Data Centre Energy Pledge Unlikely to Benefit Solar PV
Seven leading tech firms—including Amazon, Google and OpenAI—have signed the White House‑backed “ratepayer protection pledge,” committing to secure the electricity needed for their expanding data centres. The pledge, announced by President Trump, obliges signatories to build, acquire or purchase power while shielding utility ratepayers from cost spikes. Analysts note the agreement focuses on bulk power procurement rather than new solar photovoltaic installations. The development underscores the growing tension between hyperscaler energy demand and U.S. renewable‑energy policy goals.
Renewables Dominate California Grid, Gas Down 60%
In 2023, there was not a single day until spring where WindWaterSolar met >100% of demand for part of the day on the California ISO grid. During winter 2026, so far there are already 45 of 68 such days (66%), and...
Activ8 Solar Energies and Tayto Launch Landmark Solar Project in Ashbourne
Activ8 Solar Energies has commissioned a €1.17 million rooftop solar array at Tayto Snacks' Ashbourne plant, marking the snack maker's largest renewable investment. The 1,734‑panel system supplies roughly 10% of Tayto’s annual electricity needs, generating about 667 MWh each year. It is...
Thiess Set to Retrofit Caterpillar 793D with FLANDERS Hybrid Kit
Thiess’ 2025 Sustainability Report acknowledges a slower‑than‑expected energy transition and pivots to interim hybrid solutions for its mining fleet. After a 2024 memorandum of understanding with FLANDERS, the companies completed installation planning and risk assessments in 2025 and aim to...
How the India?US Trade Deal Could Reshape India?s Energy Strategy- #BeltAndRoad #Economy #Infrastructure #CapitalMarkets #Finance
The newly announced India‑US trade deal places clean energy at its core, promising substantial American investment and technology transfer to accelerate India’s renewable rollout. The agreement aligns with New Delhi’s target of 450 GW of renewable capacity by 2035 and aims...
Wales First Part of UK to Mandate Solar Panels on New Buildings
Wales will become the first UK region to require solar panels on new domestic and commercial buildings, with the rule taking effect on 4 March 2027. The updated building regulations mandate a "system for renewable electricity generation," which industry analysts say will...
Position Green Launches Decarbonization Investment ROI Calculator
Position Green, a sustainability software and advisory firm, unveiled an ROI Calculator that translates decarbonization projects into quantifiable financial metrics. Developed using a model from Stockholm School of Economics professor Rickard Sandberg, the tool provides ROI, NPV, payback period, emissions...
After Google Takeover, Intersect Spins Off Grid-Tied Power Business
Google announced a $4.75 billion cash acquisition of renewable‑energy developer Intersect, aiming to accelerate electricity generation for its expanding data‑center portfolio. Existing investors, led by TPG Rise Climate, have spun off Intersect’s grid‑tied power assets into a new independent power producer...
HELLENiQ ENERGY Launches First Solar Parks in Romania
HELLENiQ ENERGY has begun commercial operations at two photovoltaic parks in southern Romania, delivering 58 MW of capacity. The projects are part of a 2023 agreement with METLEN to develop four solar sites totaling 211 MW, with the remaining 153 MW expected online...
More Nations Commit to Nuclear Future
At the Nuclear Energy Summit in Paris, Belgium, Brazil, China and Italy joined 34 other nations in a declaration to triple global nuclear capacity by 2050. The pledge raises the coalition to 38 countries and targets 1,200 GW of nuclear generation,...
US Adds 43.2GW of New Solar PV Capacity in 2025
US solar installations fell to 43.2 GW in 2025, a 14% decline from 2024. Utility‑scale capacity led the drop, shrinking 16% to 34.7 GW, with a 40% Q4 contraction linked to safe‑harbour tax‑credit timing. Residential installs were flat, while commercial‑industrial grew 6%,...
EU Launches Clean Energy Investment Strategy
On March 10, 2026, the European Commission unveiled a Clean Energy Investment Strategy aimed at accelerating financing for Europe’s energy transition. The plan estimates a need for €660 billion of annual investment through 2030, rising to €695 billion in the following decade....
