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China plans to reduce its carbon intensity by 17 percent during its current five year planning cycle, a faster pace than the 12 percent decline achieved between 2020 and 2025.

The Huai’an Salt Cavern Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) project in Jiangsu Province, China, has entered full operation, marking a significant milestone in long-duration energy storage deployment.

Biomass already accounts for the largest share of renewable energy potential in Malaysia’s power mix, driven by the country’s agricultural output rather than variable weather conditions.

Natural hydrogen has reemerged as a niche but closely watched segment of the energy transition, driven by the prospect of bypassing electrolyzer costs that still dominate green hydrogen economics.

As China heads into its annual Two Sessions in early March, the gap between climate ambition and implementation capacity is becoming a central policy question.

Australia’s energy storage buildout is increasingly defined by a geographic and technological split. In New South Wales, the state government has elevated two pumped hydro proposals totaling 1.8 gigawatts to priority planning status, even as battery energy storage systems continue to dominate deployment elsewhere in the country.

South Korea’s coal phase down is exposing a practical challenge that extends beyond power markets. What happens to the land, labor, and grid assets built around large thermal power plants.

Japan added roughly 3 GW of battery energy storage capacity across utility scale and distributed assets by the end of 2024, according to industry estimates, but participation has remained concentrated among power companies, developers, and trading houses.

Borealis and Borouge have entered a partnership aimed at building a fully integrated circular waste management and polyolefin recycling system in Indonesia, a market where circularity ambitions have repeatedly collided with infrastructure, cost, and governance constraints.

South Australia’s retreat from state led green hydrogen has crystallized around a blunt admission from Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis. Gas, not hydrogen, will underpin the recovery and future operation of the Whyalla Steelworks, at least for the foreseeable election cycle.