Orchestrating the Transition: Enso Group Builds the Enabling Structures for Reliable Clean Power
Enso Group has evolved from an Austrian hydropower asset manager into a "system orchestrator" that integrates technology, finance, regulation and governance to create investment‑ready renewable energy ecosystems. Its portfolio blends solar, wind, long‑duration storage, hydrogen and pumped‑hydro to deliver stable, bankable power in Europe and now Africa. The African Green Transition Public‑Private Platform Fund, a Luxembourg‑domiciled vehicle, targets €500 million of assets and a 7 GW pipeline across the Southern African Power Pool. By de‑risking interfaces and aligning public‑private partners, enso aims to accelerate continent‑wide clean‑energy deployment.
How Queensland Coal Plant Waste Is Helping to Build a (Concrete) Bridge to Renewables
CS Energy, Queensland’s state‑owned generator, has incorporated fly ash from the Callide coal plant into the concrete for the new 80‑metre Yellow Creek Bridge. The bridge will carry turbine components weighing over 100 tonnes to the 285 MW Lotus Creek Wind Farm,...
Delhivery Ties up with RIDEV to Deploy 150 EVs for Last-Mile Deliveries
Delhivery has partnered with electric‑mobility startup Ridev to roll out 150 high‑performance electric vehicles for last‑mile delivery across Delhi‑NCR, Bengaluru and Hyderabad. A pilot in those cities showed a 4,260 kg reduction in CO₂ emissions and more than a 50 percent drop...
Vietnam’s BESS Breakthrough: A Turning Point for Energy Storage Across ASEAN
Vietnam has enacted Circular No. 62/2025/TT‑BCT, establishing a two‑part tariff that pays battery energy storage systems (BESS) for both capacity availability and energy delivery. The new framework shifts storage from an output‑only compensation model to a dual‑revenue structure, mirroring practices in...
IT Sustainability Think Tank: AI Infrastructure, Shared Responsibility and the Real Cost of Progress
Microsoft is urging a community‑first approach to AI infrastructure, highlighting the growing energy and environmental costs of AI‑driven data centres. The call emphasizes that responsibility for these impacts must be shared between hyperscalers and the enterprises that consume AI services....
Mega Grid Batteries Cut Costs 40% and Grow 12×
We tend to think of batteries as the ones in our phones. But the real shift is happening at grid scale. Utility-scale “mega batteries” now have hundreds of millions of times the capacity of smartphone battery. Costs down ~40% since 2024 Capacity in...
India Records Lowest-Ever Price for Green Hydrogen in Tender
India achieved its lowest-ever green hydrogen price, with a winning bid of ₹279 per kilogram to supply 10,000 tonnes annually to Numaligarh Refinery in Assam. The tender attracted nine bidders, reflecting growing competition as renewable energy costs and government incentives...
DARPA Launches Biomass-to-Chemicals Fleetwood Program
DARPA’s Biological Technologies Office has issued a special notice to start the Fleetwood program, a 24‑month effort aimed at creating novel catalysts that transform lignocellulosic biomass, especially lignin, into carbon‑based industrial chemicals. The initiative will fund multidisciplinary teams to develop...
Energiekontor Unleashes Revamped Oederquart Park
Energiekontor has commissioned the repowered Oederquart wind park in Lower Saxony, boosting its own capacity by roughly 17 MW and bringing its operating portfolio to about 450 MW. The upgrade replaced ten older 15 MW turbines with six Enercon E‑160 EP‑5 units, delivering...
Denmark’s Capability-Based CfD: A Bold Experiment in Offshore Wind Support
Denmark is redesigning its offshore wind support by introducing a capability‑based two‑way contract‑for‑difference (CfD) for a 2.8 GW tender after a 2024 auction failed to attract bids. Unlike traditional production‑based CfDs, compensation is calculated on the wind farm’s available active power...
New York Cancels Fifth Offshore Wind Solicitation
New York’s State Energy and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has cancelled its fifth offshore wind solicitation, ORECRFP24‑1, citing federal actions that created market uncertainty after the 2024 election. The agency said it would not enter new long‑term Offshore Renewable Energy Certificate...
Fox ESS Partners with Origin to Expand VPP Access Across Australia
Fox ESS announced a partnership with Origin Energy to integrate its home battery storage systems into Origin’s Loop virtual power plant (VPP) across Australia. The integration gives Fox ESS customers access to three Origin battery plans—Battery Lite, Battery Maximiser, and...
