Browsing: Europe

RWE has withdrawn its proposed 99.9 MW Butterfly solar plus storage project in Wrexham, Wales, citing limited grid connection availability and broader project viability concerns.

H2SITE has entered into a strategic agreement with Petronor to deploy membrane-based hydrogen separation technology at refinery scale, targeting improved process efficiency and enhanced carbon capture potential.

TSR Group and BASF have established a cooperation framework aimed at expanding and integrating battery recycling capacity across Europe, focusing on dismantling, material recovery, and reintegration of recovered metals into industrial supply chains.

Henkel has introduced updated mid-term sustainability targets extending to 2030, building on its existing net-zero ambition for 2045 and reflecting a shift toward more structured value chain intervention rather than incremental operational efficiency gains alone.

KGAL GmbH & Co KG and PtX Development GmbH have acquired a majority stake in a green hydrogen project at the Lubmin site on Germany’s Baltic coast, taking control of an initiative originally developed by Lhyfe and reinforcing investor commitment to scaling large-scale hydrogen production in strategically positioned energy transition hubs.

Schneider Electric and Microsoft have announced a collaboration focused on AI-powered, software-defined automation systems aimed at improving operational efficiency in hydrogen production and broader industrial decarbonization.

Electricity systems with rising shares of weather-dependent generation face growing real-time flexibility demands as grid operators manage supply-consumption imbalances amid accelerating electrification, a challenge now tested in Sweden through Vattenfall, Energy Bank, and Volkswagen’s large-scale vehicle-to-grid deployment featuring approximately 200 bidirectional chargers across central and southern regions.

A new agreement between thyssenkrupp Uhde and KÖKSAN to develop a low-emission PET plant in Yumurtalık reflects a broader shift toward integrating decarbonization into core production processes rather than treating it as an add-on.

Stegra has secured €1.4 billion in new funding to advance its hydrogen-based steel plant in northern Sweden, underscoring both investor confidence and the scale of financial commitment required to bring low-carbon steel technologies to market.

Gray hydrogen, produced from unabated fossil fuels, currently accounts for approximately two percent of global CO₂ emissions. That figure alone…