Author: Anela Dokso

EUR 211 million in reallocated public funding is now backing the next phase of green hydrogen expansion at BP’s Castellon refinery in Spain, underscoring how European hydrogen policy is shifting from early demonstration support toward selective scaling of assets that have already cleared initial construction milestones.

Tata Motors and Castrol India have launched a pilot programme in Karnataka aimed at building a structured ecosystem for collection, channelisation, and recycling of used engine oil through authorised service networks.

As global automakers reassess aggressive electrification targets amid weaker electric vehicle demand and mounting geopolitical pressures, Honda Motor Co. is redirecting billions of dollars toward hybrid technologies, internal combustion efficiency, and software platforms while preserving its longer-term commitment to carbon neutrality by 2050.

Russia’s repeated attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure have transformed electricity resilience from an engineering concern into a core element of national security policy across Europe.

Canada’s general government deficit reached 16.4 billion dollars in the first quarter of 2026, widening by 1.5 billion dollars from a year earlier, as marginal spending growth of 0.4 percent coincided with a 0.1 percent decline in revenue, according to Statistics Canada.

Global oil markets have retreated from crisis highs as exports through the Strait of Hormuz begin to recover, yet the latest assessments from the International Energy Agency suggest that the apparent stabilization masks structural vulnerabilities that extend well beyond the Middle East and increasingly shape energy policy across Asia.

General Fusion says its Lawson Machine 26 has achieved electron temperatures of approximately 0.72 keV, or 8.4 million degrees Celsius, bringing the company closer to its first major milestone of 1 keV and offering one of the clearest demonstrations to date of its magnetized target fusion approach at commercially relevant scale.

China aims to source half of its electricity generation from non-fossil fuels by 2030, up from a target of 42.3% in 2025, according to the country’s newly released 15th Five-Year Plan for Building a New Energy System.

The United States has brought only two new large nuclear reactors online in the past three decades, despite repeated attempts to revive the industry. The Department of Energy’s decision to make $17.5 billion in loans available for ten new reactors represents the most significant federal effort in years to reverse that trend and determine whether standardized deployment can finally overcome the cost overruns and delays that have defined modern U.S. nuclear construction.

The United States is on track to reach 200GW and 655GWh of cumulative energy storage capacity by 2031, nearly four times today’s installed base, according to Wood Mackenzie’s Q2 2026 US Energy Storage Monitor.