Scoop: Energy Vault Makes a Play for Japan’s Storage Market
Energy Vault announced a binding agreement to acquire a pipeline of Japanese battery projects, adding 350 MW of advanced‑stage and 500 MW of early‑stage storage capacity. The deal marks the Swiss‑engineered firm’s formal entry into Japan, a market praised for its revenue‑stacking opportunities and under‑penetrated storage landscape. Energy Vault is expanding beyond its gravity‑based long‑duration solution, embracing lithium‑ion, sodium‑ion and other technologies to meet diverse grid needs. The move aligns with the company’s high‑growth expansion strategy amid regional energy‑price volatility caused by Middle‑East supply shocks.
Voltalia Commissions 148MW Bolobedu Solar Farm in South Africa
Voltalia has commissioned the 148 MW Bolobedu solar farm in Limpopo, South Africa, now delivering power to Rio Tinto’s Richards Bay Minerals under a long‑term corporate power purchase agreement. The plant is expected to generate about 300 GWh per year, enough for roughly 425,000...
Voltalia Commissions 148MW Solar PV Plant in South Africa with Rio Tinto Subsidiary PPA
French renewable developer Voltalia has commissioned the 148 MW Bolobedu solar farm in Limpopo, South Africa, marking the country’s first large‑scale PV project built for a private client. The plant is backed by a long‑term corporate power purchase agreement with Rio Tinto’s...
Global Record Expansion Of Renewable Energy Continues In 2025 - Geopolitical Situation Puts Solar And Wind In Focus
In 2025 global renewable energy capacity grew by 692 GW, reaching 5,149 GW – a 15.5% increase year‑over‑year. Solar photovoltaics added 510.3 GW and wind 158.7 GW, together accounting for 96.8% of net additions. Asia supplied three‑quarters of new capacity, while Africa and the...
VIDEO: European BESS Integration with Chinese Cells Can Be Competitive, Says Maxxen’s Ruben Valiente
Maxxen, a European battery‑energy‑storage‑system integrator, sources its lithium‑ion cells from China’s Hithium while providing local integration services. Managing director Ruben Valiente argues that European players can remain competitive without relying on a price premium, leveraging Chinese cell cost advantages and adding...
Adani Green Energy's Arm Inks Pact with UAE’s Minerva to Develop Renewable Energy Projects in India
Adani Green Energy’s UAE subsidiary, Adani Renewable Energy Middle East Ltd, has entered a joint‑venture with Minerva Holding RSC to develop renewable‑energy projects in India. The partnership is backed by International Holding Company (IHC) Group, the UAE’s largest listed firm...
UK Government Approves Record 800 MW Solar Plant over Local Opposition
UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband granted a Development Consent Order for the 800 MW Springwell Solar Farm, the largest solar installation approved in the United Kingdom to date. The project, developed by Luminous Energy and EDF Power Solutions, will include battery...
Plume Raises €3.3M to Cut Years From Renewable Energy Development Timelines
Plume, a Franco‑American geospatial AI startup, closed a €3.3 million (≈$3.6 million) round led by AENU with participation from Y Combinator, Kima Ventures and others. The company’s platform consolidates more than 150 continuously updated geographic datasets and deploys AI agents that parse unstructured...
Equinix Launches Data Center in Mumbai, India
Equinix has opened MB3, its fourth International Business Exchange data center in Mumbai and the fifth across India. The five‑story, 5‑acre campus starts with 1,370 racks and can scale to 5,475 racks, backed by a $95 million investment. The facility supports...
Exclusive: JPMorgan Strikes Carbon Removal Deal that Doubles as Wildfire Prevention
JPMorgan Chase has signed a ten‑year agreement with Graphyte to purchase 60,000 metric tons of carbon‑removal credits. The credits will come from an existing Arkansas project and a new facility in Arizona that converts forest‑thinning waste into underground storage. The...
