Browsing: Pacific

Coal-fired power plants in Vietnam generate more than 25 million tonnes of ash and slag annually, a volume that for years strained landfills and raised environmental risks. What has shifted the debate is not a reduction in coal use but a sharp increase in reuse.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Japan Suiso Energy have signed a contract to build what they describe as the world’s largest liquefied hydrogen carrier, with a cargo capacity of 40,000 cubic meters.

Nissan’s Melbourne production facility now offers a small but instructive case study, pairing a 100 kW rooftop solar system with a 120 kWh battery energy storage unit built from retired Nissan Leaf batteries, as manufacturers test whether circular energy systems can deliver measurable operational value rather than symbolic sustainability claims.

Rockcheck New Energy Group has placed 65 hydrogen powered heavy duty trucks into service across logistics and port operations in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region, a scale that begins to test whether hydrogen mobility can function reliably outside subsidized pilots.

South Korea’s battery and automotive sectors are moving toward tighter vertical integration as Samsung SDI and KG Mobility formalize a new memorandum of understanding to co-develop advanced battery pack technologies for electric vehicles, centered on Samsung SDI’s 46-series cylindrical cells.

China’s energy storage market is increasingly shifting from pilot-scale deployments to standardized, high-volume procurement, and CATL’s newly announced three-year memorandum of understanding with Sieyuan reflects that transition.

China has inaugurated its first million-tonne near-zero-carbon steel production line in Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province, signaling a significant step in the decarbonization of the steel industry.

Australia’s electricity system is approaching a structural inflection point. Renewable generation is on track to overtake coal on an annual basis, reshaping how the National Electricity Market manages reliability, stability, and investment risk.

AM Green and Mitsui & Co have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore collaboration and potential investment across a low carbon aluminum value chain, positioning India as a test case for whether renewable powered smelting can scale without eroding cost competitiveness.

Vietnam is increasingly positioning the circular economy at the center of its sustainable development strategy, as highlighted during the thematic session “Promoting green transition and developing the circular economy to realize high growth and sustainable development goals” at the Vietnam Economic Forum 2025.