Microsoft's $1 Billion AI Data Center Will 'Switch Off Half of Kenya'
Microsoft and UAE‑based G42 announced a $1 billion AI‑focused data center in Kenya’s Olkaria geothermal zone, but negotiations have stalled over electricity commitments. The first phase would draw 100 MW, roughly 3% of Kenya’s 3,000 MW installed capacity, while a full‑scale gigawatt build could consume a third of the nation’s power. President William Ruto warned the project could force half the country off the grid, underscoring the tension between cloud expansion and limited energy supply. Talks continue, with a separate 60‑MW venture also under review.
€200 Million Siruai Renewable Energy Project Launches in Kenya, First of Its Kind in East Africa
Meridiam and Craftskill Energy have launched the Siruai Renewable Energy Project in Kenya, a €200 million ($218 million) investment that pairs 100 MW of wind capacity with a 50 MWh battery storage system. The hybrid wind‑storage facility, located near the Kipeto Wind Farm in...
Fluence Energy Signs Master Supply Agreements with Two ‘Major’ Hyperscalers
Fluence Energy announced master supply agreements with two major, unnamed hyperscalers, marking early progress on its data‑center strategy. Despite a Q1 net loss of $29 million and revenue below forecasts, the company reported a record $5.6 billion order backlog, up 11% and...
Delta Electronics and the Rise of the AI Infrastructure Stack: How Chip-to-Grid Thinking Is Reshaping AI Data Center Design
Delta Electronics is repositioning from a component supplier to a systems architect for AI data centers, championing a "chip‑to‑grid" approach that puts power and thermal design ahead of compute. The company is driving the adoption of 800 VDC high‑voltage DC distribution...
Siemens Plant Goes Carbon Neutral with Solar Microgrid
Siemens has installed a 1.25 MW solar carport and a 3.9 MWh battery storage system at its Wendell, North Carolina plant, creating an on‑site microgrid. The system makes the facility carbon‑neutral and trims grid consumption by roughly 2.5 MWh each year. It also...
Indonesia’s EV Subsidies Save Triple Fuel Costs
In Indonesia, the government subsidizes petrol/diesel ICE cars and electricity for EVs. But for every rupiah the state spent covering EV electricity, it saved about three rupiahs in fuel disbursement. https://theicct.org/indonesias-growing-electric-car-fleet-is-cushioning-the-financial-damage-of-the-oil-price-shock-may26/
Maxis Introduces Outright Purchase Option for Home Solar System Users
Malaysian telecom giant Maxis has added an Outright Purchase option to its Home Solar portfolio, allowing households to buy solar panels outright. The new model complements the subscription plan launched in 2025 and aims to lower upfront cost barriers for...
The AI Boom Needs Carbon Removal
AI’s rapid expansion is spurring a wave of new data centers that will consume up to 945 terawatt‑hours of electricity by 2030—roughly Japan’s current demand. Because gas‑turbine backlogs force many sites to rely on fast‑to‑deploy, carbon‑intensive single‑cycle turbines, a sizable share...
Ethiopia Energy Project: China’s Ming Yang Secures License for $15 Billion Renewables
China’s Ming Yang Smart Energy Group secured a near‑$15 billion renewable‑energy investment license from Ethiopia’s Investment Commission, expanding an earlier $10 billion deal. Phase One allocates $7.47 billion to build 8.4 GW of solar‑wind capacity across South Omo, Afar and Somali regions. Phase Two earmarks $7.3 billion for...
Renewables Alone Can End Energy Crises, No Miracles
The world is suffering from high and rising fuel prices, wars over fossil-fuels and nuclear weapons proliferation, millions of air pollution deaths per year, and global warming. These problems are all related to our current energy infrastructure, which relies primarily...
Bayer and Bp Team up to Scale Camelina Crop for Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Bayer and bp have signed a long‑term agreement to scale the camelina oilseed crop under Bayer’s newgold™ brand, creating a dedicated feedstock pipeline for biodiesel, renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel. The partnership aims to meet a projected near‑tripling of...
