Texas Poised to Become Global Leader in Booming Data Center Market
JLL’s Year-End 2025 North America Data Center Report shows vacancy at a record‑low 1% for the second year, underscoring hyper‑driven demand from AI and hyperscalers. Texas now hosts 6.5 GW of construction and is projected to eclipse Virginia as the world’s largest data‑center market by 2030. The report tracks 39 GW of active capacity, half owned by hyperscalers, with $710 billion of 2026 capex slated to add 35 GW globally. Rent growth accelerated 9% in 2025, reflecting scarce supply and strong pricing momentum.
Hawaii: Three New Electric Transit Trams to Join HNL Shuttle Service
The Hawaii Department of Transportation is adding three MotoEV electric trams to the Wiki Wiki Shuttle at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, beginning 15 February. The new units will run between gates C and G and Terminals 1 and 2 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.,...
Urgent Shift to Solar and Wind Over Gas
Forget climate change for the moment. One of the main reasons for supporting green energy is to reduce our reliance on gas for electricity generation. The Ukraine war has compromised access to Russian gas and this has had a massive...
My Book Is Published in the US Today, and I'm Shortlisted for the Unwin Award
In this episode the host shares three updates: the launch and community feedback on an Energy Comparison Tool, the U.S. publication of their new book "Clearing the Air" with links to purchase, and the excitement of being shortlisted for the...
Guatemala PEG-5 Tender Draws 51 Bidders for 4.7 GW of Capacity
Guatemala’s Generation Expansion Plan 5 (PEG‑5) tender attracted 51 bidders submitting nearly 4.7 GW of capacity, more than three times the 1.4 GW the government sought. About 2 GW of the offers are solar, including hybrid projects with storage, while roughly 700 MW are natural‑gas‑fired...
Finavia Launches 2026–2028 Sustainability Programme to Strengthen Value Creation
Finavia unveiled its 2026‑2028 sustainability programme, expanding its climate, nature, people and governance framework to cut emissions across the entire aviation value chain. Seventeen of its twenty airports have already achieved net‑zero operational emissions, and the new plan intensifies work...
Locally Developed Solar-Battery Project with Four Hours of Storage Joins NSW Planning Pipeline
Mint Renewables, a Melbourne‑based developer, has launched community engagement for its proposed Magpie Hill solar farm and battery in New South Wales. The project envisions a 360 MW solar array on roughly 750 hectares paired with a four‑hour, 1,440 MWh battery energy...
Regressive Mandates Undermine Climate Resilience, Not Protect It
During today’s nonstop rain, California’s “fight” against climate danger has featured mandated solar panels that produce no electricity and mandated paper bags that can’t carry groceries. “Fighting” climate via forced technological regression just makes us more vulnerable to it.
The Evolution of the US Floating Solar Industry
AccuSolar, a Florida firm spun out of the family‑owned AccuDock, is driving a 391‑megawatt floating solar project in Texas, the largest of its kind in the United States. The company’s roots trace back to the nation’s first floatovoltaic installation in...
Google Secures Solar Deal to Power Expanding AI Data Centers
Google has entered two 15‑year power purchase agreements with TotalEnergies to secure roughly 1 gigawatt of solar capacity in Texas. The projects – 805 MW in Wichita and 195 MW at Mustang Creek – will generate about 28 terawatt‑hours of electricity and begin construction...
EV Batteries Gain Up to 20-Year Lifespan Through Grid Reuse
EV batteries are getting a second life as grid-scale energy storage that can create upwards additional 8 years of useful life. EV batteries are also being used to pair with previously solar-only projects. This second life is in addition to findings...
Affordability Drives Surge in Used Electric Car Sales
Appetite for new electric cars may be waning in the US. But demand for used ones is rising. “The buzz word for the year is ‘affordability’ for a really good reason,” said one analyst. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-14/booming-used-ev-sales-reveal-what-car-buyers-want
Using AI to Slash 5G Emissions and Hit ESG Goals
A new study by the University of Surrey and Tsinghua University shows AI‑driven sleep modes, intelligent hardware, and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces can dramatically reduce 5G network emissions. The research demonstrates that granular sleep states and “cluster zooming” in cell‑free massive...
Canada's Energy Crisis: Geothermal, Crypto, and Climate Lag
Last Week, This Morning with MC Breadner and Markham Hislop 1 Crypto-currency Meltdown 2 Geothermal is the Future of Electricity 3 Electrification Necessary for CDN Mining to Compete Against China 4 Canada Reaches Only 50% of Climate Target by 2030 https://youtu.be/WIdAWM6plT0
Test Your Myths: Wind Power Misconceptions Quiz
Can you spot these misconceptions around wind power? Take our quiz @washingtonpost https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2026/wind-power-renewables-us-energy-mix-quiz/ by Keith Moore
Slippery Ions Create a Smoother Path to Blue Energy
Researchers at EPFL have coated silicon‑nitride nanopores with lipid‑bilayer lubricants, creating a thin hydration layer that dramatically reduces ion friction. This "hydration lubrication" enables ions to slip through the nanofluidic channels at unprecedented speeds while preserving selectivity. In tests mimicking...
EU Mandates 25% Low‑carbon Steel in Public Contracts
EU's climate policymaking continues. "Governments will be required to ensure that 25% of steel used under public procurement and subsidy programs is low-carbon. The bloc will apply similar rules for aluminum and cement." https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-16/eu-will-pitch-green-steel-as-key-pillar-of-industrial-revival
Offset‑Dependent Clean‑Cooking Firm Fails, Warns Developing Nations
Clean cooking is a key climate solution. A company that raised $300 million and was reliant on carbon offset sales for its business model to work has gone bust. Lots of lessons for developing countries and offset sellers. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-16/clean-cooking-company-s-collapse-touches-world-bank-and-beyond
Mauna Kea Beach Hotel Transformation Includes Solar Panels, Ulu Garden
The Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Hawaii’s first resort, has completed a $180 million multi‑phased renovation, the most extensive in its 60‑year history. The overhaul adds 252 redesigned rooms, a new wellness retreat, upgraded dining venues, and a 28,000‑square‑foot Ulu Garden. Photovoltaic...
Octopus Energy Pours $1bn to US Clean Tech Market
Octopus Energy is committing just under $1 billion to California’s clean‑tech sector through its Octopus Energy Generation arm. The capital will fund two carbon‑removal firms focused on grassland restoration and reforestation, and acquire a solar‑plus‑battery project slated to operate by July...
AM Group Challenges Tech Giants with $25 Billion Green AI Platform
AM Group, the green‑energy conglomerate behind AM Green, announced a $25 billion investment to build a 1‑gigawatt high‑performance compute hub powered entirely by renewable energy. The first two phases – 150 MW and 200 MW – will be sited in Uttar Pradesh, with 350 MW...
AI Data Centers Demand Solar‑Wind Power, Not Coal
Morgan Stanley predicts a 100GW power surge in Asia from AI & data centers, by 2030 - with electricity use from data centers expected to quadruple between now and 2030, a 23% annual growth rate If governments try to feed this...
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,...
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...
Zambia Launches Africa’s First Distributed Renewable Energy Initiative
In #Zambia, @SEforALLorg in partnership with @RockefellerFdn, @EnergyAlliance and🇿🇲 are implementing a first-of-its-kind initiative in #Africa to boost productive energy access, driving electrification through distributed #renewableenergy investments. 🔗https://t.co/J4ZNT0mD8X https://t.co/jlCFsPaQAp
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...