Author: Anela Dokso

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.

Alpiq has acquired a 103.5 MW/238 MWh battery energy storage system in Bollingstedt, northern Germany, marking the Swiss utility’s entry into the country’s operational large scale battery storage market as competition for flexible power assets intensifies.

Algeria is emerging as a potential European green hydrogen supplier because of its combination of renewable energy resources, existing energy infrastructure and geographic proximity to Europe.

Masdar has canceled plans for a 100 MW green hydrogen plant at EMSTEEL’s steel complex in Abu Dhabi, underscoring the growing gap between technical feasibility and commercial viability in the global hydrogen market.

Japan is moving to build a regional ammonia supply chain in Hokkaido as the country seeks to establish low carbon fuel infrastructure alongside existing power generation and industrial demand.

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.