NovaSklo, part of the investment company EFI Group, signed an engagement letter agreement with International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, to support the establishment of Ukraine’s first modern float glass production facility, which will help address the country’s rapidly growing demand for glass products to support its reconstruction.
Carlex Glass America will expand its Nashville operations with a more than $55 million investment that will add 143 high-skill jobs and bring next-generation automotive-glass production capabilities to its Davidson County campus.
National, state, university, and industry leaders gathered for the dedication of the University of Arkansas’ Multi-User Silicon Carbide Facility. The MUSiC fab provides a unique open-access, multiproject wafer model enabling collaborative prototyping and research across academia, government, and industry.
The University of Central Florida laid off 57 employees at the Florida Solar Energy Center, leaving seven remaining employees at the facility in Cocoa. The staffing reductions coincide with the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to strip back renewable energy programs. The state legislature designated the center as the state’s energy research institute in 1975.
Rwanda and Senegal joined the global commitment to triple nuclear energy capacity by 2050 at COP30 in Belém, Brazil. They have united with 31 other countries in endorsing the Declaration to Triple Nuclear Energy, which was launched two years ago at COP28.
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., a Canadian Crown corporation, will establish a Center for Fusion Energy with Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Ontario Power Generation, and Stellarex. It is expected that other partners and contributors will join the Center.
Şişecam partnered with BG Container Glass signed a memorandum of understanding to explore initiatives focused on sustainability, efficiency, and advancement in the glass industry.
Ferrari signed a 10-year agreement with Shell to purchase renewable electricity. The deal will provide 650 gigawatt-hours of clean power through 2034. This deal is enough to cover nearly half of the energy needs at Ferrari’s main production plant in Maranello, Italy.
U.K. manufacturer Beatson Clark was named British Glass Company of the Year during the Glass Focus awards event. The event, organized by British Glass, brings together businesses from across the supply chain to celebrate the sector’s achievements, innovations, and contributions of the past year.
Kazakhstan is rapidly shifting from being a raw material supplier to a strategic actor capable of influencing critical material supply chains. Central to this transformation is the state-owned mining company Tau-Ken Samruk, which is expanding aggressively both domestically and internationally.
Global demand for rare earth minerals is polluting some of Asia’s most important rivers, threatening the health and livelihoods of tens of millions of people.
As the cost of enhanced geothermal technologies continues to decrease and their geographic reach expands, the Atlantic Council argues that now is the time for policymakers to take a serious look at geothermal as a key part of their energy security strategy.
There are already more than 500 data centers operating in the U.K., and nearly 100 more are currently going through planning applications. An article in The Times looks at concerns about the amount of energy, water, and land these centers will consume, as residents in some areas face the prospect of seeing attractive countryside paved over with warehouses of tech.
Small, simple, plug-in solar panels for use on balconies are soon to become available for millions across the U.S., with advocates hoping the technology will quickly go mainstream.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems successfully completed the conceptual design of a new helium gas-cooled fast reactor. The company’s advanced reactor design is one of three early-stage concept projects that the U.S. Department of Energy supported under its Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program.
Over the course of five months, 40 researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility created Future Foundries, a groundbreaking platform that integrates wire-arc additive manufacturing, heat treatment, inspection, and machining systems into a unified platform.
ROSS recently launched the double planetary mixer model DPM-750, which can mix up to 750 gallons per batch. It is engineered with safety features for a Class I, Division 1, Group D hazardous environment.
