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The economics of clean hydrogen have long been trapped in an uncomfortable paradox. Green hydrogen, produced through electrolysis powered by…

Less than 1 percent of global textile waste is currently recycled back into new textile fibers at scale, a figure that underscores the structural gap between policy ambition and industrial capability as Extended Producer Responsibility frameworks begin reshaping the sector in Europe and parts of the United States.

The United Kingdom’s energy transition is entering a phase where storage duration is becoming as strategically important as generation capacity itself. As renewable penetration increases and periods of excess solar and wind generation become more common, the limitation is no longer only how much clean electricity can be produced, but how long it can be retained and dispatched when needed.

The European Union’s aviation decarbonization strategy is approaching a politically sensitive phase as policymakers consider extending carbon pricing pressure beyond intra-European flights to emissions generated on international routes. The debate is emerging alongside a broader redesign of the EU Emissions Trading System aimed at aligning the bloc’s carbon market with its 2040 climate targets.

Germany is moving deeper into the industrialization phase of sustainable aviation fuel production, committing €350 million in public funding to the Brandenburg eSAF project in Schwedt as the European aviation sector faces binding fuel decarbonization mandates under the EU’s ReFuelEU Aviation framework.

Byhmgard AB has signed a right of first refusal agreement with Solarigo Systems Oy covering the development of battery energy storage system projects in Finland. The agreement includes an initial pilot project planned at approximately 50 MW in Nivala, at the Hitura site.

Fewer than 7% of announced European hydrogen projects have reached final investment decision, according to a new industry backed assessment that underscores the widening gap between the European Union’s hydrogen ambitions and the sector’s commercial reality.

Austrian energy group OMV is investing €65 million in a new innovation and development hub at its Schwechat site near Vienna, targeting technologies ranging from green hydrogen to carbon utilization and biotechnology.

A proposed €2 billion green hydrogen development in Ukraine’s Volyn region illustrates how logistics and existing gas infrastructure are increasingly shaping project economics as much as renewable resource quality.

Wholesale electricity prices in Greece are increasingly falling to zero or negative territory during daylight hours, forcing renewable energy curtailments across the grid and exposing a structural imbalance between renewable deployment and system flexibility.