Know What's Happening in ClimateTech
Know What's Happening in ClimateTech
Researchers at IIT Bombay and the Max Planck Institute uncovered why the electrochemical permeation technique often yields unreliable hydrogen‑diffusion data in steel. They showed that high charging currents induce surface rust, dislocations and hydrogen bubbles, which artificially lower measured flux. Switching to micro‑amp (soft) charging and applying a nickel coating on the detection side eliminates these artefacts. The findings establish a more accurate laboratory protocol for evaluating steel suitability in hydrogen‑blended pipelines.
New York‑based First Ammonia is moving ahead with the first phase of its 200 MW green ammonia project in Victoria, Texas, slated to break ground this year. The company announced the termination of its 100 MW electrolyzer supply agreement with Danish catalyst...
Transformer explosions stem from internal electrical arcs that vaporize oil, creating rapid pressure spikes that can rupture the tank within tens of milliseconds. Conventional protection—relays, breakers, and pressure‑relief valves—detect and isolate faults after this dynamic phase, leaving the structural failure...
I made a thing: https://t.co/uFVjRvBFVv By which I mean I told Claude to make a thing. The economics of heat pumps are very challenging in a country that has cheap gas and where policy makers load retail electricity rates with a whole...
China is advancing its Zhuri space‑based solar power programme, aiming for a megawatt‑level orbital test around 2030 and a gigawatt‑scale station by 2050. The initiative leverages falling launch costs and new wireless‑power technologies to deliver continuous, weather‑independent electricity from geostationary...
TIME announced the launch of its Future Proof newsletter, rebranding the former CO2 newsletter to address the broader climate economy. The weekly column will blend clean‑tech trends, AI developments, geopolitics, and trade dynamics, offering a high‑level view of how climate...
Solar and wind are making remarkable progress. The day/night cycle will be solved by current economic battery trends. The real long term challenge has always been winter: Those dark winter days or weeks when the wind also fails. For that...
UK homeowners are accelerating the shift away from fossil fuels as energy price spikes tied to the US‑Israel‑Iran conflict drive demand for solar panels, heat pumps, and electric‑vehicle chargers. Octopus Energy reported record March enquiries, with solar sales up 54%...
EVgo has opened a new hub in San Diego featuring 28 fast‑charging stalls, adding to its more than 5,000 fast chargers nationwide and the 1,200 it installed last year. The addition raises San Diego’s fast‑charger count to roughly 290 out...
Portugal’s Council of Ministers approved a new data‑center strategy that streamlines licensing, creates pre‑approved development zones, and designates AICEP as a single investor contact. The plan leverages the country’s abundant renewable energy and extensive submarine‑cable network to position Lisbon as...
Combat drones and emerging ground robots are increasingly being powered by green hydrogen fuel cells, a shift driven by Ukraine’s rapid adoption and U.S. defense interest. Startups such as Sesame Solar have created mobile nanogrid refueling stations that can be...
The Big Zero Show returned after a year, reaffirming that the net‑zero agenda remains alive despite a fresh energy price crisis. Delegates highlighted flexibility, data‑driven AI, and battery innovations as pivotal to decarbonisation. The event underscored that transition costs are...
WindWaterSolar has produced TWICE the electricity as the SUM of fossil gas, nuclear, and bioenergy on the @CaliforniaISO grid in 2026. Gas is down 59.4%; WWS is up 24.1%; batteries up 335% in '26 v '23. 35 straight and 62 of 85...
Benin’s Ministry of Digital and Digitalization has issued a World Bank‑funded request for proposals to conduct a technical, economic and legal feasibility study on a secondary national data centre. The study, due by March 27, 2026, will explore locating the backup facility...
On March 27, 2026, the EPA finalized a new biofuels blending rule that obliges refiners to incorporate 25.82 billion gallons of biofuels into diesel and gasoline this year. The mandate represents an 8 % increase over the target announced in June 2025,...
