Spain’s MERLIN Sees Compelling Growth Prospects in Europe’s Data Center Sector
MERLIN Properties, Spain’s leading REIT, has shifted from post‑crisis opportunistic acquisitions to a growth strategy focused on digital infrastructure, especially data centers. Data centers currently generate about 10% of revenue but are projected to account for roughly 65% within five years. The firm uses cash flow from its traditional office, logistics and retail assets to fund this transition while maintaining disciplined capital allocation and strong ESG performance. MERLIN positions itself as a premier Iberian data‑center hub, attracting U.S. investors seeking familiar assets in a high‑growth European market.
Gas Power Leapfrogs Wind for First Time in 10 Years in Texas’ Grid Connection Queue
For the first time since 2016, gas‑powered projects have eclipsed wind in Texas’ ERCOT interconnection queue, driven by a surge of data‑center construction. Gas capacity requests jumped 400% to nearly 64,000 MW over the past year, while wind grew only 87%...
Plant-Based Mining Recovers Rare Earth Elements Sustainably
Researchers have demonstrated that hyperaccumulator plants such as Dicranopteris linearis and Phytolacca americana can extract rare‑earth elements (REEs) from soils and mine tailings, achieving recovery efficiencies near 89%. The biomass is processed via hydrometallurgical methods to produce high‑purity rare‑earth oxides,...
3 Alternative Energy Stocks Poised to Benefit From Wind and EV Growth
Wind power and electric‑vehicle adoption are accelerating, buoyed by supportive policies and falling battery costs, while rising material prices and expiring tax credits are pressuring project economics. The alternative‑energy sector is projected to attract over $3.8 trillion in investment through 2030,...
VIDEO: First Look at Molslinjen’s 1,500 Passenger Battery-Electric Ferries
Incat Tasmania, Wärtsilä and Denmark’s Molslinjen unveiled a video of three 129‑meter battery‑electric ferries under construction in Hobart. Each vessel will accommodate up to 1,500 passengers and reach speeds of 40 knots, making them the largest electric ferries slated for Europe....
Clearway Energy Completes 320-MW Storage Project Complementing Existing Solar Arrays
Clearway Energy has commissioned the 320‑MW Honeycomb Energy Center in Utah, consisting of four 80‑MW battery storage units that provide 1,280 MWh of reserve capacity. The storage systems are paired with Clearway’s adjacent solar farms and are covered by 20‑year power...
Anthropic's Claude Runs on Polluting xAI Data Center
We really tried to warn you about Anthropic and Claude. All the absurd public displays of Claude subscriptions during the quitGPT thing were a bad sign no one seems to actually understand the fundamental problem here. Well, congrats folks. Now, Anthropic...
Duke Energy Locks In 2.7 GW of Data‑Center Power Contracts in Q1 2026
Duke Energy announced that it signed 2.7 GW of new energy service agreements with data‑center operators in the first quarter of 2026, bringing its total contracted data‑center load to 7.6 GW. The contracts underpin a broader 7.8 GW pipeline and support the utility’s...
Ontario Advances Bruce C Nuclear Project with $300M Pre-Development Agreement
Ontario’s government directed the Independent Electricity System Operator to sign a $300 million cost‑sharing agreement with Bruce Power, unlocking funds for pre‑construction work on the proposed Bruce C nuclear expansion. The project, if approved, could add up to 4,800 MW of capacity at...
UK Wind and Solar Outpace Fossil Fuels for 15 Months
Wind and solar have now beaten fossil fuels in Great Britain for a record 15 months in a row Just a decade ago, fossil fuels were generating four times more than wind + solar Now that's flipped: Since the Iran war, wind...
More Turbulence for Washington State’s Giant Wind Farm
The Horse Heaven wind farm in Washington faces renewed FAA scrutiny after Scout Clean Energy filed fresh airspace determinations, while the project’s tower count has been cut and heights increased amid ongoing litigation. In Utah, the Box Elder County commission...
