Meta Teams with Overview and Noon Energy on Space‑Based Solar to Power AI Data Centers
Meta announced partnerships with Overview Energy and Noon Energy to build space‑based solar systems that could beam power to its AI‑intensive data centers. Demonstrations are scheduled for 2028, positioning the effort as a long‑term capacity solution rather than an immediate fix for rising electricity needs.
UK-US Consortium Targets First Nuclear Fusion Power Plant by Mid-2030s
A UK‑US consortium comprising Bill Gates‑backed Type One Energy, UK‑based Tokamak Energy, and infrastructure firm AECOM announced plans to build the United Kingdom’s first commercial nuclear‑fusion power plant. The partnership targets a mid‑2030s operational date, aiming to deliver a net‑zero...
UK Government Funds Battery Recycling Consortium
The UK government, via Innovate UK’s Battery Innovation Programme, has awarded funding to ReCam, a consortium of Recyclus, the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre, Watercycle Technologies and Polaron. The group will develop advanced lithium‑ion battery recycling processes that turn end‑of‑life cells into...
Sinovoltaics Launches Free Tool for Project-Specific PV Module Test Scopes
Sinovoltaics unveiled PV Lab Test Advisor, a free web‑based platform that generates customized reliability‑testing scopes for utility‑scale solar projects. Users input site climate, technology and risk parameters, and the tool outputs a PDF‑ready testing plan. The service aims to replace...
Forestalia Advances Tosos Wind Plans
Forestalia announced it will build 13 wind turbines in Tosos, Zaragoza, delivering 77.9 MW of capacity. The turbines are part of four projects—Henar II, Henar III, Canteras IV and Canteras V—representing 43.6% of the 178.6 MW planned for the Campo de Cariñena region. The development involves...
PV Module Recycling Technologies ‘Progressing’, Says IEA-PVPS
The International Energy Agency’s Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme released its latest Task 12 report, showing measurable progress in PV module recycling. Commercial recyclers like Solarcycle and SPR now recover up to 98% of silicon and over 90% of silver and copper,...
Green Flexibility, Suncatcher, SWB and ArcelorMittal Progress Large-Scale BESS Projects in Germany Totalling 324MWh
Germany’s utility‑scale battery market received four major announcements in early May, adding 324 MWh of capacity. Green Flexibility inaugurated a 40 MW/80 MWh BESS in Bavaria, while SWB and Be.storaged plan an 85 MW/170 MWh system at a Bremen port for 2028. ArcelorMittal hired EDF...
Lagarde Calls for Europe to Slash Energy Imports as Prices Surge
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde told a climate conference in Frankfurt that the continent’s 60% reliance on imported fossil fuels is “clearly unsustainable” after a sharp price surge linked to the Iran war. Her remarks have ignited a fresh...
Green Diesel Optimism Reigns in Chicago Amid Turnaround Buzz
The biomass‑based diesel sector is shedding its 2025 gloom as recent U.S. policy shifts spark optimism. The Trump administration has lifted biofuel‑blending volumes and introduced the 45Z tax credit, which rewards low‑carbon feedstocks. Concurrently, European biodiesel has traded below petroleum...
Record Turbine Blades Arrive at Mill Rig
OnPath Energy received the UK's longest on‑shore wind turbine blades—80 metres each—for the 33 MW Mill Rig project in South Lanarkshire. The blades will equip six Nordex N163/5.X turbines, giving tip heights of 199.5 metres and a 50 % larger swept area than previous UK...
Renewables Are Gaining on Fossil Fuels, IRENA Report Finds
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) reports that renewable power is closing the cost gap with fossil fuels as oil supplies tighten. Declining wind and solar prices, combined with cheaper battery storage, allow renewables to deliver steady electricity at lower...
Clean Hydrogen Created From Plastic Waste Using Battery Acid From Old Cars and Solar Power
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have unveiled a one‑pot method that converts PET plastic waste into valuable chemicals and clean hydrogen using solar energy and sulfuric acid extracted from discarded car batteries. The process first hydrolyzes PET into glycol...
€87 Million Luau Photovoltaic Park Project Commissioned as Africa’s Largest Off-Grid Solar Park
Angola commissioned the Luau Photovoltaic Park, a €87 million (≈$94 million) off‑grid solar‑plus‑storage project delivering 31.85 MWp of capacity and 75.26 MWh of battery storage. The hybrid plant supplies electricity to more than 90,000 remote residents, avoids about 47 tonnes of CO₂ and saves roughly...