China’s National Energy Administration reported 32.48 GW of new solar capacity installed in January‑February 2026, a 17.7% year‑on‑year decline, while total generation capacity reached 3.95 TW, with solar climbing to 1.23 TW (+33.2%). Polysilicon prices fell sharply, with weekly drops of up to...
Today on Volts: at this point, it is all but inevitable that global temperatures will exceed the 2° threshold & continue rising. Should we shoot sulfur particles into the stratosphere to block some of that heat? I talk with the...
Why Energy Shocks Like the Iran War Are Accelerating Electrification Canada gets it wrong. Iran war is encouraging Global South (inc Asia) to switch from oil/LNG to renewables/electrotech. #cdnpoli https://youtu.be/7IbLVXk81Ow
A new analysis by Jochen Hauff challenges a German Thünen‑Institut study by showing that agrivoltaic systems with trackers or vertical configurations can be financially viable and even outperform conventional ground‑mounted solar. Tracker‑based agrivoltaics add roughly 12‑13% to capital costs but...
#Autonomous Solar Panel Cleaning #Robots Work Without Human Workers by @XueJia24682 #Robotics #Innovation #EmergingTech #TechForGood #Technology https://t.co/CMoSpuWiQu
A billion-dollar industry: inside the growing solar panel recycling sector in the US #energysky -- via pv-tech: https://t.co/1cYAAUVO6h
Endeavour, the parent of data‑center firm Edged, unveiled Pact Systems – a continuous‑flow methane‑cracking platform that simultaneously produces hydrogen fuel and high‑purity graphite. The technology works with natural gas or biomethane, offering a low‑carbon, quickly deployable energy source for AI‑intensive...
Funding Friday: Climate Tech’s Pivot to Data Centers Continues #energysky -- via Heatmap News https://t.co/dl8BQVCFFy https://t.co/gYN1VRxleS
Panasonic claims world’s first trial of cybersecurity monitoring for grid-scale BESS #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/BPgKqiFdUD
U.S. fleets are accelerating electrification, but grid interconnection and capacity constraints are emerging as the primary bottleneck. Utilities such as SoCal Edison ($436 million for 30,000 ports) and DTE Electric (19,300 chargers) are offering incentive programs, yet distribution upgrades and interconnection...
🏭@CrusoeAI Announces New 900 MW AI Factory Campus in Abilene, Texas to Support Microsoft AI Infrastructure New dedicated campus designed to support large-scale AI workloads; combined with Crusoe’s existing Abilene infrastructure, the full site is expected to reach approximately 2.1 GW...
Japan finances 130 MW solar project in Tunisia #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/G4FPMmp1cp
AI‑powered data centres generate enough waste heat to create localized "heat islands" that can raise surrounding land temperatures by as much as 9.1 °C. Researchers estimate up to 340 million people live close enough to feel this effect. Real‑estate firm JLL predicts...
Australia has already passed gas – the market is just updating its paperwork #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/m8gjoMoMXz https://t.co/85gtKD6xHy
The Trump administration is talking with some offshore wind developers about buying back the leases they purchased from the federal government years ago to develop energy projects along the US coast https://t.co/w6VR2H3AC3
Utilities have poured billions into smart‑grid sensors, communications and analytics, yet the digital representation of the physical distribution assets remains rudimentary. Traditional asset databases rely on periodic inspections, causing records to drift from reality and limiting engineers’ ability to assess...
French energy giant TotalEnergies says it will no longer aim to reach net zero emission targets by 2050 https://t.co/oJaqzNTGaQ
“We had to wait for the grass to grow:” How an Abbott-inspired community solar farm finally got built #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/FyMlwewTJL https://t.co/KsrPUKRTPP
The article argues transmission infrastructure is now the primary competitive front in the power and utilities sector. It outlines eight strategic “plays” that firms can adopt, emphasizing speed in permitting, resource pooling, design standardization, information transparency, and innovative tariff and...
