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Sweden

New 25-Year Agreement to Help Port of Gothenburg Become Energy Hub of the Future

On July 1, 2025, the Port of Gothenburg, Sweden, finalized new agreements with Inter Terminals Sweden, a leading Scandinavian provider of bulk liquid storage, t…

Germany

‘Get Used to More Construction Sites’: Germany to Spend €166BN on Infrastructure

German Federal Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder has announced a €166 billion investment plan over the next five years to address the country’s ag…

Turkey

Foot-And-Mouth Disease Outbreak in Turkey: Livestock Markets Closed Across the Country

The Turkish Ministry of Agriculture has announced the temporary closure of all livestock markets across the country to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth dise…

India

Sekisui Chemical to Construct New Injection-Molding Plant in Pune, India

Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd., based in Tokyo, Japan, has announced plans to construct a new injection-molding facility in Pune, Maharashtra, India, through its joi…

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…

LNG

Exxon, QatarEnergy JV Asks US Regulators for Permission to Re-Export LNG From October 1

Golden Pass LNG, a partnership between Exxon Mobil and QatarEnergy, has applied for U.S. regulatory approval to re-export liquefied natural gas (LNG) starting O…

Metal

ABTC’s Tonopah Flats Lithium Project Gains US Priority Status

The American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) has announced that its Tonopah Flats lithium facility in Nevada has been designated a transparency priority proje…

Solar Power Plant

RWE to Build Solar Plant for Kronos

RWE is set to construct a ground-mounted photovoltaic solar plant for Kronos Titan in Nordenham, Lower Saxony, Germany. The 24.7 MWp facility will be built on a…

Italy

Versalis Establishes Dedicated Oilfield Solutions Business

Versalis, the chemical company of Eni, has announced that effective 1 July 2025, it will transfer its Oilfield Chemicals business unit to a new company, Versali…

Nuclear Fusion

Westinghouse Secures ITER Fusion Reactor Assembly Contract

Westinghouse Electric has been awarded a $180 million contract by ITER to assemble the vacuum vessel for a nuclear fusion reactor located in Saint-Paul-lez-Dura…

Nuclear Fusion

Google to Buy 200MW of Fusion Energy From MIT Spinoff CFS

Google has made its first commercial commitment to fusion energy by agreeing to purchase 200 megawatts of power from Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), a compan…

Hydrogen Project

GSE Solutions Supports NuScale’s Hydrogen Simulator Project

GSE Solutions has developed a hydrogen fuel cell generation and storage plant simulation model to support NuScale Power’s hydrogen simulator project. This…

LNG

US LNG Exports Fall in June Due to Plant Maintenance

U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports declined in June to 8.4 million metric tons (MT), marking the second-lowest monthly level for 2025. This drop from 8.9 …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Kalinin’s First Unit Gets 19-Year Life Extension

Russia’s nuclear regulator, Rostekhnadzor, has granted an operating license extension for Unit 1 of the Kalinin nuclear power plant in the Tver region, ap…

Switzerland

Sulzer Launches Polystyrene Recycling Technology

Sulzer Ltd., based in Winterthur, Switzerland, has introduced its EcoStyrene polystyrene recycling technology, a pioneering solution for chemically recycling co…