Know What's Happening in ClimateTech
Know What's Happening in ClimateTech
The article argues that "installed capacity" – gigawatts of wind and solar – is a misleading metric for the energy transition. It represents a theoretical maximum output under ideal conditions, not the electricity actually delivered. China’s rapid build‑out and Europe’s headline figures amplify the myth, creating a false sense of progress. The piece calls for a shift toward metrics that reflect real‑world generation and reliability.
Japan’s Osaka Gas is considering to invest in *five* US gas-fired power plants 🇺🇸 ⚡️ This could be a pretty profitable bet. US gas is cheap and the AI boom is slated to boost power demand Gas can provide around-the-clock electricity data...
Austria deploys 1.63 GW of solar in 2025 #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/V6RpszBQVH
Architects Vamshidhar Reddy and Mounica Reddy of Iki Builds completed Aurva Illam, a 5,660‑sq‑ft net‑zero residence in Hyderabad that eliminates conventional air‑conditioning through earth‑based passive cooling. The project blends repurposed quarry debris, rammed‑earth walls and terracotta vaults to create a...
Qcells rolls out leasing-led solar platform for US residential sector #energysky -- via pv-tech: https://t.co/mRqH87tM2B
Romanian investment platform looks to open up BESS project financing to retail investors #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/FYd9JLWdC7
Oakland County unveiled its Green Design Blueprint, a comprehensive plan that makes sustainability a core element of new housing, public facilities and streetscapes. The initiative promises measurable emissions cuts, reduced utility bills and a transparent, community‑driven design process.
Nano Nuclear Energy filed a construction permit application with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for its 15‑megawatt Kronos high‑temperature gas‑cooled micro‑reactor at the University of Illinois. The filing, described by CTO Florent Heidet as a defining moment, moves the project...
A research team has introduced a disk‑shaped PtMo6O24@NU1K nanocatalyst that hydrogenates carbon dioxide to methanol at temperatures ranging from room temperature to 200 °C. The catalyst delivers a higher space‑time yield across the 100‑200 °C window and remains active for 3,600 hours without...
Emerald AI closed a $25 million strategic expansion round led by Energy Impact Partners, adding investors such as Siemens, Samsung Ventures and NVIDIA’s NVentures. The funding will accelerate its Conductor platform, which lets AI‑heavy data centers act as flexible resources for...
UK BESS ROUNDUP: SSE commissions 300MWh unit, Matrix, Drax and Voltaria progress projects #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/2Cf4KJGzIG
German pilot shows 700 EVs can provide redispatch services #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/o6EGIKt7Sw
China's Zijin Mining will spend $500 million to build a processing plant in Kazakhstan after acquiring RG Gold for $1.2 billion. RG Gold, now part of Zijin, has planted over 100,000 Scots pine trees across 20 hectares to capture dust from its Raygorodok open‑pit...
Seize the day: Time to let solar “daylight saving” in batteries reduce our costs in Australia Renewables increasingly bring tight band of lower prices, and batteries, though only small but growing part of NEM supply, reduce volatility displace gas in peak https://t.co/hs477zGk9e...
Croatia to invest €40 million in household solar, batteries, heat pumps #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/eeevDnbYfO
Architects Vamshidhar Reddy and Mounica Reddy of Iki Builds completed Aurva Illam, a 5,660‑sq‑ft residence in Hyderabad that relies on rammed‑earth walls, terracotta vaults and low‑cement thermal mass to stay cool without air‑conditioning. The project showcases a new direction for...
Rooftop solar now accounts for one fifth of Puerto Rico’s generation capacity #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: https://t.co/xHeJg8d7b6
Yale researchers have unveiled a nanoscale method to watch solar photocatalysis in real time, capturing water‑splitting reactions and charge transport at roughly 10 nm resolution. The approach merges amperometric and potentiometric measurements using a quartz nanotip with a platinum core, allowing...
Southwest Power Pool (SPP) officially expanded its service territory on April 1, 2026, becoming the first regional transmission organization to operate across both the Eastern and Western Interconnections. The expansion now covers roughly 732,000 square miles in 17 states, serving about...
Chemists at the University of Edinburgh have demonstrated a hybrid bio‑catalytic process that turns bread crumbs into hydrogen for hydrogenation reactions. By pairing E. coli that ferment waste‑derived glucose with a palladium catalyst, the team achieved a 94% yield of the...
Solar-focused Invesco Solar ETF (TAN) has surged 16% year‑to‑date and 62% since President Trump’s return, outperforming most sectors. Technical analysis shows the fund trading between $52 and $60, with MACD and RSI turning positive, indicating a likely continuation of the...
Carbon markets have been shaken by a $250 million fraud and methodological flaws that let cookstove projects claim excessive credits. A new metered methodology, approved by Gold Standard and the Integrity Council, uses SIM‑equipped stoves to record real‑time usage, addressing over‑optimistic...
Toroidal transformers use a solid, gap‑free ring core that keeps magnetic flux confined, delivering roughly 40% lower energy loss and up to 80% less magnetic leakage than traditional E‑I designs. The tighter flux path also reduces heat, extending service life...
Clean‑energy company BLUETTI has renewed its partnership with the nonprofit Leave No Trace, launching the Bio‑Based Elite 100 V2 Giveback initiative. The program pledges a $1 donation for every Bio‑Based Elite 100 V2 power station sold through September 30, 2026, supporting...
