California Utilities Have a Solution to Soaring Energy Prices: More Data Centers
California’s soaring electricity rates have prompted PG&E to pursue a counterintuitive strategy: attracting large data centers to its grid. The utility claims that each added gigawatt of data‑center load can shave 1‑2% off residential rates by spreading fixed grid costs across more demand. Since July 2025 PG&E has earmarked up to 12.6 GW of data‑center capacity—enough for 8.4 million homes—to lower bills and generate billions in local revenue. New CPUC rules now require data‑center developers to pre‑pay transmission upgrades, shielding ratepayers from cost overruns.
AI Drives Data Center Power Investment Surge Says International Energy Agency
The International Energy Agency warns that electricity demand from data centers will double by 2030, with AI‑driven workloads set to triple their power consumption. Capital spending by the five largest tech firms topped $400 billion in 2025 and is projected to...
Fortress Power Launches eSpire Nano ESS for C&I Applications
Fortress Power unveiled the eSpire Nano, a modular energy storage system targeting small‑ to medium‑sized commercial and industrial (C&I) sites. The product ships with 30 kW or 60 kW inverters paired with 40 kWh or 60 kWh battery cabinets, supporting 208‑V to 480‑V configurations...
Meta Partners to Power Data Centers with Space‑beamed Energy
Meta has inked a deal to power data centers with energy beamed from space. The energy will come from Overview Energy's satellites, which will beam energy to Earth as near-infrared waves. So far, the startup has only demonstrated power beaming...
Anan Data Center to Provide 40MW AI Infrastructure for Crusoe in Israel
Crusoe has signed a long‑term agreement with Israel’s Anan Data Center to secure up to 40 MW of AI‑focused data‑center capacity at Anan’s under‑construction Afula facility. The deal, valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars, positions Israel as a strategic...
Stanley Druckenmiller Dumps SanDisk, Shifts to Bloom Energy as AI Power Demand Soars
Stanley Druckenmiller sold his entire SanDisk holding of 166,235 shares after a single quarter and redeployed the proceeds into Bloom Energy, a fuel‑cell maker that has rallied more than 800% since its 2018 IPO. The move signals a thematic shift...
INNIO and Net Zero Innovation Hub Demo World‑First 3 MW Hydrogen Backup Power for Data Centers
INNIO Group and the Net Zero Innovation Hub demonstrated a 3 MW hydrogen‑powered backup system for data centers, the first of its kind at scale. Technical experts from Microsoft, Google and Data4 witnessed the live test, confirming that hydrogen engines can...
Ann Arbor Utility Deploying Solar + Storage Systems on Local Homes
Ann Arbor’s city‑owned Sustainable Energy Utility is piloting a residential solar‑plus‑storage program, the first of its kind for a U.S. municipality. The initiative will install rooftop solar and FranklinWH battery systems in about 150 homes in the Bryant neighborhood, where...
Joby Aviation Completes First Electric Air‑taxi Test at JFK, Manhattan
Joby Aviation successfully flew its electric S4 eVTOL from JFK International Airport to Manhattan heliports in under 10 minutes, the first point‑to‑point air‑taxi demonstration in New York City. The trial, conducted with Blade and supported by the Port Authority and...
Shifting Gears at the eMarketplace: More Options for Better Choices
The Philippine Procurement Service recently held alignment meetings with electric‑vehicle makers BYD, Kia, MG, Nissan and Foton, integrating EV, hybrid and plug‑in models into the government eMarketplace. The platform now lets agencies compare and order these greener vehicles, cutting procurement...
Welsh Data Center Proposal Rejected by Local Council
Anglesey County Council rejected Carbon3.ai's plan to turn the former Octel chemical plant in Amlwch into an AI data center. The proposal, submitted in January, aimed to repurpose existing structures and leverage Wales' AI Growth Zone incentives. The decision follows...
AWS Execs Plot to Exploit Pennsylvanians for Data Centers
Is this you with Amazon Web Service Execs making plans to sell out Pennsylvanians to Data Centers?
