IMO Chief Says China Leads Green Shipping Push as Fuel Costs Surge
IMO Secretary‑General Arsenio Dominguez said China’s advances in port electrification and clean‑tech exports are propelling the global maritime sector toward decarbonisation. The comment comes as marine fuel prices remain high and shadow‑fleet activity in the Strait of Hormuz underscores geopolitical risk for shipping.
NextEra Energy Seeks $100 Million Exemption for Maine's Largest Oil Plant
NextEra Energy, owner of Wyman Station, has asked the Maine Department of Environmental Protection for a clean‑air exemption, arguing that installing $100 million scrubbers is uneconomical for a plant that operates less than two weeks annually. Regulators, community members and environmental...
AMPIN Energy Transition Appoints Ritesh Singhi as COO to Drive Utility-Scale Growth
AMPIN Energy Transition announced the appointment of Ritesh Singhi as chief operating officer. The veteran executive will lead the company’s utility‑scale business, leveraging more than two decades of renewable‑energy experience to accelerate project execution and strategic growth.
$3.2 Million Awarded For Tribal Solar Projects
Tribal Energy Alternatives, a tribal‑led affiliate of GRID Alternatives, awarded $3.2 million in grants to 14 Tribal Nations and related organizations. The funding will enable the installation of approximately 1,496 kW of solar capacity, driven largely by tribal contractors and trainees. In...
Cheap Offshore Wind Operator CDLR Booms Amid AI Hype
Everyone is watching $NVDA $AAPL $AMZN earnings prints Meanwhile $CDLR is sitting at a P/E under 8 with a €2.8B backlog and revenue that grew 149% last year It's an offshore wind installation vessel operator. Small cap, ~$2.5B. Boring chart. No AI...
SoftBank Corp. And TOPPAN Holdings Develop Lightweight, Durable Skin for Solar HAPS Aircraft Wings
SoftBank Corp. and TOPPAN Holdings have jointly created an ultra‑light, high‑durability skin for solar‑powered High‑Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) aircraft wings. The material combines TOPPAN’s multi‑layer film technology with SoftBank’s stratospheric flight data, enabling resistance to extreme UV‑C, ozone, and temperatures...
Electric Fire Trucks Grow, Yet Adoption Trails Buses and Garbage Trucks
Electric fire trucks are now in active service in cities like Vancouver, but they remain far less common than electric buses or garbage trucks. The high cost, custom designs and slow public‑procurement cycles are slowing adoption, raising questions about charging...
NuScale Advances 426‑MW SMR Project, Europe’s First Operational Small Modular Reactor
NuScale Energy is pushing ahead with a 426‑megawatt small modular reactor that would become Europe’s first operational SMR, targeting commercial operation in about seven years. The project’s projected electricity cost of $89‑$102 per MWh pits it against cheaper solar‑plus‑battery solutions...
Michigan Townships Clash with Tech Giants Over Hyperscale Data Center Plans
Michigan townships are confronting tech giants over proposed hyperscale data centers, with residents citing water, electricity and noise concerns. At a 600‑person meeting, Saline Township opposed Microsoft’s rezoning request, while unions nationwide tout the projects as a job engine, sparking...
Solar Booms in Industrial US Midwest as Energy Crisis Persists
D3Energy’s floating‑solar project on Lima, Ohio’s Twin Lake Reservoir installs over 3,400 panels across four acres to power a 24‑hour water‑treatment plant. The system, part of a broader Midwest shift toward clean energy, is projected to save the city roughly...
Economics of a Megawatt of AI Data Center
Cruseo CEO Lochmiller detailed unit economics for a megawatt of AI data‑center capacity. Up‑front capex averages $59 M per MW, split roughly half for GPUs, CPUs and networking and half for building and power infrastructure. Annual revenue from pure infrastructure leasing...
Electric Bus Sales up 19% in Jan–Apr; JSW Entry Signals New Capacity as April Sales See Dips
India’s electric bus market expanded 19% year‑on‑year in the first four months of 2026, with registrations reaching roughly 1,868 units versus 1,571 a year earlier. April dispatches dropped 37% to 347 units after a March surge, highlighting the influence of...
