[South African Ports Authority plans to invest$570 million in port infrastructure]South Africa's Transnet National Port Authority plans to invest around $566 million over the next seven years in various infrastructure facilities in East London, Port Elizabeth and Ngula. Ports of Nelson Mandela, Elizabeth and Ngula will receive $299 million in investment, while East London will receive the remaining approximately $268 million. The first investment of around R570 million will take place in the 2022/2023 financial year. TNPA's latest investment plan aims to realign South African port operator Transnet with other key economic sectors. Editor/Xing Wentao
Recently, the filling project of the upper reservoir dam of Shanxi Yuanqu Pumped Storage Power Station, a national key energy project, was successfully completed and capped. This marks the complete completion of the construction of the dam filling for the upper reservoir of the power station. The upper reservoir dam that was capped this time is an asphalt concrete face rockfill dam with a designed filling volume of 3.62 million cubic meters. It is the core hydraulic structure of the main project of the upper reservoir and plays a key barrier role in the overall safe and stable operation of the power station.Editor/Cheng Liting
On August 25, 2026, the first zero carbon factory smart energy project in the Panxi region of Sichuan Province, the Yalong River Panzhihua Dangsheng Shudao Zero Carbon Factory Demonstration Project, was officially put into operation. The project aims to establish a clean power direct supply industrial terminal for the integrated water, wind, and solar power base in the Yalong River Basin, and is a benchmark demonstration project for the local consumption of clean energy in the Panxi region.Editor/Cheng Liting