Orsted Hits Delays on Hornsea 3, Riffgrund 3
Ørsted said its Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm (2,852 MW) in the UK and Borkum Riffgrund 3 (913 MW) off Germany will miss original commercial‑operation dates due to grid‑connection delays. Hornsea 3’s COD moves from H2 2027 to Q4 2027/Q1 2028, while Riffgrund 3 shifts from May to August‑September 2026. The...
Why John Arnold Is ‘Very Optimistic’ Permitting Reform Will Pass This Year
John Arnold, former natural‑gas trader turned clean‑energy investor, says permitting reform could pass in the lame‑duck session after the November election. He stresses that legislative language must be drafted within the next 45 days to survive the summer congressional lull....
New Battery Design for Longer-Range EVs
University of Surrey researchers unveiled a silicon‑coated carbon‑nanotube (VISiCNT) anode that can be produced via roll‑to‑roll manufacturing in just seven minutes. The design delivers up to 3.5 Ah kg⁻¹ (≈3500 mAh g⁻¹) reversible capacity, far surpassing the 370 mAh g⁻¹ of conventional graphite anodes, while maintaining...
Octopus Invests €584m in European Wind
Octopus Energy Generation is committing roughly $637 million to buy 321 MW of on‑shore wind capacity across 17 sites in France, Germany and Poland. The acquisition, made through the Sky fund, adds 143.5 MW in France, 102.5 MW in Germany and 75 MW in Poland,...
Turbine Prices 'Surge as Supply Tightens'
Europe’s offshore wind market is confronting a structural supply crunch as turbine prices have jumped 40‑45% since 2020. The surge stems from a shrinking manufacturer pool, with GE Vernova pausing new orders and Siemens Gamesa and Vestas supplying almost all available...
Kraken to Optimise Pure Energie Portfolio
Dutch clean‑energy firm Pure Energie has chosen Kraken to manage and optimise its consumer, wind, solar and battery assets across the Netherlands. Kraken will deliver an integrated energy‑management system covering retail balancing, day‑ahead curtailment, intraday trading, imbalance optimisation and ancillary market...
Vestas CFO Doesn't Expect Offshore Wind to Be Profitable This Year
Vestas CFO Jakob Wegge‑Larsen told Recharge that the company’s offshore wind segment will not achieve profitability in 2024. The shortfall stems from elevated manufacturing costs as the firm ramps up turbine production. Despite robust market demand, cost pressures and lingering...
Angola Switches on Africa’s Largest Off-Grid Solar-Plus-Storage Park
Portuguese renewable firm MCA has commissioned the Luau photovoltaic park in eastern Angola, a 31.85 MW solar facility paired with 75.26 MWh of battery storage. The off‑grid system can power more than 90,000 residents and eliminates the need for fossil‑fuel generators. Valued...
Low-Carbon Sources Met All of 2025’s Electricity Demand Growth - OWID
In 2025 global electricity generation rose by roughly 850 TWh, and low‑carbon sources—primarily solar and wind—accounted for almost all of that increase. While natural‑gas output edged higher, the gains were more than offset by declines in coal and oil generation, marking...
15 Years of Baltic 1: Germany’s First Offshore Wind Farm as a Pioneer for Offshore Expansion
Baltic 1, Germany’s first commercial offshore wind farm, began delivering power in 2011 with a 48.3 MW capacity spread across 21 turbines. Over fifteen years the site has maintained high availability, supplying roughly 50,000 households and serving as a technical reference for...
US-Based Iron Mountain Partners with CleanMax to Power India Data Centres with Renewable Energy
Iron Mountain has signed a long‑term agreement with CleanMax Enviro Energy Solutions to supply renewable power to its Indian data‑centre portfolio. The hybrid solar‑and‑wind project will generate roughly 32 million kWh of clean electricity each year for facilities in Mumbai, Pune and...
The State of Alternative Propulsion Aircraft? Part 10.
Hydrogen can power aircraft either via fuel‑cell electric systems or by direct combustion in a gas turbine. The article examines the latter, highlighting that burning hydrogen retains the turbine’s high power‑to‑mass ratio while using a lighter fuel than conventional jet...
