Turning Farms Into Jet Fuel Factories Won’t Fix Aviation Emissions
The aviation sector is betting on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to cut emissions, but crop‑based SAF may negate carbon gains due to indirect land‑use change and water use. Waste‑oil SAF offers high reductions but lacks scalability, while corn, soy and palm‑oil fuels can emit as much as fossil jet fuel. Recent research shows operational efficiency improvements could lower aviation emissions by up to 50 % without expanding agriculture. Experts argue a balanced approach—combining limited low‑impact SAF with aggressive efficiency measures—is essential for genuine decarbonisation.
NERC Overstates Reliability Risks in Long-Term Assessment: Grid Strategies
Grid Strategies contends that NERC’s 2025 Long‑Term Reliability Assessment exaggerates U.S. grid risks by inflating demand forecasts, especially the 90 GW data‑center load projected for 2030. The consulting firm argues the LTRA underestimates supply, ignoring projects in interconnection queues and non‑firm...
Base Power Launches 100MW VPP Programme in Texas
Base Power announced a 100 MW virtual power plant (VPP) programme with Denton County Electric Cooperative (CoServ) in North Texas, its largest deal to date. The initiative will install interconnected residential battery‑energy‑storage systems (BESS) that provide dispatchable capacity during peak demand...
‘Scale Is How You Win’: Macquarie’s Ed Northam on Green Investing
Macquarie Asset Management’s global head of green investments, Ed Northam, emphasized that scale is the decisive factor in winning the green‑investment race. He highlighted abundant opportunities in U.S. renewable power despite a slowdown in project delivery timelines. Northam noted that...
SRM Institute of Science and Tech Licenses Its Cell Encapsulation Technology to Anabond
SRM Institute of Science and Technology has licensed its five‑year‑developed cell‑encapsulant technology to industrial adhesive maker Anabond Ltd. The agreement provides SRMIST with an upfront ₹1 crore and royalties for seven years, while the encapsulant promises up to a 50 percent increase...
Prioritizing Energy Intelligence for Sustainable Growth
Loudoun County, Virginia, now hosts the planet’s highest concentration of data centers, a hub fueling the AI boom. U.S. data centers already consume about 4% of national electricity, a share projected to rise to 12% by 2028 as gigawatt‑scale campuses...
Deepki Launches New Benchmark for Decarbonising Real Estate
Deepki has introduced a Sustainability CapEx Index that benchmarks the capital expenditure required per square metre to decarbonise real‑estate portfolios by 2050. The index leverages Deepki’s AI and thermodynamic software to model virtual renovation scenarios across more than 3,000 European...
Nordex Wins Order for 40 Turbines From Wpd for German Wind Farms
Nordex Group landed a 40‑turbine order from developer wpd, delivering roughly 279 MW across nine German sites. The contract mixes 36 N163/6.X units with four larger N175/6.X turbines, each mounted on hybrid towers and slated for 2027 installation. A 15‑year premium...
1-GW Solar Project Planned for Utah Hyperscale Data Center
Creekstone Energy received zoning approval from Millard County to develop a more than 1 GW solar farm on 13,000 acres of state trust land in Utah. The project, tied to a long‑term lease with the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration,...
Can Sweden’s Green Industry Dream Rise From the Ashes?
Swedish town Skellefteå, once booming thanks to Northvolt’s gigafactory, saw a sharp decline after the battery maker filed for bankruptcy in March 2025, shrinking the population by 3,000. The collapse follows other stalled green projects, including Fertiberia’s ammonia plant and...
VDE Hail Risk Model Updated to Reflect Increasing Wind Speeds During Hailstorms
VDE Americas has upgraded its proprietary Hail Risk Model by integrating newly analyzed wind‑speed data from hailstorms across the contiguous United States. The research shows wind speeds can more than double previous estimates, increasing hail impact force on solar panels....
