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Metal

Exxaro Resources to Acquire Manganese Assets for $640M in South Africa

Exxaro Resources has acquired manganese assets in South Africa’s Kalahari Manganese Field for ZAR11.67 billion ($640 million), with potential adjustments …

Metal

Codelco Signs Agreement With I-Pulse to Explore Advanced Mining Technologies

Codelco, Chile’s state-owned mining company, has signed a letter of intent with I-Pulse to explore pulsed power technologies for mining, focusing on susta…

Battery

Engie Turns Sod on Belgium BESS

Engie has started construction on a 400 MWh battery park in Kallo, Belgium, featuring 110 battery modules, in partnership with NHOA Energy under a supply and se…

Electric Vehicles

XPENG Announces Foray Into Italian Market

On May 13, 2025, XPENG announced its entry into Italy, debuting at Milan Design Week 2025 as one of the first Chinese EV startups to participate. The company sh…

CCS

Drilling Ops Yield Fertile Ground for Carbon Storage in North Sea

Equinor Low Carbon Solutions has drilled two appraisal wells, 32/7-1 and 32/4-4, in the Norwegian North Sea, 20 kilometers east of Troll A and 70 kilometers wes…

Wave Energy

CorPower to Build 5MW Wave Project

CorPower Ocean will develop a 5MW wave energy project at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland, announced by Deputy First Minister Kate F…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Kewaunee Site Under Consideration for Nuclear New Build

EnergySolutions and WEC Energy Group are exploring new nuclear energy development at the Kewaunee nuclear power plant site in Wisconsin, with plans to secure an…

Oil Price

US Oil Prices Drop More Than $1 as Inventory Build Raises Oversupply Fear

U.S. crude futures dropped more than $1 in early trading on Thursday after unexpected data showed an increase in U.S. crude oil inventories, sparking concerns a…

LNG

Venture Global Urges FERC to Reaffirm Approval for Louisiana LNG Project

Venture Global, a U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) company, is seeking approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to proceed with the constru…

Solar project

EnBW Powers up German Solar Cluster

EnBW has successfully connected three solar parks to the grid in Germany, located in Rosenberg and Hardheim. With a combined capacity of 24.2 MW, these faciliti…

Solar project

Financing Secured for 62 MW Solar Project in Togo

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is investing €26.5 million to support a 62 MW solar power project in Sokodé, Togo. French utility Électri…

Oman

Oman’s Wheat Production to Exceed 7,700 Tons

Omani farmers have started harvesting their 2024-2025 wheat crop, with authorities anticipating a yield exceeding 7,700 tonnes, a slight increase from the 7,500…

United States

Verizon Helps Out With $5B Small Business Supplier Accelerator Program

Verizon has pledged $5 billion over the next five years to support U.S. small business suppliers through its newly launched Small Business Supplier Accelerator …

Solar Technology

Sundrive Signs China Pact to Scale up Copper PV Technology

Sydney-based SunDrive has entered a joint development agreement with Maxwell Technologies and Jiangsu Vistar Equipment Technology to develop and distribute comm…

Wind Farm

Ameresco’s Irish Subsidiary Secures Approval for Kilvinane Wind Farm Upgrade

Ameresco’s Irish subsidiary, Cork Sustainable Energy Limited (CSEL), has obtained approval from An Bord Pleanála to upgrade the Kilvinane Wind Farm…