What Has All This Back-and-Forth Climate Legislating Bought Us?
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was originally projected to cut U.S. greenhouse‑gas emissions 40‑50% below 2005 levels by 2035. A new joint paper by Watershed and the University of Maryland models the combined impact of the IRA and the partially repealed One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), finding that without the IRA but with OBBBA, reductions fall to 25‑35% below 2005. Current emissions are already about 20% below 2005, so the policy shift will slow but not halt the downward trend. The analysis underscores how federal tax‑credit rollbacks and lingering market forces shape the nation’s decarbonization path.
Egypt Installs 800 MW of Solar in 2025
Egypt installed roughly 800 MW of solar in 2025, lifting cumulative capacity to about 2.9 GW. GlobalData projects annual additions surpassing 2 GW through 2028 and climbing to 3.5‑3.7 GW in the early 2030s, reaching 34.3 GW by 2035. Utility‑scale projects dominate, accounting for over...
Owning the Full Stack: What U.S. Storage Has to Figure Out Next
The article argues that U.S. energy storage is moving beyond cell chemistry competition to system‑level integration, where providers must deliver complete, domestically sourced hardware, software, cybersecurity, and service. Utilities now evaluate speed of deployment, reliability, supply‑chain resilience, and integration with...
LanzaTech & DTU to Open Biofoundry to Turn Carbon Emissions Into High-Value Products
U.S. synthetic‑biology firm LanzaTech has signed a two‑year agreement with Denmark’s Technical University (DTU) Bright hub to launch an AI‑powered C1 biofoundry. The facility will use engineered microbes to convert methane, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide from industrial waste streams...
Modern Billing Systems Put More Power Behind Utility Rates
Utilities are turning rate design into a cost‑reduction tool, using dynamic pricing to align demand with grid conditions. Although 80% of U.S. customers have advanced meters, only about 10% are on time‑varying rates because legacy billing systems cannot handle complex...
Resilient Grid Design Can Change What Happens when Storms Hit
Power outages cost the U.S. economy about $67 billion annually, with weather responsible for roughly 80 % of major events. Although utilities have improved crew coordination and monitoring, the distribution system’s legacy design limits resilience. New grid‑edge automation—fault‑discriminating reclosers, automated underground restoration,...
Global Biofuel Production up Sevenfold in the Last Two Decades - OWID
Global liquid biofuel production has surged sevenfold over the past 20 years, climbing from roughly 30 billion to 210 billion liters. The expansion has been led by Brazil’s sugarcane ethanol and the United States’ corn ethanol, spurred by renewable‑fuel mandates in the...
AWS Hit by US-East-1 Outage After Data Center Thermal Event
Amazon Web Services suffered a thermal event in its Northern Virginia data center that triggered a power outage across the US‑EAST‑1 AZ4 availability zone on May 7. The incident knocked out EC2 instances and EBS volumes, forced AWS to shift traffic,...
KKR, HASI-Backed Sustainable Infrastructure Platform CarbonCount Raises Over $500 Million
KKR and HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital expanded their CarbonCount Holdings 1 platform by issuing $508 million in senior unsecured notes, raising total investment capacity to nearly $5 billion. Launched in 2024 with $1 billion commitments from each partner, the platform previously raised $592 million in...
Porr Constructs 51‑m Thermal Storage Tank for Hamburg’s Coal Exit
$POS - Holding Equity Small Caps FI Porr builds 51-meter district heating storage tank for Hamburg Energiewerke in Billbrook Porr won contract from Hamburg Energy Works to build large-scale hot water thermal storage unit at Tiefstack heating plant site in Billbrook as...
Signify: “We Believe Resilience Is Becoming More Important to Businesses Right Now”
Signify has launched its third sustainability roadmap, “Brighter Lives, Better World 2030,” expanding targets across energy efficiency, emissions reduction and circular revenue. The plan aims to source 41% of revenue from solutions beyond illumination by 2030, save 60 TWh of electricity...