Tunisia Issues Call for 300MW/150MW Solar-Plus-Storage Project
Tunisia’s Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy has opened a tender for a 300 MW solar plant paired with a 150 MW/540 MWh battery storage system near Bazma, covering 440 ha in the south. The bid deadline is 14 October 2026. This follows earlier initiatives, including...
Solar on New Builds More Attractive to House Buyers
A new E.ON UK survey of 2,500 adults reveals that 75% of potential homebuyers are more likely to choose a newly built house equipped with solar panels, making solar the most desired low‑carbon feature at 72% preference. Support for mandatory...
X1 Wind Gets DNV Certification for Floating Wind Platform Design
X1 Wind has secured a DNV Statement of Compliance for the basic design of its X100 floating offshore wind platform. The certification confirms the platform meets international standards for structural integrity, stability and hydrodynamic performance over a 25‑year service life....
Study Finds Seabirds Avoid Turbines at Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm
A study at Vattenfall’s Aberdeen offshore wind farm, conducted with Spoor, monitored one turbine for 19 months using AI‑assisted video. The analysis captured 2,007 seabird flight paths and found no confirmed collisions, estimating fewer than one impact would have occurred....
“Ironic Twist of History:” Offshore Wind Developer Solves 150-Year Old Mystery of Sunken Coal Ship
Offshore wind developer Iberdrola’s Aurora Green survey off southern Victoria uncovered two shipwrecks, confirming the long‑lost 1853 iron steamer City of Hobart alongside the known SS Vicky. The 3 GW wind farm, slated to power about 2.25 million homes, is part of...
EU’s Dream of Energy for the People Is Far Away
The European Court of Auditors reports that the EU’s citizen‑led energy community programme is lagging dramatically behind its original timetable. While Brussels envisioned these schemes supplying 17‑21% of the bloc’s wind and solar capacity by 2030, the number of active...
Mantle8 Awarded €2.06M EU Grant for Natural Hydrogen Platform
Mantle8, a European natural‑hydrogen exploration startup founded in 2024, has secured a €2.06 million grant from the EU’s Just Transition Fund. The funding will be used to expand its technology platform in Grenoble, including the HOREX pilot, a new geochemistry lab,...
Data Centres Should Provide Flexibility Services to the Grid
Data centres are poised to become active flexibility assets for the UK grid as AI-driven demand grows. Research shows that if new data centres operate flexibly just 1 % of the time, they can be integrated without additional power plants, reducing...
Mega Heat Pumps for Industry and District Heating: New Projects Across Europe Show Potential
Large‑scale heat pumps are moving from pilot to commercial scale across Europe, with projects in Austria, Finland and Germany showcasing industrial and district‑heating applications. Turboden’s 12 MW pump for Delfort paper mill cuts 19,000 t CO₂ per year, while Everllence’s 20‑33 MW air‑to‑water...
The Feds Pulled $1.5B From Tribal Clean Energy. Tribes Are Finding Another Way.
The Trump-era tax bill stripped $1.5 billion from tribal clean‑energy programs, leaving nearly 1,600 projects underfunded. In response, the Colorado River Indian Tribes launched an agrivoltaics pilot through the new financing entity Huurav, pairing solar panels with crops. Tribes are turning...
Oil and Gas Workers Find an Easy Segue Into Geothermal Jobs
Oil and gas workers are poised to transition into the fast‑growing enhanced geothermal sector, leveraging their drilling expertise. A 2024 DOE report estimates up to 300,000 U.S. workers possess the necessary skills, while the domestic geothermal workforce has risen to...
Newtrace Raises $6.3 Mn in Pre-Series A Round Led by HDFC Bank, MSIVC
Climate‑tech startup Newtrace secured $6.3 million (₹56.93 crore) in a pre‑Series A round. The financing was led by HDFC Bank and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital, with participation from Peak XV Surge, Aavishkaar, and other investors. Newtrace will use the funds to scale pilot...
University at Buffalo to Reuse Heat From Supercomputing Center
University at Buffalo announced that its new Empire AI supercomputing center will capture and reuse waste heat to heat campus buildings. The system will connect the data center to a chilled‑water plant via 30‑inch neutral‑temperature water pipes and geothermal wells,...