Orient Express Corinthian Named Largest Sailing Yacht, Sets Mediterranean Debut
Orient Express officially named the Corinthian, the world’s largest sailing yacht, at a ceremony in Saint‑Nazaire on April 29, 2026. The 220‑metre, 15,000‑tonne vessel will depart on May 2 for its inaugural Mediterranean season, blending French decorative arts with cutting‑edge wind‑propulsion technology....
ESS Tech and Alsym Energy Ink $8.5 GWh Sodium‑Ion Battery Deal
Oregon‑based ESS Tech and Massachusetts‑based Alsym Energy have signed a letter of intent to produce 8.5 GWh of sodium‑ion battery cells and modules. The partnership leverages ESS’s flow‑battery manufacturing capacity to scale Alsym’s next‑generation chemistry, promising higher safety and lower total‑cost‑of‑ownership...
Octopus Energy Pledges $500 Million to US Carbon‑Removal, Aiming for 50 Mt CO₂
Octopus Energy Generation has committed $500 million to scale nature‑based carbon removal across the United States, targeting up to 50 million tonnes of CO₂ over four decades. The funding, paired with a $13 million boost to Living Carbon’s platform, is anchored by long‑term...
Wyoming Gets Federal Go‑Ahead for Terra Power’s Advanced Nuclear Reactor, a $2 B Low‑Carbon Project
Terra Power secured final approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to start construction of its advanced sodium‑cooled reactor in Kemmerer, Wyoming. The $2 billion project, backed by the Department of Energy’s infrastructure law, aims to deliver baseload power for up to...
Brookfield Renewable Posts 19% Q1 FFO Jump, Shares Climb 3.2% to $34.19
Brookfield Renewable Partners posted a record first‑quarter Funds From Operations of $375 million, up 19% year‑over‑year, and its shares jumped 3.2% to $34.19. The surge reflects strong hydro, wind‑solar performance, a $6.5 billion Boralex acquisition and nearly $3 billion of asset‑recycling proceeds.
Australian Researchers Achieve 16.36% Efficiency in Lead‑Free Indoor Solar Panels
Scientists at the University of Queensland’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology have unveiled a vapor‑based, lead‑free perovskite indoor solar cell that delivers a record 16.36% conversion efficiency. The new process eliminates toxic lead and hazardous solvents, positioning the technology...
Cows at Tennessee's 'Silicon Ranch' Graze Under Solar Panels
Silicon Ranch in Christiana, Tennessee has launched a 5‑megawatt agrivoltaic system that lets cattle graze beneath solar panels. The company engineered raised, motorized mounts and custom software so panels can be tilted or lifted to create safe pathways for the...
UK Proposes Phase‑Out of Conventional Tumble Dryers, Favoring Heat‑Pump Models
Britain's Energy Secretary Ed Miliband announced proposals to ban conventional condenser tumble dryers in favor of heat‑pump models. The draft ecodesign rules aim to cut household energy use and align the UK with EU efficiency standards.
Joby Aviation’s Electric Air Taxi Completes First Manhattan‑JFK Point‑to‑point Flight
Joby Aviation flew its production‑prototype eVTOL from JFK to Manhattan’s West 30th Street heliport in about 15 minutes, proving a quiet, zero‑emission link that could shrink airport‑to‑city trips from over an hour to under ten minutes. The demo, backed by...
Solar's Dark Side: Bad Siting Harms Land and Farmers
Solar is not inherently good simply because it is renewable. Poorly sited utility-scale projects can fragment habitats, displace productive farmland, inflate lease terms that farmers do not fully understand, and replicate the same predatory practices long associated with oil and...
Atlas Tower Kenya Invests $52.5M in Solar Towers as Africa Shifts Telecom Power to Renewables
Atlas Tower Kenya announced a $52.5 million investment to build 300 solar‑powered cell towers, part of a continent‑wide push to replace diesel generators amid soaring fuel prices. The shift promises to slash operating costs, cut emissions and improve network resilience across...
