Browsing: Pacific

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.

China Energy Group has reported the successful development of a hydrogen coal co combustion technology capable of achieving a 50% hydrogen blending ratio by heat value, while also demonstrating the ability to operate with 100% pure hydrogen combustion under test conditions.

Three cities in Mindanao have been selected to receive technical assistance and feasibility study support aimed at creating inclusive circular economy public private partnerships (PPPs).

Southeast Asia’s ambition to create an interconnected electricity market remains constrained by a missing regional framework for cross border power trade, according to Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg. Despite years of discussion around the ASEAN Power Grid, member states have yet to establish a common implementation mechanism that defines how electricity interconnections should operate across national borders.

China’s rapid expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure is pushing technology companies toward new energy strategies, with Alibaba reportedly exploring the use of small modular reactors (SMRs) to supply electricity for its data centers.

Fortescue has started construction of a 650MWh battery energy storage system at Cloudbreak in Western Australia’s Pilbara region alongside the 690MW Turner River solar project, expanding its effort to operate iron ore production using renewable electricity.

Nine companies from Korea, mainland China, France, and Hong Kong formalized a hydrogen ecosystem agreement at the International Hydrogen Development Symposium 2026, outlining a coordinated effort to build a full hydrogen value chain in Hong Kong by 2030.

The efficiency limitations of water electrolysis remain one of the largest technical and economic barriers to scaling green hydrogen production. While renewable electricity costs have declined sharply over the past decade, the oxygen evolution reaction inside electrolyzers continues to require high energy input, slowing system efficiency and sustaining dependence on expensive precious metal catalysts such as iridium and ruthenium.

Iberdrola SA is advancing a 1-GW class battery energy storage system in Queensland, signaling continued international utility investment in Australia’s grid stabilization market.

China’s battery sector is entering a new competitive phase as manufacturers search for alternatives to lithium-based chemistries amid rising resource pressure, geopolitical supply concerns, and intensifying demand for stationary storage.