Carlyle Co‑Founder Bill Conway Launches Kitebrook Infra to Tap Norway’s Hydropower for Data Centers
Carlyle Group co‑founder Bill Conway has partnered with developer Byrne Murphy to launch Kitebrook Infra, a venture that will acquire land and renewable power assets in Norway and sell them to data‑center operators. The move targets the surge in AI‑driven computing demand and positions the partnership at the forefront of green‑energy data‑center development.
Cox Acquires Iberdrola Mexico, Including 12GW Renewable Energy Pipeline, for US$4 Billion
Mexican utility Cox completed a $4 billion acquisition of Iberdrola’s Mexican subsidiary, adding a 12 GW renewable‑energy pipeline and 2.6 GW of operating assets to its portfolio. The purchase follows Iberdrola’s systematic divestment from Mexico, where its revenue fell 18% in 2025, and...
Sunwafe Secures Land Permits for 20GW Spain Solar Wafer Plant, Appoints New CEO
Sunwafe announced the appointment of Michael Pinto, a former GE Capital executive, as its new CEO and confirmed local‑government approval to build a 30‑hectare, 20 GW silicon wafer plant in Asturias, northern Spain. The facility, slated to start production in early 2029, will...
Dajin Hires ZKS Ferrum for Nordseecluster B Offshore Wind Work
Dajin Offshore has engaged Polish steel fabricator ZKS Ferrum to supply secondary steel structures for the Nordseecluster B offshore wind extension, a 1.6‑GW project developed by RWE and Norges Bank Investment Management. The contract covers 20 fabricated sets produced at ZKS...
How Europe's Biggest Blackout Helped Turn Role of Renewables on Its Head
A year after the April 28, 2025 Spain‑Portugal blackout that left 60 million people without power, Spain revised its grid rules to let wind and solar plants provide real‑time voltage control. The change enabled 74 renewable facilities—32 solar and 17 wind—representing 6.7 GW to...
UK Revises AI Data Center Emissions Forecast to 123 Million Tons CO₂
British officials quietly updated the country's Compute Roadmap, raising projected AI data‑center carbon emissions to 123 million metric tons between 2025‑2035—about 100 times the earlier 0.142 million‑ton estimate and comparable to the output of 2.7 million people. The revision, first spotted by Politico...
Matrix Closes £245m Eccles BESS Financing
Matrix Renewables secured a £245 million (≈ $306 million) non‑recourse financing for its 500 MW/1 000 MWh Eccles battery energy storage system in southern Scotland. The loan was underwritten by CIBC, MUFG Bank and NatWest, with NatWest acting as facility agent, and follows construction start in...
BWO Calls for German Offshore Policy Clarity
German offshore wind trade group BWO urged the government to deliver a binding policy roadmap ahead of the National Maritime Conference in Emden. The association highlighted the need for sustainable financing of port infrastructure, a reliable offshore rescue system, and...
Fusion Energy Group Seeks PJM Connection for First Commercial Power Plant
Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) became the first fusion developer to apply for interconnection with PJM Interconnection, the nation’s largest wholesale electricity market. The company plans to connect its 400‑MW Fall Line Fusion Power Station in Chesterfield County, Virginia, to the...
Formula E’s GEN4 Car Shows the Future of EVs with 335kph Speeds and 600kW Charging
Formula E unveiled its GEN4 race car for the 2026/27 season, capable of exceeding 335 kph and accelerating from 0‑200 kph in 4.4 seconds. The car introduces 600 kW ultra‑fast charging, a rare‑earth‑free battery and permanent all‑wheel drive, delivering up to 50% more power than...
How I Pay Almost Nothing to Power My House and Electric Car
Australian households are slashing electricity costs by pairing rooftop solar with subsidized home batteries. A federal incentive has enabled roughly 300,000 homes to install storage, letting owners like the author pay only about US$16 per month even while charging an...
Bangladesh Launches 495 MW Solar Tender
Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) issued a tender for 495 MW of grid‑tied solar projects across ten sites in nine districts, with individual plant sizes ranging from 25 MW to 100 MW. The bid requires developers to purchase land, arrange financing and post...
