'Green' Cryptocurrency Uses 18 Times More Energy than Makers Claim
Chia Network, a cryptocurrency billed as a green alternative to Bitcoin, has been found to consume roughly 18 times more electricity than the company originally claimed. The protocol relies on proof‑of‑space‑and‑time, using idle hard‑disk capacity instead of Bitcoin’s energy‑hungry proof‑of‑work calculations. Independent analysis shows the actual power draw is far higher, and Chia’s leadership admits the discrepancy is not "wildly off." The firm says upcoming software upgrades will curb energy use and restore its eco‑friendly reputation.
Yozma IN 10 Electric Mini Dirt Bike at Exclusive New $999 Low, EcoFlow Sale Drops DELTA 3 Plus to $599,...
Green Deals highlighted an exclusive $999 price for the Yozma IN 10 off‑road electric mini dirt bike, slashing the $1,799 MSRP by $800. EcoFlow’s outdoor power sale cut the DELTA 3 Plus portable power station to $599, a 25% discount, while Anker offered...
Silicon Ranch Debuts Cattle-Friendly Solar Tracker Technology in Tennessee
Silicon Ranch launched its patented CattleTracker agrivoltaics platform at the Christiana Solar Ranch in Tennessee, creating the first commercial solar farm that safely accommodates beef cattle grazing. The system features solar trackers that shift into a grazing mode, allowing livestock...
SEIA: Local Solar Bans Threaten the Economic Survival of Family Farms
Family farms facing rising input costs and volatile commodity prices are turning to solar leasing as a reliable "third crop," with many earning $1,000 per acre or more. The Solar Energy Industries Association notes that solar now occupies only about...
Ameresco Completes Two Solar Projects for Maryland School District
Ameresco has completed two rooftop solar installations for Montgomery County Public Schools, installing a 558.14‑kW system at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School and a 244.26‑kW system at Germantown Elementary. The projects are part of a $23 million energy‑savings performance...
Singapore, Philippines Tighten Article 6 Co-Operation
Singapore and the Philippines have signed an Article 6 implementation agreement, establishing the first legal framework for bilateral carbon‑credit transfers for the Philippines under the Paris Agreement. The deal allows credits to be counted toward Singapore’s domestic carbon tax, its international...
Climate Tech Startup Voltpost Nabs DC Grant to Expand Public EV Charging: Exclusive
Voltpost, a climate‑tech startup that retrofits existing utility poles with level‑2 EV chargers, secured a $609,500 grant from the District of Columbia. The funding will enable the deployment of up to 16 pole‑mounted charging stations across the city, targeting underserved...
Topsoe From Denmark Supports U.S. Projects for the Production of Alternative Aviation Fuels
Danish catalyst specialist Topsoe is teaming with Abundia Global Impact Group to build three waste‑to‑fuel plants in Texas that will convert municipal and industrial plastic waste into sustainable aviation fuel, diesel and chemical feedstocks. Each HydroFlex® facility is designed for...
This Mysterious Process Sucks Electricity Directly From Its Environment
A February 2026 study in *Newton* reports that bismuth telluride exhibits a room‑temperature non‑linear Hall effect (NLHE), enabling direct conversion of ambient electrical signals into usable current. The researchers describe the process as ultrafast and efficient, but note that the generated...
Congress Should Fix the Nuclear Investment Tax Credit
Bipartisan Representatives Pat Harrigan and Jimmy Panetta introduced HR 8482, the Nuclear Rate Stabilization Act, to let regulated utilities claim the full nuclear investment tax credit upfront instead of spreading it over a plant’s operational life. The current credit, worth 30‑50%...
Türkiye’s COP31 Presidency and IEA Join Forces on Clean Energy Push
Türkiye’s COP31 presidency has forged a strategic partnership with the International Energy Agency to accelerate the global clean‑energy transition amid the Iran‑Russia war‑driven energy crisis. The alliance will focus on energy security, large‑scale electrification, green industrialisation, clean cooking for 2.3 billion...
Boomtown Levels up Hydrogen-Powered Stage Offering
Boomtown is debuting HYDRO XL, a 20,000‑capacity main stage powered entirely by green hydrogen, marking a 150% increase over last year’s 8,000‑person HYDRO stage. The upgrade is enabled by a partnership with renewable‑energy firm GeoPura, which supplies self‑charging battery systems...
