AWS UAE Suffers AZ Outage After "Objects Strike Data Center" And Cause Fire, Amid Iran Attacks
Amazon Web Services’ ME‑CENTRAL‑1 region in the United Arab Emirates experienced an Availability Zone outage after unidentified objects struck the data center, igniting a fire and prompting emergency power shutdown. The incident coincided with a wave of Iranian missile and drone attacks across the UAE, raising concerns about physical security for cloud infrastructure. AWS reported that the affected AZ, mec1‑az2, will require several hours to restore power and connectivity, while other AZs in the region remain functional. Customers are seeing networking‑related EC2 API errors as a result.
Middle Eastern Oil Giants Accelerate Multibillion-Dollar Clean Energy Push
Middle Eastern oil powerhouses, led by the UAE and Saudi Arabia, are accelerating multibillion‑dollar clean‑energy programs that span solar, wind, nuclear, and green‑hydrogen. The region’s renewable capacity is set to surge, with solar projected to grow ten‑fold and nuclear output...
States Push Data Center Pauses to Buy Time to Gauge Impacts
Several U.S. states are introducing legislation to pause data‑center expansions that support artificial‑intelligence workloads. The measures aim to give regulators time to assess water and power consumption, grid impacts, and potential electricity cost increases for local communities. These pauses follow...
Renewables Insulate You From Oil Market Chaos
Two different worlds entirely. With the Strait of Hormuz shut down, oil producers closing production and oil tanker insurance companies ceasing coverage in the middle east: Person with no solar & no EV: Congrats, your gas expense may soon double, your...
Steel Becomes Central to Modern Solar Project Design
The redefined role of steel in solar energy projects #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/1rSfmuEAf3
Norwich Event Explores Relationship Between Materials and Performance
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) is hosting a one‑day event in Norwich on 25 March to examine whether low‑impact materials can deliver high‑performance buildings. Attendees will explore sustainable design approaches, material selection criteria, and modern performance requirements through expert panels...
Anonymous Objectors Ship Massive Battery to Regulator
Big battery sent to independent regulator by far-flung, anonymous objectors #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/ufCyhnE8bZ https://t.co/iFqExlpy6S
ESS Tech Acquires VoltStorage to Boost Long‑duration Storage
ESS Tech acquires VoltStorage GmbH to expand long-duration energy storage #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/czBBkCI6UR
Grid Connections 2026: Who’s Going Where and Doing What in Australia’s Green Energy Transition
Australia’s energy sector saw a wave of senior appointments in early 2026, with CEOs installed at FRV Australia, Pilot Energy, Boundless Earth, Janus Electric, Endeavour Energy and several others. The Australian Energy Market Operator added two non‑executive directors and nominated...
What Ottawa Taught Me About Climate Action
I've just got back to London from a whirlwind few days in Ottawa, as guest of the Canadian Climate Institute. I penned a few thoughts on what I learned. https://t.co/FrCsgfG4E3
Home Batteries Transform Australia's National Electricity Market
Home batteries reshape Australia’s national electricity market #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/fiHsRFXODW https://t.co/R6laEgqPbB
Andhra Pradesh Okays Adani Solar Power Deal, with Rider
Andhra Pradesh’s government has approved the off‑take of 300 MW of solar power from Adani Green Energy under the 2021 power supply agreement, after a 15‑month pause caused by U.S. bribery allegations. The approval comes with a rider that the state...
Solar LCOE Projected to Drop 30% by 2035
Solar LCOE to fall 30% by 2035, says BloombergNEF #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/3AQL0ZML68
Cleaver‑Brooks Launches Air‑to‑water Heat Pump for Hydronic Heating
Cleaver-Brooks unvelis air-to-water heat pump for hydronic heating #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/VV7wnodgyp
The Energy Singularity: How AI, Quantum Computing, and Decentralized Grids Will Redefine Sustainability by 2035
The article outlines an emerging "Energy Singularity" where AI, quantum computing, and decentralized grids converge to reshape global energy by 2035. AI-driven predictive management promises up to 40% consumption cuts and real‑time outage prevention. Quantum computers are expected to unlock...