Arenko Expands RWE UK Hybrid Rollout
Arenko has expanded its collaboration with RWE by adding software support for three co‑located solar and battery projects in the UK, totalling 150 MW. This expansion doubles the number of Arenko‑supported RWE sites to six under a 2024 framework agreement. The...
Mechanistic Insights Into Cathode Degradation During Startup‐Shutdown of PEM Water Electrolysis and Mitigation via Semi‐Embedded Pt/CeOx
Researchers identified cathode degradation in PEM water electrolyzers during startup‑shutdown cycles, where cathode potential spikes to ~1.0 V causing carbon corrosion and Pt agglomeration. They demonstrated that commercial Pt/C suffers rapid performance loss under realistic cycling. A semi‑embedded Pt/CeOx catalyst was...
Does that Use a Lot of Energy?
In this episode, the host discusses the challenge of gauging the scale of household energy use and carbon emissions without solid data, and introduces an interactive web tool that lets users compare the energy consumption of everyday products and activities....
Natural England Uses Aerial Survey Technology for Seabird Flight Data
Natural England’s Reducing Seabird Collisions Using Evidence (ReSCUE) project is deploying LiDAR‑enabled aerial surveys to map seabird flight heights across UK offshore waters. The 12‑month campaign, running September 2025 to August 2026, will conduct 20 surveys in the North Sea, Irish Sea...
EACON Auto BEV Fleet Delivers Cost & Emissions Reduction for Shougang
EACON’s autonomous battery‑electric haul trucks have been operating at Shougang Group’s Shuichang iron‑ore mine for a year, logging over 350,000 km and moving more than 11 million tonnes of material. The fleet’s regenerative‑braking system recovered 386,000 kWh of energy, equating to roughly 185 tonnes...
Major Capital Raise Seeks $450 Million to “Lead New Zealand’s Renewable Energy Future”
Contact Energy announced a NZ$525 million equity raise to fund its Contact31+ renewable strategy. The capital will back projects including the 200 MW Glenbrook Battery 2.0, the 150 MW Glorit solar farm, and expansion of the Tauhara 2 geothermal plant. In H1 2026 the company...
Solar-Battery Hybrid and CIS Winner Gets Super Quick Federal Green Tick
The Corop solar‑battery hybrid in central northern Victoria has cleared the EPBC Act assessment in just four months, receiving a “not a controlled action” verdict. The two‑stage project will deliver 440 MW of solar generation and a 290 MW/704 MWh battery, with the...
State LNP Promises “Strict New Audits” Of Solar and Wind, Barnaby Promises a Big New Coal Plant
The Victorian Liberal–National coalition proposes strict independent audits and economic impact assessments for new solar, wind and battery projects, aiming to protect prime farmland and give farmers a voice through restored VCAT appeal rights. This policy emerges as Victoria lagged...
Japan’s Smallest EV Gets Backing From One Of Its Largest Energy Companies
Japanese startup KG Motors began delivering its ultra‑affordable MiBot micro‑EV in December 2025 and, in January 2026, signed a partnership with energy giant Idemitsu Kosan. The agreement gives Idemitsu’s apollostation network sales, registration, insurance and after‑sales support, starting with pilot locations...
Can Inverter-Based Technologies Do the System Security Job of Big Spinning Machines?
The article examines whether inverter‑based technologies can replace traditional spinning machines in providing power‑system security. It highlights AEMO’s 2025 Transition Plan, which calls for new services from synchronous condensers and advanced inverters, and references a white paper from the NSW...
In The UK, “Power To The People” Is Latest Clean Energy Trend
The UK government has pledged up to £1 billion to accelerate community‑owned clean‑energy projects, marking the largest investment of its kind in Britain. Administered by state‑owned GB Energy, the scheme aims to fund roughly 1,000 solar, wind, hydro and biomass installations across...
Earth's Radiation Fingerprint
Chinese researchers demonstrated that observing Earth from the lunar surface yields a unified measurement of the planet’s radiation budget, overcoming the spatial‑temporal trade‑offs of low‑Earth‑orbit and geostationary satellites. Their analysis showed that more than 90% of Earth’s outgoing radiation pattern...
