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• Questions Emerge over Future of U.S. Trade Deal with Europe, Including LNG

  20-01-2026 22:35 via industrialinfo.com
  January 20, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--With a German political party looking to snub U.S.-sourced liquefied natural gas (LNG) over the row over Greenland, the International Monetary Fund said the decline in relations among western powers poses a risk to global growth.
  
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• Automakers Pull a Slow U-Turn on EVs

  20-01-2026 08:56 via industrialinfo.com
  January 20, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land Texas)--The decision by Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Michigan) to book a $19.5 billion asset impairment charge last month, most of which was tied to reversing or abandoning its prior pursuit of electric vehicles (EVs), was a dramatic demonstration of the power President Donald Trump exercised over the sector in 2025. Between imposing tariffs on imported vehicles and parts, which is under review by the U.S. Supreme Cour
  
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• Western U.S. Home to Most Geothermal Power, Other Opportunities

  20-01-2026 08:55 via industrialinfo.com
  January 20, 2026--Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Geothermal power's installed nameplate capacity in 2024, 3,969 gigawatts-electric (GWe), was 8% greater than the 3,6773 GWe reported in 2020. That's the finding of the "2025 U.S. Geothermal Market Report," issued by the DOE's Office of Geothermal and the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR, formerly the National Renewable Energy Lab). The previous geothermal report came out in 2021.The net increase came
  
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• Mosaic Endures Rough 2025 for Phosphates, But Upbeat on 2026

  20-01-2026 08:55 via industrialinfo.com
  January 20, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Declining fertilizer demand, attributed to rising phosphate prices and an early onset of winter weather, is challenging agricultural chemical producer The Mosaic Company (Tampa, Florida) as it heads into 2026, following a rough year for market conditions. Nonetheless, the company is expecting a significantly better operating environment for the coming year.Industrial Info is tracking
  
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• Solar Expansion Leads Projected U.S. Power Generation Growth

  20-01-2026 08:50 via industrialinfo.com
  January 21, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell, Ph.D for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Solar power will be the primary driver of electricity generation growth in the United States over the next two years, even as the nation's power grid faces growing pressure from rising demand.Substantial solar capacity that has been in various stages of development and construction in recent years is being commissioned and adding new generation to the grid.
  
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• Chipmaker TSMC Projects 2026 Capex will Reach $52 Billion-$56 Billion

  20-01-2026 08:50 via industrialinfo.com
  January 20, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--TSMC plans for between $52 and $56 billion in capital spending for 2026, an increase of as much as 40% from 2025's figure. Industrial Info is tracking more than $150 billion worth of active and planned U.S. projects from the company, all of which is attributed to its Fab 21 campus expansion in Phoenix, Arizona.
  
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• Brazil Boosts Power Output in 2025, with More Expected in 2026

  20-01-2026 08:45 via industrialinfo.com
  January 20, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Brazil's National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL) reported the South American nation added 7,403 megawatts (MW) of new installed capacity throughout 2025. For 2026, ANEEL expects 9,142 MW of new capacity additions, a 23.4% increase.A total of 136 power plants began commercial operations last year; Rio de Janeiro was the state with the most newly installed capacity.
  
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• China's Lower Fossil-Fueled Power Use, India-UAE LNG Deal: Your Daily Energy News

  20-01-2026 08:35 via industrialinfo.com
  We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.
  
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• Funding Bump for Austria's Largest Green Hydrogen Project

  20-01-2026 08:11 via industrialinfo.com
  January 20, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch for IIR News Intelligence (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--The largest green hydrogen project in Austria has been given a 123 million euro (US$144 million) boost by the state-owned Austria Wirtschaftsservice (AWS) bank. Construction is expected to start later this year on the planned green hydrogen plant in Bruck an der Leitha (Lower Austria), which is being co-developed by a joint venture of Austria's oil and gas major, OMV (Vienna) and Abu Dhabi's state-backe
  
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• EDF-France Raises Nuclear Investment Estimate

  20-01-2026 07:50 via industrialinfo.com
  NEW DELHI--January 20, 2026--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--France's state-owned utility Electricite de France (Paris) has raised the estimated investment required to build six new nuclear reactors to €72.8 billion (US$84.8 billion), reflecting higher construction costs and revised project assumptions since the program was announced in 2022.
  
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• Dangote Lekki Refinery Expansion Advances with $350 Million Construction Deal

  20-01-2026 07:44 via industrialinfo.com
  January 20, 2026--Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Dangote Industries has announced a $350 million contract with Engineers India Limited (EIL) for the latter to be project management consultant (PMC) and to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) for an expansion that will more than double the capacity of Dangote's 650,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Lekki Refinery in Lagos, Nigeria, up to 1.4 million BBL/d.
  
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• Saudi Arabia Plans to Award 14 GW of Renewable Energy Projects in 2026

  20-01-2026 07:03 via industrialinfo.com
  NEW DELHI--January 20, 2026--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Saudi Arabia is set to award around 14 gigawatts (GW) of new renewable energy capacity in 2026 as it accelerates progress toward its clean energy ambitions under Vision 2030. The planned awards will be made through the National Renewable Energy Program (NREP) and will include solar and wind projects under the Saudi Power Procurement Company's (SPPC) Round 7 tenders.
  
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• Ube Corporation Announces Asian Restructuring

  20-01-2026 07:01 via industrialinfo.com
  KOFU, JAPAN--January 20, 2026--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) --Ube Corporation's (Tokyo, Japan) "Vision for 2030" roadmap aims to shift focus from production of basic chemicals to specialty chemicals due to weak market conditions and oversupply. This restructuring transformation affects its Thailand operations, Ube Chemicals (Asia) Public Company Limited (UCHA) and UBE Fine Chemicals (Asia) Company Limited (UFA), with shutdowns accelerating by March 2026, a year ear
  
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