Govt Set to Launch New Version of PM KUSUM Scheme Focusing on Agri Solar PV Component
The Indian government is preparing to launch PM KUSUM 2.0, a revamped version of the 2019 renewable‑energy scheme that will add a dedicated 10 GW agri‑PV component. The original PM KUSUM aimed for 34,800 MW of solar capacity and has already installed over 10 lakh standalone...
Largest California Utility Could Have 3,800 Electric Fleet Vehicles By 2030
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), California’s largest utility, announced a plan to electrify 3,800 of its roughly 9,700 on‑road vehicles by 2030, covering 100% of light‑duty, 50% of medium‑duty, and 20% of heavy‑duty fleets. The utility currently operates 821 EV...
AI Data Centers Are Chugging Our Water at an Alarming Rate
A University of California, Riverside study warns that U.S. AI data centers could need up to 1.45 billion gallons of water per day by 2030, matching the consumption of a major city. Peak cooling for a single state‑of‑the‑art facility can exceed...
Nova Scotia Shoots for a Renewable Grid by 2030
Nova Scotia has pledged to source 80% of its electricity from renewables by 2030, driving a massive build‑out of wind and solar capacity. The province will retire its remaining coal plants while keeping gas turbines operational to provide rotating inertia,...
Argentina Launches 700MW/2,800MWh BESS Tender
Argentina’s wholesale‑market operator CAMMESA announced a new battery energy storage system (BESS) tender seeking 700 MW of capacity, equivalent to 2.8 GWh of four‑hour storage. The auction opens nationwide, covering key nodes in NOA, NEA, Centro, Litoral, Cuyo and Buenos Aires (excluding the...
New Coalition Forms to Address US Electricity Demand and Grid Underutilization
A new nonpartisan coalition called Utilise has been launched to improve the utilization of the United States electricity grid, which on average runs at only about 53 % of its capacity. The coalition’s founding members—among them Google, Tesla, Carrier, and Span—aim...
The $210 Million Carbon Arbitrage: Why Every Serious AI Data Center Is Being Built in Texas
VoltaGrid has installed 210 Jenbacher J624 reciprocating engines in Shackelford County, Texas, delivering 700 MW of natural‑gas power for OpenAI and Oracle’s Project Frontier, a behind‑the‑meter micro‑grid that avoids ERCOT’s grid. Because Texas regulators approve the air permit through emissions registration...
Power and Capital Constraints May Drive Shift to Modular Cooling, Smaller Data Centers
Limited grid capacity and an 18% rise in industrial electricity rates are lengthening power‑connection timelines to five years in key data‑center markets, forcing developers to seek onsite microgrids, generators and batteries. JLL warns that power availability now drives site selection...
Tsurumi on Battery Powered Pump Possibilities in Mining
Tsurumi tested its LB480 and KTV3-55 submersible pumps using an Instagrid mobile battery unit, demonstrating that battery power can replace generators on mining sites. Both pumps moved roughly 40,000 litres per charge, with the larger KTV3-55 delivering 44 m³ in under 50 minutes....
In Conversation With: Sunsave’s Alick Dru
Sunsave, a fast‑growing UK energy‑tech startup, raised £113 million to launch a subscription‑based solar service that eliminates the typical £10,000 upfront cost. While only about 6% of UK homes have solar panels, roughly 70% say they would consider installation, highlighting a...
Envision Installs 8MW Turbine in Philippines
Envision Energy installed its first 8 MW turbine on Alabat Island, marking the largest wind turbine it has delivered internationally. The turbine, part of the 64 MW Alabat Wind Power Project, features a 182‑metre rotor, 105‑metre hub height and anti‑typhoon technology. Developed...
Vestas Secures 1.4GW Vanguard East Order with RWE
Vestas has landed a firm 1.38 GW contract to supply 92 V236‑15.0 MW turbines for RWE’s Vanguard East offshore wind farm off Norfolk. The deal includes delivery, commissioning and a five‑year service package, followed by long‑term operational support. Vanguard East follows a...
