[Texas Instruments spends $30 billion open semiconductor factory in its hometown]Texas Instruments broke ground this week in the town of Sherman, about 20 kilometers north of Dallas, to produce 300-millimeter semiconductor chips. If fully completed, the project is expected to be worth $30 billion. Governor Greg Abbott, who attended the ceremony, described the project as the largest economic development investment in Texas history. Editor/Xing Wentao
Recently, Hefeng 499000 kW large-scale wind power project, located in Hoboksar Mongol Autonomous County, Tacheng Prefecture, Xinjiang, was successfully connected to the grid, and a 220 kV booster station and supporting energy storage facilities were built at the same time. It can deliver about 1.3 billion kilowatt hours of clean power to the grid every year, which is equivalent to saving about 400000 tons of standard coal and reducing about 1 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions.Editor/Gong Ziwei
On October 10, 2026, the launch ceremony of the first national production of 500+m ultra long fully mechanized mining face intelligent transformation equipment ground joint trial operation was held at Xiaojihan Coal Mine of Huadian Coal Industry in Yulin, Shaanxi. Du Jiangwu, an academician of the CAE Member, industry experts and representatives of relevant units witnessed the launch, and Du Jiangwu, deputy chief engineer of China Huadian Corporation, secretary of the Party Committee and chairman of Huadian Coal Industry, issued the startup order. This equipment extends the length of the underground working face to 500+meters, marking the official entry of China's intelligent coal mining into a new era of 500+meters.Editor/Gong Ziwei