Fraunhofer ISE Opens Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Scale-Up Lab
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE has inaugurated the Pero‑Si‑SCALE laboratory in Freiburg to scale perovskite‑silicon tandem solar cells to 210 mm × 210 mm wafers using industry‑standard processes. The lab builds on a hybrid vacuum‑wet deposition route that has already surpassed 33%...
Oswal Pumps Bags ₹162 Crore Solar Pump Order From Maharashtra Utility
Oswal Pumps Limited secured a ₹162.06 crore (~$19.5 million) order from Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) to supply and install 6,896 off‑grid DC solar photovoltaic water‑pumping systems. The contract, part of the central PM Kusum B “Magel Tyala Saur Krishi Pump” scheme, covers design, manufacture, transport,...
How to Retrofit Commercial PV Panels Into Photovoltaic-Thermal Modules
Brazilian researchers at the Federal University of Paraná experimentally retrofitted a standard 60 W polycrystalline PV panel with four rear‑mounted thermosyphons to create a photovoltaic‑thermal (PVT) module. Under real outdoor conditions the hybrid system reached total energy efficiencies of 45.7% on...
Aurora Trains Service Leavers for Wind
Scotland’s Aurora Energy Services has introduced a seven‑week Military‑to‑Wind training programme aimed at converting armed‑forces leavers with Level 3 engineering backgrounds into job‑ready wind‑energy technicians. The pilot, delivered at Aurora’s Renewable Energy Training Centre in Inverness, is jointly funded by the...
Wind Energy Producer EDPR's Recurring Profit Rises 9%, Beats Expectations
EDP Renewables posted a 9% rise in first‑quarter recurring net profit to €71 million (about $83 million), beating LSEG forecasts of €52.5 million. Revenue, excluding FX, held steady at €591 million ($692 million) while power generation climbed 3% to 11,300 GWh, with North America delivering 59%...
Thunderstorm Damages Rooftop Plants, Raises Solar Panel Quality Concerns
A severe thunderstorm in Rajasthan damaged roughly 200 rooftop solar installations, exposing cracked panels, broken frames and displaced modules. Industry insiders say most of these systems are uninsured, leaving owners to absorb losses that can run into thousands of dollars....
Solar Power Drives Historic 600 TWh Surge in 2025
In 2025, Solar generation jumped 600 TWh, the biggest single-year leap for ANY source in history, to meet 25% of all new energy demand: Check out how the light-green bar for Solar exploded from ~0 in 2010 to 75% of...
Electric Cooking Remains Niche in Low‑Income Africa, Asia
Electric cooking is still niche across many low- & middle-income countries in #Africa & #Asia. This new @SEforALLorg & @UKMECS report maps #ecooking technologies to help policymakers & practitioners make informed decisions in the context of these regions. https://t.co/1aYpy183Rd
India’s Grid Bottleneck Forces ReNew to Scale Back Power Generation, Limit Losses
ReNew Energy Global Plc is being forced to curtail up to 15% of its solar output on peak days as India’s transmission network struggles to absorb excess daytime generation. The bottleneck follows earlier incidents where nearly 40% of solar power...
China’s Wind Surge Outpaces Global Capacity, Proves Prescient
NYT: "Last year, China installed three times as much wind power capacity as the rest of the world combined, even as its turbine exports jumped. The war has made China’s investments in wind look prescient." https://t.co/9AvdVUmIDM
India's Cows Offer Biogas Alternative to Mideast Energy Crunch
India’s reliance on imported liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has been strained by supply disruptions linked to the Iran war, leading to long queues for cylinders in rural Uttar Pradesh. Villagers such as Gauri Devi are turning to biogas plants that...
European Heat Pump Sales Surge Amid Rising Fossil Fuel Costs
🚀 Heat pump sales are surging across Europe and high fossil fuel prices appear to be a key driver. Q1 2026 data from the European Heat Pump Association shows: 🇩🇪 Germany: +34% 🇫🇷 France: +21% (300,000+ units in just one quarter 🇫🇮 Finland:...
