CO2 Battery Startup Energy Dome Signs MOU to Deploy Technology at Texas Data Centre
Energy Dome and New Era Energy & Digital (NUAI) have signed an MOU to install the company’s CO₂ Battery Plus system at NUAI’s Texas Critical Data Centres, supporting a 1 GW AI‑optimized data centre. The CO₂ Battery stores energy by compressing carbon dioxide and leverages waste heat from open‑cycle gas turbines to boost output, potentially doubling power during peaks and increasing turbine efficiency by up to 25%. The deal follows similar LDES pilots by Google and other tech giants, highlighting a shift toward long‑duration storage for mission‑critical workloads. Energy Dome has been ranked the top non‑lithium LDES provider by Sightline Climate.
More Renewable Power for South Africa’s Platinum, Iron-Ore, Diamond Mines
Anglo American and EDF, through their Envusa joint venture, have brought 380 MW of renewable capacity online in South Africa with the Umsobomvu wind farm and Mooi Plaats solar project, and a third 140 MW wind farm, Hartebeesthoek, is slated for June...
Wind Power in Germany Rises by 27 Percent in the First Quarter of 2026 - Why Electricity Prices Are Falling
Germany’s wind power output jumped 27% in Q1 2026, driven by a 5 GW net addition of turbines and stronger wind conditions. Onshore generation rose 23% to 33.1 billion kWh, while offshore surged 45% to 9.7 billion kWh. The surge pushed wholesale electricity prices down 8.9%,...
Server Sanctuaries or Net-Zero Derailers? Southeast Asia’s Data Centre Dilemma
Southeast Asia’s startup‑driven AI surge is propelling data‑centre construction at an 18.5% annual rate, pushing regional energy demand toward a three‑fold increase by 2050. Data centres consume up to 50 times the power of typical office space, with cooling alone...
UK Automotive’s EV Crossroads: Pressure, Pushback and the Race to Net Zero
The UK government is doubling down on its Zero‑Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate, positioning the country as a leader in decarbonising road transport. Automotive manufacturers warn that soaring battery‑material prices, volatile energy costs and supply‑chain strains could outpace the policy’s pace,...
CATL, Envision Sodium-Ion BESS Cells Among Next-Gen Tech and Solutions Showcased at Beijing Expo ESIE 2026
China’s leading energy‑storage firms showcased a wave of full‑stack, scenario‑agnostic solutions at ESIE 2026, highlighted by CATL’s debut of a dedicated sodium‑ion cell that shares its 587 Ah lithium platform. The exhibition emphasized massive‑format cells—such as Envision’s 790 Ah prismatic wound cell—entering mass...
Ohio Farmers Push Back Against Data Center Boom with Ballot Initiative
Ohio’s ballot board certified a constitutional amendment that would bar new data centers consuming more than 25 megawatts of electricity per month, effectively halting most future projects. The grassroots group Ohio Residents for Responsible Development must gather over 413,000 signatures across...
Blackstone Backs Renewable Energy Infrastructure Platform Sunotec
Sunotec, a Bulgaria‑based integrator of utility‑scale solar and battery storage, secured a structured equity investment from Blackstone’s Tactical Opportunities fund. The capital will fund Sunotec’s expansion across core European markets such as Germany, the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, and Southeast Europe,...
Inverter-Based Resource Performance History Leads to Regulatory Change
NERC has introduced three new standards—PRC-028-1, PRC-029-1, and PRC-030-1—to tighten inverter‑based resource (IBR) reliability after the 2022 Odessa event caused a 2,555 MW loss of solar and synchronous generation. PRC-028-1 mandates high‑resolution disturbance monitoring and 90‑day reporting; PRC-029-1 enforces IEEE‑2800 voltage...
EnBW Launches Solar-Plus-Storage Project in Öhringen
EnBW has commissioned a 6.22 MWp solar park with a 6.1 MWh battery in Öhringen, Germany. The hybrid facility will generate roughly 7 GWh of electricity each year, enough for about 2,500 households, and occupies 5.72 hectares with around 10,000 VSun modules. Construction...
Cape Town Start-Up Powers Six-Month Netflix Production with the Sun
Cape Town start‑up Cinergy deployed its CineRay mobile solar PV array and CineVault battery system to power Netflix’s season 2 production of *One Piece* for 24 weeks, with an additional eight‑week off‑site deployment. The solar solution eliminated the need for diesel generators,...
