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An online ecosystem, 24/7, 365 days. What is being built, bought and connected in water, energy and storage, mobility, data centres, recycling, innovations and greenhouse, reported by sector and by market with every source named.
Energy & storage
Bulgaria's grid-scale battery capacity rose from 4.4 GW to 5.4 GW between 10 July and 17 August, more than five times Romania's fleet. This summer, as drought cut hydro and nuclear output, the batteries helped double the country's power exports.
Source: Euronews; ENTSO-E via Spotmedia; Ember via BTA
Innovations
The investment, Brookfield's first in green molecules in the region, backs ACME's green ammonia and methanol projects, including a phased build-out at Duqm. The first phase there already has Yara signed as buyer.
Source: Reuters via Investing.com; Energetica India; Oman Observer
Mobility
Pakistan's most populous province is taking its electric bus programme beyond the big cities, with a target of 3,000 e-buses by June 2027 and 5,000 within five years. A further 488 buses are due from China this month.
Source: The Express Tribune; Radio Pakistan
Mobility
Thailand's EV policy committee has agreed in principle to a four-tier excise structure that rewards local assembly and local content and charges importers without Thai plants more. BOI-approved EV investment now stands at 151.4bn baht.
Source: Thailand Board of Investment (BOI); ASEAN Briefing
Data-centre & digital infrastructure
The Department of Information and Communications Technology's AI+ Infrastructure Masterplan aims to take AI-oriented data-centre capacity from 50 MW to 1.5 GW. By 2033, 40% of the power is meant to come from solar and geothermal, with Clark–Bataan as the main hub.
Source: Philippine News Agency via The Star; Newsbytes.PH; W.Media
Energy & storage
MGEN and Actis have started commercial deliveries from the first phase of their solar-and-battery project in Nueva Ecija and Bulacan. The grid operator has approved 950 MWac of solar and 825 MW of batteries for connection.
Source: Meralco PowerGen (MGEN); PV Tech
Greenhouse
Saudi Arabia's National Agricultural Development Company is buying the solar-powered hydroponic tomato greenhouse that sits inside its own Haradh complex. Handover is targeted for 1 November.
Source: Decypha; Hortidaily
Data-centre & digital infrastructure
Thailand's energy policy council has created a separate electricity rate for data centres, expected at 5–6 baht per kWh. It has also removed the 2,000 MW cap on direct renewable power purchase agreements, and a screening framework for new data-centre grid connections is due in the fourth quarter.
Source: Thairath; Eco-Business
Water
Pakistan's planning body has approved the revised Greater Karachi Bulk Water Supply Scheme and sent it to ECNEC for final approval. Its cost has risen almost elevenfold since 2007, and completion is now targeted for June 2027.
Source: Dawn; The Express Tribune
Greenhouse
The Ohio-based vertical-farming company has closed after an acquisition fell through and no other capital could be found. It had raised about US$390m and supplied more than 18,000 shops.
Source: WYSU; The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Innovations
The Chinese battery maker will supply its TENER Sodium systems for what the partners call the region's first large-scale sodium-ion storage project. It is CATL's second sodium-ion storage deal in Europe in a month.
Source: CnEVPost; ESS News; Best Magazine; CATL
Recycling
Oman Zinc Group has broken ground on a plant that will recover zinc from industrial residues. At full output it will make 100,000 tonnes of refined zinc ingots and 50,000 tonnes of zinc oxide a year for export.
Source: Oman Observer; SOHAR Port and Freezone
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