[Middle Eastern giant signs Central Asian energy storage project]In November 2025, Masdar, a future energy company in Abu Dhabi, signed a battery energy storage service agreement with JSC Uzenberg, the national power company of Uzbekistan, at the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC), announcing the launch of the country's largest independent battery energy storage project - the Zarafshan 300MW/600MWh energy storage system, which is expected to be put into operation in the third quarter of 2028.Editor/Bian Wenjun
On July 14, 2026, the endurance test and performance test of Unit 2 of the 46 MW biomass power plant project in Ivory Coast, jointly contracted by China Energy Construction Engineering Group and China Energy International Group, were completed and officially put into operation. The total installed capacity of this project is 46 megawatts, making it the largest biomass power station under construction in West Africa and the world's first large-scale biomass power station primarily fueled by palm leaf stalks.Editor/Gong Ziwei
The largest natural gas production enterprise in Southwest China, PetroChina Southwest Oil and Gas Field Company, achieved dual growth in oil and gas production in the first half of 2026, with a cumulative production of 25.31 billion cubic meters of natural gas and an oil and gas equivalent exceeding 20 million tons, setting a new historical high for the same period.Editor/Gong Ziwei