[Voltalia plans 2GW renewable energy project in Albania]The site of the Kalavasta Solar Park covers an area of 196 hectares and is located in the county of Phil in western Albania. With a planned installed capacity of 140 MW, it will currently be the largest PV system in the Western Balkans. Voltalia marks the start of construction of the Karavasta solar power plant near the wetlands and lagoons of the same name in western Albania. The France-based company won the project at an auction held two years ago. Editor/Xing Wentao
Shanxi recently issued the "Implementation Plan for Accelerating Energy Green and Low Carbon Transformation and Development", aiming to promote the construction of the energy system and high-quality economic development. The plan proposes to focus on building intelligent green coal mines with a capacity of over 1.2 million tons per year, accelerate resource allocation and transfer, and exit inefficient production capacity. At the same time, it is required that production coal mines that meet the conditions by 2027 achieve basic intelligence, cultivate artificial intelligence application scenarios, continuously improve safety assurance levels, and fully guarantee the stable supply of national electricity coal. Editor/Cheng Liting
On April 28, 2026, Jiangsu Xinhongda Mining Intelligent Complete Equipment Manufacturing Project, a major provincial project located in Xinghua High tech Zone, Dainan Town, officially started construction. The total investment of the project is 5.2 billion yuan, of which the first phase investment is 2.5 billion yuan. The planned land area is 150 acres, and a high standard intelligent production workshop of about 170000 square meters will be built. International cutting-edge intelligent equipment such as welding robots, 10000 watt laser cutting, and fully automatic intelligent molding production lines will be introduced on a large scale.Editor/Cheng Liting