From subsurface hydrogen disputes and aviation feasibility to the raw material limits of Net Zero, Best of Face to Face 2025 captures the most consequential debates EnergyNews.biz hosted this year.
Honda Motor Co. is consolidating its electric vehicle strategy in North America by acquiring full ownership of its Ohio battery production facility from LG Energy Solution for approximately $2.9 billion.
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.
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.
California’s approval of a 500 MW energy storage project capable of delivering power continuously for up to eight hours underscores how rapidly long duration storage is moving from modeling exercise to permitting reality.
