Author: EnergyNews.biz Newsroom

Volkswagen is recalling 22,524 ID.4 vehicles in the United States because charging above 80 percent may trigger thermal propagation in the high voltage battery, and neither the root cause nor the permanent repair is known.

Korean small modular reactor startup RX raised 10 billion won ($7.5 million) in a pre-Series A bridge round to develop a reactor for industrial heat, a step that qualifies it for the next phase of a government deep tech programme.

The Gangwon Free Economic Zone Authority opened its eighth call for hydrogen investors in the Bukpyeong district, with applications from 19 to 21 October and priority entry to a long term lease complex for selected companies.

A Chungbuk provincial council committee passed a full rewrite of the province’s hydrogen industry ordinance on 14 October, adding a five year plan, a promotion centre and support from production to use, with a final vote due on 21 October.

Heli Austria and Heli Werk offer an EASA approved upgrade that replaces the Airbus EC135 NiCad main battery with a True Blue Power TB30 or TB40 lithium-ion unit, up to 19.8 kg lighter, with price and maintenance figures undisclosed.

Parapet and MetaWealth began building the 50 MW/100 MWh Dumbrava battery in Romania, with commercial operation now targeted for April 2027 against a first plan of the fourth quarter of 2026.

A Journal of Energy Storage study cuts the daily cost of two simulated microgrids by 31 and 48 percent, using a fixed tariff and a battery model that ignores charging losses and degradation.

Jupiter Wagons is L1 for a 41 MW/102.5 MWh battery project in Uttarakhand and holds a formal award for 50 MW/200 MWh in West Bengal, together about 0.6 percent of the 50 GWh storage India approved on 30 September.

The Environment Agency issued a variation on 6 October that adds 37 smaller backup generators at Hinkley Point C, caps all of them at 500 operating hours a year and raises permitted thermal input by about 67 MWth to about 243 MWth.

BMW began building a roughly 2 km hydrogen pipeline to its Leipzig plant on 30 September, with commissioning now set for the first half of 2028 after a 2025 target of mid 2027.