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Lhyfe’s supply of France’s first motorway hydrogen station accessible to heavy goods vehicles marks a tangible shift from hydrogen mobility pilots to operational logistics infrastructure.

European energy storage startups have attracted €2.14 billion in equity funding, underscoring how capital is increasingly targeting technologies capable of stabilizing power systems with high renewable penetration.

International aviation emissions have crossed a regulatory threshold that many airlines had postponed planning for since 2020. Newly released data from the International Civil Aviation Organisation confirms that emissions from international flights in 2024 have exceeded 85 percent of 2019 levels, triggering offsetting obligations under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation.

Lime production remains one of the UK’s most carbon intensive industrial activities, not because of fuel choice but because chemistry itself drives emissions. During limestone calcination, calcium carbonate decomposes into calcium oxide and carbon dioxide, releasing CO2 that cannot be eliminated through electrification or fuel switching alone.

Brazilian federal court ruling has suspended the environmental license of Solatio’s 3 gigawatt H2V Piauí project in Parnaíba, citing the absence of authorized water use and the risk of overloading the regional power grid.

Mejillones Ammonia Energy has secured environmental approval for its $2.5 billion Volta project in Antofagasta, a planned 620,000 tonne per year green ammonia facility that now moves closer to final environmental qualification following clearance from the regional Environmental Assessment Commission in late December 2025.

Sustainable Energy Solutions Sweden Holding AB has agreed to sell its 85 megawatt, 170 megawatt hour battery energy storage project at the Pyhäsalmi mine to a Frankfurt based infrastructure investor, signaling growing institutional appetite for mature Nordic storage assets positioned for both frequency regulation and wholesale market arbitrage.

Europe’s renewable hydrogen market received a major boost as the European Commission approved a €200 million state aid package for hydrogen projects in Germany, matched by an equal contribution from the Government of Canada.

The steel industry has reached a turning point as the first commercial-scale shipment of hydrogen-produced steel leaves the German-Swedish consortium Stegra, signaling the end of the pilot phase and the start of industrial decarbonization.

Call2Recycle has reintroduced itself as The Battery Network, signaling a strategic shift from a collection-focused nonprofit to what it describes as a nationwide infrastructure platform for battery recovery and compliance.