2.9-MW Carport Project Completed at El Paso International Airport
Big Sun Solar finished two solar‑powered carports at El Paso International Airport, delivering a combined 2.9 MW of clean electricity. The structures shelter the rental‑car and premium‑parking lots while feeding power into the airport’s grid. Federal support covered the bulk of the...
Senators Vow to Block Permitting Reform over Trump’s Renewables Obstruction
Senators on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee warned Interior Secretary Doug Burgum that they will block bipartisan permitting reform unless the department stops "slow‑walking" renewable energy permits. The threat follows a federal judge’s preliminary injunction halting Interior’s pause on...
Renewable Developer Looks to Australian Outback for 10 Gigawatts of Wind, Solar and Battery Projects
Tilt Renewables is scouting the Australian Outback for up to 10 GW of new wind and solar projects, building on its existing 250 MW of assets near Broken Hill. The developer highlights the region’s strong wind and solar resources but stresses that...
Ameresco Releases 2025 Impact Report
Ameresco released its 2025 Impact Report marking 25 years of sustainable energy solutions. The report highlights progress across its People, Planet and Policy pillars, noting that 18 million metric tons of CO₂ were avoided in 2025 through owned assets and customer...
FirstEnergy Opposes Key Part of PJM Data Center Backstop Procurement Plan
FirstEnergy publicly opposed PJM Interconnection’s proposed Reliability Backstop Procurement auction, arguing that the two‑phase process places PJM and distribution companies as unnecessary intermediaries between data‑center developers and end‑use customers. The utility wants any network upgrades serving large loads to be...
Power Corner: Renesas’s Grid-to-Core Strategy for 800 V Data Center Power Architecture
Renesas is promoting a grid‑to‑core power architecture that moves data‑center power delivery from traditional side‑car racks to a unified 800 V DC bus using solid‑state transformers. The approach combines GaN‑based Vienna rectifiers, an LLC DCX isolated DC‑DC platform, and matrix transformers...
Fastmarkets Launches European Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) FOB Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp Outright and Premium Prices: Pricing Notice
Fastmarkets has introduced a suite of eight new price assessments for European hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) FOB Amsterdam‑Rotterdam‑Antwerp, covering outright, premium‑to‑ULSD and gross‑margin spreads across four feedstock categories (crop, used cooking oil, tallow and palm‑oil‑mill effluent). The launch coincides with...
Canada Positioned for $200B Clean Energy Boom, but Faster Approvals Needed: Report
Canada could capture roughly $146 billion USD in clean‑energy investments over the next decade, according to a Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) report. The analysis projects a need for 54‑88 GW of new wind, solar and storage capacity—more than triple current levels—requiring...
Microsoft AI Surge Exposes Data Center Capacity Gap
Microsoft reported a 40% year‑over‑year Azure revenue surge and a $37 billion AI run rate, while its commercial remaining performance obligations ballooned 99% to $627 billion. The rapid AI‑driven demand is outpacing the company’s ability to provision power, cooling and physical capacity,...
Solar-Assisted Air-Source Heat Pump for Radiant Floor Heating
Researchers at the University of Calgary have modeled an air‑source heat pump (ASHP) combined with an air‑based solar collector (SAC) to supply radiant floor heating in a typical Calgary bungalow. The hybrid system, simulated in TRNSYS, raised the coefficient of...
India’s Solar Generation Rose 24% YoY in Q4 FY26: Report
India’s solar generation surged 24% year‑on‑year to 48.9 BU in Q4 FY26, pushing total electricity output up 3% to 464 BU. Peak demand hit a record 256 GW, with 88 of 90 days seeing the highest load during daylight hours, aligning demand with...
Montréal’s Deep Sky Partners with French Energy Company ENGIE
Montréal‑based carbon removal firm Deep Sky announced a strategic partnership with French energy multinational ENGIE. Under the deal, ENGIE will buy up to 15,000 direct‑air‑capture (DAC) removal credits generated at facilities such as Deep Sky Alpha in Alberta, a project...
Moto to ‘Quadruple’ Number of EV Charging Bays
Moto Hospitality, the UK’s largest motorway services operator, plans to quadruple its electric‑vehicle charging bays across its 60 sites in the coming years. The expansion is funded by a £500 million (≈$635 million) investment programme, building on more than £300 million (≈$381 million) already...
