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Crude Oil

Orlen Signs 12-Month Deal With Equinor for Supply of 15% Oil It Uses

Polish refiner Orlen has entered into a one-year agreement with Equinor, a Norwegian energy company, to supply over 6 million tons of crude oil. This contract, …

Canada

Canada Plans to Increase Canola Processing Capacity by 2 Mln Tons

Canada is set to increase its canola processing capacity by approximately 2 million tons, reaching 15 million tons in the 2025/26 season, according to a report …

Photovoltaic （PV）

Egypt Signs Land-Use Contract for 2 GW Solar Cell and Panel Complex

A consortium of investors from Egypt, China, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates has signed a land usufruct contract to develop the Atom Solar Egypt complex, …

United States

ARCO Design/Build Completes 815 Building in Kentucky Using Tilt-Wall Construction

ARCO Design/Build, a U.S. company, in collaboration with NTS, has completed the 815 Building, a 48,190-square-foot office facility for Heaven Hill Brands at the…

Wave Energy

Operational Testing Completed at Los Angeles Wave Energy Pilot

Eco Wave Power, a wave energy developer, has successfully completed operational testing and lowered its floaters into the water for the first time at its U.S. p…

United States

AT&T’s $23BN Spectrum Deal With Echostar Reshapes the US 5G Landscape

AT&T has agreed to purchase $23 billion in spectrum licenses from EchoStar, marking a major development in the U.S. telecommunications sector. The deal includes…

China

Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Splashes New Dual-Fuel Methanol Boxship in China

Tsuneishi Group (Zhoushan) Shipbuilding (TZS), the Chinese manufacturing base of Japan’s Tsuneishi Shipbuilding, launched a 5,900 TEU methanol dual-fuel contai…

Natural Gas

JEA Board Approves $1.57bn Natural Gas Facility in Jacksonville, US

The board of Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA), a municipal utility in Florida, has unanimously approved a $1.57 billion plan to build a combined cycle natu…

Battery

NatPower to Build UK’s First Battery Storage With Maritime Electrification Infrastructure

NatPower, a renewable energy project developer, has partnered with Sembcorp Utilities (UK), a subsidiary of Sembcorp Energy UK, to develop Teesside GigaPark, th…

Wind Farm

OX2 Secures Asset Management Contract for Four Swedish Wind Farms

Swedish renewable energy developer OX2 announced a significant asset management contract with Renewable Power Capital to oversee four wind farms in Sweden: Kn&a…

Electric Vehicle Battery

HASCO Moves Into Solid-State Battery Field With SAIC Qingtao Stake Purchase

On August 27, 2025, HUAYU Automotive Systems Co., Ltd. (HASCO) announced its acquisition of a 49% stake in Shanghai SAIC QingTao Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (SA…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Polish Oil Company Orlen to Build Small Nuclear Power

On August 28, 2025, Polish oil company Orlen announced plans to construct the country’s first small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) in Wloclawek, a town in …

Natural Gas

Exxon Sees Natural Gas Demand Surging in Outlook to 2050

Exxon Mobil, a leading U.S. oil producer, announced on August 28, 2025, that global natural gas demand is expected to increase by over 20% by 2050 compared to 2…

Hydropower Plant

EDF to Make 6 GW of Hydropower Capacity Available Under French Deal With EU

On Thursday, August 28, 2025, the French Prime Minister’s office announced that EDF, the state-owned utility, will allocate 6 gigawatts of hydroelectric c…

France

France Sees Sharp Drop In Lumpy Skin Disease Outbreaks in Livestock

France has seen a significant reduction in lumpy skin disease outbreaks in cattle, with no new cases reported since August 22, 2025, following a widespread vacc…