Key West And A Sustainability Plan That Could Make The Federal Government Growl
Key West received DOE technical assistance in 2025, leading NREL to draft a Strategic Energy Plan focused on energy efficiency, local renewable generation, resilience, and electric transportation. However, Florida’s new HB 1217 law prohibits any municipal policy that references “net‑zero,” effectively blocking the city’s climate‑focused initiatives. The clash forces local officials to consider alternative tactics, such as rebranding goals or pursuing “soft secession,” to maintain progress on sustainability despite state restrictions.
It’s Time for Alaska to Reconsider the Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project
The Susitna‑Watana hydroelectric project proposes a 2,800‑MW dam on Alaska’s Susitna River, potentially supplying about one‑third of the state’s electricity and reducing diesel reliance. Estimated construction costs exceed $5 billion, creating financing hurdles and prompting scrutiny from regulators and investors. Environmental...
Interview: Unison Energy CEO on Data Centers Turning to On-Site Power
Unison Energy, backed by Tiger Infrastructure Partners, is expanding on‑site power solutions for AI‑driven data centers using natural‑gas combined heat and power (CHP) and microgrids. The company appointed Mariko McDonagh Meier as CEO, highlighting speed, reliability and cost as key client drivers....
New Generation Tanks Launches HyDDIM Project to Democratize H2 Distribution
New Generation Tanks (NGT), a Swiss firm specializing in recyclable thermoplastic composite (TPC) pressure vessels, has launched the HyDDIM project with Spanish startup Hydros Power under the Eurostars program. The initiative develops interchangeable hydrogen capsules—15‑liter, 350‑bar cartridges that store about...
Oracle Reworks AI Data Center Power Amid New Mexico Backlash
Oracle has abandoned its planned natural‑gas turbine plant for the Project Jupiter AI data‑center campus in New Mexico, replacing it with on‑site fuel‑cell generation from Bloom Energy. The new microgrid will produce roughly 2.5‑2.8 GW, ranking among the largest fuel‑cell deployments...
AI’s Power Needs Will Destroy the Renewable Energy Revolution
Solar power has reached cost parity and now accounts for 92.5% of new electricity generation worldwide, fulfilling the long‑predicted solar singularity. However, AI‑driven data centers are consuming electricity at a rate that could double by 2028, with AI projected to...
Duos Edge AI Opens 450kW Facility in Corpus Christi, Texas
Duos Edge AI has opened a 450 kW edge data center in Corpus Christi, Texas, housed in a 55‑ft × 13‑ft pod with 15 cabinets. The facility is positioned to serve education, healthcare, and business workloads that require low‑latency processing. It follows Duos’...
Developers File Application for $1.6bn Data Center in Cleveland, Ohio
Lakeland Equity Group, a private‑credit firm, filed a permit for a $1.6 billion, 150‑megawatt data‑center campus on a 35‑acre site in Cleveland. The project would comprise three two‑story buildings covering roughly 300,000 sq ft and employ closed‑loop cooling to eliminate emissions and truck...
Union Maritime Takes Delivery of Its Third WindWings Tanker
Union Maritime has taken delivery of its third LR2 tanker, *Monza*, fitted with two BAR Technologies WindWings, marking the world’s first series of dual‑fuel LNG vessels that also use rigid wind‑propulsion. Built by Yangzijiang Shipbuilding in China, the ship joins...
Algeria and Oman Gov'ts Partner to Establish Data Centers
Algeria and Oman have agreed to cooperate on building data centers and launching AI and digital‑government projects. The deal was sealed during Omani Minister Said bin Hamoud Al Maawali's visit to Algeria, where broader transport and IT agreements were also signed....
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to Revamp Gas Turbine Production Process to Meet Growing Demand From AI Data Center Sector
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) announced the Innovative Total Optimization project to overhaul its gas‑turbine production at the Takasago Machinery Works. By reviewing more than 1,000 processes, the company aims to lift output by roughly 30% while trimming changeover time. Orders...
Europe Is Losing the Energy-Security Battle to China
Europe’s energy‑security advantage is shifting from fossil‑fuel access to low‑cost, domestically produced electricity, a transition where China now leads. Since the Iran war, the EU has spent an extra $28 billion on fossil imports while China’s electricity accounts for roughly 30%...