OceanaGold Mulls Next Electrification Steps at Macraes & Waihi North Based on Technical Studies
OceanaGold’s 2025 Sustainability Report shows the miner achieved 100% renewable electricity across its four mines, after boosting renewable energy certificates to full coverage at Haile and Didipio. The company is now focusing on fleet electrification, commissioning an external study at...
TenneT Set to Start Beach Directional Drilling for Offshore Wind Farm Links
Dutch transmission system operator TenneT is set to start horizontal directional drilling at the Maasvlakte beach to create underground pathways for electricity cables linking three offshore wind farms—IJmuiden Ver Beta, IJmuiden Ver Gamma and Nederwiek 2. The steel casings have been installed, allowing...
Goal Zero Yeti 1500 Power Station Review (2026): More Power, Better Chemistry
Goal Zero unveiled the sixth‑generation Yeti 1500 portable power station, now built with lithium‑iron‑phosphate (LiFePO₄) cells that promise 4,000 charge cycles to 80 % capacity. The unit delivers a 2,000 W continuous inverter, a 1,800 W AC fast‑charge input that fills the battery in...
ROSI Raises $23 Million to Scale Solar Panel Recycling Capacity
French cleantech firm ROSI announced a €20 million ($23 million) Series B raise to expand its high‑value photovoltaic‑module recycling business across Europe. The funding backs a new 10,000‑ton‑per‑year plant in Teruel, Spain, complementing its existing ROSI Alpes facility. The company’s process extracts high‑purity...
Matrix Renewables, BW ESS Secure Finance and Offtake for over 2.2GWh of UK BESS
Matrix Renewables closed a $311 million non‑recourse loan to build a 1 GWh, 500 MW battery storage plant in Scotland, slated for commercial operation in Q3 2027. EDF partnered with BW ESS to optimise its 350 MW/1,243 MWh Hams Hall BESS under a 10‑year PowerShift agreement, with...
Coordination‐Modulated MOF‐Derived Electrocatalysts for Enhanced C─C Coupling in CO2 to C2H4 and C2H5OH Conversion
The review outlines mechanistic pathways for electrochemical CO₂ reduction to ethylene and ethanol using MOF‑derived electrocatalysts. It integrates studies of *CO intermediates, in‑situ spectroscopy of dynamic active sites, and DFT calculations of energy barriers. Future directions include machine‑learning‑guided MOF screening,...
Anker Solix Launches 7 kWh Modular Battery with 5 kWh Bidirectional Inverter
Anker Solix unveiled the XE, an all‑in‑one residential energy storage system that pairs a 7 kWh battery with a 5 kW bidirectional inverter. The unit features AI‑driven management, a 10,000‑cycle lifespan and 100 % depth‑of‑discharge, and can be commissioned in roughly five minutes....
After a Brutal Year, Ford Reshapes Its Sustainability Strategy
Ford Motor Co. announced a recalibrated sustainability strategy that leans heavily on hybrids and a new Universal EV Platform, while tempering its short‑term plug‑in electric vehicle ambitions. The 2025 fiscal year saw an $8.2 billion loss on $187.3 billion revenue, including over...
The Heat Is On: Decarbonizing Industrial Heat in India and Southeast Asia
Industrial heat generates roughly 14% of global CO₂ emissions, matching the combined output of road, aviation and shipping. The market, currently valued at about $900 billion, is set to exceed $1 trillion by 2030, driven largely by rapid urbanization and industrial expansion...
Solaris to Supply 19 Urbino Hydrogen Buses to SWK Mobil Krefeld in Germany
Solaris Bus & Coach will supply SWK Mobil Krefeld with 19 hydrogen‑fuel‑cell Urbino buses, slated for delivery by 2027. The order comprises nine 12‑metre Urbino 12 and ten 18‑metre articulated Urbino 18 models, expanding a previous 2023 purchase of ten...
NEVI EV Charger Rollout Sped up in 2025, Still Not Fast Enough Due to Roadblocks
The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program, funded with $5 billion under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and supplemented by $2.5 billion from the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure program, finally accelerated charger deployments in 2025. Operational stations rose from 26 at...
EDP Chief Warns over Barriers to PPAs
Duarte Bello, EDP’s Europe chief, warned that while power purchase agreements (PPAs) are vital for industrial electrification, high transaction costs, taxes and credit‑risk concerns limit their uptake. EDP’s renewables arm, EDPR, already manages more than 16 GW of long‑term PPAs, but scaling...
