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United States

JBS to Close California Beef Plant

JBS, the world's largest meat company, announced on December 12, 2025, the permanent closure of a beef preparation facility located outside Los Angeles. The…

Coal Production

India Approves Coal Exports Amid Healthy Power Station Stocks

India's cabinet approved a policy on December 12, 2025, allowing the export of coal due to surplus stocks at power plants, as announced by Information Minis…

Energy Storage Project

Trina Storage and Lightshift to Deploy Over 1GWh Energy Storage Systems in US

Trina Storage and Lightshift Energy have expanded their partnership to deploy more than 1 GWh of grid-scale battery energy storage systems across the United Sta…

Nuclear Fusion

Japan Signs First Fusion Power PPA

Japanese fusion start-up Helical Fusion has signed the country's first-ever fusion-energy power purchase agreement (PPA) with Aoki Super, a leading supermar…

Netherlands

Gelregroen Consortium Secures Funding for Dutch ViA15 Project

The GelreGroen consortium and Dutch infrastructure agency Rijkswaterstaat have achieved financial close on the €1.3 billion ($1.4 billion) ViA15 motorway p…

United States

Southwest CEO Expects Boeing Max 7 to Be Certified Around August 2026

Southwest Airlines now anticipates that the Boeing 737 MAX 7, the smallest member of the MAX family, will receive type certification around August 2026, with en…

Electric Vehicles

Tesla US Sales Drop to Nearly 4-Year Low in November Despite Launch of Cheaper Versions

Tesla's U.S. sales fell to a near four-year low in November, despite the introduction of more affordable variants of its leading electric vehicles, accordin…

United Kingdom

Drax Plans to Turn Coal-Era Power Station Into Data Centre by 2027

Drax Group announced on Thursday that it could repurpose part of its large power station site in Yorkshire, northern England, into a data centre as early as 202…

LNG

Italy's Snam Tightens Grip on LNG Terminal as Liquefied Gas Imports Rise

Italy's gas transmission operator Snam announced on Thursday that it will acquire a 48.2% stake in the OLT Offshore LNG Toscana terminal, located off the co…

Metal

Chile Raises Mining Investment Forecast Through 2034 to $105 Billion

Chile's mining sector is projected to attract $104.549 billion in investments between 2025 and 2034, the state copper agency Cochilco announced on Thursday.…

United States

US Senators Push USDA for Urgent Action on Bird Flu Vaccine

A bipartisan group of 23 U.S. senators sent a letter on Wednesday to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, calling for swift completion of a science-based vacci…

India

Petronet LNG Secures Rs 12,000 Crore Loan for Petrochem Project

Petronet LNG Ltd has concluded a ₹12,000-crore rupee term loan facility with a banking consortium led by State Bank of India and Bank of Baroda. The agreement …

Offshore Wind Power

LS Power Acquires Bp’s Onshore Wind Business in US

LS Power has finalized the acquisition of BP Wind Energy North America, adding approximately 1.3 GW of operating onshore wind capacity across ten projects in th…

Battery

Construction Begins on Engie’s Pelican Point BESS in South Australia

Sungrow and Engie have begun construction on the 200 MW/400 MWh Pelican Point grid-forming battery energy storage system (BESS) in South Australia. The project,…

Photovoltaic （PV）

ACCIONA EnergíA’s Aldoga Solar Farm Begins Commercial Operations in Queensland

ACCIONA Energía has commenced commercial operations at its 480 MWp Aldoga solar farm in Queensland, Australia. The facility will deliver all generated re…