(IN BRIEF) Burundi’s President officially opened the Jiji hydroelectric plant in Bururi province, marking a major milestone toward the nation’s energy self-reliance. When paired with the soon-to-be-completed Mulembwe facility, the two dams will deliver 49.5 MW of capacity and 235 … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged 235 GWh, 49.5 MW, African Development Bank, Burundi, Bururi province, clean energy, Edward Claessen, Elisabetta Pietrobon, energy self-sufficiency, European Investment Bank, European Union, Hawa Cisse Wagué, infrastructure, Jiji hydroelectric plant, job creation, Mulembwe plant, partnership, Pascal Yembiline, SMEs, sustainabiity, sustainable development, Vision 2040, Vision 2060, World Bank
(IN BRIEF) Energiekontor AG has sold the 11 MW Drensteinfurt-Rieth onshore wind-project to private investors. Featuring two Enercon E-160 EP5 turbines (120 m hub, 160 m rotor), the park is forecast to produce 24 GWh annually—enough to power 7,000+ homes … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged 11 MW, 11.2 GW pipeline, 170 projects 1.5 GW, 24 GWh, 39 parks 444 MW, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Drensteinfurt-Rieth, EEG subsidy, Enercon E-160 EP5, Energiekontor AG, global renewables, North Rhine-Westphalia, operational management, partnership, Peter Szabo, portfolio expansion, renewable energy, SDAX DE0005313506, sustainability, Warendorf, wind park sale
(IN BRIEF) Mercedes-Benz Trucks is rolling out the CB400 high-voltage reworked battery as a sustainable, cost-effective spare-parts solution for first-generation eActros 300/400 trucks and the eEconic. Processed at the Mannheim Kompetenzzentrum für emissionsfreie Mobilität, used batteries are disassembled, cleaned, and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, France, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Battery Technology Center, CB400 reworked battery, CEB500 development, circular economy, CO₂e reduction, Daimler truck, eActros 300, eActros 400, eEconic, Kompetenzzentrum für emissionsfreie Mobilität, Mannheim plant, Mercedes-Benz Trucks, parts warranty, remanufacturing, resource efficiency, second-life energy storage, sustainability strategy, zero-emission mobility
(IN BRIEF) Arca’s carbon mineralization method—pairing enhanced air capture with ex-situ ultramafic tailings mineralization—has become the first of its kind to secure ISO 14064-2 validation from DNV. This independent audit, covering technical documentation and stakeholder interviews, confirms that the process … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Norway, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged Arca, carbon dioxide removal, carbon mineralization, CDR, DNV, Dr Greg Dipple, enhanced air capture, ex-situ mineralization, gigatonne-scale removal, independent validation, industrial-scale carbon removal, ISO 14064-2, Lucy Craig, net-zero, patent-pending technology, registry protocols, sustainability, sustainable mining, ultramafic mine tailings
(IN BRIEF) Alfa Laval’s new ThinkTop V40 transforms manual valve position indicators into a fully automated control system for butterfly and single-seat valves. With digital and ASi communication, integrated solenoid actuation, and precision sensors in an IP69K enclosure, the V40 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged 360° LED status, Alfa Laval, ASi 3.0, butterfly valves, compliance, digital communication, Food and Beverage, home and personal care, hygienic industry automation, IP69K washdown, Jesper Kristensen, plug-and-play installation, precision sensors, real-time automation, resource efficiency, scalable solution, single-seat valves, solenoid actuator, ThinkTop V40, uptime optimization, valve control unit, valve sensing and control
(IN BRIEF) Empa and the Touring Club Switzerland partnered to measure noise differences between electric and combustion-engine vehicles using nine matched car pairs on a controlled 100 m track. Their analysis, employing custom sensor modules for repeatable driving tests, shows … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged 2026 study, acceleration noise, acoustic research, combustion engines, decibel reduction, electric vehicles, Empa, Forum Acusticum, noise levels, partnership, Peugeot e-208, Reto Pieren, road surface investigation, Sascha Grunder, sensor modules, TCS, test track, tire noise, Touring Club Switzerland, urban traffic, VW ID. Buzz, VW Multivan
