Author: Anela Dokso

Europe’s push toward next-generation energy storage received a strategic boost with the announcement of Argylium, a joint venture between Syensqo and Axens. The new company will focus on scaling up advanced materials for solid-state batteries, a technology widely viewed as critical for the next generation of electric vehicles and grid-scale energy storage.

Green hydrogen economics remain constrained by energy intensity. Conventional solar driven electrolysis requires significant electrical input to split water, with the oxygen evolution reaction accounting for a large share of the thermodynamic and kinetic losses.

The world’s oceans absorb roughly a quarter of annual anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions, according to long established climate assessments, making them a central stabilizing force in the global climate system.

Chevron is not retreating from hydrocarbons even as it expands its low carbon portfolio. Speaking at the WSJ CEO Council, Chevron CEO Mike Wirth outlined a transition strategy that prioritizes technologies aligned with the company’s existing capabilities and, critically, its return on capital expectations.

From subsurface hydrogen disputes and aviation feasibility to the raw material limits of Net Zero, Best of Face to Face 2025 captures the most consequential debates EnergyNews.biz hosted this year.

Editor’s Picks 2025 brings together the stories that most clearly exposed the fault lines of the global energy transition.

Energy News presents the most-read interviews of 2025, offering a deep dive into the minds shaping the future of clean energy and hydrogen.

Energy News is rounding up the most-read stories of 2025, highlighting the pivotal shifts shaping the hydrogen and clean energy sectors.

As we step into a new year, Energy News would like to thank our readers, partners, and contributors for their trust, insights, and engagement. The energy transition continues to test assumptions, challenge timelines, and redefine markets, and we look forward to covering it with the same critical, data-driven journalism you expect. Wishing you a successful, insightful, and forward-looking year ahead. Happy New Year

Honda Motor Co. is consolidating its electric vehicle strategy in North America by acquiring full ownership of its Ohio battery production facility from LG Energy Solution for approximately $2.9 billion.