Bernreuter: Daqo Sales Slump Reveals ‘Irrational’ Polysilicon Market Dynamics
Chinese polysilicon giant Daqo New Energy reported an 88.3% plunge in Q1 2026 sales even as output ticked up to 43,402 metric tons, up from 42,181 MT a quarter earlier. The stark mismatch, highlighted by Bernreuter Research head Johannes Bernreuter, signals a market where...
What the ‘Eco Right’ Wants From Permitting Reform
Nick Loris of C3 Solutions argues that the emerging "eco‑right" sees the data‑center boom as a catalyst for sweeping permitting reforms. He advocates tech‑neutral, consumer‑first policies that streamline federal statutes such as NEPA, the Clean Water Act and the Endangered...
Brazil's Ascenty Launches Operations at Its SPO05 Data Center in São Paulo
Brazilian data‑center operator Ascenty has started operations at its new SPO05 facility in Greater São Paulo, a project funded with a 300 million‑real ($55 million) investment. The launch coincides with the commencement of construction on SPO06, slated for a May 2027 opening, together adding...
General Motors Sourcing 100% Renewable Energy for US Operations
General Motors has become the first U.S. automaker to power all its domestic sites with 100 % renewable electricity, a goal it reached in 2025 and announced ahead of Earth Day 2026. The company’s renewable procurement, including wind and solar PPAs,...
CertainTeed Launches Roof- and Ground-Mount Systems for Its Own Solar Panels
CertainTeed, a century‑old roofing and building‑materials firm, has entered the solar‑mounting market with two new products: the Solstice Mounting System for pitched roofs and the Solstice Ground Mount for off‑roof installations. The roof‑mount system features lightweight, high‑strength rails, universal clamps...
365 Data Centers and Carter Funds to Develop 200MW of Data Centers in the US
365 Data Centers and Aphorio Carter, the data‑center division of Carter Funds, announced a joint venture to develop 200 MW of high‑density data‑center capacity in the United States. The initial phase targets sites in Aurora, Colorado and Simpsonville, Kentucky, with expected...
AI's Energy Demand Sparks New Supply Chain
AI needs energy. From uranium to grid equipment, the power stack behind AI is becoming its own supply chain. Data centers need GPUs. GPUs need racks. Racks need power. Power needs grid access, firm generation, storage, cooling, and fuel. Hyperscalers are no...
Georgia Data Centers Falsely Claim Renewables, Fueling Shortages
🚨 Scam alert 🚨 Georgia's new "Customer Identified Resources" program lets data centers claim solar and wind farms as "their" electricity sources, while still totally relying on Georgia's overwhelmingly gas-, nuclear-, and coal-powered grid. This is exactly the kind of practice that...
Hawaii Legislators Voting on Bill Threatening State’s Solar Market
The Hawaii Senate is reviewing SB 3125, a tax‑relief bill aimed at easing the burden on low‑ and middle‑income households while reshaping several state tax‑credit programs. Central to the debate is the Renewable Energy Technologies Income Tax Credit (RETITC), which...
Championing Data Centers, Nuclear Power, and Industrial Growth
I’m pro data center Pro nuclear power Pro factories Pro building and advancing, not regressing
Texas Solar Costs 1/8 of California’s Electricity Price
texas is passing california on solar. and LCOE for new utility-scale solar in Texas is ~$0.04 per kwh. in CA we pay $0.30+ per kwh...
Greenvolt Next Delivers 2.2MWp Solar Farm at Astellas Dublin, Powering Their Sustainability Journey
Greenvolt Next has completed a 2.2 MWp ground‑mounted solar farm at Astellas' Damastown campus in Dublin, delivering the project in just four months. The installation comprises 3,192 panels and five inverters, supplying roughly 27% of the site’s electricity and cutting Scope 2...
Residential Solar Slump Deepens After Tax Credit Repeal
The US residential solar industry knew this year would be tough after President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill ended a lucrative homeowner tax break for buying panels. So far, it’s looking even worse than feared https://t.co/w6pThu1Ydu
Maryland Homeowners Face $1.6 B Data‑center Electricity Surcharge
Maryland homeowners will pay an extra $1.6 billion on their electric bills over the next decade to subsidize grid costs to feed data centers, according to a state agency https://t.co/IKWmGXLtMG
University Research: Rear-Hanging Cable Shading Doesn’t Affect Bifacial Solar Project Output
Arizona State University’s new white paper shows that rear‑hanging cable bundles on bifacial solar farms cause a negligible performance hit—no more than 0.6% reduction in maximum power—compared with the 3%‑30% losses typically seen from mounting structures. The study, conducted with...
