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The UK government has pledged up to £64 million (about $81 million) to help develop a floating offshore wind hub at Port Talbot in the Celtic Sea. The funding will allow Associated British Ports to complete design and engineering work, targeting at least 4.5 GW of floating wind capacity. The project could supply power to roughly 6.5 million homes, create up to 5,000 jobs and attract more than £500 million (around $635 million) of private investment. Final approval still requires a Subsidy Advice Unit review.
Green Xentro, a subsidiary of the Xentro Group, announced it will expand its electric‑taxi fleet in the Philippines to 2,500 units through a partnership with Green GSM. The first batch of VinFast Nerio Green EVs has already begun service in Rizal...
Tesla is in talks to acquire about $2.9 billion of solar‑manufacturing equipment from Chinese suppliers, including screen‑printing machines from Suzhou Maxwell Technologies. The move supports Elon Musk’s goal of adding 100 GW of solar capacity in the United States and addresses rising...
Everybody Solar and the One Spirit nonprofit are installing an 18‑kW rooftop solar array with battery storage at Pine Ridge Reservation’s first district laundromat. The system will produce roughly 25,672 kWh of clean electricity each year, lowering utility expenses and providing...
International Data Center Day 2030 featured a global student competition where middle‑school teams built self‑sustaining tabletop data centers, integrating micro‑solar, wind, robotic operators and AI agents to manage power, cooling and workloads. The event highlighted emerging edge‑first architectures and real‑time...
AI‑driven data centers are encountering growing resistance from local communities over rising electricity costs, pollution, and especially water consumption. The surge in AI workloads is expanding data‑center footprints, intensifying demand for cooling water. Startup Atoco proposes atmospheric water harvesting that...
Diesel prices have surged past $3 per litre, prompting transport advocates to push for electric buses in Australia. Currently only about 1% of the nation’s 42,800‑bus fleet runs on electricity, while diesel‑powered buses consume roughly 530 million litres annually. Several states...
Britain’s Crown Estate announced a sixth offshore wind leasing round slated for the first half of 2027, targeting at least 6 GW of new capacity. The round will focus on shallow, fixed‑bottom sites in the northeast of England, complementing the country’s...
The World Platinum Investment Council reports accelerating global rollout of platinum‑based hydrogen fuel‑cell buses. New Flyer has secured 500 fuel‑cell engines (50 MW) for its Xcelsior CHARGE FC buses, while Portugal’s CaetanoBus is delivering 12 buses and building green‑hydrogen production and...
Smulders HSM has begun construction of the offshore substation topside and jacket foundation for the East Anglia TWO wind farm in the United Kingdom. The topside is being fabricated at the Stormpolder yard in the Netherlands while the jacket is being...
Enersea has finished detailed design of two offshore substation jackets—Link 01 and Link 02—for Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 wind farm in the United Kingdom. Each jacket weighs roughly 3,500 tonnes and will support 9,000‑tonne substations, with Link 01 already installed and Link 02 slated for completion by...
Woodside Energy completed its $2.35 billion acquisition of OCI Clean Ammonia and took operational control of the Beaumont New Ammonia (BNA) plant in Texas. The facility, capable of producing 1.1 million tonnes of ammonia annually, began commercial output in December 2025. Lower‑carbon ammonia...
Researchers at the University of Western Ontario tested 13 photovoltaic modules, including semi‑transparent cadmium telluride (CdTe) and low‑transparency crystalline silicon (c‑Si), in field‑scale agrivoltaic trials with turnips. The 60 % transparent CdTe panel delivered the highest fresh root weight (176.5 g) and...
China’s hydrogen sector is moving from pilot projects to full‑scale commercialization, as highlighted at a recent Beijing conference. Executives and government officials pledged to accelerate deployment over the next five years. The shift signals a coordinated push to build production...
Nordic data centre power use is set to surge to 28 TWh per year by 2030, about 5 % of regional demand, up from 8 TWh in 2024. Norway has increased its reserved capacity to 3.5 GW and its queue to 5.4 GW, while Finland,...
The UK added 2.5 GW of solar capacity in the 12 months to February 2026, pushing total installed PV to 22 GW – the fastest annual increase in a decade. Large‑scale projects (≥25 MW) drove most of the growth, with CfD‑backed capacity jumping...
