From Residue to Revenue — Forestry Hub Takes Biochar Pitch to Tocal
The North East NSW Forestry Hub is showcasing biochar, pyrolysis and circular‑economy solutions at Tocal Field Days on May 2‑3. The event brings together landholders, industry partners and government agencies to demonstrate how forest residues can be turned into marketable products. New pyrolysis equipment and panel discussions highlight pathways for farm forestry, hardwood timber and waste‑to‑energy conversion. The Hub aims to equip regional producers with practical tools to generate revenue from previously unused biomass.
Rational Design of a High Performance Three‐Dimensional Printed Concave Photoreactor for Sunlight‐Drivable Micropollutant Removal From Water
Researchers have 3D‑printed a concave photoreactor that boosts light capture through multiple internal reflections. When paired with a single‑atom Cr‑doped Bi3O4Br/PVDF photocatalytic membrane, the system degrades antibiotics ranging from 100 ng/L to 10 mg/L. In laboratory trials it achieved 99.9% tetracycline removal...
UK Leads Europe in Clean Tech Funding, Report Finds
A new Cleantech for UK report shows the British clean‑tech sector raised £7.2 bn ($9.1 bn) in 2025, reclaiming the top spot in Europe. Venture‑backed equity alone reached £2.5 bn, surpassing China’s £1.9 bn, while Germany and France lagged far behind. However, the report...
What Next-Gen Chips Might Mean for Data Centers
The data‑center chip market is poised for disruption as new AI‑optimized, energy‑efficient, heat‑tolerant, and offload silicon designs move from labs into racks. While x86 CPUs still dominate, emerging ARM‑based servers, custom cloud chips, and advanced packaging like chiplets promise higher...
Manipulating Buried Interface via Aromatic Amino Acid Derivatives for Wide‐Bandgap Perovskite Solar Cells and Tandem Devices
Researchers introduced an aromatic amino‑acid derivative, N‑benzoyl‑(2R,3S)‑3‑phenylisoserine (NBP), between the Me‑4PACz hole‑transport layer and wide‑bandgap perovskite. The molecule forms electrostatic and π‑π interactions that passivate Pb²⁺ and iodine vacancies, suppress phase segregation, and improve energy‑level alignment. Devices incorporating NBP achieved...
Rotterdam The Hague Airport Trials Hydrogen-Electric Pickup Truck
Rotterdam The Hague Airport completed a week‑long trial of Toyota’s hydrogen‑electric pickup truck, pairing it with Bird Control operations from dawn to dusk. The airport, which has already electrified most of its light‑vehicle fleet, is targeting fully emission‑free ground operations...
Electric Field–Driven Nanoreactor Strategy for Rapid Fabrication of CRO Photocathodes Toward Efficient Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolution
Researchers have introduced an electric‑field‑driven nanoreactor strategy that rapidly assembles ultrathin conjugated reticular oligomer (CRO) films on conductive substrates. The method uses cetylpyridinium bromide (CPB) as both surfactant and charge carrier, eliminating the need for acid catalysts and enabling deposition...
Renewables Met 100% of Global Electricity Demand Growth in 2025 that Will Speed America's Decline
For the first time, renewables supplied all new global electricity demand in 2025, with solar accounting for three‑quarters of that growth. China drove the surge, adding 336 TWh of solar power—over half of the world’s increase—while the United States contributed 85 TWh,...
Crystallization Kinetics Directed by Additive Symmetry for Morphology Control in High‐Efficiency Organic Solar Cells
Researchers discovered that the symmetry of solid‑state additives can steer crystallization kinetics in PM6:Y6 organic solar cells. Four dibromonaphthalene isomers were tested, and the symmetric 2,6‑DBN enabled balanced ordering during annealing, improving π–π stacking and reducing energetic disorder. This kinetic...
Can a Carbon Price Lower Power Bills? Virginia Is Betting Yes.
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed legislation to re‑enter the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a cap‑and‑trade program that prices carbon emissions from utilities. The move follows a surge in electricity demand driven by the state’s booming AI data‑center sector, which...
