Germany’s ambition to anchor a hydrogen based industrial transition is colliding with hard infrastructure timelines and unresolved cost pressures. That tension is visible in the decision by transmission system operator Ontras Gastransport to commission nearly 110 kilometers of hydrogen pipelines to supply steelmaker Salzgitter, even as large parts of Europe’s green steel pipeline remain exposed to market uncertainty.
London has unveiled what is believed to be the UK’s first large-scale circular economy hub for construction materials, designed to keep resources in circulation rather than sending them to landfill.
DRIFT Energy and Enapter have signed a collaboration agreement to adapt anion exchange membrane electrolyser technology for deployment at sea, a move that directly addresses one of the sector’s most persistent technical bottlenecks.
TotalEnergies has agreed to sell a 50 percent stake in a portfolio of 11 battery storage projects to Allianz Global Investors, advancing nearly 800 MW of new capacity scheduled to enter operation by 2028.
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.
Russia’s cumulative renewable power capacity is forecast to nearly double over the next decade, rising from 9.8GW in 2025 to 18.4GW by 2035, according to GlobalData projections.
During a recent visit to China alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, BMW Group CEO Oliver Zipse signed a memorandum of understanding with CATL, formalizing a partnership aimed at lowering the embedded carbon footprint of BMW’s electric vehicles by reworking battery sourcing and production processes.