California's Battery Array as Powerful as 12 Nuclear Plants
California’s grid discharged just over 12,000 MW from battery storage, matching the output of twelve large nuclear plants. The discharge covered more than 40% of the state’s electricity demand during a peak evening period in late March. This is the first...
Stockland Files to Develop 250MW Data Center Campus in Melbourne, Australia
Australian property giant Stockland has applied for a planning permit to build a 250 MW data‑center campus on a 20,000 sqm former warehouse site at 72‑76 Cherry Lane in Laverton, Melbourne. The land was bought from Toll Transport in 2025 for AU$35.5 million...
Colorado Approves Balcony Solar, Requires Utilities to Accept Meter Collars
Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed HB‑26‑1007, legalizing plug‑in balcony solar and setting safety standards for the devices. The law also mandates that utilities and homeowners' associations cannot unreasonably block these systems and requires the Public Utilities Commission to adopt rules...
Interconnection Delays Push Texas Data Center Behind the Meter
Industrial developer BaRupOn bought 700 acres in Liberty County, Texas, to build a chemical plant, but $35 million interconnection fees and utility delays until 2029 forced a pivot to behind‑the‑meter power and an AI‑focused data center. The company secured permits for...
How AI Is Helping Legacy HVAC Systems Meet New York City’s Emissions Standards
Entech is retrofitting legacy HVAC systems with AI‑driven sensors and control software to help New York City buildings meet Local Law 97’s emissions mandates. Early adopters have already saved about $42 million and cut carbon output by roughly 137,000 tons, averaging a 22%...
Premium PV Module Prices Rise in Europe Despite Softer April Demand
European premium solar‑module prices kept climbing in April despite a dip in the PV Purchasing Managers’ Index, which fell to 66 from 68, signalling slower demand growth. TOPCon bifacial and monofacial modules rose 9% and 6% respectively, reaching €0.117/Wp ($0.13)...
Why Procurement Has Become a Grid Reliability Issue: ULE
Utilities are increasingly seeing equipment lead times—especially for medium‑voltage gear and transformers—turn into a critical reliability bottleneck. Projects that have completed design often stall when key components arrive late, forcing crews to wait and budgets to swell. The industry is...
How to Unlock Building Value with Strategic Decarbonization
The article outlines how commercial property owners can boost asset value by embedding strategic decarbonization into capital‑planning cycles. LEED‑certified buildings now command 3‑4% higher rents and deliver roughly 5% better total returns, while tenant surveys show 70% will penalize non‑sustainable...
Binhai Energy Terminates 15GW Ingot/Cell Manufacturing Plant, Redirects Resources to Battery Sector
Chinese energy firm Tianjin Binhai Energy has scrapped its planned 15 GW ingot‑pulling and PV‑cell manufacturing complex in Inner Mongolia, citing a collapse in solar‑module prices and industry overcapacity. The board approved a termination proposal and redirected capital toward silicon‑carbon anode...
SANY Rolls Out 1,000th Electric Excavator & Launches 5G Remote Control
SANY Group has delivered its 1,000th electric excavator, underscoring a rapid shift toward zero‑emission construction equipment. The company also launched the SY550HD, a 5G‑enabled remote‑controlled excavator that can be operated from up to 8,500 km with latency as low as 120‑140 ms....
India’s Rooftop Solar Drives PV Installations to 14.4GW in Q1 2026
Solar PV installations in India surged to a record 14.4 GW in Q1 2026, an 85.7% year‑on‑year increase. The growth was driven largely by the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana rooftop program, which has added nearly 10 GW of capacity since its...
Zambia Introduces Carbon Feed-In Premium Programme to Accelerate Solar Energy and Climate Investment
On April 1, 2026 Zambia’s Ministry of Green Economy and Environment launched a Carbon Feed‑In Premium (CFIP) programme designed to attract roughly $420 million of investment into grid‑connected renewable projects, primarily solar with battery storage. The first phase targets 300 MW of solar...
Uganda Targets Fossil-Fuel Free Public Transport by 2030
Uganda announced a $1.7 billion public‑transport electrification plan aiming to replace all buses and boda‑bodas with electric models by 2030. The initiative, part of the Fourth National Development Plan and the National E‑Mobility Strategy, has already secured $800 million in funding commitments....