Chinese wind turbine maker Mingyang announced plans to pour more than $10 bn into renewable energy, green hydrogen and ammonia projects in Ethiopia. The pledge was disclosed by the Ethiopian Investment Commission following a business forum that secured over $13 bn in...
Tenants are increasingly demanding sustainable building features and are willing to pay higher rents for them, prompting owners and facilities managers to align decarbonization with broader asset strategies. A new CBRE‑RMI‑ULI report argues that treating decarbonization as a separate initiative...
Carbon Upcycling Technologies announced a $10 million financing round led by ATEL Ventures to commercialize its low‑carbon cement platform. The capital will fund the company’s first on‑site carbon capture facility at a major cement plant in Mississauga, slated to begin operations...
To boot, 11% of all energy worldwide is used just to mine, transport, process, and/or refine fossil fuels and uranium. https://t.co/c3RjxqKhcO Whereas wind, solar, geothermal, and hydro require 0 such energy because wind comes right to the turbine, etc. So for anyone to...
Denver city officials are weighing a one‑year moratorium on new data center construction as part of a broader effort to slash municipal water consumption by 20% over the next twelve months. The measure follows recent restrictions that require restaurants to...
Polestar announced that the battery packs in its Polestar 2 and Polestar 3 models will contain at least 50 % recycled cobalt, marking the first rollout of circular battery material in its lineup. The initiative is part of a broader circularity strategy that...
Chinese PV leader LONGi unveiled its integrated solar‑plus‑storage solution, LONGi One, shifting from multi‑vendor architectures to a single‑partner model. The offering combines LONGi’s back‑contact solar panels with its 5S storage platform, featuring the OneBank 2.0 AC/DC solution for utility projects and...
Cities across the United States are inflating residential solar costs by up to $7,000 due to cumbersome permitting, inspection bottlenecks, and outdated utility interconnection rules, according to a new report from Environment America and Frontier Group. Installers are increasingly bypassing...
Digital Realty announced plans to demolish its legacy Exodus data center in Sydney and build a new 70 MW, 23,375 sqm multi‑story facility at 23‑25 Waterloo Road. The project, slated for a 1.2‑hectare site in Macquarie Park/North Ryde, could cost up to AU$700 million (about...
Without getting all the way down to performance counters, GPU power from nvidia-smi is a better indicator of true utilization than job scheduling or “gpu busy”. I would love to see animated “heat maps” of the big data centers, with...
SMA Solar Technology confirms wider loss for 2025 on weak PV market #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/mrKSXmNrlc
Solar industry partners Tigo, Greentech Renewables, and GOAT Solar donated a 5.72‑kW solar system for the 2026 St. Jude Dream Home in California’s Coachella Valley. The package includes a 3.8‑kW Tigo EI inverter, Tigo TS4‑A‑O MLPE devices, and installation services,...
PERC module prices up 20% in the US, as overall module prices remain constant #energysky -- via pv-tech: https://t.co/tCjDFGAGwR
Amid Europe’s energy storage boom, residential batteries offer new trading potential #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/ukLFHHsy4q
PERC (mono) solar modules jumped 20% in the United States, reaching $0.33 per watt between November 2025 and February 2026, while the overall average module price barely moved to $0.285/W. In contrast, TOPCon modules slipped to $0.28/W, making them cheaper than PERC...
Terabase Energy invests in automation and engineering to streamline solar construction #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: https://t.co/KvpXr4YB92 https://t.co/oOSM8TzgF4
Energy transitions continue to produce spillover effects despite geopolitical tensions #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/xNgIwdisR9
TotalEnergies has sold a 50 % stake in its 800‑MW German battery storage portfolio to Allianz Global Investors for about €500 million (≈$577 million). The portfolio comprises 11 projects under construction, delivering 1,628 MWh of capacity and slated for commercial operation within two years....
Georgia Power breaks ground on 1 GWh BESS near existing solar site #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: https://t.co/Gy2LLWdrnN
I bet countries around the world are wishing they’d invested in renewable energy right about now. It’s terrible how the global south is being impacted by a war they’re not even involved in. I’m grateful that Uruguay is almost fully...
T1 Energy produced 2.8GW solar modules in 2025, forecasts up to 4.2GW in 2026 #energysky -- via pv-tech: https://t.co/tHyzwZvbbn
JinkoSolar achieves 32.76% efficiency in perovskite-TOPCon tandem solar cell #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/gJ3RJKEpOT
You can't optimize what you can't measure. Carbon and cost are the similar signal. The new AWS Sustainability console puts emissions data in the right hands, without exposing billing data. Measure it like it matters. https://t.co/69jCho8Gqf https://t.co/Kdgmng0QvM
Documents show Exxon executives knew a $500 million algae research project wasn’t meeting its goals outside the lab, even as they promoted it to investors as a potential boon https://t.co/Sak3Wc9jUg via @WSJ
As AI drives an explosion in new data centers, local communities from Texas to Ireland are saying no to Big Tech’s insatiable water and electricity demands. My short (9.5 minutes) documentary spotlights the backlash and explains why local communities are...
NEW ANALYSIS: Record wind and solar generation saved UK from gas imports worth £1bn in March 2026 📈Wind+solar were up 22% year-on-year in March to a record high for the month ⛴️This avoided the need for gas imports worth £1bn at current...