U.S. Solar Installations Fell in 2025 as Trump Attacked Clean Energy
U.S. solar installations fell 14% in 2025, though solar remained the largest source of new electricity generation, contributing just over half of added capacity. The decline follows aggressive policy shifts by the Trump administration, including cuts to federal renewable programs...
Orora Reports First Year of Reduced Emissions at Gawler Glass Manufacturing Site
Orora has completed the first year of operation for its G3 oxy‑fuel glass furnace at the Gawler plant in South Australia. The $130 million upgrade, funded in part by a $12.5 million government grant, has cut natural‑gas use by 32% and eliminated...
Solar, Storage and Sheep: First Sod Turned at Game-Changing Hybrid PV and Battery Project
The first sod has been turned on Octopus Australia’s Blind Creek project, a $900 million DC‑coupled solar‑battery hybrid near Canberra. The facility will combine 300 MW of photovoltaic capacity with a 243 MW/486 MWh battery, enabling solar generation to be stored and dispatched during...
SwitchedOn Podcast: Are Solar Households Shifting Electricity Costs Onto Everyone Else?
The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has released a draft review that could reshape electricity pricing as rooftop solar, batteries and smart tech cut midday demand. Gavin Dufty of St Vincent de Paul Society cites the Vinnies Tariff Tracker to highlight how current...
Data Centres Australia Confirms Founding Members for Inaugural Board
Data Centres Australia has announced its inaugural board, composed of senior executives from AirTrunk, AWS, CDC Data Centres, Microsoft and NextDC, with NextDC CEO Craig Scroggie appointed chair. The board will guide the peak body’s four‑pillar strategy to promote Australia’s...
Solar and Battery Project Sent to State Planning Authority by Far Away Objectors Gets All-Clear
The NSW Independent Planning Commission approved Edify Energy’s Burroway Solar Farm, a 100 MW photovoltaic array paired with a 100 MW/400 MWh battery, despite 81 objections, most of which came from distant sources. Located within the Central‑West Orana Renewable Energy Zone, the project...
Conversations Reshaping the Grid: Registration Opens for 2026 DTECH Data Centers & AI Event
Registration is now open for the 2026 DTECH Data Centers & AI conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, scheduled for May 12‑14. The event will gather utilities, engineers, and technology providers to address the rapid megawatt‑to‑gigawatt load growth driven by hyperscale data...
Scientists Create Slippery Nanopores that Supercharge Blue Energy
Scientists at EPFL have coated silicon‑nitride nanopores with lipid bilayers, creating a hydration‑lubricated channel that dramatically reduces ion friction. The lipid‑coated membrane, arranged in a hexagonal array of 1,000 pores, achieved a power density of about 15 W m⁻²—2 to 3 times...
CyrusOne Tops Out Latest Texas Data Center
Data center provider CyrusOne announced the topping out of the first building at its new Bosque County campus in Whitney, Texas. The $750 million DFW10 facility, a 250,000‑sq‑ft, single‑story data center, was constructed by 650 workers over 450,000 man‑hours without incident....
Planning Commission Recommends Approval for 1.6m Sq Ft Planned Data Center in Louisville, Kentucky
The Louisville Planning Commission has recommended approval for a 1.6 million‑square‑foot data‑center campus near Shively, Kentucky. Developed by Poe Companies and PowerHouse Data Centers, the project will feature seven 219,534‑sq‑ft server buildings, an office, utility and security structures across 153 acres....
Equinix Signs Wind PPA with Auren Energia in Brazil
Equinix has signed a power purchase agreement with Brazil's Auren Energia to source wind power from two new farms, covering a substantial share of its Brazilian energy demand. The agreement, effective from 2026, underpins the company's expansion of data centers...
Avangrid Completes Mechanical Install of 166-MW Tower Solar Project in Oregon
Avangrid, part of the Iberdrola Group, has finished the mechanical installation of its 166‑MW DC Tower Solar project on 900 acres in Morrow County, Oregon. The farm, built with SEG Solar panels fabricated in Houston, is on track for commercial...