Turning Farms Into Jet Fuel Factories Won’t Fix Aviation Emissions
The aviation sector is betting on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to cut emissions, but crop‑based SAF may negate carbon gains due to indirect land‑use change and water use. Waste‑oil SAF offers high reductions but lacks scalability, while corn, soy and...
NERC Overstates Reliability Risks in Long-Term Assessment: Grid Strategies
Grid Strategies contends that NERC’s 2025 Long‑Term Reliability Assessment exaggerates U.S. grid risks by inflating demand forecasts, especially the 90 GW data‑center load projected for 2030. The consulting firm argues the LTRA underestimates supply, ignoring projects in interconnection queues and non‑firm...
Europe’s Nuclear Cut Deemed Strategic Mistake, Admits Politician
Forward the video to 1.40: “… While in 1990, one third of Europe's electricity came from nuclear, today it's only close to 15%. This reduction in the share of nuclear was a choice. And in hindsight, it was a strategic mistake…” Good to...
Renewables Don't Drive Up U.S. Electricity Prices
Think of this graph of real U.S. price and electricity production data, straight from the Department of @Energy, next time you hear the false claim that renewables increase electricity prices and that coal, gas, or nuclear is needed to keep...
Base Power Launches 100MW VPP Programme in Texas
Base Power announced a 100 MW virtual power plant (VPP) programme with Denton County Electric Cooperative (CoServ) in North Texas, its largest deal to date. The initiative will install interconnected residential battery‑energy‑storage systems (BESS) that provide dispatchable capacity during peak demand...
Weakening Ohio Data‑center Wastewater Rules Risks AI Backlash
won't loose wastewater standards for data centers in states like Ohio only sour the electorate on AI in the longterm?
Norway's $520M Hydrogen Ferry Contract Faces Cell Longevity Crisis
Today's #HydrogenSoufflé comes to you from Norway. In 2022 the Public Roads Administration awarded a 4.9bn NOK ($520 million) contract for 2 #hydrogen ferries. Internal documents found by NRK show the fuel cell lifetime may be <10% of the 7.5...
‘Scale Is How You Win’: Macquarie’s Ed Northam on Green Investing
Macquarie Asset Management’s global head of green investments, Ed Northam, emphasized that scale is the decisive factor in winning the green‑investment race. He highlighted abundant opportunities in U.S. renewable power despite a slowdown in project delivery timelines. Northam noted that...
SRM Institute of Science and Tech Licenses Its Cell Encapsulation Technology to Anabond
SRM Institute of Science and Technology has licensed its five‑year‑developed cell‑encapsulant technology to industrial adhesive maker Anabond Ltd. The agreement provides SRMIST with an upfront ₹1 crore and royalties for seven years, while the encapsulant promises up to a 50 percent increase...
Prioritizing Energy Intelligence for Sustainable Growth
Loudoun County, Virginia, now hosts the planet’s highest concentration of data centers, a hub fueling the AI boom. U.S. data centers already consume about 4% of national electricity, a share projected to rise to 12% by 2028 as gigawatt‑scale campuses...
Deepki Launches New Benchmark for Decarbonising Real Estate
Deepki has introduced a Sustainability CapEx Index that benchmarks the capital expenditure required per square metre to decarbonise real‑estate portfolios by 2050. The index leverages Deepki’s AI and thermodynamic software to model virtual renovation scenarios across more than 3,000 European...
Nordex Wins Order for 40 Turbines From Wpd for German Wind Farms
Nordex Group landed a 40‑turbine order from developer wpd, delivering roughly 279 MW across nine German sites. The contract mixes 36 N163/6.X units with four larger N175/6.X turbines, each mounted on hybrid towers and slated for 2027 installation. A 15‑year premium...
1-GW Solar Project Planned for Utah Hyperscale Data Center
Creekstone Energy received zoning approval from Millard County to develop a more than 1 GW solar farm on 13,000 acres of state trust land in Utah. The project, tied to a long‑term lease with the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration,...
Can Sweden’s Green Industry Dream Rise From the Ashes?
