Emerald AI Raises $25 Million to Turn Data Centers Into Grid Assets
Emerald AI closed a $25 million strategic expansion round led by Energy Impact Partners, adding investors such as Siemens, Samsung Ventures and NVIDIA’s NVentures. The funding will accelerate its Conductor platform, which lets AI‑heavy data centers act as flexible resources for the U.S. power grid, a move that could unlock up to 100 GW of capacity.
UK Battery Storage Surge: SSE Launches 300MWh Unit
UK BESS ROUNDUP: SSE commissions 300MWh unit, Matrix, Drax and Voltaria progress projects #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/2Cf4KJGzIG
700 EVs Demonstrate Viable Redispatch Capability in Germany
German pilot shows 700 EVs can provide redispatch services #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/o6EGIKt7Sw
‘Phytocapture’ From Kazakhstan Research Institute Helps Trap Airborne Dust Near Gold Mine
China's Zijin Mining will spend $500 million to build a processing plant in Kazakhstan after acquiring RG Gold for $1.2 billion. RG Gold, now part of Zijin, has planted over 100,000 Scots pine trees across 20 hectares to capture dust from its Raygorodok open‑pit...
Solar Battery ‘Daylight Saving’ Cuts Australian Energy Costs
Seize the day: Time to let solar “daylight saving” in batteries reduce our costs in Australia Renewables increasingly bring tight band of lower prices, and batteries, though only small but growing part of NEM supply, reduce volatility displace gas in peak https://t.co/hs477zGk9e...
Croatia Commits €40 Million to Home Solar, Batteries, Heat Pumps
Croatia to invest €40 million in household solar, batteries, heat pumps #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/eeevDnbYfO
Rooftop Solar Now Accounts for One Fifth of Puerto Rico’s Generation Capacity
Rooftop solar now supplies roughly one‑fifth of Puerto Rico’s total generation capacity, overtaking natural gas as the island’s second‑largest source. Distributed solar accounted for 81% of all new capacity added between 2016 and 2025, bringing the installed rooftop base to...
Rooftop Solar Reaches 20% of Puerto Rico’s Power
Rooftop solar now accounts for one fifth of Puerto Rico’s generation capacity #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: https://t.co/xHeJg8d7b6
Hyderabad’s 5,660‑sq‑ft Earth Home Eliminates Need for Air‑Conditioning
Architects Vamshidhar Reddy and Mounica Reddy of Iki Builds completed Aurva Illam, a 5,660‑sq‑ft residence in Hyderabad that relies on rammed‑earth walls, terracotta vaults and low‑cement thermal mass to stay cool without air‑conditioning. The project showcases a new direction for...
Watching Sunlight Turn Into Fuel and Oxygen, in Real Time
Yale researchers have unveiled a nanoscale method to watch solar photocatalysis in real time, capturing water‑splitting reactions and charge transport at roughly 10 nm resolution. The approach merges amperometric and potentiometric measurements using a quartz nanotip with a platinum core, allowing...
Portuguese Companies Launch Project to Transform Fishing Waste Into CO2 Capture Technology
Portugal’s NOVA.ID.FCT has launched the AERO2cycle consortium to convert fishery by‑products—scales, skin, bones—into biochar‑based aerogels that capture carbon dioxide. Funded by the national science foundation and partnered with universities in Portugal, Spain, and Italy, the initiative targets a pilot‑scale technology...
No, Iran War Won’t Boost Clean Hydrogen – Except in China
The Iran war is unlikely to ignite a lasting green‑hydrogen boom in Europe, as past energy shocks have shown that investment hinges on sustained high gas prices—a condition that rarely persists. BloombergNEF notes that the EU is on track to...
Southwest Power Pool Announces Expansion of Service Territory
Southwest Power Pool (SPP) officially expanded its service territory on April 1, 2026, becoming the first regional transmission organization to operate across both the Eastern and Western Interconnections. The expansion now covers roughly 732,000 square miles in 17 states, serving about...
Chemists Make Hydrogen From Breadcrumbs in Groundbreaking Reaction that Could Replace some Fossil Fuels
Chemists at the University of Edinburgh have demonstrated a hybrid bio‑catalytic process that turns bread crumbs into hydrogen for hydrogenation reactions. By pairing E. coli that ferment waste‑derived glucose with a palladium catalyst, the team achieved a 94% yield of the...
The Charts Are Showing Solar Stocks Will Keep Soaring After a Strong Start to the Year
Solar-focused Invesco Solar ETF (TAN) has surged 16% year‑to‑date and 62% since President Trump’s return, outperforming most sectors. Technical analysis shows the fund trading between $52 and $60, with MACD and RSI turning positive, indicating a likely continuation of the...
Terabase Energy Invests in Automation and Engineering to Streamline Solar Construction
Terabase Energy’s upgraded Terafab V2 system has completed field testing and is now ready for commercial deployment, using AI‑assisted robotics to assemble and place solar panel‑tracker modules on‑site. The automated line can process assemblies in two‑minute cycles, potentially delivering 20 MW...
