Browsing: Pacific

Volvo Car Group has initiated a global recall affecting tens of thousands of vehicles following safety concerns with high-voltage batteries supplied by China’s Sunwoda Electronic.

China Nuclear Power Corporation (CNNC) announced that Unit 2 of the Zhangzhou nuclear power plant in Fujian province has entered commercial operation, marking a key milestone in the country’s nuclear expansion.

Australia’s renewable energy transition gained a significant boost with Origin Energy announcing the commercial commencement of Eraring Battery 1, a 460MW/1,770MWh battery energy storage system in New South Wales.

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.