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The European Commission’s post 2030 renewable energy framework is scheduled for adoption by the end of 2026, and a leaked impact assessment suggests the next phase could change how Europe creates demand for renewable fuels.

Phelan Green’s planned electro sustainable aviation fuel project in Saldanha Bay has reached final investment decision, making it the first project in South Africa’s initial green hydrogen program to reach that stage, according to the South African government.

Amogy and LOTTE Fine Chemical have signed an MOU to explore ammonia to hydrogen and ammonia to power applications across hydrogen refueling, distributed power and marine fuel.

Britain could dramatically reduce its reliance on gas-fired power by using depleted offshore oil and gas reservoirs to store hydrogen, according to new research from Durham University.

P2X Solutions has secured a 10-year offtake agreement for the full current production capacity of its Harjavalta methanation plant, signaling that demand for synthetic methane is beginning to move from pilot projects toward contracted fuel supply.

Mexico has extended the deadline for energy storage developers to register under its first strategic call for electricity storage, giving projects nearly two additional months to enter a program targeting 935 MW of storage capacity nationwide.

CORNEX’s Xiangyang facility went from groundbreaking to first product in ten months, a genuine construction achievement the company says beat its own schedule by two months. The plant itself is rated at 70 gigawatt-hours of annual capacity, and it is only one of four Hubei province bases that together give CORNEX, a manufacturer with little name recognition outside China, 110 gigawatt-hours of capacity already operating and 500 gigawatt-hours planned in total. CORNEX broke ground on its Xiangyang lithium battery industrial park on October 28, 2025, and reached first production roughly ten months later, with the project’s first cell manufacturing workshop…

Africa needs an estimated $2.7 trillion by 2030 to implement its climate commitments, according to the African Development Bank, while the continent contributes only about 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. The gap between its financing needs and available capital is putting carbon markets under scrutiny as a potential source of climate finance.

Brazil’s December auction for battery storage capacity is really two auctions, one requiring proof of national content and one that does not. CATL, the world’s largest battery maker, is pursuing the harder path through a partnership with Moura, a Brazilian company whose role in their existing relationship has so far been assembly and after-sales service rather than cell manufacturing, a distinction that matters for what Brazil’s localization requirement will actually deliver. The Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy’s Ordinance No. 136/2026 splits December’s Capacity Reserve Auction for battery storage into two separate processes. Auction No. 5, scheduled for December 2,…

South Korea is moving to establish its first domestic source of green methanol for shipping, with a planned facility in Taebaek, Gangwon State, designed to produce 15,000 tons annually from forestry residues.