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China

Volvo Cars to exclusively sell Lynk & Co electric cars in Europe

Volvo Cars has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese company Geely Auto to become the exclusive importer and distributor of Lynk & Co electric vehic…

France

TotalEnergies and EDF Group have signed an agreement on the supply of nuclear energy

French energy companies TotalEnergies SE and EDF Group (Électricité de France) have signed a partnership agreement for the supply of nuclear energ…

Indonesia

Indonesia to go ahead with B50 biodiesel mix this year, president says

Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto said ‌on March 30 during an official visit to Japan that the Southeast Asian country ​will go ahead this year with …

Libya

Libya fully resumes output at Sharara and El Feel oil fields, NOCK says

​Libya's National Oil Corporation said on March 30 ​that oil production had fully resumed at the Sharara and El ‌Feel oilfields after completing main…

Energy Saving

POSCO Group Launches SAVE Challenge for Energy Conservation

POSCO Group announced on the 30th that it will implement the energy-saving campaign ‘SAVE Challenge.’ This initiative aims to promote company-wide e…

South Korea

Four Regions Vie to Host South Korea's New Nuclear Reactors

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) announced on the 30th that Ulju-gun, Ulsan; Yeongdeok-gun, North Gyeongsang Province; Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province; an…

Philippines

Petron secures 2.5M barrels of Russian crude oil

THE Philippines’ sole oil refinery has secured nearly 2.5 million barrels of Russian crude out of extreme necessity, a stock exchange filing revealed on M…

Isotopes

China's alpha isotope breakthrough to treat 1m cancer patients annually

The China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS), a major national scientific facility in Dongguan, Guangdong province, has successfully achieved mass production of t…

Coal Production

NLC UPRVUNL JV Starts Coal Production in Jharkhand

Mar 29-The Neyveli Uttar Pradesh Power Limited, a joint venture company of NLC India Ltd and UP Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd, has commenced production from a …

Australia

Huge 1.6 gigawatt-hour battery gets federal green light for Queensland hub

A strategically vital and very large battery proposed for construction in Queensland’s Gladstone region has been waved through the federal environmental a…

France

Qair secures solar PV PPA at 192MW Brazilian plant

French independent power producer (IPP) Qair has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Brazilian LPG distributor Ultragaz for the Bom Jardim solar PV pro…

New Zealand

New Zealand's LNG Import Terminal Plan Faces Uncertainty Over Economic Viability

New Zealand’s proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal faces an uncertain future after Prime Minister Christopher Luxon stated on March 30 tha…

Cambodia

Cambodia reduces import duties for EVs, electric stoves, solar devices

Cambodia has decided to reduce import duties on electric vehicles (EVs), electric stoves and solar-powered devices in an effort to mitigate the impact of rising…

Electric Vehicles

South Korea EV Sales Surge on Subsidies, Price Cuts

Electric vehicle sales in South Korea hit a monthly record high last month. The purchase threshold lowered due to a subsidy system overhaul, combined with brand…

China

PH, China reopen oil exploration talks

THE Philippines and China have made initial exchanges on potential oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea, nearly four years since previous talks were t…