KPI Green Energy Bags ₹621-Cr Order From NTPC Renewable Energy
KPI Green Energy announced a ₹621 crore (≈ $76 million) contract with NTPC Renewable Energy to supply balance‑of‑system (BOS) equipment for 500 MW of solar PV capacity in Bikaner, Rajasthan. The deal is split into a 300 MW block worth ₹367 crore and a 200 MW block...
US Home Solar Bust Worsens After Trump Ends Subsidies
The U.S. residential solar market is collapsing after President Trump ended the federal homeowner tax credit and lease‑subsidy program, prompting bankruptcies at major installers like Freedom Forever and soft sales for Tesla, Enphase, SolarEdge and Sunrun. Analysts forecast a contraction...
DRC Considers Zambian Tailings Water Treatment Technology for Mining Sector
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s mining ministry is reviewing a Zambian‑origin wastewater treatment system presented by SACOR to address tailings water challenges in its copper and cobalt sectors. The technology separates solid residues from process water, enabling recycling and safer...
Residential Solar Demand Shifts From Incentives to Infrastructure as Homeowners Seek Control
The U.S. residential solar market is moving from an incentive‑driven luxury to a necessity, as homeowners chase energy independence amid rising utility rates and grid instability. The expiration of the 25D tax credit and higher interest rates are reshaping financing,...
Toward Stable and Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells: Unlocking the Potential of Porous PbI2 Scaffolds via Two‐Step Sequential Deposition
A new review highlights porous PbI2 scaffolds as a game‑changer for perovskite solar cells fabricated via two‑step sequential deposition. By tailoring porosity through solvent engineering, molecular additives, ionic liquids, sacrificial templates, and interfacial modifications, the PbI2 layer becomes highly permeable,...
Vacancy‐Engineered Interfacial Electrons Modulation in NiCo Hydroxide/MoS2 Heterostructures for Boosted OER Electrocatalysis
Researchers engineered NiCo hydroxide/MoS2 heterostructures with either molybdenum or sulfur vacancies to probe interfacial electron dynamics. Mo‑vacancy samples dramatically improved charge transfer, lowering the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) overpotential to 256 mV at 10 mA cm⁻² and delivering a Tafel slope of 68.5 mV dec⁻¹....
Electrostatically Guided Covalent Architectures for Stable Hydrogen Evolution at Ampere‐Level Current Densities in Acidic Media
Researchers have developed a catalyst that anchors Mo2C nanoclusters onto nitrogen‑doped carbon nanotubes (NCNTs) via strong Mo‑C and Mo‑N covalent bonds formed through electrostatically guided self‑assembly and carbonization. The resulting porous, conductive network delivers overpotentials of 256 mV at 500 mA cm⁻² and...
Norwegian Consortium Develops Inductive Ship Charger for Offshore Applications
A Norwegian consortium of research institute SINTEF and shipbuilder Vard is developing an inductive charging adapter for battery‑electric service vessels operating offshore. The laboratory prototype can already transfer 50 kW wirelessly, and the design envisions a crane‑mounted system capable of delivering...
Port of Blyth £100m Expansion Plans
The Port of Blyth announced a £100 million (≈$127 million) expansion, dubbed the Battleship Wharf project, to turn the North East site into a larger offshore‑wind and clean‑energy hub. The plan adds three hectares of reclaimed land, up to 260 metres of quay extensions...
Kalyon PV Begins Production at New TOPCon Solar Cell Factory in Turkey
Kalyon PV has launched a new 1 GW TOPCon solar cell factory in Ankara, raising its annual cell output to 2.1 GW. The plant joins an existing 1.9 GW module facility and a 1 GW ingot‑and‑wafer line, creating a vertically integrated manufacturing hub. The...
Goldbeck Solar Lands EPC Role for 268MWp Bavarian PV Project
German EPC specialist Goldbeck Solar has won the turnkey contract to build the 268 MWp Schafhofen solar park in Bavaria, its largest German project to date. Ground‑mounted PV arrays will generate roughly 296 GWh per year, enough to power about 80,000 households....
Policy Playbook Shows How to Tap Into Distributed Energy Resource Solutions
The Pew Charitable Trusts released a policy playbook outlining how U.S. regulators can scale distributed energy resources (DERs) to improve grid affordability and reliability. While DER‑related policies rose nearly 80% last year, the United States still trails other nations in...