BNZ Targets 850MW Storage Pipeline
BNZ announced an 850 MW battery‑storage pipeline, with 530 MW slated for deployment across Spain, Italy and Portugal during 2026‑2027. The rollout includes 260 MW in Spain, 210 MW in Italy and 60 MW in Portugal, complementing its existing 2.7 GW of solar, wind and storage...
Solar-Plus-Storage Could Meet 90% of India’s Power Demand – Ember
Ember’s new report finds that installing about 930 GW of solar capacity together with 2,560 GWh of battery storage could meet up to 90 % of India’s electricity demand at a levelised cost of roughly INR 5.06/kWh (≈ $56/MWh). This cost is lower than current...
China Starts Work on Solar Plant Built Under Extreme Conditions, Amid Global Energy Crisis
China has begun construction on a 50‑megawatt concentrated solar power (CSP) plant on the Tibetan Plateau, setting a record as the world’s highest‑altitude parabolic‑trough facility at 4,550 metres. The project, part of a broader push to diversify China’s energy mix,...
Microsoft Signs 15-Year BECCS-Based Carbon Removal Deal in Canada
Microsoft has signed a 15‑year offtake agreement with Svante and the Meadow Lake Tribal Council to purchase 626,000 tonnes of carbon‑removal credits from a BECCS project in Canada. The North Star BECCS facility, integrated into the MLTC Bioenergy Centre, is...
Sustainability Accounting Can Be Difficult, but Can Differentiate
Enterprises are drawn to public‑cloud sustainability claims that highlight data‑center efficiency and renewable energy use. However, providers’ reporting methods differ, making it hard to translate high‑level metrics into verifiable carbon footprints for individual organizations. The hidden lifecycle emissions of hardware—manufacturing,...
Waaree Subsidiary Begins Operations at 3GW Facility in Gujarat, India
Waaree Energies' subsidiary Sangam Solar One started operations at a 3 GW solar module plant in Samakhiali, Gujarat on 6 April 2026, adding four 750 MW production lines. The new capacity joins the 1.5 GW launched in November 2025, bringing total output across the Samakhiali and...
DYQUE Energy Launches Mega Dealership Programme to Unlock Billion-Naira Solar Projects
DYQUE Energy unveiled its Mega Dealership Programme at the Business Summit 2026 in Lagos, a four‑tier model that links national distributors, mega dealers, EPC partners and the company’s sales force to streamline large‑scale solar projects. The company pledged $625,000 for...
Environmental Disaster Is Looming Thanks To “Renewable” Energy Sources
The article argues that the global push for wind and solar power has cost over $10 trillion in the past 25 years, yet has failed to curb fossil‑fuel use, with global oil consumption rising about one‑third. It highlights that European electricity...
What You Need to Know Before Emissions Regulators Come Knocking
Regulators worldwide are tightening climate‑related financial disclosure, forcing companies to inventory Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, especially those tied to IT infrastructure. The IFRS standards have been transposed into law across major economies, and cloud providers now publish detailed emissions dashboards, though...
Why Rising Energy Fears Are Turning UK Homes Into Mini Power Stations
UK households are rapidly installing rooftop solar panels and battery storage as rising energy price volatility fuels a desire for financial protection. Global supply shocks, especially in oil and gas, have pushed forecasts of higher bills, prompting consumers to seek...
Cold-Climate Data Centers: The Next Hot Thing in Data Center Growth
Cold‑climate data centers exploit naturally low ambient temperatures to provide free cooling, dramatically lowering power and water consumption. Operators such as atNorth, Facebook, and Google have already deployed facilities in Iceland, Sweden, and Finland, demonstrating cost and sustainability gains. The...
QCIL Inks Agreements with Ampin Energy and Radiance Renewables to Transition Facilities to Sustainable Energy
Quality Care India Ltd (QCIL) has signed agreements with Ampin Energy and Radiance Renewables to source solar power for five hospitals across Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra. The first phase adds roughly 6 MWp of capacity, part of a broader 30 MW target...
Are Floatovoltaics the Next Big Thing in Renewable Energy?
Floatovoltaics—solar panels mounted on floating platforms—are emerging as a fast‑growing renewable technology that leverages water‑based cooling to lift panel efficiency and frees valuable land for other uses. Countries such as Germany, Russia and China already operate sizable floating solar farms,...