Solar Farm Approval Feels Like Bureaucratic Performance Art
Squeezed into a packed meeting room in Sacramento yesterday to watch the California Energy Commission approve a controversial solar farm hundreds of miles south. The whole thing felt like bureaucratic performance art — and maybe that's OK? My report:...
Report: Commercial Real Estate Companies Have Installed over 1 GW of Solar Across US
The U.S. commercial real‑estate sector has surpassed 1 GW of on‑site solar, reaching 1.086 GW across 2,157 projects from more than 65 owners. Prologis tops the industrial category with roughly 311 MW, while Public Storage leads self‑storage with 111 MW. Community solar accounts for...
2026‑27 RVOs Drive Critical D4 RIN Generation Requirements
1. TH and I are out with a new FDD on the implications of the 2026 and 2027 RVOs for required D4 RIN generation. I know that is a mouthful. But the question is a critical one...
Renewables Cut Spain’s Wholesale Power Prices by 40%
Quoted in @guardian: A year ago Spain's grid collapsed. Solar was blamed, return to fossil predicted. Investigations found voltage failures. Then Hormuz closed. Spain was shielded as renewables cut wholesale prices by 40%. https://t.co/O5YBLqWtCI
Core Scientific Secures 300MW Capacity at Pecos Data Center in Texas, Looks to Behind-the-Meter Power
Core Scientific has secured an additional 300 MW of power capacity for its Pecos, Texas campus, expanding the site’s total gross capacity to 1.5 GW and 1 GW of leasable AI/HPC space. The company is shifting the facility from Bitcoin mining to artificial‑intelligence...
Frontier Launches Quebec Hub for Scalable Carbon Removal
A few years ago Frontier started a search for scalable low-cost approaches to durable carbon removal that were under-invested in. Today we are launching the Quebec Surficial Mineralization Hub to kickstart one of the most promising: https://t.co/OyIIkctRJR
Utah Planning Commission Delays Decision on Kevin O’Leary-Backed Data Center Project
The Utah Planning Commission in Box Elder County has postponed its vote on a hyperscale data‑center project backed by Kevin O’Leary’s O’Leary Digital. The "Stratos" campus could host up to 9 GW of power on 40,000 acres of private land plus...
Americans Deserve Facts, Not Fearmongering, About Their Electric Bills
President Todd Snitchler of the Electric Power Supply Association warns that recent PJM capacity auction results are being misused to push a return to vertically integrated utility monopolies. He argues that competitive wholesale electricity markets have historically lowered costs, spurred...
Energy Crisis Solved: Companies Ready, Narrative Lags
We're in the biggest energy crisis since 1973 — but unlike then, we have the solutions AND billion-dollar companies deploying them at scale. The challenge now is narrative, not technology. https://t.co/k6D6j9tgaJ
MTN Uganda Commissions Solar Power System at Head Office
MTN Uganda has commissioned a solar power system at its Kampala headquarters, investing more than $370,000 in renewable energy. The installation features 1,188 panels delivering a 490‑kilowatt capacity, enough to generate roughly 25% of the office’s electricity during peak sunlight....
Massachusetts Triggers Vineyard Off-Take Contract
Massachusetts has activated its 20‑year power‑purchase agreements for the 806 MW Vineyard Wind offshore project, developed by Iberdrola and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners. The contracts are expected to save ratepayers roughly $1.4 billion over their lifetime. The 62‑turbine array has already been selling electricity...
Supply Chain Constraints, Not Demand, Will Define the Solar Decade
Global solar installations are set to near 600 GW by 2025, marking another record year, but the sector’s next hurdle is not demand or technology—it is the ability to scale industrial capacity and secure a resilient supply chain. The International Energy...
2.5 GW of Gas, 0 Change in the Climate Narrative: The Hyperscaler Disclosure Gap
Microsoft and Meta are securing behind‑meter natural‑gas power plants to meet AI data‑center demand, including a 2.5 GW West Texas project costing about $7 billion and multiple Ohio approvals totalling over 1 GW. Under GHG Protocol rules the emissions from these dedicated plants...
Envusa Energy Confirms Supply of Renewable Energy to Key Mines
Envusa Energy, a joint venture between Anglo American and EDF Power Solutions, inaugurated its 520 MW Koruson 2 (K2) renewable‑energy cluster in South Africa, connecting 380 MW of solar and wind power to more than ten mining sites. The R15 billion (~$790 million) investment includes the...
