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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.

China aims to source half of its electricity generation from non-fossil fuels by 2030, up from a target of 42.3% in 2025, according to the country’s newly released 15th Five-Year Plan for Building a New Energy System.

A new concept unveiled by Jiangnan Shipyard, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, offers a glimpse into how Beijing…

The world added renewable energy capacity at a record pace and pushed clean electricity generation above 30 percent of global supply, yet 655 million people still lived without electricity in 2024 and roughly two billion lacked access to clean cooking technologies.

Carbon markets are becoming an increasingly important source of climate finance for emerging economies, yet many developing regions continue to face significant institutional, regulatory, and technical barriers to participation.

The global battery industry has spent years trying to reduce dependence on lithium, nickel, and cobalt, materials that remain central to today’s electric vehicle and energy storage markets but face supply chain, cost, and geopolitical pressures.