Rivian Secures $4.5 B DOE Loan as Trump Tariffs Falter, Boosting U.S. EV Manufacturing
The U.S. Department of Energy approved up to $4.5 billion in loan guarantees for Rivian to produce 300,000 electric vehicles a year at its new Georgia plant. The funding arrives as President Trump’s proposed tariffs on European cars have stalled, removing...
Wyandotte County Approves $250 Million Battery Storage Project to Cut Kansas City Bills
Wyandotte County commissioners gave East Side Storage LLC a special‑use permit for a $250 million battery storage facility in Kansas City, Kansas. The project is slated to save ratepayers $9 million a year, generate $8 million in local earnings and create dozens of...
Chiba Team Models Energy Alignment for Perovskite Solar Cells
Researchers at Chiba University have unveiled the first universal model for energy‑level alignment at the electrode, hole‑collecting monolayer, and perovskite interfaces of solar cells. The framework relies only on work functions and ionization energies, explaining why certain monolayers enable power...
Data Centre Overdevelopment, Not Infrasound, Threatens Communities
As someone with plenty of battle scars from the "wind turbine syndrome" debates of the 2010s, I have something to say about the rising fears around "infrasound" from data centres. Namely: how the panicked over-development of data centres is the...
Sponsored: Silicon Diversification: How a Growing Choice of Chips Is Reshaping Data Center Infrastructure
Data center operators are moving beyond x86 CPUs toward a broader mix of AI accelerators, including GPUs, custom ASICs, inference chips, and wafer‑scale processors. A Futurum Group survey shows GPUs command 75% of AI compute spend, with XPUs and CPUs...
Graphene-CNT Phase Change Material Cools Solar PVT Panels
Researchers from India, Chile and Russia created a solar photovoltaic‑thermal (PVT) system that incorporates a graphene‑carbon nanotube (CNT) hybrid nanocomposite into traditional phase‑change materials (PCMs). By dispersing 6 wt % of the hybrid nanoparticles into stearic acid, the PCM’s thermal conductivity increased...
Sky‑High Fuel Prices Accelerate Renewable and Low‑Carbon Shift
A lot of silver-linings happening due to sky-high fossil fuels: renewables will boom, and people are turning to lower carbon-burning modes of travel, as seen below. The energy crisis — which will worsen — is forcing people to turn to...
Pakistan Eliminates Licensing Fees for Small PV Systems
Pakistan plans to scrap licensing fee for PV systems up to 25 kW #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/QhufLsMpEx
Six Wind Farms, Two Solar Hybrids and Seven-Hour Batteries Win Key CIS Tenders Ahead of Coal Closure
Western Australia announced winners of two Capacity Investment Scheme tenders, covering six wind farms, two solar‑battery hybrids and two seven‑hour battery projects. The generation tender will add 1.9 GW of wind and solar capacity and 2.1 GWh of storage, while the dispatchable...
DOE Chief Urges Faster U.S. Project Approvals
US administration ‘must make it easier to get things built,’ DOE chief of staff says #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/8GzwRZKduC
Solar, Wind Surge Cuts India's 2025 Fossil Output 3.3%
Record solar, wind surge drives 3.3% drop in India’s fossil generation in 2025 #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/s9it9U9FSC https://t.co/VqcgeSrVRf
Initial Output at Wambo Wind Farm 2 on Saturday 2nd May 2026
On Saturday 2 May 2026, Wambo Wind Farm 2 (WAMBOWF2) posted its first electricity output after reaching its 247 MW maximum capacity. The unit’s initial bid was entered on 24 April but only entered dispatch at 00:05 NEM time on 28 April when the capacity was recognized...
