Corning Inc. and Optiemus Infracom officially inaugurated the Bharat Innovative Glass Technologies facility, which will deliver high-quality cover-glass components for the mobile consumer electronics industry in India.
Float-glass manufacturer Stewart Engineers is opening a solar glass manufacturing facility in Logan, Ohio, and expects production to begin in March 2026. The company will make two types of 3.2-mm low-iron rolled solar glass, one with anti-reflective coatings for the front and one for the backside without anti-reflective properties.
Lithoz announced the installation of three Cerafab System S65 printers at Safran Aircraft Engines Gennevilliers. This investment will enable the French engine manufacturer to build up the serial production of complex casting cores at industrial scale.
A 100MW/400MWh battery energy storage system, the biggest project of its kind by output in Southeast Asia, started operation in Sabah, Malaysia. The project aims to reduce power supply disruption risk on the eastern coast of Sabah, one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo.
The Saskatchewan Research Council’s facility in Saskatoon is North America’s first rare-earth complex designed to integrate monazite processing, separation, and metal production at a commercial scale. A new agreement with U.S. heavy rare earths magnet startup REalloys will add a full heavy rare earth line, which is due to start operating in early 2027.
Helical Fusion Co., Ltd. signed a power purchase agreement with Aoki Super Co., Ltd., a major regional supermarket chain in central Japan. This deal marks the first fusion energy power purchase agreement ever signed in Japan.
GKN Aerospace Norway and Norwegian Catapult Manufacturing Technology in Kongsberg established a strategic agreement to invest in and expand advanced additive manufacturing capabilities at the GKN Aerospace engines facility in Kongsberg. Under the initiative, Norwegian Catapult and the Industrial Growth Company will co-invest NOK 12 million (nearly £1 million).
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and partners are working to develop a full system cost approach to guide investments toward resilient and carbon-neutral electricity systems. A series of multistakeholder consultations will take place throughout 2026.
Lucideon received three contracts under the U.K. Atomic Energy Authority’s Fusion Futures Industry Capability Program to develop materials and processes that support the delivery of sustainable fusion energy.
The National Mining Association’s Sentinels of Safety Award recognizes coal and mineral mining operations in 10 categories for recording the most hours in a calendar year without a single lost-time injury. Twenty U.S. mining operations were honored this year for their extraordinary safety performance in 2024, including Kyanite Mining Corp.
In a visit organized by Ceramics UK, more than 20 government officials met leadership teams from three companies—Vulcan Industries in Cheadle, Churchill China in Stoke-on-Trent, and Ibstock in Newcastle-under-Lyme—to tour their innovative manufacturing facilities and understand more about the headwinds affecting their industry.
President Donald Trump’s ban on issuing new wind energy permits was ruled “unlawful” by a Massachusetts district court. Experts say the ruling is more symbolic than substantive, however, and that officials could still deny permits or bog applications down in lengthy reviews.
The Trump administration is reversing federal support for renewable energy. But China is heading in the opposite direction, and its bet on green technology is paying off—more than a quarter of China’s economic growth in 2024 came from wind, solar, and battery technologies.
Recent outages in Spain, Portugal, Brazil, and Chile serve as reminders that energy reliability cannot be taken for granted. A World Economic Forum article explains how energy resilience goes beyond technical expertise to encompass collaborative leadership, risk prioritization, and coordinated planning among governments, regulators, companies, and multilateral institutions.
Prices of lithium-ion battery packs declined 8% in 2025 from 2024 to a new record low of US$108 per kWh, according to a BloombergNEF report. The fall is attributed to ongoing overcapacity in cell manufacturing, intense competition, and the shift to cheaper lithium iron phosphate batteries. It came despite an increase in battery metal prices in 2025.
