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Southeast Asia’s ambition to create an interconnected electricity market remains constrained by a missing regional framework for cross border power trade, according to Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg. Despite years of discussion around the ASEAN Power Grid, member states have yet to establish a common implementation mechanism that defines how electricity interconnections should operate across national borders.

Germany’s hydrogen economy is moving from strategy papers toward industrial commitments, with EWE and Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH signing a long-term agreement for the supply of 10,000 tons of green hydrogen annually from 2030.

China’s rapid expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure is pushing technology companies toward new energy strategies, with Alibaba reportedly exploring the use of small modular reactors (SMRs) to supply electricity for its data centers.

Powerhouse Energy Group has joined the Horizon Europe Innovation Action project JUST-CIRCLE, a multinational initiative designed to examine how circular business models can be developed, measured, and scaled across different sectors.

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has awarded LiCAP Technologies an $11.3 million grant to expand manufacturing capacity and accelerate commercialization of its dry electrode platform, a technology designed to reduce battery production complexity and improve scalability.

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has secured investment from the Scottish National Investment Bank and the Nuclear Liabilities Fund for the 500 MW Devilla battery energy storage project in Fife, highlighting the growing role of large scale storage in maintaining grid reliability as fossil fuel generation declines.

A new 4 MW green hydrogen project in Neyveli, Tamil Nadu, developed by Ohmium International and InSolare Energy for NLC India Limited, highlights the country’s approach of building smaller scale but scalable production assets linked to domestic energy infrastructure.

Hygenco Green Energies has secured $105 million in equity investment from a consortium including International Finance Corporation (IFC), Siemens Financial Services, and Fullerton Carbon Action Fund to accelerate the development of green hydrogen and green hydrogen derivative projects, including green ammonia.

MODEC and Eld Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a 1.2 MW solid oxide fuel cell based power system integrated with carbon capture, targeting long-duration offshore deployment.

Europe’s electric vehicle transition is increasingly becoming a question not only of transport emissions but of electricity system economics. A new study by Fraunhofer ISI for Transport & Environment (T&E) estimates that weakening EU electric vehicle targets could require the equivalent of 150 additional peaking power plants to compensate for lost flexibility from EV batteries.