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Efforts to decarbonise Indonesia’s power sector have been put at risk by a faster than expected increase in the number of off-grid coal power plants and a lack of transparency…
It will also assess the feasibility of small modular reactors; aims to provide “data-driven” insights Data centre operator Equinix is funding a new study by a Singapore-based think-tank on…
The data centers that power the AI boom also need power themselves—and a lot of it. Now the Trump administration wants the tech companies cashing in on AI to foot a bigger part of the…
Salomon is further planting its roots in Paris with the opening of an expansive new office and showroom. Located in the heart of Paris’ 10th arrondissement, the new 16,000-square-foot…
The US Department of Energy on Friday (Oct 31) announced that it would make US$100 million available to refurbish and modernise existing coal-fired power plants. The move is part of the…
The list features a "latest status" column, which includes the word "terminate" next to the roughly $50 million award amounts for each project. Those line up with the initial tranche of…
And yet, the money pours in. Commonwealth raised over $800 million in funding earlier this year. And now it’s got two big customers signed on to buy electricity from this future power…
The company is building three other production lines in Arizona, Michigan and Ohio The immigration raid at an LG Energy Solution-owned battery plant in Georgia has disrupted construction…
The Starbucks plants that roast and package the company’s coffee beans in the US are cutting two days of weekly production as part of management’s efforts to cut costs. The five plants,…
As the Western U.S. faces more damaging droughts, local governments—as well as an increasing number of homeowners—have been successfully promoting landscaping practices that eschew the…
The Trump administration directed immigration officers to pause arrests at farms, restaurants and hotels, after President Donald Trump expressed alarm about the impact of aggressive…
Chinese firms are still building new coal-fired power plants in Indonesia despite a 2021 pledge to stop financing coal projects overseas, according to an analysis of energy investments in…
NISSAN Motor is eliminating a work shift at two US vehicle assembly plants and trimming its hourly staff via buyouts, a downsizing to align its output with lower sales volumes as it mulls…
Israeli fighter jets targeted sites in Yemen on Thursday, including the international airport of the capital Sana'a, in response to attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi movement. The…
A biodiversity hotspot in a remote part of South Africa has become the hub of an illegal trade in protected plant species, with organised crime groups capitalising on overseas demand.…
A "strange" prehistoric plant species is the lone representative of a mysterious group of organisms that no longer exists, scientists have discovered. The first evidence of the species—in…
WORKERS at nine Volkswagen car and component plants across Germany started strikes lasting several hours on Monday (Dec 2), bringing assembly lines to a halt as labour and management clash…
IMAGINE being paid hundreds of dollars a day just to tweak your energy consumption – using less electricity at night and more during the day. For a casting and smelting company in Shanxi…
Amid the monstrous heaps of twisted metal, pools of congealed oil and walls pockmarked by shrapnel, one incongruous detail catches my eye. Patches of snow. Inside a thermal power station.…
The plants are to be situated in Bolivia's vast Uyuni salt flats (Aizar RALDES) Bolivia said Tuesday it had signed a $1 billion deal with China's CBC, a subsidiary of the world's largest…
Around a hundred employees gathered in front of the site near Reims to protest against the plans (FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI) ArcelorMittal, the world's second-biggest steelmaker, plans to close…
Michelin factory workers burnt tyres in western France on Tuesday and vowed to stage a strike after the tyre company said it would close two plants by early 2026 over collapsing sales.…
MICHELIN will close two factories in France by early 2026 affecting about 1,200 jobs, the French tyre maker said on Tuesday (Nov 5), the latest cutback in an European auto industry…
Volkswagen plans to close “at least” three factories in Germany, lay off tens of thousands of staff and downsize remaining plants in the country, the company’s employee group said Monday.…
