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Hyundai Motor Group’s Indonesian JV with LG Energy Solution, PT Hyundai LG Indonesia Green Power, has teamed up with Zhejiang Huayou Recycling to process both production waste and end‑of‑life EV batteries. The $1.1 billion Karawang plant, operational in 2024, will ship waste to Huayou’s local facility where it is turned into black mass and refined into lithium, cobalt and nickel. The collaboration extends to recycling used batteries, creating a closed‑loop supply chain for battery‑cell manufacturing. Executives describe the move as the first step toward a circular battery economy in Southeast Asia.
Ashtrom Renewable Energy has closed a $200 million financing agreement with BHI, the U.S. arm of Bank Hapoalim, to fund the El Patrimonio solar project near San Antonio, Texas. Construction began in 2025 with completion slated for 2027. The 370‑megawatt facility will...
Tokyo Gas Engineering Solutions (TGES) and IX Renewables have signed a basic agreement to collaborate on offshore wind projects, combining IX's Dutch offshore‑wind expertise with TGES's engineering and regulatory knowledge in Japan. The partnership will pursue engineering, procurement, construction, installation...
California (15.2 GW) and Texas (14 GW) remain the top U.S. grid‑battery markets, but Arizona’s utility‑scale storage more than doubled to 4.7 GW in 2025, moving it into third place. California added 29% capacity while Texas grew 69% last year, yet Arizona’s percentage...
The 1973 oil shock forced Europe to choose between quick fixes and systemic change, and a few nations seized the moment to build lasting clean‑energy foundations. Denmark turned the crisis into a wind‑power boom, the Netherlands institutionalised cycling infrastructure, France...
The Energy Insiders podcast examines Germany’s roadmap to achieve 100 % clean electricity, a goal set for the mid‑2030s. Host David Hochschild outlines the nation’s aggressive renewable‑capacity expansion, accelerated coal phase‑out, and massive grid‑modernisation investments. He also discusses how federal and...
Chinese solar maker Aiko has secured Clean Energy Council approval for its new ABC 60‑cell rooftop panel, delivering up to 545 W – roughly 24% more power than the average Australian module. The higher‑output panel lets homeowners pack more capacity onto...
GoodWe hosted a webinar on March 13, 2026 to unveil its ESA All‑in‑One residential energy storage system, available in single‑phase and three‑phase formats. The session also dissected recent revisions to the Federal Government’s Cheaper Home Batteries Program, highlighting new sizing...
Feederdock, a split‑vessel offshore wind installation system developed by ONP Management and Renewable Resources International, is set to enter the Australian market with Energy Estate as exclusive advisor. The concept pairs a heavy‑lift jack‑up vessel with shallow‑draught feeder ships, delivering...
Australian climate‑tech startup MGA Thermal announced a $17 million financing round, bringing its total capital raised to $50 million. The round was led by IP Group Australia, with board seat for Shane Meaney, and included a mix of venture firms and government...
Western Australia will raise inverter connection limits to 30 kW from 1 May 2026, allowing larger rooftop solar and battery systems on the South West Interconnected System (SWIS). The rule change also mandates compliance with AS/NZS 4777.2 for undervoltage ride‑through and remote disconnect capability...
The U.S. Department of Energy announced the Utility Power Reactor Incremental Scaling Effort (UPRISE), targeting 2.5 GW of additional nuclear capacity by 2027 and 5 GW by 2029 through power uprates, plant restarts, and life‑extension upgrades. The program taps the DOE’s $289 billion...
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity announced a $1.9 billion SPARK funding opportunity to accelerate reconductoring and advanced transmission upgrades across the nation’s power grid. The program aims to expand capacity, boost operational efficiency, and reduce electricity costs for...
Sublime Systems, an MIT‑spun low‑carbon cement startup, announced layoffs affecting roughly two‑thirds of its 90‑person staff after the Trump administration rescinded an $87 million Department of Energy grant. The funding pull forced the company to pause construction of its Holyoke, Massachusetts,...
DCE Solar has installed the first Tracker Twin single‑axis solar tracker in the United States, a product co‑engineered with Spain’s Axial Structural Solutions. The dual‑row system is manufactured domestically and aims to improve structural stability while reducing the number of...
The article explains how solar generator capacity, expressed in watt‑hours, determines how long a unit can power devices. It introduces a simple formula—total watt‑hours divided by the device’s watt draw—to estimate runtime before purchase. Real‑world performance often falls short of...