Australia, India, Japan, Philippines Drive APAC Battery Storage Shift
Australia, India, Japan and the Philippines are accelerating utility‑scale battery storage in APAC, moving projects from 10‑30 MWh to 500 MWh or larger. Trina Storage’s APAC head Warrick Stapleton says market maturity varies, with some regions shifting from frequency‑control ancillary services to...
The Actual Environmental Cost of AI
The post argues that the AI environmental debate focuses too narrowly on training costs while ignoring the far larger, ongoing impact of inference. It compares the water used to train GPT‑3 (about 5.4 million litres) with California almond production and shows...
The Cost of Getting Energy Wrong
The UK’s aggressive net‑zero policy, anchored by subsidies for wind and solar and higher carbon costs, has driven domestic fossil‑fuel capacity down while pushing industrial electricity prices among the world’s highest. By raising the marginal cost of gas‑fired power about...
Northland Inks 30-Year CPPA with TSMC for Hai Long Wind Project
Northland Power has signed a 30‑year corporate power purchase agreement with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company to buy the full output of the 1.02 GW Hai Long offshore wind project. The JV, comprising Northland (30.6%), Mitsui (40%) and Gentari International Renewables (29.4%), will...
Dynamic Operations at Tarong Unit 1 in the Week to Friday 1st May 2026
Tarong Unit 1, a 1,400 MW coal plant in Queensland, underwent four distinct operating cycles during the week of 28 April–1 May 2026. The cycles included a planned AVR test, a minimum‑load run of about 140 MW to address duck‑curve periods, a Trip‑to‑House‑Load test lowering output...
“Let’s Actually Get Projects up and Running:” Report Warns Australia’s Green Iron Edge Is at Risk
A Climate Energy Finance report warns Australia’s lead in green iron is slipping as no project has reached a final investment decision. The country tracks 11 proposals but lacks commercial‑scale plants, while the Middle East and North Africa are moving...
Riding the Ocean’s Data
Researchers at the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) have released major upgrades to the wave‑energy simulation suite WEC‑Sim and the open‑source hydrodynamic solver Capytaine. The new WEC‑Sim 7.0 adds quadratic transfer functions, variable‑hydro capabilities, and finer component‑level modeling, while Capytaine...
US Residential Solar Investment Outpaces Europe
How investment trends in US residential solar compare to Europe #energysky -- via pv-tech: https://t.co/RKYzW2KFhy
New Changes Trim “Essential” REZ Transmission Route to Avoid Caves – and Another 50 Landholders
EnergyCo has trimmed the proposed transmission corridor for New South Wales' New England Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) from a 3 km to a 1 km width, cutting the number of affected landholders from roughly 200 to 150. The adjustment also reduces dwellings...
Indian Cows Provide Biogas Solution for Middle East Energy Shortage
The problem with such stories is that such a thing has been going on for years... India's cows offer biogas alternative to Mideast energy crunch https://t.co/PYQSiYYkKx
Home Batteries Outpace Solar‑only Installations
As home battery numbers surge to new peaks, hardly anyone is installing just solar any more #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/F461sZJ0Hm https://t.co/TLg72UDIyC
The Integrity Gap in ESG Tech: Why Defensibility Is the Next Frontier
The ESG‑tech market is moving beyond simple data collection toward defensible, audit‑ready reporting. Enterprise buyers now require platforms that can prove the provenance of every sustainability metric, linking it to financial statements and surviving scrutiny from auditors, regulators, and boards....
Sierra Club: Nippon Investment in DRI in the South a Good First Step, Must Not Overlook Greening Midwest Steel
U.S. Steel announced a nearly $2 billion investment to build a direct reduced iron (DRI) facility at its Big River Steel Works in Osceola, Arkansas, supplying cleaner feedstock for its electric arc furnaces. The project, backed by parent Nippon Steel, is...
