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India and Germany reinforced their strategic ties on Monday, signing multiple Memorandums of Understanding in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

Germany added an estimated 6.57 gigawatt-hours of stationary battery storage capacity in 2025, lifting the country’s total installed capacity to approximately 24 gigawatt-hours.

Renewables are now the cheapest source of new electricity generation in most regions, yet power systems continue to struggle with reliability, access, and equity. That gap between falling technology costs and uneven system performance is the central tension addressed in IRENA’s latest Innovation Landscape report, released during a ministerial dialogue on artificial intelligence at the agency’s annual Assembly.

The formation of Hanseatic H2, a joint venture between H2APEX Nova Holding and Rostock-based East Energy Group, signals a shift in Germany’s green hydrogen market toward standardized 5 MW electrolysis projects designed for faster deployment and closer alignment with mobility and regional industrial demand.

Austria’s push to anchor green hydrogen as a pillar of industrial decarbonization gained financial clarity this week as OMV secured production funding of up to EUR 123 million for its planned electrolyzer plant in Bruck an der Leitha.

Global demand for plastics continues to rise even as regulatory pressure, brand commitments, and climate targets tighten around emissions, waste, and feedstock sourcing. For companies operating at the scale of LyondellBasell, one of the world’s largest producers of polyolefins and chemicals, the challenge is no longer limited to cost efficiency or capacity utilization.

Donut Lab has unveiled what it claims to be the world’s first commercially production-ready all-solid-state battery, signaling a potential shift in electric vehicle (EV) energy storage.

In 2023, nearly all hydrogen consumed in the European Union was still produced from fossil fuels, despite four years of…

Germany’s carbon dioxide emissions fell to 640 million tonnes in 2025, a 1.5 percent year-on-year decline that places the country 49 percent below its 1990 baseline. On paper, the national target under the Climate Change Act was met. In practice, the slowdown in emission reductions compared with 2024 signals a more fragile trajectory, driven less by structural decarbonization and more by weak industrial output and favorable solar conditions, according to Agora Energiewende’s annual review of Germany’s energy year.

In 2025, Finland’s Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant delivered 7.9 terawatt-hours of electricity, supplying roughly 10 percent of the nation’s total consumption.