Tersis Technologies Signs UK Deployment MOU with Vivum, Targeting $1M TERA 2026 Award
Tersis Technologies and Vivum Intelligent Media have signed a non‑binding memorandum of understanding to launch the first U.K. deployment of Tersis’ Oaktree modular utility platform. The partnership aims to secure the $1 million TERA 2026 Award, which would fund most of a...
Why Efficiency Must Lead the Response to AI’s Surging Energy and Water Demand
Artificial intelligence is driving a rapid expansion of hyperscale data centers, pushing U.S. electricity consumption from 183 TWh in 2024 toward a projected 426 TWh by 2028—a 133% increase. A single AI‑focused facility can draw 100‑500 MW, equivalent to 80,000‑400,000 homes, and consume...
Rail‑side Solar Looks Promising, but Durability Decides Viability
Solar doesn’t always need more land. Sometimes it just needs to fit better into what already exists. Installing panels between active rail lines sounds like a smart idea. The space is there. The infrastructure is already built. No competition with farmland or...
Germany’s Renewable Sector: Reform, Uncertainty and the Race Against the Clock
Germany’s renewables now generate 57.2% of its electricity, with solar capacity up 11.8% and wind up 7.2% in 2025. The government is racing to overhaul the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) and launch a Grid Package before the 2026 deadline, shifting...
10 Year Deal for Solar Energy to Help Virgin Media O2 Reach Net Zero Goals
Virgin Media O2 has entered a ten‑year power purchase agreement with Egg Power for electricity from the Grange Solar Energy Farm in Suffolk, slated to begin operations in 2027. The 70 MW solar project, complemented by a battery energy storage system,...
Enko Capital Backs Angola Solar Project
Enko Capital’s Impact Credit Strategy, a private credit fund that closed its first round with $100 million, has committed capital to Metalosul, an Angolan subsidiary of the Omatapalo Group. The investment will finance the purchase of photovoltaic panels for a 724‑megawatt...
Sumitomo Electric Flow Battery Wins Japanese Transmission Operator HEPCO’s Renewables Integration Tender
Sumitomo Electric Industries secured a contract to supply an 11 MW/33 MWh vanadium redox flow battery for Hokkaido Electric Power Network (HEPCO). The system will be installed at the Minami‑Hayakita substation to boost grid hosting capacity for wind farms, supporting HEPCO’s 97 MW...
China Commissions Salt Cavern Hydrogen Storage Project
China’s first large‑scale salt‑cavern hydrogen storage demonstration, located 1,418 m underground in Henan’s Pingdingshan, has been commissioned. The solution‑mined cavern holds over 30,000 m³ of space and can store 1.5 million standard cubic meters of hydrogen. Developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences,...
$700 Million Soda Mountain Solar and Battery Storage Project Appoved by California
The California Energy Commission approved the $700 million Soda Mountain Solar and Battery Storage Project, a 300 MW photovoltaic plant paired with a 300 MW/1,200 MWh lithium‑ion battery system. Situated on 2,670 acres of BLM land near Baker, the development will be built by...
Sasol Optimistic of Market Demand for Natref’s Premium SAF and Renewable Diesel
Sasol’s Natref refinery has earned ISCC+ certification for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel produced from used cooking oil, confirming a 75% reduction in greenhouse‑gas intensity versus conventional fuels. The company plans a modest ramp‑up, targeting 2 million litres this...
New Carbon Accreditation Milestone for Leeds Bradford Airport
Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) has earned Level 4 status in the Airport Carbon Accreditation programme, aligning its carbon management with the Paris Agreement. The milestone supports LBA’s “Together for Tomorrow” roadmap to achieve Net Zero Scope 1‑2 emissions by 2030 through on‑site renewables...
Virginia’s New Law Blocks Counties From Banning Solar
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed a law that voids county‑wide bans on large solar farms, taking effect on July 1. While local governments can still deny permits, they must now provide written justification to state regulators. The measure supports the...