TÜV SÜD released an Assessment Guide to help rail manufacturers evaluate battery and hydrogen propulsion systems, addressing the current lack of harmonised safety standards in Europe. The guide outlines a holistic safety analysis covering hazard identification, residual risk, system integration, and...
Senators Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley have jointly urged the U.S. Energy Information Administration to release detailed, reliable data on the electricity consumption of data centers. The bipartisan request highlights growing concerns that current estimates of data‑center power use are...
Intertek CEA’s 2025 Global PV Manufacturing Quality Report found that 71% of the more than 340 solar‑panel factories inspected were graded C or D, indicating multiple major or critical defects. No facility earned an A+ rating and only 2% achieved...
Japan’s Nippon Steel Trading and Queensland’s Energreen have launched the Green Biotechnology Solutions joint venture, planting tens of thousands of pongamia trees near Emerald. The initial phase includes 16,000 trees and a commercial nursery, allowing local landholders to grow the...
OnPath Energy is courting public support for the Glen Water Wind Farm, a 43 MW project in East Ayrshire that will feature six 200‑metre turbines. The scheme includes a $13 million community‑benefits package and a 1% community‑ownership option, aligning with Scottish Government...
Croatia announced a €40 million ($46.2 million) package to co‑finance residential solar panels, battery storage and heat pumps, targeting up to 15,000 applications. The scheme will cover 50 % of costs, rising to 70 % for households at risk of energy poverty, and is...
Data centre operator Echelon is building Ireland’s first Green Energy Park at its DUB20 campus in Arklow, integrating up to 800 MW of offshore wind, more than 6,000 MWh of onsite solar, and battery storage. The project, part of a €4.2 bn ($4.5 bn)...
Ørsted announced that the first offshore export cable for the Hornsea 3 wind farm has been successfully laid and pulled ashore. The 680 km bundle, comprising two HVDC lines and a fiber‑optic link, is being installed by Jan de Nul and will be completed...
CLOU Electronics unveiled the Aqua‑C3.0 Ultra, a 10‑foot liquid‑cooled energy storage system, at Solar & Storage Live Africa. The solution offers 587 Ah cells in two formats—DC/AC All‑In‑One and DC—while cutting component count by 30% and delivering industry‑leading energy densities of...
Nscale is moving forward with a £14 billion (approximately $17.5 billion) neocloud data‑centre project in the United Kingdom despite a local planning committee’s objection. The committee demanded formal assurances that the facility would not overload the regional electricity grid. Nscale has signaled...
GAIL (India) Limited is investing roughly $1.6 million to acquire a 49 percent stake in Leafiniti Bioenergy, a TruAlt subsidiary, launching a joint venture to build six greenfield compressed biogas (CBG) plants in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Odisha. The first phase will deliver...
Ukraine is rapidly building battery energy storage to offset an inflexible, Soviet‑era nuclear and pumped‑hydro fleet while integrating a growing share of renewables that already cause curtailment at under 10% penetration. DTEK has connected about 0.5 GW of batteries, including a...
Large‑scale on‑shore wind could finally launch in Maine after years of stalled attempts, as regulators in five New England states evaluate proposals for up to 1.2 GW of capacity in northern Maine. The multistate collaboration, backed by RENEW Northeast, aims to...
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger is poised to sign a suite of bills that expand solar generation, accelerate battery storage, and improve grid utilization to curb soaring electricity costs. Key measures include Senate Bill 347, which blocks outright bans on large‑scale...
Gautam Adani's conglomerate is negotiating partnerships with U.S. tech giants Google and Meta to expand its data‑center footprint in India. The talks are part of a broader $100 billion digital‑infrastructure push that includes a $15 billion AI‑infrastructure hub in Visakhapatnam announced with...
A prototype wind turbine that merges Nabrawind’s self‑erecting tower with Envision Energy’s 7.8 MW rotor has achieved full‑capacity operation at a Chinese test site. The hybrid unit will be shipped later this year to Fortescue’s Nullagine Wind farm in Western Australia,...
Philippine Geothermal Production Co. (PGPC), the geothermal arm of SM Investments, announced a P3 billion (~$54 million) funding round to explore six new steamfields across Luzon. Drilling has already started at Mt. Labo and Mt. Malinao, with projects expected to take five...
Germany’s National Academy of Science and Engineering (Acatech) says the country could have a commercial fusion power plant by 2045 if it dramatically accelerates the program. Achieving this would demand massive investment—tens of billions of dollars—expanded training, industrial‑scale component manufacturing,...