Chaevi to Supply EV Chargers to Canada
South Korean EV charger maker Chaevi Company Ltd signed a partnership with Canadian firm Foreseeson Technology to launch its charging network in Canada. The agreement calls for an initial delivery of 100 ultra‑fast 400‑kW stations in 2026, expanding to over...
CIBSE’s Ruth Carter: Net Zero Is a Destination and the Journey Is Decarbonisation
Ruth Carter, CEO of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), says the organization has expanded 20% to 24,000 members in 194 countries while championing building performance, safety and decarbonisation. She highlights embodied carbon as the "sleeping giant," responsible...
Exmar Names World’s First Ammonia-Powered Gas Carriers
Exmar will take delivery of the world’s first ammonia‑powered gas carriers, the 46,000 cu m vessels Antwerpen and Arlon, built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan. The dual‑fuel ships can run on ammonia or conventional fuel and feature shaft generators, SCR systems...
Is Algae The Answer To Carbon Capture? Intrinsic Foundries’ Green Fix For Toxic Waste
Indian startup Intrinsic Foundries, founded in 2023, raised about $1.5 million seed funding to develop algae‑based carbon capture and utilization (CCUS) platforms that turn industrial CO₂ and waste streams into valuable biochemicals. The company’s proprietary 3‑D‑printed photobioreactors replace large ponds, achieving...
Nuclear, Solar, Wind Will End Fossil Fuel Dependence
By the time of the next GE I reckon we will have broken the back of our dependence on fossil fuels. The combination of nuclear, Solar and wind will be the solution. Tidal and hydro are bit players. With battery and...
Heat Pumps Eclipse Gas Boilers in Germany, 2025
For the first time ever, heat pumps outsold gas boilers in Germany in 2025. 48% of all new heating systems installed last year were heat pumps. Gas fell to just 39%. A decade ago, heat pumps had a 7% market share....
University of Regina and TCMA Partner for Carbon Capture Innovation
The University of Regina and Thailand’s Cement Manufacturers Association have partnered to ship a Canadian‑designed carbon‑capture pilot unit to Thailand. Funded by Environment and Climate Change Canada and overseen by UNIDO, the unit will demonstrate carbon capture, utilisation and storage...
Industrial Heat Pumps Scale Up for Real-World Deployment
Industrial heat pumps are one of the most underrated technologies in the energy transition. They work. They scale. And they’re finally moving from demonstration to deployment. Here’s a 95t heat pump component just traveled l by river to reach BASF’s...
UK Approves EDF’s 800MW Springwell Solar Farm
EDF Power Solutions UK and Luminous Energy have secured a Development Consent Order for the 800 MW Springwell Solar Farm in Lincolnshire. The project, a 50/50 joint venture, is slated to generate enough electricity to power more than 180,000 homes and...
We Can’t Miss This Chance for the Net Zero Revolution – China’s Done It!
Professor Peter Newman, a sustainability expert at Curtin University, outlined a six‑point plan urging Australia to break its oil dependence and accelerate a net‑zero transition. He highlighted batteries’ role in daily grid stabilization and argued that Australia can follow China’s...
‘The Birdwatcher’ Turns Data Into a Case for Smarter Wind Energy
The bird‑watching campaign launched by Spoor and FP7 McCANN MENAT turns AI‑driven wildlife monitoring into a public record that demonstrates wind farms can coexist with birds and bats. Spoor’s Sky Intelligence Platform uses camera‑agnostic computer‑vision to track avian activity up to 1.5 km...
Norway Just Ordered 20 ‘Flying’ Electric Ferries in Historic Deal
Norway’s Boreal AS has placed a historic order for 20 Candela P‑12 electric hydrofoil ferries, the largest deployment of its kind. The P‑12 lifts its hull on carbon‑fiber foils, slashing drag and cutting energy consumption by roughly 80% compared with...
Investors with $1.8trn Call on Freight Industry to Tackle Emissions
A coalition of investors managing roughly $1.8 trillion is urging global freight and logistics firms to treat air‑pollution as a material business issue. The group cites health data showing air‑quality‑related deaths exceed eight million annually and economic costs of $6 trillion each year....