Zimbabwe SMEs Set to Power Green Revolution as Lithium Drives EV Boom
Zimbabwe, home to the continent’s largest lithium deposits, is positioning its micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) as key players in the global electric‑vehicle supply chain. Minister Monica Mutsvangwa announced at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair that the country’s 126 million‑tonne...
Global Power’s $8tn Pipeline Faces a Buildability Test
The GlobalData report shows a $8.09 trillion pipeline of power‑generation projects outside oil and gas, spanning wind, solar, hydro, nuclear and gas. While renewables dominate the value mix, 63.8% of the pipeline remains in pre‑planning and only 22.5% is under construction,...
Bloom Energy (BE) to Deliver up to 2.8 GW of Fuel Cells Under Expanded Oracle Deal
Bloom Energy Corp. announced an expanded agreement with Oracle to supply up to 2.8 GW of solid‑oxide fuel cell capacity, up from an initial 1.2 GW commitment. Deployment will start in 2026 and continue into 2027, targeting the growing power needs of...
Is Plug Power Inc. (PLUG) Among the Best Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Stocks to Buy Now?
Plug Power announced on April 2, 2026 that it won a Front‑End Engineering Design contract to supply a 275‑megawatt GenEco PEM electrolyzer for Hy2gen’s Courant project in Quebec. The system will enable low‑carbon ammonia production, which will be converted into renewable ammonium...
CIP: We Stayed Out of ‘Stupid Auctions’ – and Now Offshore Wind Looks Investable Again
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) is reallocating capital across offshore wind, on‑shore wind, solar and battery storage after avoiding poorly designed auctions that offered little upside. The firm says regulatory uncertainty and flawed auction structures forced it to focus on markets...
New Japan Methodology Targets Carbon Market Gap in AI-Driven Efficiency
Japanese climate‑tech startup Linkhola launched an AI‑driven carbon‑credit methodology that turns energy savings from smart HVAC systems into tradable credits. The approach quantifies reductions by comparing electricity use before and after AI control, targeting both new and existing buildings worldwide....
How Southeast Asia’s Power Grids Are Wired Could Hinder Its Clean Energy Shift: Study
A new Agora Energiewende study warns that Southeast Asia’s vertically integrated utilities, which own generation, transmission and distribution, could stall the region’s rapid clean‑energy transition. The analysis highlights that these utilities have little incentive to connect rooftop solar or other...
Boston Considers Tapping Waterways for Clean Thermal Energy
Boston’s Green Ribbon Commission, backed by a $500,000 grant from the Mass Clean Energy Center and the city, is launching the Boston Thermal Energy Network (BosTEN) pilot. The project will assess using closed-loop thermal energy extraction from the Charles and...
3rd US State Allows Plug & Play Solar Power
Virginia has become the third U.S. state to legalize plug‑and‑play, or balcony, solar installations. The new law (HB 395) bars any municipality from prohibiting residential solar panels up to 1.2 kW, provided they meet NEC standards and are UL‑certified. The measure also...
Will Sodium-Ion Batteries Revolutionize Electric Ships?
Advances from CATL, BYD and peers suggest sodium‑ion cells could hit $20/kWh within three years, making electric propulsion feasible for large container ships. A 5,000‑TEU Panamax vessel crossing Rotterdam‑to‑New York would need roughly 2 GWh of storage, translating to about 125 TEU‑sized...
China’s Solar Exports Surge 50% to Record 68GW
China exported 68 gigawatts of solar technology in March, surpassing the previous record set in August by 50%, according to a report published Thursday by the energy think tank Ember. Fifty countries reported record-high imports of Chinese solar products, with...
RIL to Set up India’s Largest Data Centre Cluster in Andhra Pradesh
Reliance Industries announced a ₹1.6 lakh crore (~$17 billion) investment to build India’s largest data‑centre cluster in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The giga‑scale AI facility will total 1.5 GW of capacity across three phases, with a 500 MW first phase slated for commercial operation by October 2028 and...
