Montréal’s Deep Sky Partners with French Energy Company ENGIE
Montréal‑based carbon removal firm Deep Sky announced a strategic partnership with French energy multinational ENGIE. Under the deal, ENGIE will buy up to 15,000 direct‑air‑capture (DAC) removal credits generated at facilities such as Deep Sky Alpha in Alberta, a project funded in part by Bill Gates’ climate fund. The agreement also creates a joint research and market‑development program to accelerate commercial‑scale DAC deployment. The collaboration aligns with ENGIE’s net‑zero‑by‑2045 ambition and signals growing utility demand for verifiable carbon removal.
WD Raises the Bar on Sustainable Infrastructure as AI Storage Demand Accelerates
Western Digital released its FY2025 Sustainability Report, highlighting how the surge in AI‑driven data is prompting the company to redesign storage for higher density and lower energy use. The report details progress such as five sites running on 100% carbon‑free...
Moto to ‘Quadruple’ Number of EV Charging Bays
Moto Hospitality, the UK’s largest motorway services operator, plans to quadruple its electric‑vehicle charging bays across its 60 sites in the coming years. The expansion is funded by a £500 million (≈$635 million) investment programme, building on more than £300 million (≈$381 million) already...
OceanaGold Mulls Next Electrification Steps at Macraes & Waihi North Based on Technical Studies
OceanaGold’s 2025 Sustainability Report shows the miner achieved 100% renewable electricity across its four mines, after boosting renewable energy certificates to full coverage at Haile and Didipio. The company is now focusing on fleet electrification, commissioning an external study at...
TenneT Set to Start Beach Directional Drilling for Offshore Wind Farm Links
Dutch transmission system operator TenneT is set to start horizontal directional drilling at the Maasvlakte beach to create underground pathways for electricity cables linking three offshore wind farms—IJmuiden Ver Beta, IJmuiden Ver Gamma and Nederwiek 2. The steel casings have been installed, allowing...
Goal Zero Yeti 1500 Power Station Review (2026): More Power, Better Chemistry
Goal Zero unveiled the sixth‑generation Yeti 1500 portable power station, now built with lithium‑iron‑phosphate (LiFePO₄) cells that promise 4,000 charge cycles to 80 % capacity. The unit delivers a 2,000 W continuous inverter, a 1,800 W AC fast‑charge input that fills the battery in...
ROSI Raises $23 Million to Scale Solar Panel Recycling Capacity
French cleantech firm ROSI announced a €20 million ($23 million) Series B raise to expand its high‑value photovoltaic‑module recycling business across Europe. The funding backs a new 10,000‑ton‑per‑year plant in Teruel, Spain, complementing its existing ROSI Alpes facility. The company’s process extracts high‑purity...
Matrix Renewables, BW ESS Secure Finance and Offtake for over 2.2GWh of UK BESS
Matrix Renewables closed a $311 million non‑recourse loan to build a 1 GWh, 500 MW battery storage plant in Scotland, slated for commercial operation in Q3 2027. EDF partnered with BW ESS to optimise its 350 MW/1,243 MWh Hams Hall BESS under a 10‑year PowerShift agreement, with...
Pennsylvania Gives Away 300 Free Pocket Meadow Kits to Replace Lawns
Pennsylvania's Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is distributing 300 free pocket meadow kits to homeowners, encouraging the replacement of traditional lawns with native plant habitats. The initiative aims to boost pollinator support, improve stormwater management, and normalize ecological landscaping...
Coordination‐Modulated MOF‐Derived Electrocatalysts for Enhanced C─C Coupling in CO2 to C2H4 and C2H5OH Conversion
The review outlines mechanistic pathways for electrochemical CO₂ reduction to ethylene and ethanol using MOF‑derived electrocatalysts. It integrates studies of *CO intermediates, in‑situ spectroscopy of dynamic active sites, and DFT calculations of energy barriers. Future directions include machine‑learning‑guided MOF screening,...
Anker Solix Launches 7 kWh Modular Battery with 5 kWh Bidirectional Inverter
Anker Solix unveiled the XE, an all‑in‑one residential energy storage system that pairs a 7 kWh battery with a 5 kW bidirectional inverter. The unit features AI‑driven management, a 10,000‑cycle lifespan and 100 % depth‑of‑discharge, and can be commissioned in roughly five minutes....
