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 85‑90% CO₂ capture in a pilot at a major power plant and producing biomass for premium cosmetics and omega‑3s. India has earmarked roughly $2.4 billion for CCUS, and the global market is projected to grow 8% annually to $6.2 billion by 2033, positioning Intrinsic to address cost and scalability challenges of traditional CCUS. The firm offers buy‑back and licensing models, turning carbon from a cost centre into a revenue‑generating resource.
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...
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...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
China-Backed Solar Project Powers up in Laos Amid Iran War Energy Shock
China General Nuclear Power Group has completed a 1‑gigawatt solar farm in northern Laos, the country’s first large‑scale mountainous photovoltaic installation. The plant, equipped with about 2.23 million panels, is linked to the 500‑kilovolt China‑Laos power line and is expected to...
Developer Behind Australia’s Biggest Operating Wind Farm Advances Plans for New 50-Turbine Project
Australian wind developer Westwind Energy has moved its 400 MW Bottle Tree Energy Park, a 50‑turbine wind farm with a potential battery, into the federal environmental assessment stage by submitting over 1,100 pages of documentation to the EPBC. The project, sited...
Fresh Progress for Eight-Hour Pumped Hydro Project Proposed to Help Replace Ageing Coal Plant
EnergyAustralia and EDF Power Solutions Australia have moved a 350 MW, eight‑hour pumped‑hydro storage project forward by releasing its Environmental Impact Statement for public comment. The Lake Lyell facility, slated to use the same water source as the aging Mt Piper coal plant,...
BIR Urges Policymakers to Emphasize Steel Recycling
The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) has warned policymakers that current green‑steel standards using a sliding‑scale methodology reward carbon‑intensive production and penalize recycled‑steel use. It criticises two competing standards—ResponsibleSteel’s sliding scale and the Global Steel Climate Council’s approach—for creating a...
Iran War: How Wind and Solar Are Saving the UK Millions of Pounds a Day in Fossil Fuel Costs
The latest analysis shows that Britain’s expanding wind and solar capacity is cushioning the domestic market from the fossil‑fuel price spikes triggered by the recent US‑Israel‑Iran conflict. Renewable generation now accounts for roughly 45% of the UK’s electricity mix, delivering...
Recycling Heat In Data Centers
Data center workloads are surging, tripling U.S. power demand over the past decade and set to double or triple again by 2028. The resulting thermal output, especially from AI‑driven, high‑density racks, is prompting facility leaders to shift from merely rejecting...
How Data Center Location, ESG Regulations, and AI Infrastructure Are Reshaping Risk
Data center location has moved from a purely technical choice to a core governance decision, as it directly influences energy costs, cooling requirements, water usage, and grid reliability. Climate stressors such as heat and drought are concentrating in key hubs,...
New Carbon Trading Regimes Advance, Details Change
Developing and middle‑income nations are rolling out a new wave of emissions trading systems (ETS) as climate goals and trade pressures intensify. The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is a key catalyst, prompting countries to keep carbon revenues domestically....
Adani Green CEO Sees Massive Scalability for Solar, Wind
Adani Green Energy has surpassed 19 GW of renewable capacity and is targeting 50 GW by 2030‑32, cementing its role as a global leader. The company’s Khavda solar‑wind hub in Gujarat already hosts 9.4 GW and is slated to expand to 30 GW by...
Defra Plots Faster Planning Process for Sizewell C Nuclear Plant and Teesside SAF Refinery
Defra announced that the Environment Agency will serve as the single point of contact for environmental approvals on the Sizewell C nuclear power plant and the Lighthouse Green Fuels SAF refinery, aiming to speed up planning and cut costs while maintaining standards. Sizewell C,...
How China Positioned Itself to Win the Global Energy Crisis
China entered the Iran‑War with extensive oil and gas stockpiles and a clean‑energy infrastructure that outpaces any other nation. The conflict has throttled Hormuz shipments, prompting a rapid global shift toward renewables where China already dominates solar panels, wind turbines,...
The UK’s Largest Solar Farm Just Got the Green Light
The UK government approved the 800 MW Springwell Solar Farm in North Kesteven, set to become the nation’s largest solar project. Developed by EDF Power Solutions and Luminous Energy, the farm will begin generating power in 2029, enough to supply over...