Clean Energy Needs Thousands of Midsize Firms, Not Giants
Clean energy won't be won by 5 giants. It'll take a million companies doing $10M/year — or 100,000 doing $100M — to hit trillion-dollar scale. That's exactly how we got here. https://t.co/rdA6J5tqgJ
Matrix Renewables, BW ESS Lock Financing for 2.2 GWh UK BESS
Matrix Renewables, BW ESS secure finance and offtake for over 2.2GWh of UK BESS #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/DiGtBDgnSo
Andhra Pradesh Govt Notifies Five Model E-Mobility Cities Under EV Policy 4.0
The Andhra Pradesh government has activated its Sustainable Electric Mobility Policy 4.0 by designating Visakhapatnam, Rajahmundry, Vijayawada, Nellore and Tirupati as five model e‑mobility cities. A dedicated fund of Rs 250 crore (about $30 million) will support charging networks, battery‑swap stations, zero‑emission zones and...
Croatia Data Centre Powered Entirely by BTM Solar, Batteries
US investors’ €50 billion hyperscaler data centre in Croatia will be ‘fully supplied’ by BTM solar and batteries #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/oMtM3Fq8R2
Wind and Solar Power Enable True Energy Independence
“Energy independence” has been conservative gospel for 40 years. Wind farms and rooftop solar panels refuel Electric Vehicles without going through the Strait of Hormuz. Say it louder.
GS Architecture Finishes Passivhaus Retrofit of Victorian Home in Hampstead Heath
GS Architecture has completed a full Passivhaus EnerPHit retrofit of a semi‑detached Victorian house on Hampstead Heath, installing triple‑glazed windows, a timber‑framed extension and a green roof while slashing the home’s energy use. The project showcases a fabric‑first approach that...
Norway's Green Image Masks Massive Fossil Fuel Exports
Norway: close to 100% EV share. Near-zero carbon grid. Heat pumps everywhere. Also Norway: still exporting 2 million barrels of oil a day & gas exports have more than doubled since 2000. This chart shows the contradiction. Newsletter dropping soon 👇 https://t.co/nBMZPS4HTp...
Robots Accelerate Solar Panel Installation, Boost Safety
#Robots Take Over Solar Panel Installation for Faster, Safer Deployment by @lukas_m_ziegler Robotics #ArtificialIntelligence #MI #ML #Tech #Innovation https://t.co/WxnNRgVW0E
ESS Tech and Alsym Energy Commit to 8.5 GWh Sodium‑Ion Battery Production
ESS Tech and Alsym Energy have signed a letter of intent to produce 8.5 GWh of sodium‑ion battery cells and modules. The partnership lets Alsym scale its new chemistry while giving ESS a new hardware line beyond its long‑duration flow batteries,...
Wind and Solar Slash EU Power Prices by 24%
The data is in. Between 2023-2025, wind and solar slashed EU wholesale power prices by 24.2% on average. In Spain, the cut was nearly 40% This isn't a forecast, it already happened Renewables are the only cure for gas price insanity https://t.co/g6plOs37y2
AccelerateEU Supports 200 GW
AccelerateEU backs 200 GW storage goal but omits dedicated mechanism #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/NA6DCaupvN
Vertiv Posts 83% Earnings Surge on AI Data Center Power and Cooling Demand
Vertiv reported an 83% year‑over‑year rise in adjusted earnings, driven by soaring demand for power and liquid‑cooling solutions in AI‑focused data centers. The company lifted its 2026 EPS outlook to $6.35 and revenue guidance to $13.75 billion, underscoring the rapid expansion...
Data Centers' Inaudible Noise Sparks Heated Debate
The Loud Fight Over Inaudible Data Center Noise #energysky -- via Heatmap News https://t.co/DYLxQYGaxD https://t.co/VXZ9wBjZn5
Renewables Surge: Build, Not Talk, Drives Climate Action
Less talking about Climate more Deployment. The era of building solutions is just accelerating . 100% of TWh growth last year was from solar, wind, and nuclear. Battery storage is getting cheap and IEA upped 2030 target from 2TWh...
Iran War Spurs Record $2.3 Trillion Surge in Clean‑Energy Investment
The Iran‑U.S. conflict has forced oil‑dependent economies to double down on renewables, lifting global clean‑energy investment to a record $2.3 trillion. Analysts cite soaring oil prices, supply bottlenecks and energy‑security concerns as the catalyst for the shift.