How EVs Could Solve a Problem with America’s Rickety Grid
A new study modeling the San Francisco Bay Area shows that vehicle‑to‑grid (V2G) technology can help balance electricity demand, but only if the power system is upgraded in advance. Researchers found proactive grid investments—new transformers and transmission lines—are cheaper than...
Agra Metro Saves ₹5 Million in One Year with Regenerative Braking Technology
Agra Metro has cut its electricity bill by roughly ₹5 million (about $58,000) in the first year after installing Sécheron’s IGBT inverter for regenerative braking, the first such deployment in India. The system captures braking energy and feeds it back to...
Pinergy Sets Ambitious 40MWp Commercial Solar Target
Pinergy, Ireland’s only fully integrated energy supplier, announced a push to install over 40 MWp of commercial solar projects across the island within the next three years. To drive this expansion, the company appointed Philip Connor as Head of Commercial Development,...
From Steel to Composite, a Strategic Transformation of European Power Grids
TenneT, the Dutch transmission system operator, has launched a multi‑year programme to replace its extra‑high‑voltage steel conductors with composite‑core cables. Epsilon Composite, via its Epsilon Cable unit, secured a framework agreement to supply these advanced conductors. The move aims to...
South Korea Sets 20% Renewable Power Goal for 2030
South Korea announced a plan to raise renewable electricity to at least 20% by 2030. The government aims to expand renewable capacity to 100 GW, primarily through solar and wind, up from an 11.4% share last year. The strategy also calls...
How Pakistan’s Solar Boom Is Shielding It From Worst of Iran War Crisis
Pakistan’s rapid solar expansion is buffering the country from soaring global energy prices triggered by the US‑Israel war on Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. A Balochistan farmer, Karim Baksh, swapped a diesel pump for a $1,075...
Trump’s Offshore Wind Opposition Was Never Really About the Whales
The Trump administration has repeatedly invoked whale protection to oppose U.S. offshore wind, despite no evidence that turbines threaten marine mammals. Last week, a Trump‑appointed “God Squad” voted unanimously to exempt Gulf of Mexico oil and gas projects from Endangered...
Banpu to Invest $1.5bn to Expand Operations in US
Thai energy group Banpu announced a minimum $1.5 bn (Bt48.86 bn) investment to expand its U.S. power portfolio, targeting roughly 1 GW of new generating capacity. The plan centers on building or acquiring gas‑fired plants in Texas, where the company already operates two...
Molecular Engineering‐Regulated Donor‐Acceptor 1D Covalent Organic Frameworks with Bipolar Redox‐Active Centers for High‐Performance Organic Li‐Ion Battery Cathodes
Researchers have synthesized two donor‑acceptor type one‑dimensional covalent organic frameworks (1D COFs) with bipolar redox‑active centers and integrated them onto carbon nanotubes (CNT) to form dendritic core‑shell composites. Molecular engineering narrowed the energy gap, boosting electronic conductivity, while in‑situ CNT...
Contentious Solar Project Scrapped After Work Fails to Start on Time
Flow Power has abandoned the 100 MW Springdale solar project north‑west of Sutton after the state planning permit expired in February. The $120 million AUD (~$79 million USD) development missed the February 19 deadline to commence construction, and the company cited the absence of...
GHNF Extends to Wales
The Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF) is opening to Welsh applicants for the first time in its 12th funding round. The UK government has pledged an extra £195 million per year in capital funding for the scheme through 2030. Welsh public...
Navigating the Opaque Fog of Public Cloud Carbon Footprints
The promise that public cloud automatically reduces emissions is eroding as providers use inconsistent metrics. AWS, Microsoft, and Google rely on market‑based reporting, renewable credits, or emerging 24/7 carbon‑free claims, making true carbon accounting opaque. Additionally, embodied carbon from AI‑focused...
Westinghouse Files to Update AP1000 Design Certification, Make Vogtle Expansion the U.S. Reference Plant
Westinghouse has submitted Revision 20 of the AP1000 Design Control Document to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, proposing the as‑built Vogtle Unit 4 as the new reference plant for all future AP1000 projects. The filing, targeted for NRC approval by 2026, would create...