A Shape No Engineer Would Dream up Makes Thermoelectric Generators 8 Times Better
Researchers at POSTECH and UNIST used topology optimization to create a thermoelectric generator with a computer‑designed geometry that outperforms conventional rectangular devices by more than eight times. The method evaluates heat flow, electrical resistance, contact losses and load conditions to...
Oil as an Asset: Why Lubrication Strategy Matters More than Ever in Wind Energy
Exxon Mobil’s new whitepaper positions turbine lubrication as a strategic asset for wind‑energy operators facing rising O&M costs, aging fleets, and supply‑chain constraints. It highlights how synthetic gear oils, especially Mobil SHC Gear 320 WindPower, can extend gearbox oil life to the turbine’s full design...
Extended Heat Wave Could Cripple New York’s Grid This Summer: NYISO
The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) warns that summer reliability margins will be the lowest in recent history, with only 417 MW of spare capacity under normal conditions. Forecasts show the margin could plunge to –1,679 MW during a three‑day 95 °F...
$15 Billion Google AI Infrastructure Project Accelerates India’s National Digital Buildout
Google has broken ground on a $15 billion AI infrastructure project in Visakhapatnam, marking the start of construction for three hyperscale data‑center campuses. The gigawatt‑scale hub will include subsea cable landings, fiber‑optic expansion and renewable‑energy systems, positioning India as a key...
Vessev Launches Hydrofoiling Network for Urban Transit
Vessev announced the launch of a hydrofoiling water‑transit network on Hobart’s Derwent River, marking the first step toward a zero‑emissions urban mobility layer. The pilot will start with the 29‑foot VS‑9 electric vessel, capable of carrying ten passengers at 25...
AllianzGI Takes 51% Stake in Germany's 2.6 GW GESI Battery Storage Platform
Allianz Global Investors has secured a 51% controlling interest in the Green Energy Storage Initiative (GESI), a 2.6 GW utility‑scale battery platform under development in Germany. The transaction, announced today, underscores a growing trend of private‑equity‑style capital flowing into grid‑scale storage...
Amundi Launches $3.24 B Global Green Bond Fund to Boost Emerging‑Market Climate Finance
Amundi announced the launch of a €3 billion ($3.24 billion) Global Green Bond Initiative Fund, anchored by €1 billion ($1.08 billion) of public equity. The blended‑finance vehicle is designed to de‑risk primary green‑bond issuances in emerging markets and attract up to €2 billion ($2.16 billion) from...
China Tightens Carbon Accountability Framework, Strengthening Structural Push for Renewables
Beijing has rolled out a national carbon evaluation system that holds provincial governments directly accountable for meeting China’s 2030 carbon‑peaking and 2060 carbon‑neutrality targets. The new "5+9" indicator framework, approved by the Politburo Standing Committee, grades provinces on five binding...
RWE on Track to Construct Thor Wind Farm with CO2-Reduced Steel, RecyclableBlades
RWE announced that its Thor offshore wind farm will use Siemens Gamesa’s GreenTower steel towers, which emit 63% less CO₂, and recyclable composite rotor blades. The 1.1‑GW project off Denmark’s west coast will install 72 turbines—up to 15 MW each—by the...
1.6 GW Nordlicht Offshore Cluster on Track: Vattenfall Simulates Complex Offshore Installation on Land
Vattenfall is conducting on‑shore simulations in Aalborg, Denmark, to rehearse the installation of massive transition pieces for the 1.61 GW Nordlicht offshore wind cluster. The mock‑up replicates the 23.7‑metre, 362‑ton components, testing bolting, cable routing and safety procedures before sea deployment....
This Brewery Pulls Ambient CO2 to Carbonate Your Pint
Almanac Beer Company in Alameda has become the first brewery to carbonate its beer using carbon dioxide captured directly from ambient air. The brewery installed two Aircapture machines in its parking lot that capture, liquefy and purify CO₂, now supplying...