Utilities are turning to substation virtualization and centralized protection to meet a projected 40 % rise in electricity demand and higher renewable penetration by 2030. By decoupling software from hardware, virtualized substations act like app‑based platforms, enabling faster commissioning and scalable...
Rio Tinto and Prysmian have completed an industrial trial producing low‑carbon aluminum rod by blending hydro‑powered metal from the Alma smelter in Quebec with aluminum made using Rio Tinto’s ELYSIS technology, which eliminates direct CO₂ emissions. The trial is part...
VSB Integrated Energy Solutions will install a 751 kWp photovoltaic rooftop system on Sealed Air’s Alsfeld packaging plant under a 20‑year on‑site power purchase agreement. Construction starts in spring 2026 with commissioning slated for the second half of the year. The...
U.S. data centers, especially those supporting artificial intelligence workloads, are projected to drive a sharp rise in electricity consumption, pushing natural‑gas‑fired power generation beyond the Energy Information Administration’s current forecasts. The EIA’s latest analysis highlights that gas will continue to...
Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has introduced national benchmarks for agrivoltaics after 24% of projects reported reduced crop yields in fiscal 2023. By the end of FY2023, 6,137 sites covering 1,361.6 hectares were approved, prompting tighter oversight. New...
India has nearly achieved universal household electrification, cutting the global electricity deficit by half, while Nigeria is poised to replicate this progress. Both countries are integrating centralized grids with distributed mini‑grids, leveraging AI‑driven digital twins and large‑scale rooftop solar schemes....
ÖBB has placed an order for seven additional FLIRT Akku battery‑electric trains from Stadler, slated for delivery in 2028. The units will replace diesel‑powered services on the Kamptalbahn and Erlauftalbahn lines in Lower Austria starting in 2029. Each train combines...
Fairmat announced a contract with Airbus to recycle carbon‑composite panels from the A350, using its patented Infinity cold‑plasma technology that preserves mechanical performance. The process produces virgin‑quality fibers while dramatically lowering carbon emissions compared with new material production. At JEC...
RGREEN INVEST closed its fifth green infrastructure fund, Infragreen V, at over €900 million, surpassing the €670 million raised for the previous vintage. The fund will finance mid‑market European projects in renewable generation, energy storage, and electrification, with a strategic emphasis on...
The Rajasthan Agriculture Department has signed an agreement with IORA Ecological Solutions to launch an Agricultural Land Management Carbon Project. The pilot will run in three blocks—Bansur, Mahuwa and Malpura—and aims to channel carbon finance to farmers through plantation, micro‑irrigation,...
The United States logged a historic 50.3 GW of clean‑power installations in 2025, accounting for more than 90% of all new capacity added to the grid. Solar led the surge, delivering roughly half of the new capacity, while battery storage posted...
The Trump administration eliminated the $20 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, stripping green banks of their primary federal financing source. In response, a coalition of state and regional green banks formed U.S. Green Bank 50 (GB 50) to coordinate efforts and share...
The New York All‑Electric Buildings Act has been stalled in litigation, prompting a rethink of the city’s decarbonization roadmap. Experts argue that relying solely on electrification risks overloading an already strained grid and overlooks more scalable solutions. They propose a...
Utilidata and NexGen Cloud have launched the Karman AI power control platform to boost data‑center compute capacity by up to 50 percent using intelligent GPU power orchestration and stranded energy. The system, built on a custom NVIDIA module, monitors power...
EcoVadis and climate‑tech firm Watershed announced a strategic partnership to deliver precise Scope 3 emissions data across supply chains. The collaboration embeds EcoVadis’ supplier‑level carbon metrics into Watershed’s AI‑powered accounting platform, moving firms away from generic averages toward verified supplier data....
North Wales is being positioned as a hub for the proposed Wylfa nuclear project, which could host Rolls‑Royce small modular reactors. The development promises up to 3,000 construction jobs and roughly 800 permanent roles once operational. Local businesses are urged...
Laura Crabtree argues that the nuclear and fusion sectors can learn from aerospace’s decade‑long battle with fragmented operations and rapid innovation. She stresses that a solid operational foundation—unified data, standardized procedures, and real‑time collaboration—is prerequisite to safely scaling advanced technologies....