(IN BRIEF) In the final episode of Matt Baker’s British Isles airing on 24 June, Matt Baker experiences the work of South Wales overhead line engineers as they upgrade transmission pylons near Aberthaw substation. After safety training and a practice … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Aberthaw substation, appointment, ceramic insulators, Cilfynydd substation, data centres, Eakring training centre, Gareth Davies, gigafactories, Glamorgan Heritage Coast, leadership, Lee Griffiths, Matt Baker, Matt Baker’s British Isles, More4, national grid, Nottinghamshire, OHL careers, overhead electricity line engineers, partnership, polymeric insulators, Solar, South Wales, sustainability, talent community, transmission pylons, Wind, £35 billion investment
(IN BRIEF) Terna has opened its Adriatic Innovation Zone in Ascoli Piceno to foster technological innovation and strengthen the region’s energy-transition ecosystem. Attended by local academic and institutional figures and Terna’s Francesco Salerni, the hub will unite startups, SMEs, universities … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Italy, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged Adriatic Innovation Zone, Adriatic Link, ANCI Marche, Ascoli Piceno, Confindustria, district-based economy, ELIS consortium, energy transition, entrepreneurial ecosystem, Francesco Salerni, Giuseppina Di Foggia, HVDC cables, innovative SMEs, Marche Region, maritime energy, OpenHUB, OpenLAB, partnership, SMAU, Startups, submarine cable, sustainability, Terna, Unioncamere, universities
(IN BRIEF) FrieslandCampina has launched a rapid-charging station in Gerkesklooster for its first fully electric milk transport truck, operated by Melkweg | Fritom and active since mid-June 2025. The ceremony featured the Gerkesklooster site team (led by Folkert de Groot), … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Food & Beverage, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged battery capacity, dairy logistics, diesel replacement, electric milk transport truck, fast charger, Folkert de Groot, FrieslandCampina, Fritom, Gerkesklooster, global supply chain, greenhouse gas emissions, Hugo Rozenboom, Marcel Ebbelaar, Marion van Schaik, Melkweg, MilkLogistics, partnership, Roland Bolk, sustainability, sustainable transport
(IN BRIEF) On July 1, 2025, Natixis CIB will convert its Tokyo branch’s money-lending license into a full banking license, enabling a wider range of financial services in Japan. Since June 2022, the branch has focused on lending; the upgrade … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged asset-backed financing, banking license, Bruno Le Saint, capital markets, digital, diversification, economic development, energy and renewables, Groupe BPCE, Healthcare, infrastructure, insurance, international growth, Investment Banking, Japan expansion, Japanese clients, July 1 2025, Makito Nagahiro, mergers and acquisitions, money lending license, Natixis CIB, technology, TELECOM, Tokyo Branch
(IN BRIEF) KfW IPEX-Bank and partner banks, with export credit support from Eksfin and Sinosure, have arranged EUR 525 million in financing for two new wind turbine installation vessels for Cadeler, with KfW IPEX-Bank contributing nearly EUR 60 million. Built … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Construction, Denmark, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Aida Welker, battery package, biodiesel, Cadeler, COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry, Eksfin, EUR 525 million financing, European suppliers, export credit agencies, green loan, jacket installation, KfW IPEX-Bank, methanol conversion, monopile installation, Offshore wind, partnership, Shore Power, Sinosure, sustainability, turbine installation, wind turbine installation vessel, WTIV
(IN BRIEF) Energiekontor AG—a leading German wind and solar park developer and operator based in Bremen—has successfully passed its 2025 EMAS audit, securing continued certification under the EU’s Eco-Management and Audit Scheme. EMAS builds on ISO 14001 standards and imposes … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Media, News, Technology
Tagged Awards, Bremen, corporate values, Eco-Management and Audit Scheme, EMAS audit, EMAS certification, Energiekontor AG, environmental management, environmental statement, environmental targets, EU regulation, Günter Eschen, Investor Relations, ISO 14001, leadership, renewable energy, solar parks, sustainability, sustainability-ESG, wind parks
(IN BRIEF) FMO acted as Mandated Lead Arranger on a US $26.5 million financing package for the 32 MWp Ilute Solar Project in Western Zambia. The two-tranche debt structure—senior debt underwritten by FMO, Triodos, and SEFA, plus a subordinated tranche … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Technology
Tagged 32 MWp, African Development Bank, Barotse Royal Establishment, blended finance, community trust, ElectriFI, FMO, Government of Zambia, GreenCo Power Services, Ilute Solar Project, Kwama Energy, Mandated Lead Arranger, market-based PPA, partnership, private-sector engagement, renewable energy finance, SAPP, SEFA, Senior Chief Anang’anga Imwiko, senior tranche, Serengeti Energy, subordinated tranche, sustainability, Triodos, US $26.5 million, WWF biodiversity plan, Zambia, ZESCO
