Danish renewable energy company European Energy launched the construction of what will be Italy’s largest agrivoltaic park, a site in Sicily with an installed capacity of 225.5 MW. European Energy secured the project in Italy’s FER X Transitional Contract for Difference auction in late 2025.
European and Japanese teams began the integrated commissioning of the JT-60SA tokamak to test its systems before a six-month round of plasma experiments scheduled for the end of 2026. The JT-60SA is currently the largest operational tokamak in the world.
Glass bottles tossed in the trash are finding new life thanks to a collaboration between Oak Ridge National Laboratory and advanced manufacturing company Vitriform3D that uses binder jetting to turn cullet into new items.
AGC Glass Europe, in collaboration with its long-standing flat glass recycling partner Reiling, is now successfully recycling pre-consumer assembled automotive windshields on an industrial scale. The windshield glass is remelted in a closed, flat-to-flat loop to produce new automotive glass, marking a necessary step forward for sustainability in the automotive sector.
Indian electronics and semiconductor manufacturing player Tata Electronics signed a memorandum of understanding with Netherlands-based semiconductor equipment manufacturer ASML for its lithography tools. This partnership will support Tata Electronics’ new semiconductor fab in Dholera, Gujarat.
U.S. President Donald Trump left Beijing last Friday without securing an agreement on rare earths. The absence of a deal reinforces how critical minerals have become central to U.S.–China tensions.
The U.S. announced last Friday it is turning its attention toward Guyana’s abundant bauxite and other resources for business opportunities. U.S. Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg held talks with top Guyanese officials, including President Irfaan Ali.
Research from Switzerland compared how France, Italy, and Spain integrate biodiversity into renewable energy planning, spatial policy, and ecological impact monitoring under the European Green Deal. The findings show France and Spain have more advanced frameworks, while Italy remains more regionally fragmented.
Major Chinese optical fiber manufacturers have booked orders stretching into early 2027, as AI data center construction drives demand growth that the supply chain cannot match. Hengtong and FiberHome told DigiTimes that their production lines are running at full capacity, with delivery cycles for some products extending from weeks to months.
With mainstream semiconductor firms increasingly designing their chips for artificial intelligence and facing supply shortages, the managers in charge of the supercomputer systems at Sandia National Laboratories are starting to look to smaller players, such as Israeli startup NextSilicon.
Electric vehicles sales in Africa are booming, spurred in part by higher prices for gasoline and diesel as a result of the U.S. assault on Iran. But even before the recent situation, Ethiopia banned the importation of vehicles powered by internal combustion engines two years ago, and it is now leading the transition to electric cars in Africa.
HWI, a member of Calderys, announced the launch of AZTECH-S, a next-generation refractory solution engineered specifically for glass furnace superstructures. AZTECH-S succeeds the legacy VISTA product and is engineered to deliver greater durability, improved stability, and more consistent performance in demanding glass production environments.
