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Electric Vehicles

Leapmotor Ships Leapmotor B10 Model to Europe

On August 25, 2025, Leapmotor announced that its global strategic model, the Leapmotor B10, has officially departed for Europe. The vehicle, built on the compan…

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Brings Back Maize Import Ban After Bumper Harvest

Zimbabwe has reinstated a ban on maize imports after achieving a strong harvest this year, allowing the country to meet domestic milling needs without relying o…

United Kingdom

STRABAG Consortium Secures Contract for £3BN Water Project in UK

The consortium of STRABAG, Equitix, and GLIL Infrastructure has been awarded a contract by United Utilities to deliver the £3 billion ($4.02 billion) Hawe…

Metal

Energy Fuels Produces 99.9% Pure Dysprosium Oxide at Utah Mill

Energy Fuels has produced its first kilogram of dysprosium (Dy) oxide with a purity of 99.9% at the White Mesa Mill in Utah, surpassing the commercial specifica…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Taiwan Nuclear Plant Re-Opening Vote Fails as Approval Threshold Missed

On Saturday, a referendum to reopen the Maanshan nuclear power plant in southern Taiwan failed to meet the required voter threshold. The vote, proposed by the T…

Solar project

Zambia Begins Building 100 MW Solar Project

Zambia has initiated construction on the 100 MW Chipata West solar project, aimed at providing electricity to rural communities. The project, led by the nationa…

Battery

France’s Largest Battery Storage System Powers Up

Harmony Energy, a UK-based renewable energy developer, has activated a battery energy storage system (BESS) at the port of Nantes-Saint-Nazaire, France. Boastin…

Biofuel

US EPA Approves Biofuel Waivers for Small Refiners, Stirring Concerns Over Demand

On Friday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cleared most of its backlog of exemption requests from small oil refineries under the Renewable Fuel S…

India

Ericsson, BRBRAITT Launch Hands-on 5G & IoT Training Program Engineering Students in India

Ericsson has partnered with Bharat Ratna Bhim Rao Ambedkar Institute of Telecom Training (BRBRAITT), an apex training institute under Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limit…

Methane

HAMR Energy’s Flagship Green Methanol Project Gains Ground

Australian chemicals company HAMR Energy has progressed its Portland Renewable Fuels Project in Victoria with the completion of the pre-front-end engineering de…

Italy

Webuild Wins €1.6bn Italian High-Speed Rail Contract

A consortium led by Webuild, together with Ghella, Pizzarotti and Seli, has secured a €1.6bn contract to construct a 22.2km section of the high-speed railw…

Metal

Wia Gold Secures $19M Commitments via Placement for Namibian Gold Project

Wia Gold, a gold-focused exploration company, announced that it has secured binding commitments to raise A$30m ($19.4m) through a share placement with existing,…

Germany

Germany Has Its First Green Ship Recycling Facility

For the first time, ships will be recycled in Germany rather than being sent to South Asia for dismantling. Earlier this year, EWD Benli Recycling, a subsidiary…

Photovoltaic （PV）

US Utility-Scale Solar Capacity Set to Surge in 2025

U.S. developers added 12 GW of utility-scale solar capacity in the first half of 2025, with plans for 21 GW more in the second half, per the U.S. Energy Informa…

SMR

Sweden’s Vattenfall Shortlists Rolls-Royce, GE Vernova to Build SMR Nuclear Reactors

On Thursday, Vattenfall selected Britain’s Rolls-Royce SMR and U.S.-based GE Vernova to supply small modular nuclear reactors for its Ringhals plant in so…