Tripodal Carboxylate Bridge Enables Buried Interface Passivation Toward High‐Performance and Durable Perovskite Solar Cells
Researchers introduced nitrilotriacetic acid trisodium (NTANa), a tridentate, non‑planar carboxylate, to simultaneously passivate Sn4+ and Pb2+ defects at the buried SnO2/perovskite interface of perovskite solar cells. The tripodal geometry enables dual‑sided coordination, strengthening electronic coupling and optimizing energy‑level alignment. Devices...
Dual‐Modified Cellulose Nanofiber Membranes with Boosted Surface Charge for High‐Performance Osmotic Energy Conversion
Researchers introduced a dual‑modified strategy that merges small‑molecule functionalization with polymer grafting to produce cellulose nanofiber membranes bearing opposite, highly amplified surface charges. The enhanced charge and engineered nanochannels boost ion selectivity, delivering power densities up to 5.1 W·m⁻² (negative) and...
EU-India Trade Agreement Will Propel Innovation in Energy Storage
The EU‑India trade agreement, signed in January, slashes tariffs by roughly 96.6%, opening the door for a potential doubling of EU exports to India. By easing trade barriers, the deal promises to accelerate battery energy storage system (BESS) manufacturing and...
Volvo Construction Equipment Starts World's First Serial Production of Electric Articulated Haulers
Volvo Construction Equipment has launched serial production of its A30 electric and A40 electric articulated haulers at the Braå s plant in Sweden. The two models, with payloads of 32 tons and 43 tons respectively, can run up to six hours on a single charge,...
ACEN Pushes for Direct Household Access to GEOP
Ayala‑led ACEN Corp. and its retail arm ACEN RES have lowered the Green Energy Option Program (GEOP) participation threshold from 100 kW to 50 kW, widening eligibility for renewable electricity. The change, announced at the Philippines Energy Forum 2026, aims to let...
“Pioneering and Experimental” Green Ammonia Project Gets VIP Treatment From Canberra
The Murchison Green Hydrogen project, backed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, targets 2 million tonnes of green ammonia per year using up to 6 GW of wind and solar power in Western Australia. A 1,500 MW first stage secured up to $814 million in Hydrogen...
SwitchedOn Podcast: The Hidden Crisis Behind Rising Electricity Disconnections
Australia’s electricity disconnections are climbing despite rules that require retailers to offer payment plans and hardship support before cutting supply. Households are feeling the squeeze from soaring energy bills combined with a broader cost‑of‑living crisis, prompting more utilities to resort...
JTEKT Commissions 2 500 MWh Solar Carport in Kagawa
JTEKT Corporation, a Toyota Group member, commissioned a 2 MW‑peak solar carport at its Kagawa plant, delivering roughly 2,500 MWh of electricity per year under a 20‑year power purchase agreement with Peak Energy. The structure spans 640 parking spaces and was built...
Asia's Energy Path: Coal Return or Renewables Surge?
Will Asia return to coal, or will a new renewables future emerge from the Iran crisis? David Fickling and Akshat Rathi discuss https://t.co/PdxxKr6KZD
Spoor and FP7 McCANN MENAT Launch ‘The Birdwatcher’ to Protect Wind Farm Wildlife
Spoor and FP7 McCANN MENAT have unveiled The Birdwatcher, a data‑driven initiative that turns AI‑powered wildlife monitoring into a publicly accessible experience. The Sky Intelligence Platform continuously tracks bird movements up to 1.5 km away with at least 95% accuracy, delivering real‑time insights...
CPUC Wastes a Golden Opportunity to Right Wrongs of Previous Community Solar Decisions that Harm Californians with Lower Incomes
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued a proposed decision in proceeding A.22-05-022 that effectively blocks the development of new community solar projects across the state. The move comes as California grapples with soaring electricity rates and follows criticism that...
The Electrified Future Is Already Here. Canada Just Needs to Build It
Michael Barnard argued that Canada already possesses the majority of proven decarbonization solutions—hydro‑rich low‑carbon electricity, abundant wind and solar potential, critical mineral deposits, and mass‑timber expertise—but lacks the political will to deploy them at scale. He highlighted the need for...