Bondada Engineering Bags ₹816 Crore NTPC Solar Order, Doubles Revenue to ₹2,843 Crore in FY26
Hyderabad‑based Bondada Engineering secured a ₹816 crore (~$98 million) balance‑of‑system contract from NTPC Renewable Energy for a 600 MW solar PV project in Rajasthan, marking its second NTPC order and bringing cumulative NTPC business to about ₹1,207 crore (~$145 million) and nearly 1 GW of capacity....
Suzlon Eyes Building New Wind Turbine Factory in Europe
Suzlon announced plans to build its first wind turbine factory in Europe, contingent on securing enough orders. The company unveiled its new Blue Sky platform featuring 5 MW and 6.3 MW models aimed at the European market. A leadership refresh – a...
Solar Is the Rising Power Source Says IEA
The International Energy Agency’s Global Energy Review 2026 shows world energy demand rose 1.3% in 2025, yet solar power emerged as the top driver of new demand. Solar PV accounted for 27% of the additional energy needed, outpacing natural gas and...
Week 19: DRILLING TO INFINITY: Why I'm Betting Civilization on a Hole in the Ground (While Billionaires Play Astronaut)
Physicists and drilling engineers in West Texas have demonstrated a new geothermal drilling technique that uses concentrated millimeter‑wave energy to vaporize rock, enabling access to depths of around 20 km—far beyond the reach of conventional rigs. The method creates a plasma‑like...
Heil and Autocar Supply Recology with Electric Collection Truck
Heil and Autocar have delivered a fully electric side‑loader truck to Recology for use in Issaquah, Washington. The vehicle merges Autocar’s E‑ACX all‑electric chassis with Heil’s RevAMP automated side‑loader body, creating a hydraulics‑free platform that maintains payload and range. Recology,...
EVs Overtake Petrol Engines Worldwide in April 2026
April 2026 was a massacre for the petrol engine >Norway: 98.6% EV share. There were only 31 new petrol cars sold in the entire country last month. The ICE engine is officially a museum piece. >Denmark: 94.4% of private buyers now choose...
Yindjibarndi in Rio Tinto Power Play
Yindjibarndi Energy Corporation, a joint venture between the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation and ACEN, has secured a 30‑year power purchase agreement with Rio Tinto for its upcoming Jinbi Solar Project in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. The agreement will see the solar farm...
Yindjibarndi in Rio Tinto Power Play
Yindjibarndi Energy Corporation, a joint venture between Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation and ACEN, has secured a 30‑year power purchase agreement with Rio Tinto to supply electricity from the upcoming Jinbi Solar Project in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. Construction of the 400‑MW solar...
Winter Can Bring You New Energy: Install a Small Power Station and Interrogate Your Bills
Winter highlights energy inefficiencies across Australian homes, from leaky rentals in the south to inadequate hot‑water systems in the north. The article urges homeowners to install rooftop solar and battery storage, leverage the Small‑scale Renewable Energy Scheme rebate, and shift...
Acciona Hires Citi and Goldman Sachs to Assess OPA of Green Unit
Spanish infrastructure group Acciona has hired Citi and Goldman Sachs to evaluate a possible 100% takeover of its renewable subsidiary Acciona Energía. The advisory engagement underscores the growing M&A interest in green assets as the unit’s share price has surged...
Brookfield Renewables Says Battery Costs Fell 70% in Two Years, Accelerating Storage Rollout
Brookfield Renewables CEO Connor Teskey announced that battery costs have fallen 65‑70% in the past two years, making storage projects far more economical. The drop, combined with Brookfield’s $11 billion acquisition of Neoen and a multi‑gigawatt Microsoft partnership, is spurring both...
Australia’s NEM Adds 4.4 GW of Renewables and Storage in Record Year
The Australian Energy Market Operator said 29 projects totalling 4.4 GW reached full output in the National Electricity Market, a figure double the previous year. The surge includes solar‑plus‑storage sites and grid‑forming batteries, underscoring a rapid shift toward low‑carbon power as...
Mining Giant Signs 30-Year Off-Take Deal to Underpin Indigenous-Led Pilbara Solar and Battery Project
The Yindjibarndi Energy Corporation (YEC) has reached financial close on the Jinbi Solar Project in Western Australia, securing a 30‑year power purchase agreement that will supply 100% of its output to Rio Tinto. The first phase will deliver 75 MW of solar...
