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A recent agreement between the University of Sharjah and Lootah BioFuels aims to strengthen cooperation in renewable energy, scientific research, and circular economy development.

The global battery industry has spent years trying to reduce dependence on lithium, nickel, and cobalt, materials that remain central to today’s electric vehicle and energy storage markets but face supply chain, cost, and geopolitical pressures.

India’s green hydrogen ambitions are moving from policy commitments into industrial demonstrations, with Adani New Industries Limited (ANIL) commissioning what it describes as the country’s first off grid 5 MW green hydrogen pilot plant in Kutch, Gujarat.

Saudi Arabia’s $9 billion NEOM green hydrogen project is becoming a test case for whether large-scale industrial developments can attract international capital by combining energy infrastructure, logistics, and investment incentives into a single platform.

Germany’s grid-scale battery storage capacity stood at over 1.5 GW across 207 commissioned projects as of June 2025 and was…

Jordan is moving forward with plans for a large scale green hydrogen project that could produce 200,000 tonnes of green ammonia annually, as the country seeks to establish a role in the emerging clean fuels market.

The shift toward large scale renewable energy deployment in the United States is increasingly becoming a financing and infrastructure challenge rather than a technology question. Permanent Power Company, a national power platform backed by CIM Group, has secured approximately $600 million in construction financing for its Grape solar and energy storage project in California, highlighting the growing role of hybrid renewable projects in addressing grid reliability and clean energy demand.

Oman’s green hydrogen sector is moving from strategy development toward large scale industrial deployment, with India based ACME Group committing approximately $4.2 billion to expand its green hydrogen and green ammonia project in the Special Economic Zone at Duqm.

The global hydrogen market exceeded 100 million tonnes in 2025, yet the sector’s vulnerability became increasingly visible as disruptions in the Middle East affected fertilizer, chemicals and refined product supply chains.

Poland’s transition from a rapidly transforming economy into a more sustainable and technology driven system was highlighted in Hanoi as a potential reference point for countries such as Vietnam seeking to accelerate their own green development pathways.