Author: Anela Dokso

Mejillones Ammonia Energy has secured environmental approval for its $2.5 billion Volta project in Antofagasta, a planned 620,000 tonne per year green ammonia facility that now moves closer to final environmental qualification following clearance from the regional Environmental Assessment Commission in late December 2025.

Sustainable Energy Solutions Sweden Holding AB has agreed to sell its 85 megawatt, 170 megawatt hour battery energy storage project at the Pyhäsalmi mine to a Frankfurt based infrastructure investor, signaling growing institutional appetite for mature Nordic storage assets positioned for both frequency regulation and wholesale market arbitrage.

Europe’s renewable hydrogen market received a major boost as the European Commission approved a €200 million state aid package for hydrogen projects in Germany, matched by an equal contribution from the Government of Canada.

The steel industry has reached a turning point as the first commercial-scale shipment of hydrogen-produced steel leaves the German-Swedish consortium Stegra, signaling the end of the pilot phase and the start of industrial decarbonization.

Call2Recycle has reintroduced itself as The Battery Network, signaling a strategic shift from a collection-focused nonprofit to what it describes as a nationwide infrastructure platform for battery recovery and compliance.

Kemet Industries Group and China based energy storage manufacturer Cornex have signed a cooperation agreement to establish a battery manufacturing facility in Egypt with an annual production capacity of 5 gigawatt hours.

Northern Graphite Corporation and Saudi diversified industrial group Obeikan Investment Group have signed a term sheet to jointly develop a large scale battery anode material facility through a dedicated joint venture.

Peregrine Energy Solutions plan to build a $400 million battery energy storage facility in Harrison County, reflecting both local economic ambitions and broader grid balancing needs across the Texas and Southwest Power Pool systems.

Egypt’s green hydrogen ambitions are increasingly defined by execution rather than announcements, with Scatec’s 100 megawatt project in the Ain Sokhna Industrial Zone now serving as a functioning pilot for export-oriented renewable hydrogen and ammonia.

With EU recycled content mandates approaching, the Netherlands is accelerating investment into plastics recycling pathways that extend beyond PET, where regulatory approval remains limited.