Developed by Danish investment fund Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), the Murchison facility will consist of up to 6 GW of solar and onshore wind capacity coupled with a 600 MW/1,200 MWh BESS to power 3 GW of electrolysers near the city of Kalbarri (north of Perth, Western Australia).

Germany, like other countries, wanted to keep its industrial base, and it needed to have competitive energy prices to help that happen,

Germany’s nuclear phaseout plan was adopted in 2000 but was accelerated following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 by the government then led by Chancellor Angela Merkel.

In 2024, Germany added 3.8GW/5.7GWh of battery energy storage, though residential storage (3.2GW/4.7GWh) saw an 11.11% year-on-year decline due to slower rooftop solar growth. However, the utility-scale segment surged—new installations reached 733.6MWh, up 83.4% YoY—fueled by the need to integrate renewable energy and stabilize the grid.

On 1 October, the German cabinet announced it had approved the federal government's action plan aimed at accelerating commercial fusion deployment in Germany.

The program expects to allocate up to AUD2bn (US$1.3bn) in funding to accelerate the development of large-scale renewable hydrogen projects across Australia.

Companies are free to decide how they want to organise their production processes in accordance with the specifications of the energy sources used (electricity, low-carbon hydrogen, biomass) but selected projects will be required to achieve binding milestones for emission reduction (60% from the third year onwards, 90% in the last year of the term of the contracts).

Germany risks falling behind on its shift to cleaner energy amid counterproductive regulations and “vague” political pledges

According to the Russian Ministry of Energy, Russia’s state nuclear power corporation (Rosatom) and Niger’s Energy Ministry signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Monday (July 28).

The German energy group Uniper and the Canadian gas producer Tourmaline have signed a long-term natural gas supply agreement for 6.6 bcm over 8 years starting in November 2028.