Browsing: Pacific

Japan is committing approximately ¥1 trillion, equivalent to about $6.3 billion, by 2030 to scale domestic recycling systems for critical materials, reflecting a strategic shift from linear resource consumption toward circular supply chains.

China’s coal-producing provinces generate roughly one billion tonnes of carbon emissions annually, a volume nearly double that of Germany, placing regions such as Shanxi and Shaanxi at the center of the country’s decarbonization challenge.

India’s target of 5 million metric tonnes of green hydrogen production annually by 2030 would exceed the current global market by a factor of five, highlighting both the scale of ambition and the execution gap facing the sector.

Japan is preparing an investment package of approximately 1 trillion yen, equivalent to about 6.3 billion dollars, to scale a domestic circular economy for metals and plastics by 2030, according to a government action plan.

Barbados is advancing a $350 million hybrid renewable energy project designed to supply up to 6 percent of national electricity demand under a 25 year power purchase agreement, but early signals suggest the primary impact will be price stability rather than immediate cost reductions for consumers.

In New Zealand, Genesis Energy has reached final investment decision on the second stage of its battery energy storage system programme at Huntly Power Station, advancing a 100 MW / 200 MWh expansion that will bring total installed storage capacity at the site to 200 MW / 400 MWh.

Vietnam’s industrial sector is increasingly positioned at the center of a structural shift toward circular production models, as policymakers and businesses respond to mounting global pressures from resource depletion, climate volatility, and tightening sustainability requirements across supply chains.

Singapore’s position as the world’s largest bunkering hub is placing it at the center of emerging low-carbon fuel strategies, with ammonia increasingly assessed as a viable option for decarbonizing maritime transport where electrification remains impractical.

Photocatalytic conversion of CO2 into fuels, long constrained by low efficiency and unclear mechanisms, is being advanced by researchers at Chiba University through the isolation and quantification of the interaction between photocatalytic and photothermal effects in CO2-to-methane conversion.

Australia’s hydrogen project pipeline continues to prioritize large headline capacities while relying on staged deployment to manage cost and demand uncertainty, a dynamic reflected in Edify Energy’s newly approved green hydrogen development in Queensland.