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SMR

Lithuania to Consider Deployment of Newcleo SMRs

On July 9, 2025, in Rome, Lithuania’s Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant and France-based Newcleo signed a memorandum of understanding to assess the potential o…

Wave Energy

Seaturns Raises €2.45 Million to Launch Full-Scale Wave Energy Demonstrator

On July 4, 2025, Bordeaux-based Seaturns, a French wave energy developer, announced it secured €2.45 million through a fundraising campaign on the LITA.co …

Sweden

NCC Partners With Ssab for Emission-Free Steel Mill in Luleå, Sweden

NCC, a construction company, and SSAB, a steel manufacturer, have signed a partnership agreement to plan and build a new emission-free steel mill in Luleå…

Metal

Kavango Exercises Option to Buy 100% of Zimbabwe’s Nara Gold Project

Kavango Resources has finalized its option to fully acquire the Nara gold project in Zimbabwe, advancing its strategy to expand gold mining operations in southe…

Ethanol

US Paves Way to Resume Ethane Exports to China Amid Trade Truce

On July 2, 2025, the U.S. lifted restrictions on ethane exports to China, allowing companies like Enterprise Products Partners and Energy Transfer to ship witho…

Metal

Kootenay Silver Raises $14M to Advance Mexican Silver Project

Canadian exploration company Kootenay Silver has completed an upsized bought deal public offering, raising C$20 million (US$14.6 million) to advance its Columba…

Gas power plant

Ameren Proposes 800MW Natural Gas Energy Centre in Missouri

Ameren Missouri has submitted a proposal to the Missouri Public Service Commission to construct the Big Hollow Energy Center in Jefferson County. The project in…

China

Huawei Showcases Gigaband to Monetize 5G-A Services With Telecom

Huawei hosted the Mobile AI Summit at Mobile World Congress (MWC) Shanghai 2025, held from June 18 to 20 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC). …

Electric Vehicles

Senate Republicans Seek to End EV Tax Credit by September 30

On June 27, 2025, U.S. Senate Republicans released an updated tax and budget bill that proposes ending the $7,500 tax credit for new electric vehicle (EV) purch…

Egypt

Egypt Winds Down Wheat Collection as Purchases Fall Short of Target, Documents Show

Egypt has started closing some local wheat collection centers earlier than planned, indicating that the 2025 wheat harvest is winding down, according to a suppl…

LNG

Chevron Raises Offtake From Lake Charles LNG to 3 MMtpa

On Wednesday, Energy Transfer LP announced an expanded agreement with Chevron Corp. for an additional 1 million metric tons per annum (MMtpa) of liquefied natur…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Italy Extends Construction Deadline for Agrivoltaic Tender

The Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE) has extended the construction deadline for 1.5 GW of utility-scale agrivoltaics projects selected…

Metal

Reed Advanced Materials Signs MoU With Rio Tinto for Eli Process Development

Reed Advanced Materials (RAM), a joint venture between Neometals and Mineral Resources, has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Rio Tinto to d…

Electric Vehicles

Xiaomi YU7 Model Surpasses 200,000 Units in Fixed Orders Within 3 Minutes of Market Launch

On June 26, 2025, Xiaomi launched its first all-electric SUV, the YU7, at a product event in Beijing, marking a key milestone in its automotive expansion. The Y…

SMR

SMR Considered for Deployment in Southern Sweden

Blykalla, a Swedish developer of lead-cooled small modular reactor (SMR) technology, has signed a letter of intent with Hörby Municipality to assess the fe…