Browsing: Pacific

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.

The strategic recalibration underway at Korea’s leading battery manufacturers reflects a hard data point confronting the North American market. After years of capacity expansion tied to electric vehicle growth forecasts, US automakers are now pulling back.

Samsung SDI and Korea East-West Power have signed a memorandum of understanding at the StarPlus Energy facility in Indiana, marking a strategic collaboration aimed at accelerating energy storage system (ESS) deployment and renewable energy initiatives globally.

After more than five years of stalled progress, construction has officially begun on a large-scale green hydrogen and renewable energy project in South Taranaki, underpinned by a NZD 19.9 million government investment and a total project budget estimated at up to NZD 112.3 million.

China has developed a compressed air energy storage compressor exceeding 100 megawatts of single-unit power, a scale that begins to address one of the core constraints of CAES deployment.

Ford Motor is in discussions with Chinese automaker BYD over a potential battery supply partnership for some of its hybrid vehicle models, a move that could address a critical bottleneck as the U.S. company shifts focus from full electric vehicles toward hybrids.