Author: Anela Dokso

Czechia has commissioned its first electrolyzer designed to produce renewable hydrogen at industrial scale, but the 8,000 kilograms of annual output at Solar Global’s Napajedla facility also illustrates the gap between early projects and the country’s longer term hydrogen ambitions.

Lithium ion battery waste is becoming a growing operational challenge for the waste industry as rechargeable batteries spread across consumer electronics, power tools, e bikes and household equipment.

Sunfire has broken ground on a new high temperature electrolysis test facility at BASF’s Schwarzheide site in Germany, moving its solid oxide electrolysis cell technology toward longer duration industrial validation as electrolyzer developers seek higher efficiency and lower hydrogen production costs.

Japan is moving from hydrogen technology demonstrations toward commercial infrastructure with the development of the Kawasaki LH2 Terminal in Ogishima, about 30 kilometers south of Tokyo. Kawasaki Heavy Industries has selected ABB to supply the facility’s distributed control and safety systems as Japan works to establish an international liquefied hydrogen supply chain.

Toyota’s electrification strategy is increasingly moving beyond the question of whether battery electric vehicles will dominate the market and toward a more differentiated approach in which hybrids, plug in hybrids, battery electric vehicles and hydrogen fuel cells are deployed according to vehicle segment, infrastructure availability and regional energy systems.

Hamburg is beginning construction of an infrastructure link designed to connect local hydrogen production with Germany’s emerging national hydrogen backbone and the wider European gas network, as the city moves from individual hydrogen projects toward an integrated industrial supply system.

India’s reported plastic waste generation fell to 1.76 million tonnes in 2024 to 2025 from 4.14 million tonnes two years earlier, according to data compiled by PRS Legislative Research from government figures.

Peru is moving from pilot level battery deployment toward a regulatory framework that could determine how battery energy storage systems participate in the country’s electricity market, as the energy regulator prepares a technical study on integrating BESS into transmission and generation regulation. Osinergmin has opened a tender for a 300 day consultancy to assess the incorporation of battery storage into the regulation of generation and transmission activities within Peru’s National Interconnected Electric System, known as SEIN. The assignment includes a diagnostic of BESS development in Peru and the preparation of technical and regulatory proposals. The tender is a sign that…

Masdar has begun commercial operations at its 35 MW/70 MWh Royle Barn Road battery in Rochdale, northern England, adding another grid scale storage asset to the UK’s rapidly expanding battery market as the country accelerates investment in flexibility to support a more renewable power system.

Uttar Pradesh is moving to turn its emerging green hydrogen strategy into a technology and investment partnership with Japan, as the state and Yamanashi Prefecture expand cooperation beyond research toward pilot projects, skills development and potential commercial deployment.