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Singapore will see its first hydrogen-compatible cogeneration plant come online in the first half of 2026, but investors warn that the broader economics of green hydrogen remain under strain.

Google’s escalating electricity demand for data centers has pushed the company to back one of the most ambitious bets in the U.S. energy sector: advanced nuclear power.

At 12:35 p.m. on August 20, electricity demand on Jiangsu’s power grid hit 155,000 MW, the fourth record peak of the summer and a 5.99% increase over last year’s maximum load.

France has taken a major step in expanding its energy storage capacity with the activation of a 100 MW/200 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at the port of Nantes-Saint-Nazaire.

China’s installed energy storage capacity climbed to 164.3 GW by June 2025, according to the China Energy Storage Alliance (CNESA), marking a 59% increase compared to the previous year.

Sweden’s nuclear power landscape is edging closer to its first new construction project in more than 40 years. Vattenfall has shortlisted GE Vernova and Rolls-Royce SMR as potential suppliers for small modular reactors (SMRs) on the Värö Peninsula, narrowing the field from an initial 75 candidates to two.

Spain’s Fundación Ciudad de la Energía (CIUDEN) has completed operational testing of a sodium-sulfur (NaS) battery storage facility designed to integrate with green hydrogen production.

Europe’s refining sector could become the launchpad for green hydrogen adoption, with regulatory pressure under the Renewable Energy Directive (RED III) driving demand that smaller industrial users alone could not achieve.

By 2035, natural gas production in the Eastern Mediterranean is projected to peak at 100 billion cubic meters (bcm) annually, according to new modeling by the H2Zero Research Unit.

Global demand for lithium-ion batteries is projected to more than double within the next five years, driven by the expansion of electric mobility, grid-scale storage, and consumer electronics. While cell chemistry has advanced rapidly, the electrode manufacturing process remains a major bottleneck in both cost and energy efficiency.