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China’s Huawei will supply batteries to British power producer Aggreko for what both companies describe as Brazil’s largest energy storage system to date, supporting renewable microgrids across the state of Amazonas.

Roughly one third of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions are already absorbed by the ocean, according to long standing global carbon budget estimates. As emissions trajectories continue to overshoot mitigation pathways, U.S. lawmakers are now pushing to examine whether that natural sink can be responsibly enhanced through targeted intervention.

Honeywell and Verso Energy have agreed to deploy electro-sustainable aviation fuel production across seven sites in France, Finland, and the United States, relying on licensed eFining methanol-to-jet technology from Honeywell UOP.

Utility scale energy storage additions in the United States reached 58 gigawatt hours in 2025, a 30 percent year over year increase that pushed total installed capacity to 137 gigawatt hours, according to the latest data from Solar Energy Industries Association.

The U.S. energy storage sector installed 57.6 GWh of new capacity in 2025, marking the largest single-year deployment in history.

Amazon has pledged more than 40GW of carbon-free energy capacity across over 700 projects worldwide, a portfolio the company says could power more than 12.1 million U.S. homes.

CF Industries’ decision to halt a planned 20 MW green hydrogen project at its Donaldsonville ammonia complex underscores the widening gap between early green hydrogen ambitions and projects that can clear today’s cost and policy hurdles.

California and 12 other state attorneys general filed a federal lawsuit on February 18, targeting the U.S. Department of Energy and the Office of Management and Budget over the Trump administration’s cancellation of billions in federally approved clean energy awards, including a $1.2 billion commitment to California’s hydrogen hub, ARCHES (Alliance for Renewable Clean Hydrogen Energy Systems).

The United States has significantly escalated trade restrictions on Chinese graphite used in lithium-ion batteries, following a year-long investigation into unfair trade practices.

Tesla’s agreement to pay Nevada $200,000 for operating battery recycling equipment without an air quality permit exposes a quieter risk in the clean transport transition: regulatory oversight struggling to keep pace with rapidly scaling industrial processes.