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Coal Production

Indonesia Eyes Over 700 Mln Tons of Coal Production in 2025

Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources announced that the country is on track to produce more than 700 million tons of coal by the end of th…

Oil Refinery

India Approves $3.4 Billion Payout to State-Run Refiners for Cooking Gas Losses

India’s government approved a 300 billion rupee ($3.4 billion) compensation package for state-owned oil marketing companies to cover losses from providing…

Uranium Project

Russia’s Rosatom Starts Development of Uranium Deposit in Eastern Siberia

Rosatom, Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy corporation, announced the start of development at the Shirondukuyskoye uranium deposit in eastern Siberia. T…

United States

NCDOT Awards $182M Contract for Hampstead Bypass Completion

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has awarded a $182 million contract to S.T. Wooten for the construction of the final section of the Hamp…

Norway

World’s First Zero-Emissions Quicklime Plant Underway in Norway

Thyssenkrupp Polysius will supply the kiln system for SMA Mineral’s upcoming pilot plant in Mo i Rana, Norway, which is designed to produce quicklime with…

China

DeepSeek Six Months On: Disruption, Backlash, and the Fight for Trust

In January 2025, DeepSeek, a Chinese-developed AI chatbot from High-Flyer AI, launched globally and quickly gained significant attention. Its R1 model, featurin…

Floating Offshore Wind

100 MW White Cross Floating Wind Farm Granted Full Consent

The 100 MW White Cross floating offshore wind farm, developed by Flotation Energy and Cobra, has received complete onshore and offshore planning approval in the…

Electric Vehicles

FORVIA HELLA Achieves Volume Production of 12V Lithium Battery Management System in China With EVE Energy

On August 6, 2025, FORVIA HELLA announced the world’s first mass production of a 12V lithium battery management system (BMS) in China, developed in collab…

Solar project

Trump Administration Will End $7 Billion Solar Energy Grant Program

Lee Zeldin, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), announced the termination of a $7 billion grant program aimed at expanding solar en…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

US Loan Disbursements to Recommission Michigan Nuclear Plant Top $83 Million

Holtec International received the fifth installment of a loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy to support the restart of the 800-megawatt Palisades …

Metal

Rio Tinto Says No Economic Incentive for Green Steel in Australia

Rio Tinto, a major mining company, expressed concerns about the feasibility of establishing a "green iron" sector in Australia to support decarbonization effort…

South Korea

LG Chem and Enilive Break Ground on Korea’s First HVO/SAF Plant

LG Chem Ltd., based in Seoul, South Korea, and Enilive, a biorefining subsidiary of Eni S.p.A. from Rome, Italy, have initiated construction of South Korea&rsqu…

Japan

IQM and TOYO Team to Boost Quantum Computing Adoption in Japan

TOYO Corporation, a leading Japanese firm specializing in measurement technology, has entered into a distribution agreement with IQM Quantum Computers, a Finnis…

Sweden

Port of Helsingborg to Launch Its First Onshore Power Supply for Boxships

The Port of Helsingborg in Sweden is set to construct its first onshore power supply (OPS) facility for container vessels, aligning with its goal to eliminate f…

Energy Storage Project

Maxvolt Launches Smart Inverter With Inbuilt Lithium Battery

Indian battery manufacturer MaxVolt Industries Energy Limited, based in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, has expanded its product lineup with the introduction of a Sma…