GameChange, Raptor Maps Partner on Automated Solar Plant Monitoring System
GameChange Solar and Raptor Maps have launched an integrated monitoring system that links GameChange’s GeniusVision tracker‑monitoring software with Raptor Maps’ Sentry drone inspection platform. The closed‑loop solution automatically dispatches drones when tracker data indicates a problem, then feeds inspection results back to...
Amazon Turns to Geothermal, Solar and Storage to Power Nevada Data Center Growth
Amazon is financing a 700 MW carbon‑free power portfolio in Nevada, comprising 100 MW of geothermal generation from Zanskar and a 600 MW solar project paired with 600 MW of battery storage from Primergy. A 20‑year geothermal power purchase agreement will deliver firm, round‑the‑clock...
EcoVadis, Workiva Partner on Scope 3 Data Solutions
EcoVadis and Workiva announced a strategic partnership that links EcoVadis' Carbon Data Network with Workiva's Carbon reporting platform. The integration delivers verified supplier‑level Scope 3 emissions data directly into Workiva's audit‑grade solution, replacing industry averages. Companies can now combine carbon metrics...
Star Catcher Company Profile: Space Power Infrastructure for the Next Orbital Economy
Star Catcher Industries, a Jacksonville‑based space‑infrastructure startup, is developing the first orbital power‑as‑a‑service network that beams concentrated solar energy to satellites using their existing solar arrays. The company announced a $65 million Series A on May 12, 2026, bringing total capital to $88 million...
Germany to Invest One Billion Euros in Electric Truck Charging Infrastructure
Germany’s Federal Ministry of Transport will invest €1 billion (≈$1.09 billion) over four years to build charging infrastructure for heavy‑duty electric trucks. The funding covers grid connections, battery storage, and load‑management systems and is open to both fleet operators and public providers....
Improving Energy Transition Assessments with Regional Pathways
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) is piloting a Transition Pathways Repository for Southeast Asia’s power sector, cataloguing nearly 60 region‑specific scenarios from 17 publications. The repository reveals a richer than expected pathway landscape, with most models delivering granular technology‑level capacity and...
Mingyang Gets Go-Ahead for Colossal Wind and Green Hydrogen Project
Chinese wind turbine leader Mingyang has been granted a $15 bn investment licence to develop a massive renewable‑energy complex in Ethiopia. The first phase will deliver 8.4 GW of power—5.4 GW from wind and 2.8 GW from solar—at a cost of $7.47 bn, expanding Ethiopia’s...
Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence for Carbon Emissions Monitoring and ForecastingA Systematic Review of Smart Environmental Accounting Systems
A systematic review of 100 peer‑reviewed studies finds that Internet of Things (IoT) sensor networks enable real‑time carbon emissions monitoring, while artificial intelligence (AI) models can reliably forecast emission trends. The analysis highlights strong performance in data collection and prediction...
Hyperscalers Driving Record Clean Energy Deals: CEBA CEO
U.S. corporate clean‑energy procurement reached a record 27 GW in 2025, driven largely by hyperscalers Amazon, Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft. CEBA reports that these four firms account for roughly 75% of the new capacity, each securing 4‑6 GW of wind, solar, nuclear...
Electric Bus Depots Used To Support UK National Grid
First Bus, the UK’s largest electric‑bus operator with over 1,400 zero‑emission vehicles, is piloting depot‑level vehicle‑to‑grid services that discharge stored battery power back to the grid when demand spikes. The scheme captures excess renewable generation, particularly curtailed wind power from...
Inch Cape Partners College on Wind Skills
Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm has signed a memorandum of understanding with Dundee & Angus College to develop offshore wind skills in Scotland. The partnership will support hands‑on training at the Montrose Port Skills Academy, with Inch Cape supplying a...
Multilayer Device Delivers Solar and Raindrop Energy Harvesting
Researchers at Spain’s Institute of Materials Science of Seville have unveiled a multilayer device that merges perovskite solar cells with a drop‑driven triboelectric nanogenerator. A fluorinated polymer (CFₓ) coating protects the perovskite layer, offers >90% optical transparency, and serves as...
