Author: Anela Dokso

More than 115 applicants submitted 21 interregional proposals for €9.13 million in funding under the European Circular Innovation Valley’s first open call, an early indicator that Europe’s circular economy strategy is moving beyond policy frameworks into coordinated project deployment.

Volvo has begun on-road trials of hydrogen internal combustion engine trucks in Europe, signaling a renewed push toward alternative decarbonization pathways that leverage existing engine platforms rather than fully replacing them.

TotalEnergies and Masdar have agreed to form a $2.2 billion joint venture to consolidate their onshore renewable portfolios across nine Asian markets, positioning the entity as a centralized development and operating platform. The joint venture will combine assets in Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Uzbekistan, with an initial portfolio of 3 GW of operational capacity and 6 GW in advanced development targeted for commissioning by 2030. Structurally, the entity will serve as the exclusive vehicle for both companies’ onshore solar, wind, and battery storage activities in these markets, signaling a shift from fragmented project-level…

France’s battery storage pipeline is beginning to scale beyond pilot projects, with developer Neoen moving forward on a 248 MW, 496 MWh battery energy storage system near Paris, a capacity level that signals a shift toward grid-critical infrastructure rather than marginal flexibility assets.

Across the Asia Pacific region, a pipeline of more than 56 GW of planned green hydrogen capacity is translating into just 6.46 GW under construction, highlighting a widening execution gap in one of the world’s most closely watched energy transition markets.

Global renewable power capacity reached 5,149 gigawatts (GW) by end-2025, following a record 692 GW addition that marked a 15.5% annual increase, with renewables capturing 85.6% of all new capacity expansions.

At the Etzel salt cavern site in Lower Saxony, approximately 90 tonnes of hydrogen, equivalent to around one million standard cubic meters, have been injected into repurposed underground caverns as part of a live pilot designed to test storage performance under real operating conditions.

Revenue growth in Europe’s green hydrogen sector continues to lag behind capital intensity, with Paris-listed Lhyfe reporting a near doubling of annual revenue to approximately €10 million in 2025 while posting a net loss of €51 million, up sharply from €29.2 million a year earlier.

Global LNG markets are operating under an extreme stress test as tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz collapses from an average of 94 vessels per day to just over five in early March 2026, with LNG and oil tanker flows falling from more than 53 per day to roughly two.

The Sedgwick County Commission approved a moratorium on new battery energy storage system applications through March 11, 2027. The decision reflects a widening disconnect between the pace of grid-scale storage deployment and the readiness of local governance structures to evaluate and regulate these projects.