[Freyr plans to build €1.6 billion gigafactory near the Arctic Circle] Norwegian battery maker Freyr plans to build a €1.6 billion Arctic Gigafactory with the help of €400 million in guarantees and loans from Norway's export credit agency Eksfin. Freyr expects the plant to be one of the largest and most efficient in Europe, with 50% lower capital expenditure per GWh of capacity and more than 200% higher output per employee than conventional lithium-ion plants. Editor/Xing Wentao

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• 2026.10.08 08:57
• [The world's tallest steel-concrete tower wind turbine connected to the grid]
• Recently, the world's tallest steel-concrete tower wind turbine was officially connected to the grid for power generation in Xinji, Hebei, marking a new breakthrough in China's ultra-high steel-concrete tower technology and reaching the international advanced level. This unit is a landmark demonstration unit of the China Huadian Xinji Wind Power Project Cluster, a key construction project in Hebei Province. The hub center has a height of 204 meters, equivalent to a 70 story residential building, which can fully tap into high-altitude stable high-quality wind resources and lower the threshold for low wind speed wind power development to within 4.5 meters per second.Editor/Gong Ziwei

• 2026.10.08 08:54
• [The peak shaving power supply of Shage Wilderness Base has been put into operation]
• On October 2, 2026, Unit 6 of the Ningxia Electric Power Zhongwei Power Plant of the National Energy Group successfully passed the 168 hour trial operation, marking the full capacity commissioning of four 660 megawatt units of China's first Shagehuang new energy base supporting peak shaving power supply. The Tengger Shagehuang New Energy Base and Ningxiang DC Supporting Power Base in Ningxia are the first Shagehuang New Energy Base in China approved by both the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration.Editor/Gong Ziwei