China Builds Solar Farms on Water and Mountains, Preserving Land for Agriculture by @MarchUnofficial #Sustainability #RenewableEnergy #CleanEnergy https://t.co/rKBBV6eaJ8
New PV inverter efficiency metric reflects local solar conditions #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/wtM5JHk0GQ
ENG8 International unveiled its EnergiCell at the IWAHLM 17 conference in Bergamo, announcing a jump from Technology Readiness Level 4 to 7, signalling a shift from laboratory validation to industrial‑grade prototypes. The modular system can be configured for thermal, electrical, or hybrid output...
When the Ukraine war broke out, the NSC was only talking about LNG. I pushed for heat pumps. They said "cute idea, not gonna happen." Europe proved them wrong — 45-50% reduction in Russian gas through efficiency and heat pumps alone. https://t.co/PmB3c97oaf
In 2025, two U.S. states met >100% of grid + behind-the-meter electricity demand with WindWaterSolar. 14 states met 50-124% of demand: 7 dominated by wind 3 by solar 4 by hydro U.S. average: 25.72% WWS https://t.co/KP3uii4BqI https://t.co/Ntf3DHeGdW
A two‑year field study in an oak plantation shows that biochar can counteract acid‑rain damage by raising soil pH and boosting acid‑hydrolyzable nitrogen by roughly 65 percent. The amendment also doubled microbial biomass and increased nitrogen‑use efficiency, indicating a strong biological...
Denver Botanic Gardens unveiled its Roads Water‑Smart Garden, a public showcase of low‑water lawn alternatives that can cut residential irrigation from up to 20,000 gallons a month to a few thousand. The exhibit arrives as Colorado utilities tighten drought restrictions,...
Zelestra obtained a $600 million green credit facility led by Societe Generale and HSBC to develop two 440 MW solar projects in Texas. The financing is underpinned by long‑term power purchase agreements with Meta, giving the projects stable cash flows and underscoring the...
The U.S. Interior Department agreed to reimburse French oil major TotalEnergies $928 million for two offshore wind leases off New York and North Carolina, forcing the company to abandon the projects and invest the same amount in oil, gas and LNG....
Brazil imported 17.9 GWp of photovoltaic modules in 2025, a 24% drop from 2024’s 22.3 GWp. Distributed‑generation projects absorbed 79% of the volume, even as new installations slowed to 8.8 GW, down from 10 GW a year earlier. The decline coincided with a sharp...
Senators Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio‑Cortez unveiled the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act, seeking to halt new AI‑focused data‑center projects until federal standards on climate impact, worker safety and consumer protection are established. The move spotlights rising electricity...
Europe’s Solar Stewardship Initiative (SSI) awarded its first Supply Traceability Standard Bronze certifications to two Astronergy module factories in China, marking the inaugural implementation of the standard launched in December 2024. The inspections, conducted by German technical institute TÜV Rheinland, confirmed...
NTT has unveiled what it calls the world’s first framework to calculate CO₂ emissions across an entire software product life cycle, aligning with Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Carbon Footprint Guidelines. The initial Cradle‑to‑Gate version, released in March...
The US International Trade Commission has opened a Section 337 investigation into TOPCon solar cells, modules and related products after First Solar filed a complaint naming 47 respondents across 11 countries. First Solar alleges infringement of patents 1, 2, 4 and 8 and seeks...
Two University College Dublin students won EirGrid’s third‑annual CleanerGrid competition, taking home a €12,000 prize (about $13,080). Their data‑driven model proposes optimally sited battery and hydrogen storage to curb offshore wind curtailment. The contest, which drew 115 participants from nine...
Swiss renewable developer Axpo has secured a ten‑year power purchase agreement with McDonald’s to supply up to 83 GWh of solar electricity each year from its newly commissioned 200 MWp photovoltaic complex in León, Spain. The facility consists of four 50 MW plants...