Peru Scales up Solar Capacity as Sunny Complex Reaches 345 MW
Peru’s utility‑scale solar sector accelerated with the commissioning of Sunny Expansión, a 141 MW addition that lifts the Sunny complex in Arequipa to 345 MW. The expansion, approved by COES on April 3, 2026, followed a rapid six‑month development cycle after the original...
Chevron-Microsoft Talks Hint at the Future of AI Power Infrastructure
Chevron, Microsoft and investment firm Engine No. 1 have entered an exclusivity agreement to explore a multibillion‑dollar natural‑gas power plant in West Texas. The proposed facility, estimated at $7 billion, would deliver roughly 2,500 MW—enough to power a large AI‑focused data‑center campus. While...
Can US Innovation Shift the Second-Life EV Battery Landscape?
The United States lags behind China and the EU in second‑life EV battery deployment due to weak federal policy, costly UL certification, and limited battery supply. A partnership between AI‑infrastructure firm Crusade and recycler Redwood has built the world’s largest...
Illinois County Courthouse Cuts Ribbon on 1.3-MW Solar Project
Cook County, Illinois, celebrated the ribbon‑cutting of a 1.3‑MW solar array at its Skokie courthouse, installed by Ameresco. The project is part of a broader Clean Energy Plan that already includes an 806‑kW system at the Markham courthouse and 17...
The Hormuz Crisis Is Making Low-Carbon Energy Strategies More Expensive
The Iran‑Houthi conflict in the Strait of Hormuz has sharply disrupted sulfur shipments, driving global sulfur prices up more than 70 percent and reaching about $600 per metric ton. Sulfuric acid, a by‑product of oil refining, is essential for hydrometallurgical...
800MW Springwell Solar Farm by EDF Power Receives Greenlight, Largest of Its Kind in the UK
The UK government has approved EDF Renewables' Springwell Solar Farm, an 800 MW photovoltaic project that will power roughly 180,000 homes. Spanning an area equivalent to 1,700 football pitches between Lincoln and Sleaford, the development also includes a large‑scale battery‑storage system....
India Climbs to Third Globally in Renewable Energy Capacity, Adding Record 55 GW in FY2025-26
India added a record 55.29 GW of renewable capacity in FY 2025‑26, pushing total non‑fossil capacity to 283.46 GW and moving the nation to third place globally, overtaking Brazil. Solar contributed 44.61 GW, wind 6.05 GW, and distributed solar supplied over a third of the...
$4 Billion Arunachal Pradesh Hydropower Projects Accelerate India’s Clean Energy Transition Drive
India has approved more than $4 billion (≈₹40,000 crore) to build the Kamala and Kalai‑II hydropower schemes in Arunachal Pradesh. The Kamala project alone will deliver about 1,720 MW of clean electricity, while Kalai‑II adds further capacity across three remote districts. The investment...
More On Batteries, Or How To Grow Lemons In Vermont
The author explores modern portable battery power stations—like Anker Solix, Bluetti and Jackery—and shows how they enable off‑grid greenhouse operations in Vermont, providing heating, water circulation, and monitoring without noisy generators. By coupling these batteries with small solar panels and...
TikTok Investing $1.16 Billion for Second Data Center in Finland
TikTok announced a €1 billion ($1.16 billion) investment to build a second data center in Lahti, Finland, with an initial 50 MW capacity that can scale to 128 MW. The project is part of ByteDance’s broader €12 billion ($14.02 billion) European data‑sovereignty initiative aimed at keeping...
TikTok Doubles Down on Finland With Second €1B Data Center
TikTok announced a €1 billion ($1.16 billion) investment to build a new data center in Lahti, Finland, marking its second major facility in the country after a similar spend in Kouvola. The Lahti site will start with 50 MW of power capacity and...
JPMorgan Invests $600,000 to Scale Atlanta’s Clean Tech Workforce, Startups
JPMorgan Chase is allocating $600,000 to the Georgia Cleantech Innovation Hub (GACIH) to expand Atlanta’s clean‑technology workforce and startup ecosystem. The grant, administered through Georgia Tech’s Partnership for Innovation Network, will fund university‑linked programs at Georgia Tech, Georgia State, Morehouse...
Arizona Task Force Roadmap Prioritizes Virtual Power Plants and Distributed Solar to Cut Energy Costs
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs’ Energy Promise Taskforce issued a 31‑point roadmap urging rapid deployment of virtual power plants, distributed solar and 2,000 MW of battery storage by 2025 to absorb an anticipated 40% surge in peak demand. The plan streamlines permitting...