Home Batteries Get Bigger and Bigger, as Race to Beat Rebate Changes Sparks Last-Ditch Frenzy
Australian households rushed to install larger home batteries before the Cheaper Home Batteries rebate changes, pushing the average system size to a record 40 kWh in March. Registrations hit 1.6 GWh, a 35% jump from February, as the program’s $7.2 bn AUD (≈$4.8 bn...
Onsemi Powers Sineng's Solar and Energy Storage Systems
Onsemi’s latest hybrid power integrated modules, combining FS7 IGBTs with EliteSiC diodes in an F5BP package, have been selected for Sineng Electric’s next‑generation 430 kW liquid‑cooled string energy storage system and its 320 kW utility‑scale solar inverter. The modules deliver up to...
Unlocking 29.76% Efficiency for Perovskite Tandems
A Chinese research team introduced a colloidal chemistry approach that synchronises the crystallisation of wide‑bandgap and narrow‑bandgap subcells in all‑perovskite tandem solar cells, achieving a record 29.76% power conversion efficiency (PCE). The strategy employs graded carboxylate modulators—tartrate for the WBG...
NextGen Nano Plans £300m Agrivoltaics Programme
NextGen Nano Limited announced a £300 million agrivoltaics programme to pilot its transparent organic photovoltaic film, PolyPower, in West Africa. The flexible, 85 percent efficient panels will be integrated into greenhouse and tunnel structures to grow nutrient‑dense crops while generating off‑grid renewable...
Telecom News: Jazz, Huawei, ZTE, MiFibra
Jazz, Pakistan’s largest mobile operator, has partnered with Huawei to power 1,000 telecom sites with solar energy, delivering a 13 MW capacity that will generate roughly 11 GWh of clean electricity each year and cut emissions by about 15,000 tons. In India, saturated...
New Report | Batteries for Construction, Agriculture & Mining Machines
IDTechEx released a comprehensive report forecasting off‑highway battery demand for construction, agriculture and mining equipment through 2036. It projects total battery consumption to reach 45 GWh and outlines revenue growth in the US‑dollar billions. The study evaluates current NMC and LFP...
Expert Webinar on EV Battery Material Trends
IDTechEx hosted a 30‑minute webinar on March 19, 2026, where analyst Daniel Parr examined how evolving electric‑vehicle battery material trends are driving lower prices and higher energy density. The session covered regional EV market dynamics, the trade‑offs between NMC and...
Beyond the HEFA Tipping Point: What Does the Future Hold for Biofuels?
The HEFA pathway currently supplies most sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) but its feedstock is projected to run out by the early 2030s, creating a so‑called HEFA tipping point. IDTechEx’s market forecast highlights alcohol‑to‑jet (ATJ) and gasification routes as the most...
US War in Iran Is Pushing up Gas Prices and Making a Case for Home Solar
The United States’ escalating conflict with Iran has driven diesel prices above $8 per gallon in parts of California, sending fuel costs soaring. Higher gasoline and diesel prices are prompting a surge in electric vehicle (EV) purchases, with Toyota, Hyundai...
Energy Prices Are Surging Again - but UK Businesses Face a Bigger Hidden Cost
The UK’s power system is shifting to intermittent renewables, prompting Ofgem’s Targeted Charging Review to replace consumption‑based transmission fees with a fixed daily Transmission Demand Residual (TDR). The new regime will lift TDR charges by more than 65% in April...
UNSW Sydney Study Reveals Hidden UV Risks for Solar Panel Manufacturing
Engineers at UNSW Sydney have developed a global model showing ultraviolet radiation can reduce the lifespan of next‑generation solar panels by up to ten years, especially in high‑UV regions. The research reveals that sun‑tracking installations receive significantly more UV exposure...
Investors Push Amazon, Microsoft, and Google to Disclose Site-Specific Data Center Water and Power Consumption — More than a Dozen...
More than a dozen investors, led by Trillium Asset Management, are urging Amazon, Microsoft and Google to disclose site‑specific water and power consumption for their U.S. data centers. The push follows recent cancellations of multibillion‑dollar projects and highlights that North...
A ‘Molecular Fence’ Helps Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel
Researchers in China have introduced a “molecular fence” that confines reaction intermediates on an electrocatalytic surface, dramatically improving the conversion of carbon dioxide to ethylene. The fence, built from benzo‑2,1,3‑thiadiazole molecules, achieves 64% selectivity toward ethylene while suppressing hydrogen side‑reactions....