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Metal

Russia Invests $13.4bn in Baimskaya Copper Mine

Russian state bank VEB has committed over Rbs1.1 trillion ($13.4 billion) to develop the Baimskaya copper mine in the Chukotka region, located in Russia’s…

Offshore Wind Power

Ocean Winds Awards Onshore Substation Contract for Polish Offshore Project

Ocean Winds has engaged P&Q to construct the onshore substation for its 500 MW BC-Wind offshore wind project in the Polish Baltic Sea. The contract encompasses …

Geothermal Drilling

HS Orka Commences Geothermal Exploration Drilling at Krýsuvík, Iceland

HS Orka has initiated exploration drilling at Sveifluháls in Krýsuvík, Iceland, to enhance understanding of the local geothermal system. Th…

Rooftop Solar

California Proposes Break to Rooftop Solar Contracts, Raising Average Bills $63

A new legislative proposal in California, AB 942, aims to modify existing rooftop solar net metering contracts, affecting approximately two million customers. I…

Turkey

Rönesans Holding Closes Financing on $2-B PP Production Plant in Türkiye

Rönesans Holding, a leading Turkish contracting and investment conglomerate, has finalized financing for a $2 billion polypropylene (PP) production plant a…

SAF

Jet Zero Australia Selects Technip Energies for SAF Project FEED

Technip Energies NV, a French technology and engineering company, has been appointed as the front-end engineering design (FEED) contractor for Project Ulysses, …

Smart Meter

E.ON Next Warns York Over Radio Teleswitch Service Meter

E.ON Next is urging approximately 800 customers in York with Radio Teleswitch Service (RTS) meters to upgrade to smart meters before the radio signal powering t…

Metal

Discovery Silver Closes $425M Acquisition of Porcupine Gold Mine Complex

Discovery Silver has completed a transaction valued at up to $425 million to acquire the Porcupine Operations in Canada from Newmont, establishing itself as a g…

Solar Materials

Chinese Scientists Develop New Dust Storm Forecasting System to Boost Solar Energy Production

Scientists in China have developed a forecasting tool named iDust, designed to improve predictions of dust storms and enhance solar energy production. This inno…

Geothermal Drilling

Australian Firm Granted Geothermal Exploration License in North Efate, Vanuatu

Groundlink Energy Pty Ltd, an Australia-based company, has secured a geothermal exploration license for a site in Takara, located north of Efate Island in Vanua…

Methane

Vision RNG Closes $28.8 Million Sale of Investment Tax Credit Associated With Laurel Ridge RNG Project

On April 15, Vision RNG, a prominent developer of renewable natural gas (RNG) initiatives, completed the sale of the investment tax credit (ITC) from its Laurel…

Net Zero

EU Recognises Talga’s Luleå Refinery as Net-Zero Strategic Project

Talga Group, a battery materials and technology company, has been granted net-zero strategic project status for its18 its Luleå Anode Refinery in Sweden. …

Carbon Emissions

Taiwan Reports 2023 Greenhouse Gas Emission Decline

In 2023, Taiwan’s greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 4.64% compared to 2005 levels, according to the Ministry of Environment. The Taipei City Departmen…

Nuclear Technology

TerraPower Begins UK Design Assessment Process

TerraPower, a U.S.-based nuclear innovation company, has formally announced its intent to start the Generic Design Assessment (GDA) process for its Natrium sodi…

Tidal Energy

UK Firm Raises Almost $1.6m to Scale Dolphin-Inspired Tidal Energy Tech

Porpoise Power, a tidal energy startup from the University of Oxford, has raised £1.2 million (approximately $1.58 million) in pre-seed funding. The inves…