Europe’s largest 3D-printed multifamily residential building was completed in France, with the project said to be delivered three months faster than a comparable conventional build. The ViliaSprint² development, constructed by PERI 3D Construction using a COBOD BOD2 system, comprises 12 social housing apartments across three stories and around 800 m² of floor space.
An advanced testing facility where molten salt reactor technologies can be developed and tested was launched at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Dutch-French molten salt reactor developer Thorizon says the facility represents a major milestone on the path toward building its first reactor.
CATL’s Xiamen Energy Storage Validation Research Institute, the world’s largest and most comprehensive one-stop testing and validation platform in the industry, officially commenced operations on May 28, 2026.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill launched a new Sustainable Energy Research Consortium that broadens the scope of the original Solar Energy Research Center founded by professor emeritus Thomas Meyer in 2008.
Finland-based Foamit, which produces foam glass aggregate for infrastructure and building construction, plans to build Belgium’s first foam glass manufacturing plant, with an annual production capacity of 240,000 m³.
The Nordic Additive Manufacturing Alliance marks the first time Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark have formally united their expertise in additive manufacturing under a single cooperative framework. Backed by Nordic Innovation through the Nordic Forward: Competitiveness and Resilience for 2050 program, the initiative runs from 2026 to 2028.
Pennsylvania’s Department of Community and Economic Development will distribute $3.1 million in grants to support student research projects in partnership with local manufacturing companies. Among the companies is Vitro Architectural Glass, which is partnering with Drexel University to enable large-scale manufacturing of flat glass for solar panels.
NorSAF signed a permanent license agreement with KBR for the deployment of PureSAF, a sustainable aviation fuel technology. The agreement grants NorSAF exclusivity to use the technology, establishing a foundation for potentially developing Europe’s first commercial-scale facility capable of producing 100% drop-in sustainable aviation fuel.
Sandvik AB announced the sale of its additive manufacturing business unit to Mimir, a Sweden-based global investment firm. The move follows what Sandvik describes as an ongoing evaluation of its business portfolio against criteria including market positioning, growth potential, and capital requirements.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office concluded that the Department of Energy’s decision last year to steer hundreds of millions of dollars provided by Congress in fiscal year 2025 for the research and development of clean energy sources toward energy sources favored by Secretary Christ Wright violated the law.
Unlike traditional rooftop solar, which requires thousands of dollars in upfront costs and specialized mounting hardware, small “plug-and-play” solar panels are designed for the everyday consumer. More people in the U.S. are installing these systems as a clean way to cut their electric bills.
A federal judge recently ruled that the Trump administration cannot dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, but permanent damage to the center’s operations may already be done. This situation is the latest example of how the Trump administration works to dismantle federal institutions before the courts or Congress can counter.