Blueleaf Energy has commissioned the 300‑MW‑peak Pachora Hybrid Power Project in Madhya Pradesh, marking its flagship wind‑solar development in India. Valued at 1,900 crores (approximately $230 million), the plant will generate about 600 million kilowatt‑hours per year—enough for over 550,000 households—and sells power...
Victoria’s energy minister has launched an expression of interest for three large synchronous condensers in the Latrobe Valley, targeting the former Hazelwood coal terminal. The state already invested $480 million AUD (≈$317 million USD) in a syncon near Ararat, which is expected...
Sunrise Energy Metals and U.S. tech firm I‑Pulse are investing $5 million to develop geothermal drilling in Queensland’s Millungera Basin, targeting up to an 80% project stake. The basin is estimated to hold over 611,000 PJ of thermal energy—about 600 times Australia’s...
Nikolay Grebentsov, president of Nikovit Inc., is scaling a clean‑energy venture that sells affordable heat‑pump and mini‑split systems through its EZCOOL brand. Recent accolades—including the Best Entrepreneur in HVAC award and a Small Business Breakthrough Award—coincide with a push to...
Germany announced an extra 12 GW of on‑shore wind capacity to be tendered under its Climate Action Programme 2026, roughly 2,000 new turbines. The addition is projected to replace the output of 15–20 gas‑fired plants, cut natural‑gas imports by about $1 billion annually...
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced a plan to build a public supercomputer dedicated to climate modeling, aiming to improve forecasts and early warnings for extreme weather. The initiative will partner with Barcelona’s Supercomputing Center to standardize Mexico’s weather data, leveraging...
Researchers at Princeton unveiled two low‑impact lithium extraction techniques that could dramatically accelerate supply growth. The porous‑string method uses capillary‑wicking cotton fibers to concentrate lithium chloride up to 6% in a process up to twenty times faster than conventional evaporation,...
India has officially approved its next climate NDC, setting a 47% reduction in greenhouse‑gas emissions intensity by 2035 relative to 2005 levels. The plan also targets non‑fossil electricity capacity of 60% and a carbon‑sink increase of up to 4 billion tonnes...
Madrid‑based renewable developer Zelestra secured a $600 million green financing facility from Société Générale and HSBC. The loan will fund two Texas solar projects—252 MW Echols Grove and 187 MW Cedar Range—currently under construction. Both farms belong to a 1.2 GW portfolio of projects...
The Pennsylvania House approved House Bill 1834 by a 104‑95 vote, directing the state Public Utility Commission to create temporary and permanent regulations for commercial data centers. The bill blocks utilities from passing data‑center‑related infrastructure and grid costs onto residential...
HostDime experienced a full outage at its London data center after a contractual dispute with the underlying colocation provider forced a power and network shutdown. The disruption, first reported on March 18, left customers like VPSDime scrambling to relocate servers to...
Geopolitical turmoil in the Middle East has driven jet‑fuel prices to record highs, forcing airlines such as Wizz Air to project roughly $55 million in losses. The shock underscores aviation’s exposure to fossil‑fuel volatility and accelerates interest in sustainable alternatives. Emerging technologies...
India has commissioned roughly 8,000 tonnes per annum of green hydrogen capacity under the National Green Hydrogen Mission as of February 2026. The government targets 5 million tonnes annually by 2030, positioning the country as a global export hub. About ₹700 crore...
Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) has signed more than 200 Contracts for Difference (CfDs) in Allocation Round 7 and 7a, covering roughly 14 GW of new renewable capacity. The portfolio includes 8.2 GW of fixed‑bottom offshore wind, 4.9 GW of solar and 1.3 GW of onshore...
After 13 years of development, the 2.6‑gigawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project began feeding electricity into the U.S. grid, representing a $11.5 billion investment and the nation’s largest offshore wind farm. The project overcame a Trump‑issued stop‑work order that added...
France’s energy regulator (CRE) announced lower feed‑in tariffs for photovoltaic (PV) systems up to 100 kW, effective April‑July 2026. The 9‑36 kW tier now receives €0.805 (≈$0.93) per kWh, while 36‑100 kW gets €0.70 (≈$0.81) per kWh, and surplus electricity is compensated at €0.473 (≈$0.55) per kWh....