World Climate Progress Accelerates: Emissions Down, Renewables Surge
Good climate news this week 1 China: Emissions have been flat or falling for nearly 2 years 2 China: Emissions fell in 2025 3 Global: IEA says world already passed peak coal in electricity sector 4 China: In January, EVs passed 50% of China’s...
Trump Administration Ends Credit for Start-Stop Feature in Cars
The EPA announced that the credit automakers receive for installing start‑stop systems is being eliminated, reversing a policy that helped meet vehicle emissions standards. The Trump administration rejected the scientific endangerment finding that justified the credit, arguing the feature damages...
TOPCon Solar Cells Are Killing A Key Anti-Solar Talking Point
Topcon solar cells, a newer photovoltaic architecture, demonstrate markedly lower lifecycle emissions than the incumbent PERC technology. Recent life‑cycle assessments from the University of Warwick show a 6.5% reduction in climate‑changing emissions per megawatt and potential savings of up to...
Natural Green Antioxidant Proanthocyanidin Enhances the UV/Oxidation Resistance of Perovskite Solar Cells Through Buried Interface Modification Strategy
Researchers introduced natural grape‑seed proanthocyanidins (OPC) at the TiO₂/perovskite buried interface of perovskite solar cells, employing a combined antioxidant, passivation, and UV‑protection strategy. The hydrogen‑bond network created by OPC reduces defect states on the electron‑transport layer, suppresses carrier recombination, and...
From Time-Based HVAC to Evidence-Based Reality
The article argues that traditional building automation systems (BAS) conflate measurement, control, and reporting, making performance data inferential rather than verifiable. It proposes adding an independent, time‑bounded evidence layer that records environmental conditions without influence from optimization logic. This governed...
The FREEDOM Act and Permit Certainty
The House has introduced the FREEDOM Act to tackle "permit certainty" by streamlining judicial review of unreasonable permitting delays or revocations and offering compensation to affected developers. The bill emerges amid Democratic resistance to any reform that doesn’t materially boost...
Heat Pump Sales Dipped in 2025. They Still Beat Gas Furnaces.
U.S. heat‑pump sales slipped in 2025, yet they still outperformed gas furnaces, with September shipments surpassing central ACs for the first time. A 2024 inventory buildup created a backlog that muted demand, while high upfront costs—median $25,000 versus half that...
Barbados to Host IDB Invest Sustainability Week 2026, Focused on Mobilizing Private Investment
IDB Invest announced that Sustainability Week 2026 will be held May 26‑28 in Bridgetown, marking the first time the event takes place in the Caribbean. The three‑day forum will convene investors, companies and project sponsors to showcase investment‑ready opportunities in resilience, infrastructure,...
Listening, Integrating and Scaling: How SENS Is Positioning for Growth in Critical Power
Stored Energy Systems (SENS) is pivoting from standalone battery chargers to fully integrated, hybrid power solutions for critical‑power applications such as data centers. The company cites market pressure to adopt multi‑vendor, high‑redundancy architectures like N+1 to 2N+1, which demand streamlined...
City’s Adoption of EUI Signals Less Reliance on Third-Party Building Certifications
Alexandria, Virginia, approved a new ordinance that lets developers meet green‑building requirements using an energy‑use intensity (EUI) metric instead of relying solely on third‑party certifications. The rule applies to commercial projects of 10,000 sq ft or larger, offering a choice between traditional...
The Rate Case for Grid Resilience: Why Climate Change Isn’t Just About Storms
Utilities are underestimating climate‑driven physical risk because reliability models still use historic weather baselines. Repath’s analysis of a €1.5 billion European grid shows that under a business‑as‑usual (RCP 8.5) pathway, average‑annual loss could shave 30.6 % off the portfolio’s gross value by 2050,...
California Power Aggregators Sign on for 50-MW Slice of Compressed-Air Long-Duration Energy Storage
Hydrostor has secured a 50‑MW offtake agreement with California Community Power for its Willow Rock Energy Storage Center, a 500‑MW/4,000‑MWh advanced compressed‑air energy storage (A‑CAES) project. The facility will provide eight hours of continuous discharge, delivering firm capacity to six...
Solar Surge: Texas Grid Roundup #88
Episode #88 of Solar Surge examines the rapid growth of utility‑scale solar in Texas, highlighting a Dallas Fed report that shows solar capacity added in 2025 matched 2024 levels despite tariffs and shifting federal policies. The show also discusses a...