Swedish town Skellefteå, once booming thanks to Northvolt’s gigafactory, saw a sharp decline after the battery maker filed for bankruptcy in March 2025, shrinking the population by 3,000. The collapse follows other stalled green projects, including Fertiberia’s ammonia plant and...
VDE Hail Risk Model Updated to Reflect Increasing Wind Speeds During Hailstorms
VDE Americas has upgraded its proprietary Hail Risk Model by integrating newly analyzed wind‑speed data from hailstorms across the contiguous United States. The research shows wind speeds can more than double previous estimates, increasing hail impact force on solar panels....
Tunisia Issues Call for 300MW/150MW Solar-Plus-Storage Project
Tunisia’s Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy has opened a tender for a 300 MW solar plant paired with a 150 MW/540 MWh battery storage system near Bazma, covering 440 ha in the south. The bid deadline is 14 October 2026. This follows earlier initiatives, including...
Solar on New Builds More Attractive to House Buyers
A new E.ON UK survey of 2,500 adults reveals that 75% of potential homebuyers are more likely to choose a newly built house equipped with solar panels, making solar the most desired low‑carbon feature at 72% preference. Support for mandatory...
X1 Wind Gets DNV Certification for Floating Wind Platform Design
X1 Wind has secured a DNV Statement of Compliance for the basic design of its X100 floating offshore wind platform. The certification confirms the platform meets international standards for structural integrity, stability and hydrodynamic performance over a 25‑year service life....
Study Finds Seabirds Avoid Turbines at Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm
A study at Vattenfall’s Aberdeen offshore wind farm, conducted with Spoor, monitored one turbine for 19 months using AI‑assisted video. The analysis captured 2,007 seabird flight paths and found no confirmed collisions, estimating fewer than one impact would have occurred....
“Ironic Twist of History:” Offshore Wind Developer Solves 150-Year Old Mystery of Sunken Coal Ship
Offshore wind developer Iberdrola’s Aurora Green survey off southern Victoria uncovered two shipwrecks, confirming the long‑lost 1853 iron steamer City of Hobart alongside the known SS Vicky. The 3 GW wind farm, slated to power about 2.25 million homes, is part of...
EU’s Dream of Energy for the People Is Far Away
The European Court of Auditors reports that the EU’s citizen‑led energy community programme is lagging dramatically behind its original timetable. While Brussels envisioned these schemes supplying 17‑21% of the bloc’s wind and solar capacity by 2030, the number of active...
Mantle8 Awarded €2.06M EU Grant for Natural Hydrogen Platform
Mantle8, a European natural‑hydrogen exploration startup founded in 2024, has secured a €2.06 million grant from the EU’s Just Transition Fund. The funding will be used to expand its technology platform in Grenoble, including the HOREX pilot, a new geochemistry lab,...
Data Centres Should Provide Flexibility Services to the Grid
Data centres are poised to become active flexibility assets for the UK grid as AI-driven demand grows. Research shows that if new data centres operate flexibly just 1 % of the time, they can be integrated without additional power plants, reducing...
Mega Heat Pumps for Industry and District Heating: New Projects Across Europe Show Potential
Large‑scale heat pumps are moving from pilot to commercial scale across Europe, with projects in Austria, Finland and Germany showcasing industrial and district‑heating applications. Turboden’s 12 MW pump for Delfort paper mill cuts 19,000 t CO₂ per year, while Everllence’s 20‑33 MW air‑to‑water...
The Feds Pulled $1.5B From Tribal Clean Energy. Tribes Are Finding Another Way.
The Trump-era tax bill stripped $1.5 billion from tribal clean‑energy programs, leaving nearly 1,600 projects underfunded. In response, the Colorado River Indian Tribes launched an agrivoltaics pilot through the new financing entity Huurav, pairing solar panels with crops. Tribes are turning...
Oil and Gas Workers Find an Easy Segue Into Geothermal Jobs
Oil and gas workers are poised to transition into the fast‑growing enhanced geothermal sector, leveraging their drilling expertise. A 2024 DOE report estimates up to 300,000 U.S. workers possess the necessary skills, while the domestic geothermal workforce has risen to...