On September 16, the Huanneng Bajiao Power Plant in Yantai, Shandong Province started construction of the "RuiTanhao" project, with Phase I planned to build a 50 MW generator unit and a 100 MW/400 MWh molten salt energy storage system, expected to be put into operation in 2027.
Attorney General and newly appointed White House Press Secretary Todd Blanch held a press conference at the White House. He pointed out that the FBI committed serious dereliction of duty in its handling of the 2024 Trump assassination attempt during the Biden administration, and that senior officials failed to fulfill their protection responsibilities. Meanwhile, officials confirmed that the shooter, Thomas Crooks, received anonymous donations after his death to pay for his cremation, and that he had used the alias 'Bobado' to receive suspicious packages while alive. Relevant leads have been transferred to the Senate for investigation.
In September 2026, multiple authoritative financial and diplomatic media outlets revealed that major strategic negotiations between China and Russia regarding the cross-border natural gas trunk pipeline 'Power of Siberia 2' have fallen into a severe stalemate due to disagreements over key commercial pricing and procurement volumes. Despite Moscow's eagerness to expand its eastern energy exports after facing obstacles in the European market, Beijing, leveraging its advantage of diversified energy security, insists on purchasing at a price close to Russia's extremely low domestic subsidy price. The expected divergence in pricing is several times, causing the substantive agreement to be indefinitely delayed.
Qatar's prime minister met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing and stated that it will overcome difficulties to prioritize securing China's energy supply. Program analysis believes this reflects the difficulties the Chinese Communist Party faces in energy supply, rather than obstacles for Qatar in oil exports. Qatar's move is seen as a statement that is more 'useful' than Egypt's in times of crisis.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps captured an American Dive LD unmanned underwater vehicle belonging to Anduril Industries at the entrance of the Strait of Hormuz and released footage of the event. US Central Command stated that the UAV had malfunctioned more than a day before it was found, is an older model, and did not carry classified sonar or radar equipment. Experts analyze that Iran may understand US technological pathways through reverse engineering.