As Hong Kong Recalibrates, the Blue Economy Offers an Anchor
Hong Kong completed its first green methanol bunkering operation, signaling a push to decarbonise global shipping. The city is positioning the blue economy—valued by the UN at $3‑$6 trillion annually—as a strategic growth anchor amid a shifting regional maritime landscape. With...
Australia’s Origin Energy Reports Electricity Sales Growth Driven by Data Centres
Origin Energy said electricity sales rose 4% in the March 2026 quarter, propelled primarily by data‑centre demand, with business volumes climbing 7% to 0.4 TWh. The utility is leveraging grid connections, long‑term renewable contracts, on‑site solar and a new battery storage portfolio,...
ARENA Invests AU$11 Million in First Nations-Led Microgrids in Australia’s Northern Territory
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is allocating AU$11 million (≈US$7.9 million) to two First Nations‑led microgrid projects in the Northern Territory’s remote communities of Borroloola and Ltyentye Apurte. The Ngardara Project in Borroloola will become Australia’s first utility‑scale solar‑battery microgrid owned by...
Data Centres Hijack Australia’s Green Energy Megaprojects
A few weeks back I wrote about how data centres are preying on what's left of Australia's dream of massive green energy exports https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/23/data-centres-renewable-energy-projects-sun-cable/ Now: Andrew Forrest's clean megaprojects are turning to data centres, too: https://reneweconomy.com.au/cheaper-and-faster-fortescue-to-spend-nearly-1-billion-on-new-green-grid-to-power-data-centres/
CFS Files PJM Interconnection Request, Edging Toward Deployment
⚛️Commonwealth Fusion Systems has formally filed an interconnection request with PJM. It's not just process mumbo-jumbo, but instead a step toward figuring out how practical deployment would work. I'll have more later this morning in Future of Energy. #fusion #energy...
TotalEnergies Greenlights $1.2 Bn 1 GW Mirny Wind‑plus‑storage Project in Kazakhstan
TotalEnergies announced a final investment decision for the Mirny project, a 1 GW onshore wind farm paired with a 600 MWh battery storage system in southeast Kazakhstan. The $1.2 bn development will generate roughly 100 TWh over 25 years, supplying electricity to about one million...
Morocco's Power Mix: 25% Renewables, Still US Coal‑Dependent
About a quarter of Morocco’s electricity generation comes from renewable sources. However, coal remains the dominant fuel. Most of the country’s coal imports come from the United States.👇👇
EcoFlow Ocean 2 Delivers Three‑Phase Energy Storage
A closer look at EcoFlow’s three-phase Ocean 2 storage solution #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/v5AXsWzSmt
Sungrow Rolls Out Full‑Scenario PV Inverter and Storage Platform to Meet 4,000 TWh Demand by 2030
Sungrow introduced a full‑scenario PV inverter and energy‑storage platform at the Global Renewable Energy Summit in Hefei, aiming to serve mining, hydrogen production, EV charging and microgrid sectors whose combined electricity demand could hit 4,000 TWh by 2030. The move positions...
Meta Proposes Space‑solar Power for US Data Centers
Meta wants to power US data centres with space-based solar power #energysky -- via pv-tech: https://t.co/PdBQGbBK3B
AEMO Taps EVs, Data Centers to Curb Midday PV Overload
AEMO looks to EVs, data centres and industry to help ease overload of rooftop PV in middle of day #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/qpgZMApkzX https://t.co/j5gy5jk8Vm
United Solar Launches Oman Polysilicon Plant Boosting PV Supply
Inside PV Manufacturing: United Solar’s polysilicon factory in Oman #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/S10anywXSb https://t.co/rOwdH8QGQj
Immersion Cooling: The Next Evolution for BESS
EticaAG contends that immersion cooling is the next evolution of BESS cooling systems #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/DEmCH4Edls
Indonesia Accelerates 50% Palm Bio‑Diesel Amid Rising Energy Costs
With energy bills rising due to the Iran war, Indonesia is fast-tracking the rollout of a diesel blend comprised 50% of biofuels from its vast palm plantations https://t.co/jhhlMYg4h0