RNG: Rural Prosperity, Em
RNG is one of those rare win-win-wins — rural income, emissions reduction, energy security — and yet it still makes some environmentalists nervous. The political complexity is real, but so is the opportunity. https://t.co/od6g2nplAL
Spain's Power Grid Turns Renewable Majority by 2026
🇪🇸 Spain's electricity in 2000: 56% fossil, 2% solar & wind. By 2026: 44% solar & wind, just 17% fossil. The crossover came in 2023. Gas now sets the price only 15% of the time vs 89% in Italy. More in my...
NRG Close to Completing 415-MW Gas Plant Backed by Texas Energy Fund
NRG Energy is set to finish a 415‑MW simple‑cycle gas unit at its TH Wharton plant in Houston this month, the latest step in a trio of Texas Energy Fund‑backed projects that together add 1.5 GW of capacity. The state‑backed fund...
Trump Is Getting Away With Murdering an American Industry
The Trump administration is effectively halting new U.S. wind projects by using the Department of Defense to refuse the Federal Aviation Administration’s clearance, creating a de‑facto ban. The American Clean Power Association reports 165 wind farms—about 30 GW of capacity—are now...
735 Electric Buses Coming To Dubai Soon
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority will receive 735 electric buses in 2026, expanding its electric fleet to roughly 775 vehicles. The existing 40‑bus pilot has already avoided 59,263 tons of CO₂ in 2025 and achieved a 95% satisfaction rate among drivers...
Brokk Introduces Battery-Powered EL500 Mini Loader to North American Market
Brokk has launched the battery‑powered EL500 mini loader in North America, expanding its emission‑free construction equipment portfolio. The compact loader lifts up to 1,110 pounds and runs a full shift on a single 9.6 kWh AGM battery, offering lower operating and...
Low-Carbon Technologies, Industrial Policy and Overcapacity in China
The analysis tracks China’s evolution into the world’s dominant supplier of low‑carbon technologies (LCTs) over the past two decades, highlighting how state‑driven industrial policy has propelled massive growth in solar panels, wind turbines and battery cells. While subsidies have secured...
Competitive Markets Are Best for Virtual Power Plants, Consumers
Virtual power plants (VPPs) thrive when third‑party providers compete, delivering lower costs and grid resilience. Successful VPPs in Puerto Rico and California have scaled to hundreds of megawatts, showing tangible reliability benefits. A Brattle Group analysis estimates nationwide VPP deployment...
PepsiCo to Deploy Green Hydrogen-Based Fertilizer to Decarbonize European Food Supply Chain
PepsiCo and Spanish chemicals firm Fertiberia have signed a multi‑year deal to supply up to 150,000 tons of green‑hydrogen‑based fertilizer each year for PepsiCo’s European farms. The partnership will initially cover about 400,000 acres in France, Romania, Serbia, Greece, Turkey and...
Hino Trucks Introduces New Le Series Battery Electric Vehicle
Hino Trucks unveiled its Le Series battery‑electric vehicle at the ACT Expo 2026 in Las Vegas, with production slated for the third quarter of 2026. The line will be offered in two gross vehicle weight ratings—25,950 lb (L6e) and 33,000 lb (L7e)—and features...
Data Centers Aren’t the Enemy — They’re the Future
Data centers, now numbering about 4,000 in the United States with another 3,000 slated, are fueling the digital economy and AI expansion. In 2023 they contributed roughly $727 billion to U.S. GDP, while global capex on such facilities topped $450 billion in...
Thistle Submits Bowdun Offshore Application
Thistle Wind Partners has lodged the offshore consent application for its 1 GW Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm with Scotland’s Marine Directorate. The project is designed to generate enough electricity to power over 1.2 million homes and will create more than 700 construction...