Michigan’s Clean Financing Model Guides US Regions
What Michigan’s Clean Community Financing Ecosystem can teach other US regions #energysky -- via RMI https://t.co/A3QoZJQkua
Neoen Launches Italian Solar Park to Power Equinix Data Centers
Neoen has commissioned a new photovoltaic park in Italy that will feed renewable electricity directly to Equinix’s data‑center portfolio. The partnership underscores a growing trend of tech firms locking in clean power through dedicated solar assets.
The Power Market: Three Applications, One Ecosystem
IDTechEx projects the global power electronics market to surpass $65 billion by 2036, driven by a 10% CAGR fueled primarily by data‑center expansion and electric‑vehicle (EV) adoption. Silicon IGBTs remain prevalent, but wide‑bandgap (WBG) devices—especially SiC MOSFETs—are set to dominate EV...
LONGi Sets New World Record 28.13% Efficiency for Silicon Solar Cells
LONGi Green Energy announced that its Hybrid Interdigitated‑Back‑Contact (HIBC) silicon cell achieved a certified 28.13% photoelectric conversion efficiency, breaking its own January record. The same technology delivered a 26.4% efficiency module, the highest ever certified, underscoring a rapid move from...
2026 NFPA 855 Updates Redefine Energy Storage Standards
NFPA 855: 2026 edition updates and what they mean for energy storage projects #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/HuN5CYTVfW
NH3 Clean Energy Strengthens Financing Case with Strong Public Benefits Forecast for WAH2 Clean Ammonia Project
NH3 Clean Energy secured a positive independent public‑benefits assessment from ACIL Allen, showing a Benefit‑Cost Ratio of 3.07 for its WAH2 clean‑ammonia project. The study forecasts the project will add roughly $4.8 bn to Australia’s GDP and generate $4.1 bn in real...
Pennsylvania PUC Moves Toward Higher Energy Tariffs for Data Centers
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission voted unanimously to adopt a model tariff that will charge data centers and other high‑load users for grid upgrades, targeting facilities over 50 MW. The move aims to protect residential customers from cost shifts while prompting...
Wind Farm Customers Want “Shape”, And Investors Need Certainty – and Both Are Struggling to Get It
Australian wind development has stalled, with only the Uungula project under construction in New South Wales, despite federal Capacity Investment Scheme incentives. Squadron Energy CEO Rob Wheals warned that investors need revenue certainty beyond the typical 10‑15‑year PPA, given wind...
France Announces 2050 Fossil‑Fuel Phase‑Out Roadmap, Coal by 2030, Oil by 2045
France unveiled a comprehensive roadmap to end all fossil‑fuel use, pledging to phase out coal by 2030, oil by 2045 and gas for energy by 2050. The plan consolidates existing climate policies and signals a rare, deadline‑driven approach among major...
Planon Introduces Platform for Data Center Operations
Planon, a global smart‑building software leader, unveiled Planon for Data Centers, a comprehensive CMMS platform aimed at safeguarding uptime and reducing operational risk across distributed facilities. The solution unifies maintenance, compliance, asset lifecycle, and energy‑management workflows into a single operational...
Molecular Interface Tweak Boosts Perovskite Solar Cell Reliability
Researchers announced a molecular‑level interface modification that markedly improves the reliability of perovskite solar cells, overturning the prevailing belief that such tweaks compromise performance. The breakthrough, reported on April 29, 2026, could accelerate commercial rollout of high‑efficiency, low‑cost solar technology.
Why Has NESO Stripped Batteries From Many UK Solar and Wind Projects in the Grid Queue?
National Electricity System Operator (NESO) has stripped grid‑scale battery storage from a large number of solar and wind projects awaiting connection in the UK grid queue. The move follows recent reforms that cleared more than 221 GW of renewable capacity but...
IEA: Battery Recycling Innovation Accelerating Rapidly
A joint European Patent Office and International Energy Agency study shows battery‑circularity patents surged 42% annually from 2017 to 2023, outpacing the 16% growth in rechargeable‑battery patents overall. The report highlights that up to 1.2 million EV batteries will reach end‑of‑life...