Pacific Ridge Reversal Brings Western U.S. Solar Conditions Back to Average in April
Solcast’s April 2026 solar irradiance report shows a reversal from March’s continent‑wide high levels. Weakening Pacific high pressure turned into a low, increasing cloud cover across the western U.S. and returning irradiance to near‑average. The eastern U.S. stayed sunnier, with...
Innergex and Prevalon Add 210MWh New Capacity to Existing Chile BESS
Innergex and Prevalon Energy have energized the San Andrés II battery energy storage system in Chile, adding 42 MW of power and 210 MWh of storage. The new capacity expands the San Andrés site to a combined 77 MW/385 MWh, complementing the Salvador II BESS which is nearing...
AWS Confirms Data Center Outage Caused By ‘Thermal Event,’ Some Services Still Impacted
Amazon Web Services confirmed a thermal event caused a cooling failure at its North Virginia US‑East‑1 data center, leading to power loss and widespread impairments of core services such as EC2, EBS, Redshift, SageMaker and others. Power was partially restored...
Ørsted Purchases 150MW Michigan BESS Project From ESA Solar
Danish energy giant Ørsted announced the purchase of a 150 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Michigan from developer ESA Solar Energy. The Salzburg BESS, which has secured permitting and interconnection progress, is expected to come online between 2029...
Axpo Launches 200MWp Vilecha Solar Complex in Spain
Axpo has inaugurated the 200 MW‑peak Vilecha solar complex in Spain’s León province, the largest photovoltaic installation in its portfolio. The four‑site, 310‑hectare project is expected to generate over 377 GWh of clean electricity each year, enough for roughly 100,000 households. It...
Wave Data Campaign in Martinique Paves the Way for Wave Energy Pilot
Wavepiston has launched a 12‑month wave‑data collection campaign on Martinique’s east coast to assess the island’s Atlantic wave resource. The effort, funded with €63,000 (≈$69,000) from France’s ADEME, follows a 2023 partnership with YS EMD and adds CreOcean as a technical...
T&D World Live Podcast: The Need for Speed
The T&D World Live Podcast highlighted how exploding data‑center growth, driven by AI and cloud workloads, is pressuring U.S. electric utilities to expand generation and transmission capacity. Deloitte experts forecast a dramatic rise in data‑center electricity demand over the next...
MCV Delivers 35 Hydrogen-Electric Intercity Buses to ÖBB Postbus in Villach, Austria
MCV has supplied 35 hydrogen‑electric C127 FC LE buses to ÖBB Postbus, marking Austria’s largest hydrogen bus fleet. The handover in Villach on 6 May 2026 coincided with the opening of the region’s first hydrogen refuelling station. The vehicles, capable of up to...
TSS Cruiser CSOV Ready to Support Taiwan's Offshore Wind Projects
Ta San Shang Marine (TSSM), a Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Ta Tong Marine joint venture, has taken delivery of the TSS Cruiser, a new commissioning service operation vessel built by Damen in Vietnam. The ship expands accommodation to 120 personnel, upgrades...
How Achievable Is Net Zero?
Achieving net‑zero has become a board‑level priority for energy‑intensive firms, but the path is complex. The Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s three‑scope framework—direct emissions (Scope 1), indirect purchased‑energy emissions (Scope 2), and value‑chain emissions (Scope 3)—offers a structured roadmap. While Scope 1 and 2 are relatively straightforward...
Australia Seeks to Slash Time for Renewable Energy Approvals
The Australian government announced a new target to complete renewable energy project approvals within 50 business days. The measure aims to streamline federal permitting processes, cutting the current average timeline of roughly 120 days. Officials say the faster regime will...
Disneyland Starts Testing Fully Electric Autopia Ride Vehicle Prototype
Disneyland has begun testing a fully electric prototype of its classic Autopia ride, marking the first step in a plan to replace the attraction's gasoline‑powered cars. The park aims to retire the existing gas engines by early 2027 as part...
Industry Groups Warn UK Risks Losing Jobs and Investment without Faster Decarbonisation
UK industry groups including the Carbon Capture and Storage Association, Hydrogen UK and Electrify Industry warned the government that delays in industrial decarbonisation could cost jobs, investment and energy security. They cite high electricity costs, policy uncertainty and international competition as pressures...