200 million (€172 million) to support the development of new wind po…

Net Zero

China’s Carbon-free District Heating Plan

The homes of 400,000 residents around Haiyang, China are being warmed with heat produced by the local nuclear power plant. This clean, affordable, consistent di…

Tidal Energy

Maintenance and Upgrade Work Completes at World’s Largest Tidal Stream Array

Proteus Marine Renewables, a UK-based tidal energy company, announced on December 18, 2025, that it has successfully completed offshore maintenance and upgrade …

Metal

China Approves General Export Licenses for Rare Earth-Related Items: Commerce Ministry

China's Ministry of Commerce announced on December 18, 2025, that it has received and approved applications from certain domestic exporters for general expo…

China

World’s Longest Expressway Tunnel to Open to Traffic in Xinjiang by Year-End

The Tianshan Shengli Tunnel, recognized as the world's longest expressway tunnel at 22.13 kilometers, is scheduled to open to traffic by the end of 2025. Th…

Germany

BASF and OQEMA Ink Distribution Deal in Central and Eastern Europe

BASF SE has established a new distribution agreement with OQEMA, a prominent chemical distributor in Europe, for supplying polymer dispersions and additives use…