SPML Infra Bags ₹1,128 Crore BESS Project From NTPC
SPML Infra Ltd won a ₹1,128 crore (≈ $136 million) contract from NTPC to build a 1 GWh battery energy storage system at the Barauni Thermal Power Station in Bihar. The 250 MW/1,000 MWh project, featuring 5 MWh DC containers, will be delivered over 18 months with a...
Pacific PET Enters Australia’s Recycling Supply Chain
Coca‑Cola Europacific Partners Australia (CCEP) has teamed with Circular Plastics Australia to launch a regional circularity program that creates a bottle‑to‑bottle supply chain for PET collected from Pacific Island nations. In its first year the initiative will recover about 2,000 tonnes...
Vestas Reaches Highest Q1 Profitability Since 2018
Vestas reported its strongest first‑quarter profitability since 2018, with revenue climbing 14% to €4 bn ($4.7 bn). EBITDA rose to €400 m ($472 m) and net profit surged to €70 m ($83 m), up from €5 m a year earlier. The company’s order intake jumped 44% to...
Lithium Demand to Surge Sixfold by 2040, but Zimbabwe’s Role Limited by Refining Constraints
The OECD projects global lithium demand will rise almost sixfold by 2040, driven by electric‑vehicle sales and grid‑scale battery storage. Zimbabwe, Africa’s top lithium producer, currently accounts for about 9% of world output but is expected to fall to 6%...
Beyond Electrification: India’s EV Push Hinges on Power Storage, Critical Minerals, and Grid Readiness
At the Maharashtra Business Summit 2026, Indian policymakers and industry leaders warned that the country’s electric‑vehicle ambition hinges on three pillars: secure critical minerals, large‑scale energy storage, and a grid capable of handling renewable intermittency. The government unveiled a ₹34,000 crore...
Asean’s Next Generation of Biofuels Needs Resilience Beyond Blending
ASEAN is scaling first‑generation biodiesel and bioethanol to cut diesel and gasoline imports, with Indonesia targeting 14.2 bn L of biodiesel and Thailand using over 1 bn L each of ethanol and biodiesel in 2025. While these blends improve energy security, rising oil‑linked input...
Queanbeyan BESS Undergoing Return to Service Journey After Long Unplanned Outage
The Queanbeyan battery energy storage system (BESS) near Canberra has begun its return‑to‑service process after a prolonged unplanned outage. A snapshot from the Bids & Offers platform at 15:00 NEM time on 6 May 2026 shows the unit back online, albeit with some operational...
Georgia Power Begins Construction of Battery Storage System
Georgia Power broke ground on a 260 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) in Jefferson County, adjacent to the existing Wadley solar farm. The four‑hour, company‑owned BESS will be built by Burns & McDonnell and is slated for completion in 2027. Approved...
Homeowners Face Strict Steps to Secure £500 EV Charger Grant Before 2027 Deadline
The UK government’s home‑charging scheme now provides up to £500 (≈ $635) per installation, but only for households where fitting a charger is technically challenging. Eligibility is restricted to properties without a private driveway or garage, and applicants must secure approval...
How Rooftop Solar and Home Batteries Became “Kryptonite” To Big Coal and the Fossil Fuel Industry
John Grimes, long‑time CEO of the Smart Energy Council, described rooftop solar and home batteries as the "kryptonite" of Australia’s fossil‑fuel lobby, pointing to the 2014 SRES scheme’s survival and the 2026 Cheaper Home Batteries program that has installed more...
NGOs & Transport Businesses Call for Maintaining Remote Sensing Provisions in the Roadworthiness Package
The European Commission’s 2025 Roadworthiness Package introduced binding requirements for EU Member States to deploy remote‑sensing systems that screen vehicle emissions and noise. A coalition of NGOs and transport groups warns that recent European Parliament amendments seek to strip away...
Rebate Frenzy Drives Record Home Battery Sales, Solar Doubles
Rebate “frenzy” shatters records for home batteries – and doubles year-on-year rooftop solar growth #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/BqyqVsp0nt https://t.co/vLAjK6zWZG
Kongsberg Maritime to Supply Integrated Technology Package for Svitzer
Kongsberg Maritime has won a contract from Cochin Shipyard to supply a fully integrated equipment and technology package for Svitzer’s next‑generation full‑electric transverse tugs. The deal covers four vessels, with options for four more, and includes DC/AC switchboards, permanent‑magnet propulsion...