California Faces Water Strain as 300+ Data Centers Loom, $10B Imperial Valley Project Sparks Outcry
Developers plan a $10 billion, 330‑MW data center in Imperial Valley that will consume 750,000 gallons of water a day, intensifying community fears as California prepares for more than 300 new data centers. Residents and water‑policy experts warn the surge could...
PJM Reopens Interconnection Queue, 800+ Projects Add 220 GW, Gas‑Fired Leads with 106 GW
PJM Interconnection has relaunched its interconnection queue, attracting more than 800 generation projects that together represent 220 GW of capacity. Gas‑fired plants dominate the pipeline with 106 GW, while storage, nuclear and renewables fill the remainder, signaling a mixed future for the...
After a Brutal Year, Ford Reshapes Its Sustainability Strategy
Ford Motor Co. announced a recalibrated sustainability strategy that leans heavily on hybrids and a new Universal EV Platform, while tempering its short‑term plug‑in electric vehicle ambitions. The 2025 fiscal year saw an $8.2 billion loss on $187.3 billion revenue, including over...
Joby Aviation Launches First Electric Air‑taxi Flights over NYC Airports
Joby Aviation flew its production‑prototype eVTOL from JFK to Manhattan’s West 30th Street heliport, completing the first point‑to‑point electric air‑taxi flight at a major city airport. The week‑long demo, backed by the Port Authority and the FAA’s eVTOL Integration Pilot...
The Heat Is On: Decarbonizing Industrial Heat in India and Southeast Asia
Industrial heat generates roughly 14% of global CO₂ emissions, matching the combined output of road, aviation and shipping. The market, currently valued at about $900 billion, is set to exceed $1 trillion by 2030, driven largely by rapid urbanization and industrial expansion...
Solaris to Supply 19 Urbino Hydrogen Buses to SWK Mobil Krefeld in Germany
Solaris Bus & Coach will supply SWK Mobil Krefeld with 19 hydrogen‑fuel‑cell Urbino buses, slated for delivery by 2027. The order comprises nine 12‑metre Urbino 12 and ten 18‑metre articulated Urbino 18 models, expanding a previous 2023 purchase of ten...
NEVI EV Charger Rollout Sped up in 2025, Still Not Fast Enough Due to Roadblocks
The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program, funded with $5 billion under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and supplemented by $2.5 billion from the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure program, finally accelerated charger deployments in 2025. Operational stations rose from 26 at...
EDP Chief Warns over Barriers to PPAs
Duarte Bello, EDP’s Europe chief, warned that while power purchase agreements (PPAs) are vital for industrial electrification, high transaction costs, taxes and credit‑risk concerns limit their uptake. EDP’s renewables arm, EDPR, already manages more than 16 GW of long‑term PPAs, but scaling...
Gas Turbine Firms Admit Europe Will Resist Fossil‑Fuel Data Centers
What a STUNNING quote, from a company selling fossil gas turbines at a data centre conference in Europe: “I just think the American market is ahead of us [and] the same thing is going to happen here....it just will take a...
US DoE Moves to Release $430m for Hydropower Upgrades
The U.S. Department of Energy will release nearly $430 million to modernize aging hydropower facilities, covering 293 projects at 212 sites across 33 states. The funding, part of the Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity Incentives program, aims to upgrade turbines, generators, spillways...
CIP Warns Europe Has Wrong Market Conditions for Grid Expansion
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ COO warned that Europe’s grid expansion is hampered by outdated regulation, public‑ownership structures, and a weak political mandate, despite an estimated €120 bn ($141 bn) investment need. He highlighted a risk‑return mismatch caused by rising interest rates, which makes...
Exclusive: Data Center Firm Inks Carbon Removal Deal as AI Demand Surges
NTT Data, a global data‑center operator, has signed a carbon‑removal agreement with Swiss startup Climeworks, marking the first such deal for a major AI infrastructure company. The partnership could deliver several hundred thousand tons of CO₂ removal over a decade,...
