Author: Anela Dokso

The tyre industry is increasingly turning toward circular materials to reduce lifecycle emissions, and a new collaboration between Dunlop and Cabot Corporation signals a push to integrate reclaimed carbon into mass-produced tyres.

Poland is taking a strategic step toward diversifying its energy mix with a new agreement to import green hydrogen from Finland, signaling a shift in regional energy collaboration amid heightened geopolitical risks in Eastern Europe.

Meeting the United Kingdom’s net-zero targets may require up to £75 billion of investment in long-duration energy storage (LDES) by 2050, according to a roadmap published by the Transition Finance Council.

Wärtsilä’s new contract to supply its Wärtsilä 25 Ammonia solution to a cargo vessel for Norway-based Skarv Shipping Solutions represents one of the first commercial-scale steps toward ammonia-powered short-sea shipping in Europe, offering a concrete test of the fuel’s viability in operational conditions.

Volkswagen is initiating a recall of 44,551 ID.4 electric vehicles in the United States following safety concerns over high-voltage battery systems, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The EU’s Clean Hydrogen Partnership is pushing hydrogen valleys beyond pilot projects toward full system integration across production, infrastructure, and industrial demand. Sweden’s High Coast to West Coast Hydrogen Valley, launching in January 2026, reflects this shift as a €20 million, six-year EU-funded initiative linking renewable hydrogen production in Västernorrland with industrial demand on Sweden’s West Coast.

Egypt is advancing its low-carbon energy ambitions with a significant allocation of land in the Red Sea Governorate to support green hydrogen development and associated infrastructure.

Saudi Arabia’s renewable energy and storage landscape is set to advance with the installation of AMG LIVA’s Hybrid Energy Storage System at Aramco’s Bulk Plant in Tabuk.

Microsoft’s offtake agreement with Varaha for biochar-based carbon dioxide removal in India highlights a growing shift toward agricultural waste streams as a scalable, verifiable source of long-term removals, while also exposing the operational and integrity challenges that still define the sector.

More than half of India’s steel exports now flow to the European Union, a market that has effectively rewritten the economics of carbon-intensive manufacturing. With the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism entering its implementation phase this month, Indian steelmakers face the prospect of paying levies tied directly to the emissions embedded in their products, a shift that threatens to erode price competitiveness built on coal-based production.