Microsoft Mulls Scaling Back Hourly Clean‑Energy Target Amid AI Surge
Microsoft is reportedly reconsidering the hourly clean‑energy matching component of its 100/100/0 pledge as AI‑driven cloud expansion spikes power needs. The software giant remains committed to annual renewable matching but may adjust the stricter hour‑by‑hour requirement.
Gas Projects Overtake Wind in Texas Grid Queue as Data Centers Drive 400% Surge
Natural gas projects now lead Texas' ERCOT interconnection queue with nearly 64,000 MW, overtaking wind's 48,000 MW for the first time in a decade. The surge, a 400% rise since March 2023, reflects booming data‑center construction, low‑interest loans from the Texas Energy...
Honda Is Bringing Mobile Power Pack E: Battery Swap Tech to the US
Honda unveiled its Mobile Power Pack e: (MPP) at the ACT Expo and announced a U.S. rollout for B2B customers as early as June 2026. The swappable‑battery system, already used in Honda’s electric lawn mowers, scooters and Yamaha‑partnered equipment, weighs just over...
Banks Tapped for Solar Financing Push
Thailand's Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) is expanding its rooftop solar buy‑back programme to purchase up to 500 MW of electricity, a five‑fold increase from the previous 90 MW quota. The scheme offers a feed‑in tariff of 2.20 baht per kilowatt‑hour (about $0.06) under...
Nanostructured Vapor Treatment Sets New Fill‑Factor Record for Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells
A team led by Y. Liu, T. Kong and Z. Zhao reported a record‑breaking fill factor for inverted perovskite solar cells, using a liquid‑derived, solvent‑free vapor‑mediated dimensional reconstruction technique. The breakthrough tackles long‑standing efficiency plateaus and stability issues, opening a...
GW Data Centers Overhyped; Telco Towers Offer Viable Compute
Everyone's debating 1+ GW data centers like they're the new normal. How many are there now and how many do we actually need for frontier AI training by 2030? Can inference live at regional hubs? And what if we added compute...
Andy Fairly Debunks Datacenter Myths and Highlights Real Impacts
I love that Andy is exceedlingly fair in his assessments of datacenter issues. He's great at dispelling the many myths about datacenters, and will also call out and acknowledge the cases where they are in fact doing damage.
Using Hawke’s Bay’s Rivers to Unlock the Mysteries of Marine Carbon Storage
Marine biogeochemist Cliff Law of ESNZ is leading a multi‑phase study in Hawke’s Bay to quantify how natural river‑borne alkalinity, phytoplankton blooms, and wood debris sequester carbon in the ocean. The project will use a moored buoy, autonomous surface craft,...
Home Batteries Profit From Negative Electricity Price Spikes
Home batteries earn during negative electricity price spikes #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/V2G1S8b0rl
From Cars to Coastal Shipping, We Can Electrify Almost Everything, According to Electrification Staircase
The newly released Electrification Staircase, created by former Bloomberg NEF founder Michael Liebreich and co‑authors, maps out which sectors can realistically shift to electricity and which remain speculative. It positions cars, trains, EVs and new‑build heating at the top of the...
New Wind-Assisted Ship Delivered to Union Maritime
Union Maritime has taken delivery of the LR2 LNG‑fuelled tanker Monza, now equipped with Bar Technologies' WindWings – a wind‑assisted propulsion system. The retrofit promises significant reductions in fuel consumption and greenhouse‑gas emissions for long‑range shipping routes. Bar Technologies highlighted...
SwitchedOn Podcast: Opening the Front Door to Sustainable Homes
Helen Oakey, CEO of Renew, highlighted Australia’s shift toward retrofitting and electrifying homes ahead of Sustainable House Day. The event showcases real‑world upgrades—insulation, heat pumps, batteries, and all‑electric renovations—demonstrating how older housing can become healthier, more comfortable, and cheaper to...
Pentagon Delays Stall Wind Projects, Urging Fossil Phase‑out
The next administration should learn from this and similar tactic to phase out then eliminate entirely the coal, oil, and gas industries for energy, which are no longer needed and responsible for killing millions every year from air pollution. More Than...