Iran War Urges China to Fast‑track Renewables, Shun Coal
Thinking ahead... does this push China to further speed up the adoption of renewables + batteries and make it even more reluctant to wind down coal. The Iran war is an object lesson in a) American power (which shale has...
Deloitte Calls for Renewable‑AI Alignment in India
Deloitte urges India to align renewables with AI data growth #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/6nfeZlOszP
Real-World Test: Electric Semi Trucks Can Save Fleets Nearly $160,000 per Truck
A year‑long trial in Montreal examined 200,000 km of diesel Freightliner Cascadia and its battery‑electric counterpart, the eCascadia, across two Canadian fleets. The analysis found that electric Class 8 trucks can generate roughly $157,000 in savings per unit over a six‑year...
Honeycomb Microstructures Boost Tandem Solar Cell to 12.3%
Amorphous silicon-silicon tandem solar cell achieves 12.3% efficiency via new honeycomb-shaped micro-structures #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/b8codDfUei
Nextpower to Provide Steel Frames for JinkoSolar's Florida Plant
Nextpower to supply steel frames for JinkoSolar’s Florida factory #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/aFKhKfYdkM
VIEWPOINT: New York State’s Newly Required Registration of Large Cooling Equipment
New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation has amended Part 494 to require commercial property owners to register and report leakage of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). Large equipment (≥1,500 lb) must report annual leakage starting March 2026, medium‑size units (200‑1,499 lb) register by June 2026 with reporting...
Trump's War Risks Global Energy Market Instability
How Trump’s War Could Destabilize the Global Energy Market #energysky -- via Heatmap News https://t.co/5Rh1Ysyc2w https://t.co/XMEM6rLIOY
Stale Bread and Bacteria Could Power a New Era in Green Chemicals
Scientists at the University of Edinburgh's Wallace Lab engineered E. coli to generate hydrogen from simple sugars, including stale bread, and paired it with a palladium surface catalyst to hydrogenate organic molecules. The biocatalytic system achieved up to 99% conversion efficiency,...
This Plastic Is Made From Milk and It Vanishes in 13 Weeks
Scientists at Flinders University have created a thin, flexible film from calcium caseinate – the main protein in milk – blended with modified starch, bentonite nanoclay, glycerol and polyvinyl alcohol. Laboratory tests show the material breaks down completely in ordinary...
Abandoned Churches Find New Purpose Amid Decline
Churches around the country are being left to go to rack and ruin. Good news that they are being used
Lithium Demand Rebounds 25% as Low‑cost Supply Tightens Price Gap
Lithium bottom: demand +25% as EV/ESS rebound; SQM+Codelco JV raises low-cost supply, tightens cost curve; prices ≈70% below 2022 — overweight low-cost lithium producers. — Viktor Kopylov, PhD, CFA More insights: t.me/si14Kopylov
Armstrong Fluid Technology’s Compact Fluid Management Station Can Reduce HVAC Energy and Install Costs by up to 30%
Armstrong Fluid Technology launched the Systems Envelope – Fluid Management Station (SE‑FMS), a modular HVAC fluid‑management solution that integrates its Envelope Core platform. The compact unit reduces floor space by up to 40% and cuts energy use by as much as 30%...
Clean Coal Term Originated in 1980s Reagan Program
They keep calling it “clean beautiful coal”, so show me the “clean” part. The phrase “clean coal” did not begin in 2016. It traces back to the 1980s, particularly the Reagan-era Clean Coal Technology Program launched in 1985, which promoted pollution-control...
Dutch Agribusiness Deploys 1 MW Electrolyzer for Hydrogen
The Hydrogen Stream: Dutch agribusiness installs 1 MW electrolyzer #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/baIpYrobDq
Chile Approves Use of Copper Slag as Artificial Aggregate
Chile’s Ministry of Health has authorized copper slag as an artificial aggregate for road and infrastructure projects under Supreme Decree 46, effective 12 February 2026. The decree permits use only after sanitary approval and confines applications to specified construction uses....