India is building roughly 6,600 MW of nuclear capacity, slated for completion by 2029‑30, while another 7,000 MW remains in planning and approval phases. Current nuclear output already exceeds 8,780 MW, reflecting rapid expansion. Parallel projects include 12,723 MW of hydroelectric plants under construction...
GoodWe has launched a three‑phase all‑in‑one energy storage system for rooftop PV, integrating inverter, battery and AI‑driven energy management in a single unit. The system operates at a whisper‑quiet 30 dB, earning TÜV Rheinland’s world‑first Grade A low‑noise certification, and can reduce...
Heat pumps are rapidly becoming the preferred method for domestic hot water (DHW) production across Europe, driven by decarbonisation goals and the rise of rooftop photovoltaics. Their low‑temperature operation (45‑55 °C) maximises efficiency but overlaps the growth window of Legionella pneumophila,...
Organizations often overlook data architecture as a major source of IT energy consumption. Excess tables, unused indexes, and inefficient schemas increase storage, I/O, and CPU cycles, inflating both costs and carbon footprints. By applying disciplined schema design, index management, query...
William Lauwers of Enertis Applus+ highlighted that the U.S. battery‑energy‑storage‑system (BESS) market is poised for multi‑year expansion despite looming FEOC regulations. He warned that the new foreign‑entity‑of‑concern rules and evolving Treasury guidance could tighten ITC eligibility, forcing developers to balance lower‑cost...
Toshiba has launched EneTogo, an AI‑driven PV management platform within its Spinex for Energy suite, enabling real‑time monitoring and O&M of distributed solar plants. The system automatically calculates capacity factor, performance ratio, and lost generation while detecting zero‑output faults using...
America’s electricity grid faces looming capacity shortfalls as winter storms, record demand and aging plants converge. Market designs only signal investment after supply gaps appear, leaving developers with limited time and revenue certainty. The article argues that, like 19th‑century railroad...
PJM Interconnection announced it will restrict legacy netting for behind‑the‑meter loads that exceed 50 MW, compelling large AI‑scale data centers to adopt new service models. The reform introduces "Connect‑and‑Manage" and "BYOG" constructs to streamline interconnection while maintaining system reliability. By making...
Awery Aviation Software has become the first digital platform to embed IATA’s CO2 Connect for Cargo into its ERP system, giving users real‑time, flight‑specific emissions data within existing workflows. The calculator draws on operational inputs from over 100 airlines, delivering...
Wiltshire College & University Centre opened a £500,000 Green Skills Innovation Centre in Chippenham, backed by the Shared Prosperity Fund and Good Energy. The facility features teaching bays for solar PV, heat pumps, battery storage and smart‑home systems, plus an...
Oslo‑based Photoncycle raised €15 million in a Series A round led by NordicNinja and Voima Ventures to commercialize its solid‑state hydrogen storage system. The technology stores excess summer solar power as hydrogen for winter use, targeting Dutch and Danish households as net‑metering...
U.S. public‑transit agencies have collectively funded, ordered, or deployed 8,116 full‑size zero‑emission buses as of July 2025, marking a 16% year‑over‑year increase. Small‑vehicle zero‑emission buses added another 1,400 units, growing 20% in the same period. California remains the clear leader, operating...
Preliminary plans for the ‘Smithfield Gateway’ project propose two 250,000‑sq‑ft data centers in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, on land between Music Center Drive and Smithfield Lane. The proposal is tied to Legend Properties, a commercial‑real‑estate firm active in the Philadelphia market, though...
Researchers at Empa have created a stretchable polymer electrolyte based on modified silicone that conducts ions while retaining elasticity. The flexible electrolyte can suppress lithium dendrite growth and fill microscopic voids, enhancing solid‑state battery stability and energy density. Its ultra‑thin...
Aligned announced the topping out of its IAD‑06 data center in Frederick, Maryland, completing the structural phase of the 72 MW, 450,000 sq ft facility. The two‑story building is part of a 75‑acre campus within TPG’s Quantum Frederick park, where a total of...
The Global Renewables Alliance (GRA) is urging policymakers to fast‑track solar, wind, hydro, geothermal and storage projects after Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz sent oil and gas prices soaring. The trade body cites the current Middle East shock...
A new study by the Federal Association for New Energy Industry, based on research from the University of Göttingen and the University of Cologne, examined five German solar parks over 18 months. It found that vegetation growing under and between...
