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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…

Austria has committed €275 million to four national flagship hydrogen projects and is actively developing the diplomatic groundwork for a…

A consortium including Fortum, ČEZ, MVM, and Slovenské elektrárne has signed an agreement with Framatome to develop a fully European nuclear fuel solution for VVER reactors.

ENGIE is expanding its battery energy storage footprint across key markets, with new projects in Spain and France pushing its European pipeline beyond 1 GW.

Grid congestion has emerged as one of the most immediate constraints on renewable energy deployment in the Netherlands, with thousands of projects reportedly facing delays due to limited connection capacity. A new agreement between TenneT and Green Energy Storage signals a shift toward using large-scale battery storage as an operational tool to manage these bottlenecks.