Financing Standalone Vs. Co‑Located Projects: Key Differences Explained
BBDF 2026: How financing standalone vs. co-located projects really works #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/BC1aF4l5ro
E-SAF Made in Europe — A Source of Jobs, Growth, and Energy Security
European aviation currently sources over 95% of its jet fuel from imports, leaving it vulnerable to Middle East price shocks. A new ERM‑commissioned report finds that scaling up European e‑SAF production could dramatically reduce this reliance. Constructing nine 75‑kt e‑SAF...
The Great Lakes Are Ideal for Wind Energy. So Where Is It?
The Great Lakes possess wind resources strong enough to generate more than three times the combined annual electricity consumption of the surrounding states, yet no offshore turbines exist. While state control over lakebeds could bypass some federal restrictions, developers face...
Power Module Packaging Evolution Amid Material Innovation, Supply Chain Shifts
Electrification is propelling the power module market toward a $20 billion valuation by 2031, growing at roughly 10% annually. As power densities rise, packaging technologies are shifting toward copper interconnections, silver‑copper sintering, and silicon‑nitride substrates, while packaging still accounts for about...
Zelestra and BNZ Integrate BESS with Southern Europe Solar
IPPs Zelestra, BNZ adding BESS to solar PV plants in Southern Europe #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/i2MTrhf3xc
Japanese Giants Join Tokyu Land’s $190M BESS Consortium
Japanese business heavyweights in Tokyu Land’s US$190 million BESS investment consortium #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/ncYirkit0k
Giant Gold Mine Operating with 90 Pct Renewables Says It Has Virtually Eliminated Diesel Costs
Bellevue Gold’s remote Western Australian mine is now operating with roughly 90 % of its power supplied by a 90‑MW hybrid renewable system, effectively eliminating most diesel use. Diesel fuel accounted for only 1.3 % of total project costs in the FY...
Private Energy Partners Submits 780MW Battery Storage Project to Australia’s EPBC Act
Private Energy Partners has lodged an EPBC Act application for a hybrid energy hub in Queensland’s Gladstone State Development Area. The proposal combines a 780 MW lithium‑iron‑phosphate battery storage system—capable of up to eight hours of discharge (6,240 MWh)—with up to 1,188 MW...
Councils Use Local Laws to Shape Renewable Development
Councils flex their muscle on renewables, laying down the local law on roads, farmland and housing #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/BAjaDCZnQp https://t.co/fJ7I1jqqUo
EV Chargers To Roll Out Faster Under New Rules
New Zealand has amended the National Environmental Standards for Electricity Transmission Activities (NES‑ETA) to create a single, nationally consistent permitted‑activity framework for electric‑vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. The new rules, effective 7 May, cover private chargers, corridor sites, chargers attached to other...
German Heat Pump Talk: Positive Yet Volatile
Germany’s heat pump public discourse is positive but volatile #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/thhSnoVq6o
Illinois Courthouse Launches 1.3‑MW Solar Installation
Illinois county courthouse cuts ribbon on 1.3-MW solar project #energysky -- via Solar Power World: https://t.co/GbtUxTOmXQ
Australia Needs to Rapidly Electrify as Much as Possible, as Fast as Possible
A brief cease‑fire between the United States and Iran averted a potential shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz, exposing how fragile global oil supplies are. The episode highlighted the risk of a prolonged Middle‑East production outage, which would strain economies...
German Agency to Unveil BESS Grid Fee Framework Soon
BBDF: German network agency to release BESS grid fee framework soon #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/4QROOl6QRz
Accounting for Imperfect Displacement in Life Cycle Assessment for Refurbishing and Remanufacturing Operations
A new study proposes endogenizing the displacement rate (DR) in life‑cycle assessment for refurbishing and remanufacturing by modeling firm and customer decisions. The method calculates a market‑driven DR and compares it to a break‑even DR required for net environmental savings....