Tthe United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL) signed a Joint Declaration establishing a framework for cooperation on the circular economy, advanced batteries and green industrial development.
India is allocating 30 KTPA of green hydrogen production capacity across four major oil refineries, signaling a more targeted effort to move hydrogen from policy ambition into industrial applications where demand already exists.
General Motors is reducing its exposure to large scale EV battery manufacturing, selling its 49.99% stake in a $3.5 billion battery joint venture with Samsung SDI as slower US electric vehicle growth forces automakers to reassess capacity, chemistry and capital allocation.
Cardinal Glass Industries plans to install a carbon capture system capable of removing approximately 130,000 metric tons of CO₂ annually from its float glass manufacturing operations in Winlock, Washington, with commissioning targeted for the first quarter of 2029.
Stricter carbon accounting for electrolytic hydrogen does not necessarily undermine project economics, but it also does not ensure that subsidized hydrogen is genuinely low carbon, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Mannheim.
Smoltek Hydrogen and Heraeus Precious Metals are preparing a 3,000 hour durability test of a porous transport electrode designed to operate with less than 0.1 mg of iridium per square centimeter.
A proposed 100 MWe sodium cooled fast reactor is moving into a more detailed development phase in the United States, as ARC Clean Technology and Battelle Energy Alliance, the operator of Idaho National Laboratory, establish a framework covering the engineering, testing and potential first of a kind deployment of ARC’s ARC-100 reactor.
Brazil’s first dedicated battery energy storage auction has drawn 6,091 registered projects totaling 296,807 MW, highlighting unprecedented investor interest in grid scale storage as the country seeks to strengthen power system flexibility amid rapid renewable energy expansion.
