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Australia’s ambitions to establish itself as a hub for e-fuels production have taken a step forward, with HIF Global confirming that its proposed $2 billion green hydrogen–based methanol facility in Tasmania will now be built on the site of the former Burnie paper mill rather than its previously selected location in Hampshire.

AI-driven data centers are emerging as one of the fastest-growing loads on global electricity systems, with some forecasts warning that U.S. facilities alone could add up to 50 GW of demand by 2030—equivalent to the consumption of every household in California.

Poland-based Hynfra and the Government of Mauritania signed a Framework Agreement for the development of a $1.5 billion integrated green ammonia facility.

The SHS – Stahl-Holding-Saar Group (SHS Group), which includes Dillinger, Saarstahl, and ROGESA, has signed a decade-long agreement with France’s Verso Energy for the annual supply of at least 6,000 tons of renewable hydrogen.

The race to scale up Europe’s hydrogen economy has gained new momentum as AquaVentus, Germany’s offshore wind-to-hydrogen initiative, and Hydrogen Scotland signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deepen cooperation on green hydrogen production, transport, and deployment across the North Sea region.

For much of the twentieth century, energy systems operated under vertically integrated utilities that planned, dispatched, and balanced power and…

Tesla’s Shanghai Megafactory, launched in December 2023 with the capacity to produce 10,000 Megapacks annually, has already built its first 1,000 units as of July 2024.

Yara Clean Ammonia has initiated construction of the Yara Eyde, billed as the world’s first container vessel designed to run on renewable ammonia.

Artificial intelligence is being framed less as a technological revolution and more as a national survival project. Yet even as the White House describes AI as a “new Manhattan Project,” lawmakers are still receiving primers on basic concepts.

Thyssenkrupp’s potential annual carbon certificate costs of €500 million against operating profits of just €260 million expose the financial pressure…