Oil Shock Signals End of Fossil Fuel Era
Head of International Energy Agency: Fossil fuel era won't recover after global oil shock: -Countries increasingly turning to electrification and renewables -Long-held assumptions about the reliability of fossil fuels shattered -Confidence underpinning global oil and gas markets weakened -Fragility of fossil markets exposed -Expanding fossil...
China Names Largest Methanol Dual-Fuel Boxship Expanding Green Shipping
Chinese shipbuilder COSCO Shipping christened OOCL Wisdom, the world’s largest methanol‑dual‑fuel containership at 24,168 TEU and 225,000 dwt. The vessel is the first of a 12‑ship order valued at just under $2.9 billion, slated for delivery through 2028. Equipped with dual‑fuel engines,...
Electrification Can Power Everything From Cars to Shipping
From cars to coastal shipping, we can electrify almost everything, according to Electrification Staircase #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/bzqi1fgtF0 https://t.co/X1qaPdxxnE
China's Clean‑tech Firms Target New Markets Amid Iran War Shock
China's suppliers of batteries, solar panels and electric cars are wooing new markets to capitalize on Iran war energy shocks https://t.co/92ERWN5SX9
Success Stories: Algorithmic Approach
Researchers at Virginia Tech have created advanced mathematical algorithms that simultaneously reduce data‑center power consumption, boost system performance, and strengthen security. By redesigning workload distribution and resource allocation, the technique lowers operating costs while accommodating the expanding demand from AI...
Swiss Balancing Market Opens to Commercial Solar
Swiss balancing energy market now open to C&I solar #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/dRrbX8dPhw
Data Centers Must Push Utilities for Guaranteed Price Cuts
This is the way. Data center builders should work with utilities and regulators to not just be neutral to electricity prices, but to guarantee price reductions for the region. There's substantial regulatory and cost-allocation work for that, tbh. It'd help...
Science Talk: Asia Is Underinvesting in Its Most Cost-Effective Carbon Markets
Asia’s most carbon‑dense ecosystems—Indonesia’s peatlands, Philippine mangroves, and Borneo forests—remain severely under‑financed despite delivering the cheapest climate mitigation. Global nature‑based carbon finance totals roughly $84 billion a year, far short of the $300 billion needed to protect these assets. After a slump...
Indonesia’s EV Push Could Save $300 Bn and Cut 6 Bn Barrels of Oil by 2060
The International Council on Clean Transportation released a working paper showing Indonesia’s move to electric vehicles could reduce cumulative fuel consumption by 5.1‑6.7 bn barrels of oil equivalent and generate $255‑$321 bn in energy‑cost savings by 2060. The analysis links the shift...
Sherritt International Halts Cuban Nickel Production Amid U.S. Sanctions
Sherritt International Corp announced the shutdown of its nickel mining, refining and power‑generation operations in Cuba after U.S. sanctions, sending its Toronto‑listed shares tumbling 42% on the news and leaving Cuba without a key source of hard currency and electricity.
Three Mile Island Reopens as Crane Clean Energy Center to Power AI
Constellation Energy is set to restart the 835‑MW Unit 1 at Three Mile Island, rebranded as the Crane Clean Energy Center, under a 20‑year power purchase agreement with Microsoft. Backed by a $1 billion DOE loan and a $1.6 billion investment, the plant...
Renewable Stocks Surge 71% as Iran Conflict Drives €2.6bn Inflows, Outpacing Fossil Fuels
European renewable‑energy equities have outperformed fossil‑fuel stocks since the Iran war began, with Nordex up 71% and Ørsted up 40%. Investors poured €2.6bn ($2.8bn) into clean‑energy index funds in April, the biggest monthly inflow since 2021, shifting market momentum toward...
Wealthy People Were the First to Buy Electric Vehicles. The Current Boom Risks Entrenching Inequality
Australia’s electric‑vehicle market is accelerating, but early adoption is heavily skewed toward affluent households. Research on New South Wales registrations from 2017‑2021 shows wealth as the strongest predictor, with each income tier roughly doubling EV uptake. About 85% of registrations...