Author: Anela Dokso

As oil prices climbed above $100 per barrel following disruptions linked to the Strait of Hormuz, Europe’s largest parliamentary bloc, the European People’s Party, renewed calls to accelerate clean energy deployment and reduce reliance on imported fuels.

US engineering giant KBR has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for a proposed liquid hydrogen (LH2) import and liquid carbon dioxide (LCO2) export terminal at the Port of Amsterdam.

Technip Energies has taken a minority equity stake in the DEZiR project, a synthetic aviation fuel (eSAF) facility under development in Rouen, France, signaling a strategic push into Europe’s decarbonized aviation sector.

Rugendorf-based Münch Energie Group has commissioned a 500-MWh battery energy storage system in Saxony-Anhalt, positioning the facility as Germany’s largest contiguous battery storage cluster currently in operation.

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran, affecting roughly 20 percent of global oil and gas flows and one-third of worldwide fertilizer trade, underscores a shift in the architecture of international economic power.

Toyota Motor Europe has announced a new Circular Factory in Wałbrzych, Poland, designed to process up to 20,000 end-of-life vehicles annually and recover both components and critical materials for reuse.

Canadian Solar has secured a 500 MW, 2,493 MWh battery energy storage system agreement through its e-STORAGE division, targeting infrastructure that supports data center reliability and grid resilience.

thyssenkrupp nucera has secured a front-end engineering design contract for a 260 MW green hydrogen project in India led by Juno Joule Green Energy Private Limited, where it will integrate alkaline water electrolysis into the plant’s infrastructure.

Tesla and LG Energy Solution (LGES) are expanding their U.S. battery manufacturing footprint with a $4.3 billion lithium-iron phosphate (LFP) prismatic cell facility in Lansing, Michigan, aimed at supporting Tesla’s Megapack 3 energy storage systems.

The UK’s ambitious target to reach net zero emissions by 2050 is pushing industrial sectors to explore unconventional pathways for decarbonization, with hydrogen emerging as a central lever.