Solar at $30/MWh Makes Green Energy Essential
In 2017, I said "green crap" in politics was a distraction and that clean energy was the only choice Fast forward to 2026: Firm solar is $30/MWh. Batteries are down 93%. Failing to make green the default is an active surrender...
Paper Battery Uses Cellulose, Eliminates Toxic Metals
A cellulose-based “paper battery” aims to cut harmful metals and fire risk in everyday devices. https://spectrum.ieee.org/flint-sustainable-paper-battery?share_id=9471744
Stratos 9GW AI Data Center Faces Referendum Challenge in Box Elder County
Developers of the Stratos Project, a proposed 9‑gigawatt AI data center and energy megacampus in Box Elder County, Utah, have secured county approval but now face a referendum challenge from local residents. The 40,000‑acre campus, backed by O’Leary Digital and...
Nscale’s $790M Financing Marks a Shift to Utility-Style Deals
Norwegian AI infrastructure developer Nscale has secured a $790 million financing package from a consortium of Nordic banks, including an accordion facility that could fund a 115 MW expansion of its Narvik data‑center campus. The loan structure mirrors utility‑style deals, reflecting lenders’...
Chevron's Energy Forge Seeks $227 M Texas Tax Break for Gas Plant Powering Data Center
Chevron subsidiary Energy Forge One has filed for a $227 million tax abatement under Texas’ JETI Act for a new gas‑fired power plant in West Texas that will serve a data center. The request, backed by a Pecos‑Barstow‑Toyah school board endorsement,...
EU Doubles Down on Carbon Tax for International Flights
The European Commission announced it will push ahead with extending its Emissions Trading System to all flights departing the EU, including long‑haul routes to non‑European destinations. A review slated for July aims to ensure a level playing field and could...
Babcock & Wilcox Shares Jump Over 20% After Q1 Earnings Miss but 44% Revenue Surge
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises reported first‑quarter revenue of $214.4 million, a 44% year‑over‑year increase, but posted a net loss of $80.7 million, widening from $25.7 million a year earlier. Despite the earnings miss, the stock surged 25% in trading, driven by massive AI...
Distributed Solar and EVs Guard Civilization From Energy Collapse
Deploying large amounts of solar power is our best defense against widespread civilizational collapse scenarios. Right now, most paths to collapse run through collapse of fossil fuel production/distribution (the Mad Max scenarios). Our civilization runs on energy. It's needed for...
Wavepiston Files Permits for Gran Canaria Wave Energy Pilot, Signs MoU in Iceland
Danish wave‑energy developer Wavepiston and Spanish partner Bluenewables have filed all required permits for a pilot wave‑energy farm on Gran Canaria’s northern coast, marking a key step toward commercial deployment. The firm also signed a memorandum of understanding with Icelandic...
Homerun Resources Inc. Announces Positive Bankable Feasibility Study on Solar Glass Manufacturing Plant in Brazil, Confirming Strong Economics and Strategic...
Homerun Resources announced a bankable feasibility study for a solar glass manufacturing plant in Belmonte, Bahia, Brazil. The base‑case net present value is about $670 million (rising to $829 million at 105% capacity) with a 20.2% internal rate of return and a...
Alsym Energy Announces 500MWh Sodium-Ion Strategic Partnership in California
Alsym Energy and Juniper Energy have sealed a strategic partnership to deploy 500 MWh of sodium‑ion battery energy storage systems across California, focusing on the Mojave Desert and other high‑temperature sites. The Na‑ion technology operates up to 50 °C, sidestepping the shutdown...
Electric Airliners – No, Don’t Laugh, They Will Soon Start to Make Sense
In April 2026 Norway’s aviation partners announced test flights of Electra’s nine‑seat hybrid‑electric Ultra Short regional aircraft, slated for 2027. The aircraft can carry nine passengers over 1,100 nautical miles with a 45‑minute reserve and has already won an FAA...
AI Workloads Migrate to Spare
What happens when AI queries follow spare megawatts instead of users, hopping between micro data centers at substations? https://spectrum.ieee.org/distributed-inference-data-centers?share_id=9447651
Utility Costs Surge, Data Center Benefits Reverse
Hyperscalers hysteria has caused… Wires up 152%, transformers up 89%, switchgear up 77%, wood poles up 50% — all since 2019, against 29% CPI. Every new megawatt added to a utility now costs more than the embedded average. The math that...
