Oceania’s primary aluminium industry is facing a fragmented energy transition. While Australia, the leading aluminium producer of the continent, has abundant renewable resources and a well-established aluminium value chain, its smelters remain significantly more dependent on fossil-fuel-based...
India’s green hydrogen push is gradually moving from targets and project announcements towards building the infrastructure needed for large-scale production. Manufacturing facilities, renewable power projects, ammonia plants and port infrastructure are becoming important parts of the next stage of...
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India is exactly in the middle of energy transition, with its non-fossil fuel capacity exceeding 50 per cent of the national power mix. By 2032, the aim is to achieve 68 per cent of renewable and nuclear power capacity of the total energy mix. With this, the wake-up call for energy-intensive...
Premier Energies’ joint venture, Premier-Green Aluminium, is on the road to invest INR 600 million (USD 6.7 million). This investment will be rolled out in rounds of funding to push the use of aluminium frame projects, aiming to enhance the country’s solar module manufacturing. To achieve this...
The Indian Union Cabinet is providing a total of INR 7,280 crore (USD 815.0 million) scheme, which is designed to promote the country’s manufacturing prowess of rare-earth permanent magnets. The country’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has given his approval for the initiative, popularly known as...
Norsk Hydro entered its 2025 Investor Day with a clear message: the company is prepared to navigate tougher markets while staying on course with its long-term plan for a greener aluminium value chain. Over the past year, Hydro has continued executing its 2030 strategy despite unpredictable demand...
Pahal Solar, a Surat-based solar panel module manufacturing firm, is eyeing to push backward integration to expand its solar panel module components portfolio. The company aims to augment its product range as well as manufacturing capabilities to strengthen the domestic supply chain for solar...
In a major push towards sustainable operations, Vedanta Limited Aluminium has expanded its lithium-ion electric forklift fleet to 142 units across Odisha and Chhattisgarh facilities. Doubling its previous totals, this move is one of the remarkable sustainability pushes of the country’s biggest...
The United States closed the third quarter of 2025 with a record investment of USD 75 billion in renewable energy, suggesting a rapid momentum in the country’s energy transition efforts. Figures compiled by the Clean Investment Monitor (CIM) show a similar trend, with spending on clean energy...
Abu Dhabi is preparing for a major shift in how its heavy industries draw power, following a multi-party agreement that will tie Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) more closely to the emirate’s expanding clean-energy grid. EGA, TAQA, DUBAL Holding and Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) have...
Nairobi, Kenya – The Africa EV Mobility Expo Kenya 2025, the region’s leading event dedicated to electric vehicles and sustainable mobility, will take place from 4–6 December 2025 at The Edge Convention Centre in Nairobi. Organised by MIE Events DMCC in partnership with GEX - Global Exhibitions...
Chuangxin Industries, a leading integrated producer of electrolytic aluminium and alumina in China, has made a smart entrance in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, raising HKD 5.5 billion (USD 707 million) from the sale of 500 million shares priced at HKD 10.99 (USD1.41) each. The aluminium producer’s...
Websol Energy System, one of the premier solar manufacturing companies in India, is all set for an expansion with its recent capacity additions. It has expanded its capacity by adding 4 GW of solar cell and 4 GW more solar modules. In addition, the company has added a 600 MW mono-PERC cell line in...
India has used the G20 platform to push for a fresh international effort around critical minerals, an area where Beijing’s dominance has left many economies — India included —highly exposed. At the leaders’ meeting in Johannesburg, Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced a proposal for a G20...
Indian renewable energy firm Adani Green Energy has added two new subsidiaries, Adani Hydro Energy Thirteen (AHE13L) and Adani Hydro Energy Sixteen (AHE16L), under its wholly owned arm Adani Saur Urja (KA) Ltd, generating and distributing electricity from solar, wind. This forms part of a broader...
The Albanese government is pushing forward a multi-billion-dollar rescue plan to prevent the Tomago Aluminium smelter in New South Wales’ Hunter Valley from shutting down when its electricity contract expires in 2028. Taxpayer-owned Snowy Hydro is expected to take the lead in securing the long-term...
Waste is a story about the loss of power more than merely an environmental crisis, according to the Global Recycling Foundation. As we discard valuable resources, those countries that focus on advanced recycling processes will dominate. Speaking to mark the opening of COP30, the UN’s climate change...
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), the world’s largest aluminium smelter on one site, has been awarded Power Generation Project of the Year - Bahrain for its Power Stations 5 (PS5) Block 4 at the 2025 MEED Projects Awards, reaffirming its leadership in sustainable industrial energy solutions. Alba’s...
I. Policy review: Hydrogen Policy developments (A) Domestic policies General office of the people’s government of inner mongolia: “Notice on Issuing the Outline of the Plan for Comprehensively Promoting the Construction of a Beautiful Inner Mongolia and Strengthening the Important Ecological...
NEOM, an arcology and planned city in Tabuk Province in Saudi Arabia, has achieved a new milestone of USD 8.4 billion investment with 600 tonnes of equipment reaching on-site and 4 gigawatts of renewable energy coming online. With this, NEOM has reached 80 per cent of its goal towards the...
