Browsing: Europe

Chinese battery manufacturer CATL and Dutch energy solutions company Alfen have announced a partnership to deploy 5 GWh of sodium ion battery energy storage systems across Europe, signaling growing confidence that sodium based chemistries could complement lithium ion technology in grid scale applications.

BP’s evolving energy transition strategy faces renewed scrutiny after the company warned of an additional $1 billion impairment charge for the second quarter, largely linked to its gas and low carbon energy businesses.

The Port of Antwerp Bruges has issued key permits for several large scale circular economy projects, including a €300 million plastic recycling facility, commercial food waste conversion, and tire recycling operations that collectively expand the port’s industrial decarbonization strategy.

Three sectors, steel, organic chemicals, and cement, account for roughly a quarter of all emissions covered by the EU Emissions…

Lhyfe has signed a strategic partnership with industrial gas company Messer, which will acquire a 30% stake in four of its hydrogen production sites in France and Germany while committing to a 10 year renewable hydrogen supply agreement, strengthening both the company’s commercial outlook and financing model.

The European Investment Bank has approved a €450 million loan for OMV’s large scale renewable hydrogen project in Austria, underscoring the growing role of public finance in advancing industrial decarbonization projects that remain difficult to support through commercial markets alone.

Manufacturing companies are increasingly expected to demonstrate measurable environmental improvements rather than simply publish sustainability commitments. INTCO Medical’s 2025 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report reflects that shift, presenting operational metrics across emissions, renewable energy, manufacturing efficiency, governance, and supply chain management as investors and customers place greater emphasis on quantifiable performance.

Germany recorded 459 negative-price hours in 2024 and 573 in 2025, setting new records each time. Through the first half…

Tesla reported a federal tax bill of zero dollars for 2025, continuing a pattern in which the company has owed…

Direct solar hydrogen production has long promised a simpler pathway to renewable hydrogen by eliminating unnecessary energy conversion steps. While most commercial green hydrogen projects rely on photovoltaic electricity feeding standalone electrolyzers, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) have demonstrated a laboratory scale integrated system that converts sunlight into hydrogen with a solar to hydrogen efficiency of up to 31.3%, placing it among the highest reported performances for direct photoelectrochemical hydrogen production.