Solar and Storage to Lead 86 GW Capacity Surge in 2026
Developers are on track to add a record 86 GW of utility‑scale capacity in 2026, driven almost entirely by solar and battery storage. Utility‑scale solar alone is slated for 43.4 GW, a 60% jump from 2025, while battery storage will grow to...
Taihan to Make and Install Submarine Cables for South Korean Solar Power Plants
South Korean cable maker Taihan Cable & Solution has won a contract to produce, transport and install extra‑high‑voltage submarine cables for a solar power project in Sinan County. The 154 kV cables will connect the Bigeum on‑shore solar plant and the...
Trump Has Once Again Paid Off Offshore Wind Developers to Quit
President Trump’s administration has paid offshore wind developers to abandon projects, offering $885 million to cancel two leases – one off New Jersey and another off California – and a separate $1 billion deal with TotalEnergies for two U.S. wind farms. In exchange,...
Op-Ed: Why Wave Energy Must Be the UK’s Next Great Green Frontier
The op‑ed argues that wave energy is ready to become the UK’s next major renewable, citing recent technological breakthroughs and commercial pilots. It highlights a £27 billion (≈$34 billion) Energy Price Guarantee and volatile fossil‑fuel markets as catalysts for domestic, predictable power....
$8B Utility Blind Spot. $68M Says It's Real.
Utilities in the United States incur roughly $8 billion each year from power outages and wildfire‑related liabilities. Overstory, a climate‑tech startup, proposes satellite‑guided vegetation management to cut those costs, and has secured $68 million in investor funding to scale the solution. In...
China-Kenya Partnership Unlocks Geothermal Potential of Great Rift Valley
Kenya’s Great Rift Valley now supplies over 40% of the nation’s electricity through geothermal power, the world’s highest share. The Olkaria field, one of the richest reservoirs, drives this growth, yet only about half of the estimated 10,000 MW potential is...
Mooreast to Divest Property, Boost Offshore Wind Expansion
Mooreast Holdings has secured an option to sell its leasehold at 51 Shipyard Road in Singapore for $23.3 million, expecting about $15 million in net proceeds after loans and costs. The proceeds will be redeployed to its newly acquired waterfront facility at...
Governors Hold Power Over Data Center Energy Costs
So much happening at the PJM and FERC on data centers. Governors own the electricity bill problem. Energy costs already a ballot issue. They approve the electricity utility rate increases. They approved the data center deals. Here's what they can do...
EnergyPathways Launches Offshore Wind-Linked Compressed Air Energy Storage Project
EnergyPathways has begun front‑end engineering and design for a 300 MW, 55.2 GWh compressed air energy storage (CAES) facility in the East Irish Sea. The plant will capture surplus power from offshore wind farms and the UK grid, storing it in offshore...
Medium Duration Endures Woes, While Form’s Long Duration Grows, and Lithium Overflows (Part 2)
Medium‑duration storage firms EOS and ESS are feeling pressure from plunging lithium‑ion prices, even as EOS reports a record $58 million Q4 revenue and aims to drop below $100/kWh. Form Energy, however, is outpacing expectations, having landed Google’s 30 GWh iron‑air project...
Cooling PV Modules with Hydrogel-Coated Paper
Vietnamese researchers unveiled a low‑cost passive cooling system for photovoltaic (PV) modules that uses hydrogel‑coated paper to channel water flow and interfacial evaporation. Outdoor rooftop tests in Ho Chi Minh City showed temperature drops of up to 14 °C and relative efficiency improvements...
Fastmarkets Launches Cookstove and Landfill Gas CCP Carbon Credit Assessments
Fastmarkets has introduced five new carbon‑credit assessment price listings under the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market’s (ICVCM) Climate‑Change‑Positive (CCP) label. The offerings cover landfill‑gas projects in Turkey, China, Brazil and the United States, plus a cookstove portfolio in...
How to Electrify Greenhouses with Semi-Transparent PV, Heat Pumps
Canadian researchers at Western University demonstrated that 69%‑transparent crystalline silicon semi‑transparent photovoltaic (STPV) modules raise tomato greenhouse yields by up to 38% while providing beneficial partial shading. Simulations using EnergyPlus, Python and SAM showed that pairing these rooftop STPV panels...