Georgia Power Breaks Ground on 1 GWh BESS Near Existing Solar Site
Georgia Power has broken ground on a 260 MW battery energy storage system with just over 1 GWh capacity adjacent to its existing solar farm near Wadley, Georgia. Burns & McDonnell will build the BESS, targeting completion in 2027. The storage will capture...
Global Solar Additions Reached Record 511 GW in 2025, Says IRENA
IRENA reports a record 511 GW of solar added in 2025, representing 75% of the 692 GW of renewables capacity installed worldwide. Total renewable power capacity reached 5.14 TW, about 49% of global installed power. Asia supplied 74.2% of new renewable capacity, while...
Cookstoves with SIM Cards Are Reviving a Contested Carbon Credit
Carbon markets have been shaken by a $250 million fraud and methodological flaws that let cookstove projects claim excessive credits. A new metered methodology, approved by Gold Standard and the Integrity Council, uses SIM‑equipped stoves to record real‑time usage, addressing over‑optimistic...
How Toroidal Transformers Eliminate the Hidden Inefficiency in Your Power System
Toroidal transformers use a solid, gap‑free ring core that keeps magnetic flux confined, delivering roughly 40% lower energy loss and up to 80% less magnetic leakage than traditional E‑I designs. The tighter flux path also reduces heat, extending service life...
Earth Month Giveback: BLUETTI and Leave No Trace First Bio-Based Power Station Initiative
Clean‑energy company BLUETTI has renewed its partnership with the nonprofit Leave No Trace, launching the Bio‑Based Elite 100 V2 Giveback initiative. The program pledges a $1 donation for every Bio‑Based Elite 100 V2 power station sold through September 30, 2026, supporting...
Wind Turbine Giant to Invest over $10bn in Green Fuels Projects
Chinese wind turbine maker Mingyang announced plans to pour more than $10 bn into renewable energy, green hydrogen and ammonia projects in Ethiopia. The pledge was disclosed by the Ethiopian Investment Commission following a business forum that secured over $13 bn in...
Strategic Decarbonization Can Aid Green Goals While Improving Maintenance
Tenants are increasingly demanding sustainable building features and are willing to pay higher rents for them, prompting owners and facilities managers to align decarbonization with broader asset strategies. A new CBRE‑RMI‑ULI report argues that treating decarbonization as a separate initiative...
Carbon Upcycling Technologies Raises $10M To Advance Low-Carbon Cement Systems
Carbon Upcycling Technologies announced a $10 million financing round led by ATEL Ventures to commercialize its low‑carbon cement platform. The capital will fund the company’s first on‑site carbon capture facility at a major cement plant in Mississauga, slated to begin operations...
Fossil Fuels Consume 11% of Global Energy; Renewables Need None
To boot, 11% of all energy worldwide is used just to mine, transport, process, and/or refine fossil fuels and uranium. https://t.co/c3RjxqKhcO Whereas wind, solar, geothermal, and hydro require 0 such energy because wind comes right to the turbine, etc. So for anyone to...
Denver Considers Data Center Moratorium as It Aims to Reduce Water Use by 20%
Denver city officials are weighing a one‑year moratorium on new data center construction as part of a broader effort to slash municipal water consumption by 20% over the next twelve months. The measure follows recent restrictions that require restaurants to...
Wind and Solar Power Delivered Record Share of UK Electricity in 2025
UK renewable electricity reached a record 52.5% of the power mix in 2025, driven by wind, solar and biomass generation. Wind power alone supplied over half of total renewable output, while solar saw notable growth despite seasonal constraints. The government’s...
Polestar Launches Recycled Battery Content in Two Models
Polestar announced that the battery packs in its Polestar 2 and Polestar 3 models will contain at least 50 % recycled cobalt, marking the first rollout of circular battery material in its lineup. The initiative is part of a broader circularity strategy that...
LONGi Launches Integrated Solar-Plus-Storage Strategy
Chinese PV leader LONGi unveiled its integrated solar‑plus‑storage solution, LONGi One, shifting from multi‑vendor architectures to a single‑partner model. The offering combines LONGi’s back‑contact solar panels with its 5S storage platform, featuring the OneBank 2.0 AC/DC solution for utility projects and...
How Cities Can Encourage Faster, Cheaper Rooftop Solar
Cities across the United States are inflating residential solar costs by up to $7,000 due to cumbersome permitting, inspection bottlenecks, and outdated utility interconnection rules, according to a new report from Environment America and Frontier Group. Installers are increasingly bypassing...
Former Exodus Data Center in Sydney, Australia, to Be Replaced with 70MW Facility
Digital Realty announced plans to demolish its legacy Exodus data center in Sydney and build a new 70 MW, 23,375 sqm multi‑story facility at 23‑25 Waterloo Road. The project, slated for a 1.2‑hectare site in Macquarie Park/North Ryde, could cost up to AU$700 million (about...
