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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.

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.

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.

Peregrine Energy Solutions plan to build a $400 million battery energy storage facility in Harrison County, reflecting both local economic ambitions and broader grid balancing needs across the Texas and Southwest Power Pool systems.

Chile’s rapid buildout of solar and wind has exposed a structural constraint that capacity additions alone cannot solve: curtailment and volatility in a grid dominated by intermittent generation.

When the United States moved against Venezuela in early 2026, the geopolitical signal was loud. The oil market’s response was…

U.S. residential electricity bills have been on an upward trajectory for years. According to federal energy statistics, the average retail price of electricity for residential customers in 2024 hovered around 15 cents per kilowatt-hour, up materially from a decade earlier.

In a policy shift that breaks with more than four decades of regulatory practice, the Environmental Protection Agency under President…

Spearmint Energy has closed an equity investment with Kyuden International focused on two utility scale battery projects that are already operational, a notable development in ERCOT where rapid load growth and tightening reserve margins have typically seen financing precede lengthy construction timelines.

John Risley’s World Energy GH2 has abandoned plans for a green hydrogen and ammonia plant in Stephenville, Newfoundland, acknowledging that…