SEG Solar to Open Second Solar Panel Factory in Texas
SEG Solar is investing $200 million to build a 4‑GW solar module assembly plant in Houston, joining its existing 2‑GW facility and raising U.S. capacity to 6 GW. The 500,000‑square‑foot factory will start production in Q3 2026 and create about 800 jobs. The...
Equinix Unveils 2025 Sustainability Report Covering 280 Data Centres
Equinix released its 2025 Sustainability Report, outlining how its Future First strategy will drive renewable energy procurement, water‑saving designs and emissions cuts across more than 280 data centres in 33 countries. The firm now sources 96% of retail IBX power...
Future-Proofing Your Projects with Solar Technology
Solar technology is being positioned as a core component of future‑proofing construction projects, from small garden offices to large commercial sites. By generating renewable electricity on‑site, solar kits can slash long‑term energy bills and reduce dependence on the grid. Pairing...
Wind Giants Vestas and Ørsted Beat Forecasts as Iran War Fuels Clean‑Tech Surge
Danish turbine maker Vestas and utility Ørsted posted first‑quarter profit beats, attributing the upside to a surge in offshore wind orders sparked by the Iran war. The earnings surprise underscores how geopolitical risk is reshaping Europe’s clean‑energy roadmap.
Rolls-Royce Presents Hybrid Drive System for Mining Trucks at The Electric Mine 2026
Rolls‑Royce Power Systems unveiled a hybrid drive for open‑pit haul trucks, pairing its mtu Series 4000 diesel engine with an electric drivetrain and regenerative‑braking battery. Field testing begins in autumn 2026 at a mining site, with the system promising up to 30%...
Germany Opens €5bn Subsidy Scheme to Help Industry Electrify
Germany has launched the second round of its Carbon Contracts for Difference (CCfD) scheme, allocating €5 bn ($5.9 bn) to subsidise industrial electrification, hydrogen use and carbon capture. The programme pays the gap between EU ETS carbon prices and a pre‑set strike...
Nordex Celebrates 10 Years of Integration with Acciona Windpower - Europe’s Wind Industry Calls for Stronger Protection of Strategic Technologies
Nordex marked the ten‑year anniversary of its Acciona Windpower integration, showcasing its growth to over 64 GW of installed capacity in more than 40 markets and FY 2025 revenue of €7.6 bn (about $8.3 bn). Executives and European policymakers, including former Vice‑Chancellor Robert Habeck, used the...
Core Scientific’s Muskogee Bet: Can Crypto-Era Infrastructure Fuel AI?
Core Scientific is expanding its Muskogee, Oklahoma campus to roughly 1.5 GW of gross power capacity, with the goal of delivering about 1 GW of leasable power for AI workloads. To accelerate the build, the firm will acquire Polaris DS LLC, securing 440 MW...
Sime Darby-Terberg JV Secures RM200mil Pre-Orders for New EV Tractor
Terberg Tractors Malaysia, a joint venture between Sime Darby Industrial and Royal Terberg Group, has secured more than 250 pre‑orders worth RM200 million (about $44 million) for its new YT201EV electric terminal tractor ahead of launch. The orders span domestic customers and...
Rezolv Energy Launches 225MW Solar Project in Bulgaria
Rezolv Energy has commissioned the 225 MW St. George solar park in Silistra, Bulgaria, marking its first large‑scale operational project. Built on the former Silistra airport, the 165‑hectare brownfield site hosts nearly 400,000 panels and a 90 MW/240 MWh battery storage system funded partly...
Bright Power Launches AI-Powered Energy Compliance and Carbon Forecasting Platform for Commercial Real Estate
Bright Power announced Bright Power AI, an AI‑driven platform that combines two new software tools—Predict and Navigate—to help multifamily real‑estate owners forecast carbon compliance, plan retrofits, and automate energy‑benchmarking reporting. Predict delivers emissions baselines, scenario modeling, and fine projections, while...
NANO Nuclear to Hold Second Quarter Business Update Webcast on May 14, 2026
NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:NNE) announced a second‑quarter fiscal 2026 business‑update webcast for Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. ET, coinciding with its upcoming Form 10‑Q filing covering the quarter ended March 31, 2026. The company highlighted progress on its KRONOS MMR™ high‑temperature...