AEP Contracted Large Load Pipeline Doubles to 56 GW
American Electric Power (AEP) announced its contracted large‑load pipeline will reach 56 GW by 2030, doubling from the previous quarter. Data centers account for roughly 90% of this new demand, especially in Texas, Ohio, Indiana and Oklahoma. The utility’s five‑year capital‑expenditure...
Maersk, Eurogate Plan €1 Billion Bet on Zero-Emission Bremerhaven Container Hub
Maersk’s APM Terminals and Germany’s Eurogate are negotiating a partnership that could inject up to €1 billion into Bremerhaven’s North Sea Terminal. The funding aims to fully electrify the site, power it with renewables and lift capacity from 3 million to 4 million...
Data Centers Pursue On-Site Power as Affordability Tops Utility Concerns: BofA
Data‑center developers are accelerating on‑site power projects as residential electricity rates surge 37% since 2020, prompting concerns over utility affordability ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Bank of America analysts say developers will first secure fast‑deployable resources such as gas...
Australia Should Have CBAM on some Commodities: Review
Australia’s latest carbon leakage review recommends a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), beginning with cement and clinker imports and potentially expanding to hydrogen, steel, ammonia and related products. The review, led by ANU professor Frank Jotzo, evaluated 75 trade‑exposed commodities...
Aviramp Secures New Irish Contract
Aviramp has installed a solar‑powered, step‑free boarding ramp at Ireland West Airport in Knock. The ramp offers a gentle slope, added passenger shelter, and is designed for wheelchair users, parents with prams and other travelers with reduced mobility. Airport operations...
Mapping ‘Hard-to-Heat’ Homes in the UK
Ordnance Survey has mapped 23.6 million UK homes to create a heat‑retention index that flags properties most vulnerable to fuel poverty. The index draws on the National Geospatial Database and satellite‑derived observations, enabling granular climate‑risk profiling. Simon Navin highlighted how this...
CleanCo Opens 500MWh Tesla Megapack BESS in Queensland, Australia
CleanCo Queensland has commissioned the Swanbank Battery, a 250 MW/500 MWh grid‑scale storage system built with Tesla’s Megapack technology at the former Swanbank coal‑power site near Brisbane. The AU$330 million project, funded by the Queensland Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Jobs Fund, began testing...
Singapore Mulls Keeping Carbon Tax at Low End of Target
Singapore’s finance minister said the city‑state may keep its carbon tax near the low end of the $50‑80 per tonne range slated for 2030, after noting a slowdown in global climate momentum. The current levy sits at S$45 (~$35.60) per tonne, already...
France Scales Back Renewables, Keeps Nuclear Amid AI Power Surge
Link: https://t.co/VlV8K8X7eR 🇫🇷France set out a new energy law after years of wrangling on Thursday which slashes its wind and solar power targets and drops a mandate for state-run firm EDF to shutter nuclear plants. Summary France has cut its 2035 wind and...
California Grid Demand Falls as Rooftop Solar Offsets EVs
California grid electricity demand continues to decline despite 2.5 million EVs and lots of data centers in the state 2026 Demand on CAISO grid down 1.84% v '25; 1.22% v '24; and 2.27% v '23 Due to growth in behind-the-meter roof PV,...
Energy Insiders Podcast: Why Batteries Are Getting Bigger and Marrying Solar
The Energy Insiders podcast featured Sam Reynolds, head of Octopus Australia, outlining plans to construct the country’s largest battery and the rise of solar‑battery hybrid projects. He explained how falling storage costs and grid‑balancing needs are driving batteries to scale...
All‑Economy Planes Won’t Halve Aviation Emissions, Warns Expert
If we made every airliner all-economy - could that slash aviation's emissions by 50%? Not so fast, argues RAeS Head of Research Naomi Allen, who warns against 'easy wins' to sustainability #avgeek https://t.co/tOVFLw7vLK https://t.co/bNd4bey0XQ
The Little Battery that Could Pave the Way for Ageing Coal Generators to Be Shut Down on Schedule
Australia’s renewable rollout hinges on grid‑forming inverters, a technology that can mimic the inertia and fault‑current support traditionally supplied by large synchronous condensers. Early results from the 25‑50 MW Darlington Point battery, built with these inverters, show it can stabilise frequency...