CIP Acquires Orsted’s European Onshore Wind Business, Launches Perigus Energy
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has completed the €1.44 bn ($1.7 bn) acquisition of Ørsted’s European on‑shore renewables business, rebranding it as Perigus Energy. The new entity controls about 826 MW of operating assets and a multi‑gigawatt pipeline in Ireland, Germany, the UK and...
Old Oil Field Powers New 1MW Data Centre
👏👏👏👏👏👏 A hearty congratulations to Pilot Energy + Kala Data in Western Australia who have successfully plugged a cute little 1 megawatt data centre into some spluttering fossil fuel turbines located at a decaying, dying oil field run by...
Sixty Nations Agree to Landmark Climate Accord
U.S. first‑quarter 2026 GDP grew 2% as AI‑driven private investment outpaced consumer spending, though the gain fell short of Wall Street forecasts. The ongoing Iran‑Hormuz conflict has driven crude oil toward $120 a barrel, prompting Trump to consider a maritime...
Delays at Kidston Pumped Hydro (Operations Not Expected Till July 2027)?
The Kidston Pumped Hydro project, a 250 MW storage facility registered on the National Electricity Market in November 2025, has slipped its commercial‑operations date from the original October 2026 target to late July 2027. The delay was first noted in AEMO’s MT PASA DUID Availability...
Australia’s Data Centers Match US at 50% Grid Growth
Australia's data center lobby insists it is nothing like the US. But a new report shows data centres drove 50% of the past year of demand growth in Australia's biggest grid: exactly the same proportion as the US. Quick new...
Another Wind Farm to Be “Paired” With Delayed Giant Shock Absorber Battery, but the Comms Will Be Costly
New South Wales EnergyCo has approved adding the White Rock wind farm as a fourth generator to pair with the delayed Waratah Super Battery under the System Integrity Protection Scheme (SIPS). The Waratah battery, intended to provide 850 MW/1,680 MWh of standby...
Electrified Homes Save Money, Driving Canadian Adoption
Electrified Homes Cost Less I love my electrified home: heat pump, electric hot water, all appliances, etc. Sachi Gibson, the Canadian Climate Institute, explains why more Canadians are choosing electric homes. #cdnpoli https://youtu.be/eHhCvsU2T_E
PJM Reopens as Solar Output Plummets
PJM Is Back Open For Business. Where Did All the Solar Go? #energysky -- via Heatmap News https://t.co/TwRabvjMUM https://t.co/FC95M6bCzk
Renewable, Clean Energy Is Winning
Renewable energy is rapidly outpacing fossil fuels in new capacity and investment. In 2025 U.S. investors poured $3.3 trillion into energy, about $2.2 trillion into clean projects. Globally over 90 % of new electricity capacity has been renewable, driven by steep cost declines...
China Beats 2030 Solar Target, US Falls Behind
China hit its 2030 solar goal five years early. 90% of new power capacity in China is wind and solar. They've installed 1,500 gigawatts... half of total global solar capacity. Compare to 300 gigawatts in the US. We're falling behind on...
Data Centers Overpromise 500GW, Reality Caps at 50GW
I joined the Prof G Markets pod to talk about the Data Center Debate. Data centers are promising 500GW to communities but can only realistically build 50GW by 2030 due to GPU, memory, and CPU limits. Empty promises are fueling...
Ameresco Finishes Two Solar Installations for Maryland Schools
Ameresco completes two solar projects for Maryland school district #energysky -- via Solar Power World: https://t.co/CzT8LGiEej
New PV Tech Arrives via U.S. Manufacturing Partnership
Manufacturing partnership brings new PV technology to U.S.-sourced solar #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/9mbZR0ccgN
Rural America Sees Rapid Rise in Wind, Solar
Tracking the Growth of Wind and Solar in Rural America #energysky -- via RMI https://t.co/CN0rek5udu