South Australia Begins Construction of 1,000 MWh Battery as 4-Hour Energy Storage System
Alinta Energy has started building the first phase of the Reeves Plains Energy Hub in South Australia, featuring a 250 MW battery with roughly 1,000 MWh of storage. The four‑hour system, constructed by GenusPlus with CATL modules and Power Electronics inverters, is...
Negative Emissions: Biochar’s Test as a Scalable CO2 Removal
In this Argus Carbon episode, senior reporter Balaji Shanbagh Raj interviews Kavin Kumar Kandaswamy, CEO of Procline, about biochar as a scalable negative emissions technology. Kavin explains how Procline tackles feedstock constraints by sourcing invasive species across South Asia and...
Spiral Hydrogen Raises €3.4M to Build Green Hydrogen Pilot in Rotterdam
Estonian‑Dutch deep‑tech startup Spiral Hydrogen secured €3.4 million (≈$3.7 million) in pre‑seed funding and grants to advance its bubble‑free rotating electrolyser. The technology routes gases through a porous electrode, achieving over 90% efficiency and promising lower capital and operating costs for green...
Bull of the Day: Bloom Energy (BE)
Bloom Energy announced an expanded Oracle partnership to deploy up to 2.8 GW of solid‑oxide fuel cells for AI cloud workloads, marking the largest hyperscaler commitment in its history. The company smashed Wall Street forecasts, reporting $751 million in revenue and $0.44...
GPS Renewables Wins EPC Mandate for Ethanol-to-Jet SAF Plant
GPS Renewables has secured an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from NTPC Ltd to build India’s first ethanol‑to‑jet sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant at the NTPC Green Energy hydrogen hub in Pudimadaka, Andhra Pradesh. The facility is designed to...
IMC’s Solar Plant ‘Powered’ by Green Bonds Inaugurated by CM Mohan Yadav
Indore Municipal Corporation inaugurated a 60 MW captive solar power plant that will supply electricity to its Narmada water‑pumping station. The project, costing about ₹271 crore (≈$33 million), was financed primarily through ₹244 crore (≈$29 million) of green bonds, with a ₹42 crore (≈$5 million) central government...
ABS and PIL Ink MoU on Verifying Emissions Reductions
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and Pacific International Lines (PIL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide independent verification of PIL's fuel use, transport activity, and emissions data. The partnership will enable PIL to participate in Book‑and‑Claim carbon registries,...
Siemens Gamesa Offshore CEO on Why There Is a 'Dark Cloud' Over Sector
Siemens Gamesa offshore‑wind chief Marc Becker praised recent European policy pledges to accelerate offshore‑wind capacity, but cautioned that a "dark cloud" still looms over the industry. He highlighted that while new targets could unlock billions in investment, lingering supply‑chain constraints and cost...
'Conflict Costs': Failure to Manage Community Opposition a Material Risk for Renewables Developers
Renewable developers are facing a growing, often untracked risk from community opposition, which can trigger costly delays, redesigns, financing penalties and reputational damage. A recent BusinessGreen study warns that these hidden expenses erode the value of clean‑energy portfolios and can...
Sponsored: Liquid Cooling for AI Data Centers: 3 Risks and How a Trusted Partner Ensures Success
AI‑driven data centers are confronting unprecedented power densities as Nvidia’s latest GPUs consume 1,000‑1,400 W each, pushing rack loads to roughly 142 kW and eyeing 1 MW in the near term. Traditional air cooling can’t dissipate that heat, prompting a shift to direct...
First Tesla Semi Rolls Off High-Volume Production Line
Tesla has rolled the first Semi off its new high‑volume line at Gigafactory Nevada, ending a protracted development cycle that began in 2017. The truck is offered in a Standard Range (325 miles) and a Long‑Range (500 miles) version, priced...
Webinar: The Battery Rebate Is Changing. Are You Ready?
Australia’s residential battery market is booming, driven by solar‑plus‑storage adoption and a federal rebate that has lowered upfront costs. However, the government plans to tighten the rebate later in 2026, prompting questions about the viability of larger battery systems. Renew...
