Browsing: Pacific

The global race to commercialize small modular reactors is increasingly becoming a contest over industrial supply chains and geopolitical influence rather than reactor technology alone.

Japan’s largest power producer, JERA Co., Inc., and South Korea’s Samsung C&T Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore collaboration on strengthening regional hydrogen and ammonia value chains, highlighting a growing shift from individual project development toward cross border infrastructure coordination.

The LDES Council estimates that up to 8 terawatts of long-duration energy storage capacity will be needed globally by 2040,…

Google and McKinsey & Company, through the Symbiosis Coalition, together with Tencent, have signed separate agreements to purchase a combined 635,000 metric tons of carbon removals from Thryve.Earth, providing long term demand for a rainforest restoration project in Indonesia.

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical and Gold Hydrogen have signed a memorandum of understanding to study a green methanol production facility on…

Australia’s first Hydrogen Headstart project to reach final investment decision will produce just 4,700 tonnes of green hydrogen annually, a figure that illustrates both the progress and the constraints defining the country’s emerging hydrogen economy.

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical has signed a memorandum of understanding with Gold Hydrogen to evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of a green methanol facility in South Australia.

Battery electric vehicles dominate investment flows across the global automotive sector, yet Hyundai Motor Group continues to pursue a broader decarbonization strategy centered on hydrogen fuel cells alongside electrification.

Indonesia’s oil palm industry faces a strategic dilemma that increasingly extends beyond production targets and into climate commitments, land governance, and global market access. According to Prof. Hariyadi of IPB University’s Faculty of Agriculture, raising productivity on existing plantations rather than expanding cultivated land will determine whether the sector can meet economic and environmental expectations simultaneously.

As global automakers reassess aggressive electrification targets amid weaker electric vehicle demand and mounting geopolitical pressures, Honda Motor Co. is redirecting billions of dollars toward hybrid technologies, internal combustion efficiency, and software platforms while preserving its longer-term commitment to carbon neutrality by 2050.