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United States

GlobalFoundries Pledges $16BN US Expansion to Avoid Trump Tariffs

GlobalFoundries, a major semiconductor manufacturer, announced a $16 billion investment to expand its production facilities in New York and Vermont, responding …

Photovoltaic （PV）

Brazil Solar Imports Slow as New China Trade Routes Open

Brazil’s imports of photovoltaic modules, cells, and systems dropped to $722.2 million FOB from January to April 2025, down 33% from $1.08 billion the pre…

Solar project

Fortescue Secures Approval for 644 MW Solar Hub in Australia

Fortescue’s proposed 644 MW Turner River Solar Hub, located on a 1,400-hectare site approximately 120 kilometers south of Port Hedland in Western Australi…

Gas turbine engine

GE Vernova to Upgrade Gas Turbine Units for Uniper in UK

Uniper, an international energy provider based in Dusseldorf, Germany, is partnering with GE Vernova to modernize three GT26 gas turbines at the Grain power sta…

Nuclear waste

Canada Begins Public Engagement on Siting of Second Repository

Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) is inviting public feedback to shape its proposed approach for selecting a site for a second deep ge…

Coal Mine

Trump Administration Approves Coal Mine Expansion to Boost Asia Exports

On Friday, the U.S. Interior Department approved a plan by Signal Peak Energy to expand coal mining operations at the Bull Mountains mine in Montana’s Mus…

Green Hydrogen

HDF Energy and Southern Power to Develop Green Hydrogen Projects in Vietnam

HDF Energy and Southern Power Corporation (EVNSPC), a subsidiary of Vietnam Electricity (EVN), have announced a partnership to explore green hydrogen power proj…

Geothermal Power Project

Tohoku, Mitsubishi Eye Deep Geothermal Tech for Japan

Tohoku Electric Power and Mitsubishi Corporation have teamed up with Quaise Energy, a U.S.-based company, to investigate deep geothermal drilling technology in …

Nuclear Reactor

KHNP Sets Out Plans for USD18.6bn Czech Nuclear Project

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) is preparing to initiate subcontract agreements and set up a project office at Dukovany following the official signing of an …

Finland

Metso to Launch PCAM Pilot and Demo Production Plants

Metso Corporation, based in Espoo, Finland, has announced the launch of pilot and demonstration plants to advance the development and production of precursor ca…

Monaco

Monaco Telecom Debuts GenAI Virtual Assistant Developed by Altores

Monaco Telecom has introduced a new virtual assistant powered by generative artificial intelligence, developed in collaboration with Altores, a startup nurtured…

United Kingdom

Wates Wins $148.9m Victoria Tower Refurbishment Contract in UK

Wates, a UK-based construction and property maintenance firm, has secured a £110.6 million ($148.9 million) contract to refurbish the historic Victoria To…

Nuclear Decommissioning

UK Parliament Committee Calls for Speedier Sellafield Clean-up

The UK House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has expressed concerns over the GBP136 billion (USD184 billion) cost of decommissioning the Sellafield nuclear…

Solar Battery (Storage)

Ivory Coast Launches Tenders for 200 MW/66 MWh of Solar-Plus-Storage

Ci-Energies, Ivory Coast’s state-run utility, has launched two tenders for the construction of 100 MW solar power plants, each integrated with 33 MWh of e…

Nuclear Reactor

Approval of Westinghouse Test Microreactor Progresses

Westinghouse has received U.S. Department of Energy approval for its eVinci microreactor’s Preliminary Safety Design Report, becoming the first microreact…