Iran’s Oil, Gas, Power Sectors Summarized in One File
💥Here is a comprehensive but condensed file on energy sources in Iran, covering its oil, gas, and power sectors, including several charts. Click the link, then switch the language in your browser.👇
Corporate PPA Volume Falls 10% as AI Drives Demand
Corporate PPA deals down 10% in 2025 as AI demand plugs gaps #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/XVFxmEBQY3 https://t.co/XlNxyqpR8Z
Avoid Common Mistakes in Grid Reliability Studies
How *Not* To Do A Grid Reliability Study The Energy Bad Boys on how the "Union of Confused Scientists" get New England electricity so wrong. The Bad Boys also have a sweet hat tip to my own work on the...
Tata Steel Adopts Heat Battery to Slash Emissions
Global giant Tata Steel is using a heat battery to curb emissions #energysky -- via Canary Media: https://t.co/2fnqQgr8Lq
Texas Leads U.S. in Renewable and Battery Power
Texas Is showing Trump what "American Energy Dominance" looks like: Texas leads America in solar, wind, and now batteries too. And yes, natural gas.
Panasonic Launches Residential Fuel‑cell System for PV Homes
Panasonic debuts residential fuel cell cogeneration system for PV‑integrated homes #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/rFRyXgV1Yv
German Consortium Unveils Web Guide for BIPV Planning
German consortium launches web guide for BIPV planning #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/REybrhz4yM
Solar Leads New Power Additions, Outpacing All Sources
And now solar is the dominant way that new electricity generation is added to the grid every year. Last year over 100% of all new electricity growth came from solar, wind and nuclear. https://t.co/D91QsFnS6Z
Storms Damp Western Europe's PV, East Clears Coldly
Storm train hits Western Europe PV as East clears under cold #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/Fc7k2DYwqY https://t.co/oq6ymCxS7d
Trump’s “Drill, Baby” Stance Kills $4.9bn Wind Line
FT's Gillian Tett on Trump's "mad" energy policy "[His] 'drill, baby, drill' mantra makes him reluctant to embrace renewables…Last [yr] energy dept terminated a $4.9bn loan guarantee for an 800-mile…power line to take wind power from Kansas to Illinois & Indiana....
China Wafer Prices Drop Fourth Week Amid Inventory Pressure
China wafer prices fall for fourth week as discounting deepens under inventory pressure #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/NhJenObCMv
Wind Power Shifts: Kansas Farm Closes, Massachusetts Opens
One Wind Farm Dies in Kansas, Another One Rises in Massachusetts #energysky -- via Heatmap News https://t.co/WnR6tKEciB https://t.co/PcOAIAaLT4
Expiring Incentives Spark Record Residential Solar Demand
Expiring incentives led to record demand, more diverse market for residential solar in 2025, says EnergySage #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: https://t.co/LtEDSE5vUi https://t.co/rwfIPw1ZbU
India’s Solar Boom Set to Outpace Coal by 2028
India is smashing it: 42.5GW of new solar in 2026 ALONE. Think about that scale - it’s more than the entire installed capacity of most developed nations At this exponential rate, solar capacity is on track to CRUSH coal in India...
Sunoyster Launches Lightweight 440W Glass‑covered TOPCon Panel
Sunoyster offers lightweight 440 W glass-covered TOPCon PV panel #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/CiwFm0MqhB
Northvolt Factory to Deliver BESS Cells and 1GW Data Centre
Northvolt’s resurrected factory in Sweden will supply BESS cells to new owner this year, add 1GW data centre development #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/OERGaGb3O9
Renewables Outperform Fossil Fuels in Data Center Power
Why Renewables Beat Fossil Fuel for Data Centers #energysky -- via Heatmap News https://t.co/8FF88ts8gD https://t.co/A1CLnD3dI0
NexWafe, Talon PV Seal 7 GW Wafer Supply Deal
NexWafe, Talon PV sign 7 GW solar wafer supply agreement #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/kIINEziKWq
Communities Must Pair Electricity Affordability with Risk Management
Why Communities Can and Must Consider Electricity Affordability and Risk Together #energysky -- via RMI https://t.co/8VL2nwLz1j
Estonia Adds 1.1 GWh Heat Storage, 1 GW Battery Capacity
Estonia advances 1.1 GWh heat storage, 250 MWh BESS and 800 MWh battery park #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/yBI1O2Efvb