Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL) has inaugurated its first battery manufacturing facility in northern China — a strategic move reflecting the accelerating regional demand for electric vehicle (EV) batteries and energy storage solutions.
India and the European Union have launched two coordinated research and innovation calls worth ₹391 crore (€41 million) to tackle marine pollution and scale up waste-to-hydrogen technologies—two of the most urgent environmental and energy challenges confronting both economies.
On Sunday, Hydrom—Oman’s state-owned hydrogen orchestrator—finalized Project Development and Usufruct Agreements with India’s ACME Group, officially integrating Phases 2 and 3 of the Duqm-based hydrogen and ammonia project into the country’s centralized green hydrogen framework.
As Belgium prepares for the 2025 nuclear phase-out, grid reliability is emerging as a central challenge. The latest response comes from Kallo, Beveren, where ENGIE and NHOA Energy have started construction on a 400 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS)—a project positioned as both a symbol of transition and a technical asset in Belgium’s evolving energy infrastructure.
While most developers rely on simplified spreadsheets or generic LCOH calculators, Verdigy is betting on a more granular, system-integrated approach. At a recent Energy News webinar, Dr. Karen Das, simulation software lead at Verdigy, presented Energize, the company’s digital twin platform designed to simulate green hydrogen ecosystems with high fidelity and operational realism.
The recently concluded IPOSH (Innovative Process Design for Offshore Hydrogen) project—led by H2sea, Bosch Thin Metal Technologies, and TNO—claims to have achieved a 10–20% reduction in the Levelised Cost of Hydrogen (LCOH). While the figure is significant, the implications rest heavily on whether the novel system integration approach can translate into real-world commercial deployments.
Green hydrogen electrolysis at industrial scale remains an unfulfilled promise across much of Europe—but in Groningen, the Netherlands, a key facility has now produced its first hydrogen under elevated pressure and temperature, marking a milestone in real-world electrolysis testing.
Italy’s first industrial application of green hydrogen blending is set to begin this September, when food giant Granarolo starts receiving a supply of gas mixed with up to 20% green hydrogen.
With global interest in natural (white) hydrogen gaining momentum, HyTerra is pushing forward with a 12-month exploration campaign in Kansas—one of the few active U.S. hydrogen plays—despite ongoing uncertainty around well testing standards and subsurface behavior.