US DoE Moves to Release $430m for Hydropower Upgrades
The U.S. Department of Energy will release nearly $430 million to modernize aging hydropower facilities, covering 293 projects at 212 sites across 33 states. The funding, part of the Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity Incentives program, aims to upgrade turbines, generators, spillways...
CIP Warns Europe Has Wrong Market Conditions for Grid Expansion
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ COO warned that Europe’s grid expansion is hampered by outdated regulation, public‑ownership structures, and a weak political mandate, despite an estimated €120 bn ($141 bn) investment need. He highlighted a risk‑return mismatch caused by rising interest rates, which makes...
Exclusive: Data Center Firm Inks Carbon Removal Deal as AI Demand Surges
NTT Data, a global data‑center operator, has signed a carbon‑removal agreement with Swiss startup Climeworks, marking the first such deal for a major AI infrastructure company. The partnership could deliver several hundred thousand tons of CO₂ removal over a decade,...
South Australia Begins Construction of 1,000 MWh Battery as 4-Hour Energy Storage System
Alinta Energy has started building the first phase of the Reeves Plains Energy Hub in South Australia, featuring a 250 MW battery with roughly 1,000 MWh of storage. The four‑hour system, constructed by GenusPlus with CATL modules and Power Electronics inverters, is...
Spiral Hydrogen Raises €3.4M to Build Green Hydrogen Pilot in Rotterdam
Estonian‑Dutch deep‑tech startup Spiral Hydrogen secured €3.4 million (≈$3.7 million) in pre‑seed funding and grants to advance its bubble‑free rotating electrolyser. The technology routes gases through a porous electrode, achieving over 90% efficiency and promising lower capital and operating costs for green...
Bull of the Day: Bloom Energy (BE)
Bloom Energy announced an expanded Oracle partnership to deploy up to 2.8 GW of solid‑oxide fuel cells for AI cloud workloads, marking the largest hyperscaler commitment in its history. The company smashed Wall Street forecasts, reporting $751 million in revenue and $0.44...
GPS Renewables Wins EPC Mandate for Ethanol-to-Jet SAF Plant
GPS Renewables has secured an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from NTPC Ltd to build India’s first ethanol‑to‑jet sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant at the NTPC Green Energy hydrogen hub in Pudimadaka, Andhra Pradesh. The facility is designed to...
IMC’s Solar Plant ‘Powered’ by Green Bonds Inaugurated by CM Mohan Yadav
Indore Municipal Corporation inaugurated a 60 MW captive solar power plant that will supply electricity to its Narmada water‑pumping station. The project, costing about ₹271 crore (≈$33 million), was financed primarily through ₹244 crore (≈$29 million) of green bonds, with a ₹42 crore (≈$5 million) central government...
ABS and PIL Ink MoU on Verifying Emissions Reductions
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and Pacific International Lines (PIL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide independent verification of PIL's fuel use, transport activity, and emissions data. The partnership will enable PIL to participate in Book‑and‑Claim carbon registries,...
Siemens Gamesa Offshore CEO on Why There Is a 'Dark Cloud' Over Sector
Siemens Gamesa offshore‑wind chief Marc Becker praised recent European policy pledges to accelerate offshore‑wind capacity, but cautioned that a "dark cloud" still looms over the industry. He highlighted that while new targets could unlock billions in investment, lingering supply‑chain constraints and cost...
'Conflict Costs': Failure to Manage Community Opposition a Material Risk for Renewables Developers
Renewable developers are facing a growing, often untracked risk from community opposition, which can trigger costly delays, redesigns, financing penalties and reputational damage. A recent BusinessGreen study warns that these hidden expenses erode the value of clean‑energy portfolios and can...
Sponsored: Liquid Cooling for AI Data Centers: 3 Risks and How a Trusted Partner Ensures Success
AI‑driven data centers are confronting unprecedented power densities as Nvidia’s latest GPUs consume 1,000‑1,400 W each, pushing rack loads to roughly 142 kW and eyeing 1 MW in the near term. Traditional air cooling can’t dissipate that heat, prompting a shift to direct...
First Tesla Semi Rolls Off High-Volume Production Line
Tesla has rolled the first Semi off its new high‑volume line at Gigafactory Nevada, ending a protracted development cycle that began in 2017. The truck is offered in a Standard Range (325 miles) and a Long‑Range (500 miles) version, priced...