GPU Power Draw Beats Scheduling as Utilization Metric
Without getting all the way down to performance counters, GPU power from nvidia-smi is a better indicator of true utilization than job scheduling or “gpu busy”. I would love to see animated “heat maps” of the big data centers, with...
SMA Forecasts Bigger 2025 Loss Amid Weak PV Market
SMA Solar Technology confirms wider loss for 2025 on weak PV market #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/mrKSXmNrlc
Solar Companies Donate System to St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway
Solar industry partners Tigo, Greentech Renewables, and GOAT Solar donated a 5.72‑kW solar system for the 2026 St. Jude Dream Home in California’s Coachella Valley. The package includes a 3.8‑kW Tigo EI inverter, Tigo TS4‑A‑O MLPE devices, and installation services,...
US PERC Module Prices Jump 20% Amid Flat Market
PERC module prices up 20% in the US, as overall module prices remain constant #energysky -- via pv-tech: https://t.co/tCjDFGAGwR
Europe’s Residential Batteries Unlock New Trading Markets
Amid Europe’s energy storage boom, residential batteries offer new trading potential #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/ukLFHHsy4q
PERC Module Prices up 20% in the US, as Overall Module Prices Remain Constant
PERC (mono) solar modules jumped 20% in the United States, reaching $0.33 per watt between November 2025 and February 2026, while the overall average module price barely moved to $0.285/W. In contrast, TOPCon modules slipped to $0.28/W, making them cheaper than PERC...
Terabase Energy Automates Solar Construction for Faster Builds
Terabase Energy invests in automation and engineering to streamline solar construction #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: https://t.co/KvpXr4YB92 https://t.co/oOSM8TzgF4
Energy Transitions Generate Spillovers Despite Geopolitical Tensions
Energy transitions continue to produce spillover effects despite geopolitical tensions #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/xNgIwdisR9
Investment Group Acquires Stake in TotalEnergies’ German Energy Storage Portfolio
TotalEnergies has sold a 50 % stake in its 800‑MW German battery storage portfolio to Allianz Global Investors for about €500 million (≈$577 million). The portfolio comprises 11 projects under construction, delivering 1,628 MWh of capacity and slated for commercial operation within two years....
Georgia Power Launches 1 GWh Battery Storage at Solar Site
Georgia Power breaks ground on 1 GWh BESS near existing solar site #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: https://t.co/Gy2LLWdrnN
Uruguay Leads; Others Regret Ignoring Renewable Investment
I bet countries around the world are wishing they’d invested in renewable energy right about now. It’s terrible how the global south is being impacted by a war they’re not even involved in. I’m grateful that Uruguay is almost fully...
650-V Bidirectional GaN Could Rewrite the Power-Conversion Playbook
Renesas introduced the TP65B110HRU, a 650‑V bidirectional GaN switch, at APEC 2026. The device merges a d‑mode GaN chip with silicon MOSFETs, offering 110 mΩ on‑resistance, a 3‑V gate threshold, and ±20‑V gate margin. Its true bidirectional operation enables single‑stage 500‑W solar...
T1 Energy Targets 4.2GW Solar Output in 2026
T1 Energy produced 2.8GW solar modules in 2025, forecasts up to 4.2GW in 2026 #energysky -- via pv-tech: https://t.co/tHyzwZvbbn
JinkoSolar Hits 32.76% Efficiency with Perovskite‑TOPCon Tandem
JinkoSolar achieves 32.76% efficiency in perovskite-TOPCon tandem solar cell #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/gJ3RJKEpOT
Watering Smarter, Not More: A Modern-Day Robotic Divining Rod
University of California‑Riverside researchers have created a robotic system that maps soil moisture at the individual tree level in citrus orchards. By measuring electrical conductivity and integrating data from existing moisture sensors, the robot generates detailed moisture maps that guide...
Measure Carbon Like Cost with AWS Sustainability Console
You can't optimize what you can't measure. Carbon and cost are the similar signal. The new AWS Sustainability console puts emissions data in the right hands, without exposing billing data. Measure it like it matters. https://t.co/69jCho8Gqf https://t.co/Kdgmng0QvM
Exxon Hid Failing $500M Algae Project From Investors
Documents show Exxon executives knew a $500 million algae research project wasn’t meeting its goals outside the lab, even as they promoted it to investors as a potential boon https://t.co/Sak3Wc9jUg via @WSJ
Communities Fight Back Against AI Data Center Resource Drain
As AI drives an explosion in new data centers, local communities from Texas to Ireland are saying no to Big Tech’s insatiable water and electricity demands. My short (9.5 minutes) documentary spotlights the backlash and explains why local communities are...
Record Wind and Solar Cut UK Gas Imports £1bn
NEW ANALYSIS: Record wind and solar generation saved UK from gas imports worth £1bn in March 2026 📈Wind+solar were up 22% year-on-year in March to a record high for the month ⛴️This avoided the need for gas imports worth £1bn at current...