WOG Tech Sets up Research Centre
WOG Technologies inaugurated a 7,000‑sq‑ft Research, Development & Technology Centre in Gurugram’s Udyog Vihar. The facility houses wet, bio, dry and chromatography laboratories plus a modular pilot effluent treatment plant to accelerate commercialization of water, wastewater and renewable‑energy technologies. At...
Ming Yang Lands $14.1B for 2.8GW Ethiopian Solar
China’s Ming Yang secures $14.1 billion, 2.8GW Ethiopia solar investment #energysky -- via pv-tech: https://t.co/oGuQVvDMLi
Electricity‑gas Price Gap Blocks Europe’s Home Electrification
Electricity-to-gas price ratio: biggest barrier to electrifying European homes. Heat pumps deliver ~3 units of heat per unit of electricity. The maths works in Sweden but not everywhere. Much of gap is policy. More analysis in my forthcoming newsletter https://t.co/In5lBaF2ox https://t.co/lvOin2nN2m
NeuConnect Reaches Next Milestone – First Direct Power Link Between Germany and the UK Takes Shape
The €2.8 billion NeuConnect project, now about $3.0 billion, has received all 14 Siemens Energy transformers, marking the start of construction for Europe’s first direct electricity link between Germany and the UK. The HVDC interconnector will have a 1.4 GW capacity, enough to...
Corning's $3B Solar Goal Sets New PV Industry Benchmark
What does Corning’s $3 billion 2030 solar target mean for the PV industry? #energysky -- via Solar Power World: https://t.co/aXTUCSJtKy
Bad Decisions Threaten Co‑Located Energy Project Benefits
Poor commercial and technology decisions could undermine the promise of co-located projects #energysky -- via pv-tech: https://t.co/UuykMXsvFh
DNV Sees Clean Hydrogen Growing 100-Fold by 2060
DNV’s Energy Transition Outlook 2026 projects clean hydrogen production to expand roughly 100‑fold by 2060, backed by about $3.2 trillion in cumulative investment. China is expected to generate 35% of the new hydrogen capacity, leveraging its electrolyzer industry and renewable growth....
RCP 8.5 Outdated as Clean Tech Drives Lower Emissions
Those doing victory laps over RCP 8.5 might consider why that scenario is no longer relevant. Largely, it's improved emissions efficiency of energy production and end-use consumption. Fracking, EVs, solar, and batteries all mean that plausible GHG scenarios have shifted...
Ford Energy Launches DC‑block Utility BESS with 512 Ah LFP Cells
Ford Energy announces DC block utility-scale BESS based on 512 Ah LFP cells #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: https://t.co/4o1RWlnRxN
China’s Ming Yang Secures $14.1 Billion, 2.8GW Ethiopia Solar Investment
Chinese renewable energy maker Ming Yang Smart Energy Group has secured a $14.1 billion investment licence from Ethiopia to develop a massive clean‑energy project. The first phase will allocate $7.47 billion to build 8.4 GW of renewable capacity, including 2.8 GW of solar PV...
Data Centers Build Their Own ‘Shadow Grid’ Behind Meter
Data centers aren’t running off-grid. They’re running grid-adjacent BTM — grid power supported by behind the meter resources. The “shadow grid” is really a generation layer supplementing the grid,
Crown Estate Opens £15m Wind Fund
The Crown Estate has launched a £15 million (~$19 million) funding round to boost the UK offshore wind supply chain. The third Supply Chain Accelerator offers match funding of £250,000‑£2 million ($0.3‑$2.5 million) for early‑stage projects covering port infrastructure and both fixed and floating...
Amazon's 'Titus' Program Cuts AI Data‑Center Build Time to Under 35 Weeks
Amazon Web Services unveiled the Titus program, an internal effort to slash AI‑focused data‑center construction cycles to under 35 weeks, boost site power capacity to 68 MW and cut cooling power use by 15%. The move is part of a $200 billion...