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Pumped Storage

Avaada Group to Develop 3,650 MW Pumped Storage Projects in Maharashtra

Avaada Group, a renewable energy company, has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Water Resources Department of the Government of Maharashtra to…

United States

Soybean Planting in the US Is Proceeding at a Record Pace

As of May 4, 2025, American farmers had planted 30% of the planned soybean area, marking the highest progress for this date on record, according to the National…

Metal

Sanatana Resources to Acquire Gold Strike Two Project in Canada From LIRECA

Sanatana Resources has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Gold Strike Two Project in Yukon, Canada, from LIRECA Resources. LIRECA, together with…

Metal

Northern Star Completes $3.25bn De Grey Mining Acquisition

Australian gold miner Northern Star Resources has finalized its acquisition of De Grey Mining, a fellow gold mining company, through a court-approved arrangemen…

Rooftop Solar

Australian Rooftop Solar Installations Down 10% in April to 225 MW

Recent data from SunWiz, a research firm, indicates a decline in Australia’s rooftop solar installations for April 2025. The national market recorded 225 …

Power Construction

Europe’s Grid Requires Significant Investment to Avoid Blackouts

A widespread blackout across Spain and Portugal on April 28, 2025, has underscored the pressing need to modernize Europe’s aging power grid. With much of the i…

Crude Oil

Norway Parliament Orders Restart to Frontier Oil and Gas Exploration Licensing

On Tuesday, the Norwegian parliament directed the Labour minority government to initiate a new licensing round for oil and gas exploration in frontier areas, pa…

Nuclear Reactor

Tomari 3 Reactor Cleared for Restart

Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has approved a draft screening report confirming that Unit 3 at Hokkaido Electric Power Company’s Tomari …

Electric Vehicles

XPENG Scores 313% YoY Soar in YTD Vehicle Deliveries by April 2025

In April 2025, XPeng Inc. delivered 35,045 new vehicles, reflecting a 273% increase compared to the same month in 2024. This achievement marks the sixth consecu…

Electric Vehicles

BYD Boasts 46.98% YoY Leap in Jan.-Apr. 2025 Vehicle Sales

BYD Company Limited announced on May 1 that it sold 380,089 new vehicles in April 2025, reflecting a 21.34% increase from the previous year and a 0.71% rise fro…

Spent Fuel (Used Fuel)

Expansion of Garoña Used Fuel Store Approved

Spain’s Nuclear Safety Council has authorized an expansion of the on-site interim dry storage facility for used fuel at the Garoña nuclear power pl…

Power Construction

PJM Selects 51 Fast-Track Power Projects Under Reliability Resource Initiative

PJM Interconnection, a U.S.-based energy distribution company, has selected 51 projects under its Reliability Resource Initiative to deliver over 9.3 gigawatts …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Russia’s Rosatom Sues Finnish Firms $2.8 Bln Over Nuclear Plant Contract

On Monday, Russia’s state-owned Rosatom filed a lawsuit in Moscow against Finnish companies Fortum and Outokumpu, seeking 227.8 billion roubles ($2.8 bill…

Coal Production

House Committee Proposes Changes to Boost US Oil, Coal on Federal Lands

On Tuesday, the House Natural Resources Committee will review proposed changes to U.S. oil and gas drilling programs as part of a budget reconciliation bill. Th…

Green Hydrogen

Stadtwerke Stuttgart Commissions Green Hydrogen Hub in Germany, Featuring Maximator H2 Compressor

On April 28, 2025, Stadtwerke Stuttgart (SWS) launched the Green Hydrogen Hub Stuttgart (GH2S) project with a ceremonial groundbreaking in Stuttgart’s por…