(IN BRIEF) DNV will act as Owner’s Engineer on AMEA Power’s 1 GW Abydos 2 solar PV plant and 600 MWh battery storage system in Benban, Egypt. The project aims to produce 3,100 GWh of renewable power annually—sufficient for over … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Norway, Technology
Tagged 000, 000 homes, 1 GW, 1.5 million tons CO₂, 100 GWh, 3, 500, 600 MWh, Abydos 2, AFRE, AMEA Power, battery energy storage, battery safety standards, Benban Egypt, BESS, commissioning, construction supervision, desert challenges, design review, DNV, engineering resilience, feasibility studies, Grid Integration, job creation (4, knowledge transfer, partnership, quality assurance, regulatory compliance, renewable energy transition, Santiago Blanco, Solar PV, sustainability, Vision 2035
(IN BRIEF) Equinor’s subsidiary BeGreen has commenced operations at the 65 MW Ingerslev Å solar plant in Jutland, Denmark—BeGreen’s inaugural project since its 2023 acquisition. Senior VP Anders Bade highlighted that this step supports Equinor’s aim to build a robust … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Norway, Technology
Tagged 1.2 GW portfolio, 100 000 solar panels, 2023 acquisition, 65 MW capacity, 68 GWh annual production, Anders Bade, BeGreen, Danske Commodities, DK1 power market, Equinor, Ingerslev Å, Jutland Denmark, onshore renewables, partnership, rapid project cycle, solar plant, sustainability, transformer stations
(IN BRIEF) ENGIE will support Airbus’s goal to cut energy use by 20% and greenhouse gas emissions by 85% across its 22 European sites by 2030. A Paris Air Show–signed framework agreement tasks ENGIE with deploying heat-pump and biomass boiler … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Airbus, biomass boilers, decarbonisation, energy efficiency, ENGIE, France, Frank Lacroix, Germany, heat pumps, industrial decarbonisation, Julie Kitcher, LED lighting, local energy infrastructures, Paris Air Show, photovoltaic panels, renewable energy, Scope 1 emissions, scope 2 emissions, smart energy management, smart metering, Spain, Waste Heat Recovery, Waste-to-energy
(IN BRIEF) EU Finance Ministers, acting as shareholders of the EIB Group, have endorsed a record €100 billion 2025 financing ceiling, boosting defence lending to 3.5 percent of the total and dedicating over €11 billion to grid and storage investments. … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Technology
Tagged Clean Industrial Deal, cleantech instruments, CleantechEU, counter-guarantees, defence financing, EIB Group, EIF guarantees, energy security, energy storage, EU Member States, European Investment Bank, European Investment Fund, financing ceiling, global partnerships, Katja Pluto, Nadia Calviño, NATO, power grids, PPAs, Rūdninkai military base, solar photovoltaics, TechEU, Temenuzhka Petkova, Ukraine trade, water infrastructure, wind turbine manufacturers, Zbyněk Stanjura
(IN BRIEF) Equinor’s Johan Castberg field reached its intended plateau production of 220,000 barrels per day on 17 June, just three months after its FPSO vessel began operations on 31 March. Seventeen wells are currently online and delivering as forecast. … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Iberdrola España and Renfe have signed a 10-year VPPA to supply 370 GWh per year of onshore wind energy—equivalent to a 190 MW wind farm—granting Renfe long-term price stability and advancing Spain’s green transition. The pact will cut … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Spain, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 10-year agreement, 370 GWh, Amazon, CO₂ reduction, David Martínez, electricity price stability, energy management roadmap, Iberdrola España, Iberdrola Group, industrial electrification, Marta Torralvo, Meta, Microsoft, onshore wind, partnership, Pexapark Renewables Market Outlook 2025, renewable energy transition, Renfe, sustainability, virtual power purchase agreement, VPPA, wind energy
(IN BRIEF) Heidelberg Materials inaugurated Brevik CCS—the cement industry’s first industrial-scale carbon capture and storage plant—at a ceremony attended by Crown Prince Haakon, Energy Minister Terje Aasland, and Dr Dominik von Achten. The facility will capture 400,000 tonnes of CO₂ … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Norway, Technology
Tagged Brevik CCS, carbon storage, CCUS, cement industry, CO₂ capture, Dr Dominik von Achten, Equinor, evoZero, Giv Brantenberg, H.R.H. Crown Prince Haakon, Heidelberg Materials, Longship programme, net-zero concrete, northern lights, Norway, partnership, Shell, sustainability, sustainable construction, Terje Aasland, TotalEnergies, Øygarden
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