Defect-Engineered Pt/Nb2O5 Boosts Radical-Driven Benzimidazole Production and Hydrogen Evolution Efficiency
Researchers have created a defect‑engineered Pt/Nb₂O₅ catalyst with abundant oxygen vacancies and platinum nanoparticles that dramatically improves photocatalytic benzimidazole synthesis and concurrent hydrogen evolution. The system delivers 4.0 mmol g⁻¹ h⁻¹ production of 2‑methylbenzimidazole and 10.2 mmol g⁻¹ h⁻¹ hydrogen under mild light, surpassing prior benchmarks....
Renewable Energy Goals Tied to Manufacturing Capability and Supply Chain Reform in Australia
New research from Adelaide and Flinders Universities warns that Australia’s renewable energy targets could be jeopardized by weak domestic manufacturing and fragile supply chains. The study, published in the Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, cites dependence on imported components, grid...
Long-Awaited Review of Ofgem Puts Forward Reforms to Modernise Regulator
The UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero released a review proposing sweeping reforms to modernise Ofgem, the energy regulator created in 2000. The plan calls for an outcome‑based Strategy and Policy Statement, a shift to three equal principal...
New £2,500 Heat Pump Grants to Help Cool Homes Announced
Britain's Department for Energy announced a £2,500 (≈$3,125) grant for air‑to‑air heat pumps, extending the Boiler Upgrade Scheme. The subsidy aims to lower upfront costs, bringing the maximum price after grant to about $7,875 and potentially covering the entire expense...
Perovskite Diode Sets Records as Both a Solar Cell and an LED
A collaborative team from the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Science and Technology of China has demonstrated a perovskite diode that delivers a certified 26.7% power‑conversion efficiency as a solar cell and about 31% external quantum efficiency...
First Solar Sets 2025 Sales Record Amid Tariff Uncertainty
First Solar module sales hit record in 2025 as US production expands amid tariff uncertainty. https://www.metalnomist.com/2026/04/first-solar-module-sales-hit-record-as.html
Battery Recycling and Repurposing Soon Become Profitable
Battery recycling will be cheaper and more profitable. And so will reuse and repurposing. Join us in London to discover why and discuss what it means for the market. https://t.co/9i3AHff5C2
Hydrogen Progress Is Real, International Energy Agency Reports
The International Energy Agency (IEA) declared that hydrogen progress is now tangible, likening its adoption curve to early solar PV growth. Accelerated investment is evident across China’s five‑year plan and Europe’s hydrogen strategies, highlighted by a 200 MW plant whose storage...
China's Top Solar Maker Aims to Match Battery Scale
China’s biggest maker of solar equipment wants to grow its batteries business to a similar size https://t.co/GrUSgFU3Ap
EBRD Funds Solar‑storage Projects in Egypt and Hungary
EBRD finances solar and storage projects in Egypt and Hungary #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/cgLjiqJaS2
Boomtown Announces Expansion of “World-First” Hydrogen-Powered Stage for 2026
Boomtown announced that its HYDRO stage will be upgraded to HYDRO XL for the 2026 festival, boosting capacity from 8,000 to 20,000 spots, a 150% increase. The new arena will be powered entirely by green hydrogen fuel‑cell technology, delivering zero‑carbon...
Batteries Drive Grid Transformation, Lower Wholesale Prices
Batteries both big and small have reshaped the grid and forced wholesale prices down, AEMO says #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/g0deqWOAAN https://t.co/7Uk8cGmSVO
Multi-Pyranometers Boost Arctic Solar Irradiance Accuracy
Multi-pyranometer tech improves solar irradiance measurements in the Arctic #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/zpgfSVGLNU https://t.co/8XiQ6tFcYm
Norwind Expands Offshore Wind Fleet in Major Vessel Deal
Norwind Offshore doubled its fleet by acquiring six commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) from Edda Wind, in partnership with Navigare Capital Partners. The newly added vessels, built to Vard 4 25 and SALT 0217 specifications, were delivered within the past year or are near...
State Allocates $10.8M for Electrification Amid Gas Network Closure
State stumps up $10.8 million to help customers electrify as private gas network shuts down #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/GjuwXNG0Bj https://t.co/dloo2YlZKL