Vertiv & Generate Capital Team up on "Bring Your Own Power & Cooling" Offering for Data Centers
Vertiv and Generate Capital have launched a Bring Your Own Power & Cooling (BYOP&C) solution for U.S. data‑center developers facing grid constraints. The partnership merges Vertiv’s power‑train, thermal chain, and services with Generate’s financing, asset ownership, and operational expertise. BYOP&C...
Anemoi White Paper Calls for Greater Alignment in Wind Propulsion Performance Verification
Anemoi Marine Technologies and Lloyd’s Register released a white paper urging alignment of three performance verification methodologies for wind‑assisted propulsion systems (WAPS). The study shows that ITTC sea‑trial guidelines, DNV’s in‑service testing practice, and Anemoi’s LR‑verified calibration model are complementary...
Edge Data Center Firm Duos Partners with Hydra Host for Nvidia Cluster Deployment
Duos Technologies Group announced a non‑binding letter of intent with Hydra Host to deploy a high‑density Nvidia GPU cluster for an unnamed global technology customer. The GPU‑as‑a‑Service partnership is projected to generate about $176 million in revenue over the next 36...
Polysilicon Prices Plunge, with Maximum Decline Exceeding 12%
Polysilicon prices in China plunged last week, with the steepest drop of 12.87% for n‑type granular material. High inventory—reaching 480,000 tons—combined with weak demand from downstream solar‑cell and module producers drove the decline. February output fell 17.3% to 84,400 tons,...
Babcock & Wilcox Will Deliver 1.2 GW of Gas-Fired Capacity for Applied Digital Data Centers
Babcock & Wilcox has secured a $2.4 billion design‑build contract with Base Electron to deliver 1.2 GW of natural‑gas‑fired capacity for Applied Digital’s AI‑focused data‑center campuses. The project will install four 300‑MW gas‑boiler and steam‑turbine generator sets supplied by Siemens Energy, with construction...
Crestchic Launches Loadbank to Test Liquid-Cooled Data Center Infrastructure
Crestchic has introduced a 600 kW liquid‑cooled loadbank that can deliver up to 648 kW at 415 V while maintaining temperature accuracy of ±0.5 °C. The single‑vessel unit is available for both sale and rental and includes software for real‑time monitoring, automatic load profiling,...
Which Healthcare Facility Retrofits Save the Most Energy and Emissions?
Hospitals are turning to retrofits rather than new construction to meet tighter sustainability rules, budget constraints, and patient demand, according to a Schneider Electric and JLL white paper. The study examined nine energy‑and‑carbon conservation measures (ECCMs) across seven facilities in...
Flexential Seeking $1.4bn in ABS, Backed by 28 Data Center Sites
Flexential is pursuing a $1.4 billion asset‑backed securities (ABS) issuance. The notes, structured in two series across four classes, will be secured by its 28 data‑center sites spanning 14 markets and roughly 1.8 million sq ft of floor space. Proceeds will cover closing costs...
Japan’s 27th Solar Auction Concludes with Average Final Price of $0.029/kWh
Japan’s Green Investment Promotion Organization wrapped up its 27th utility‑scale solar auction, allocating 79 MW at an average price of JPY 4.61/kWh ($0.029). The auction saw a zero‑yen bid for a 400 kW project and a highest bid of JPY 6.49/kWh, well below the...
Hanjung America to Build ESS Manufacturing Facility in Indiana to Support StarPlus Energy
Hanjung America, a subsidiary of South Korean battery maker Hanjung NCS, announced plans to construct its first U.S. energy‑storage‑system manufacturing facility in Huntington, Indiana. The 133‑acre plant will focus on cooling‑fan modules and direct‑injection fire extinguishers that serve the Stellantis‑Samsung SDI...
Over 400 Tesla Fast Chargers Planned For New Charging Hub
Tesla announced plans for a massive fast‑charging hub in Yermo, California, featuring roughly 400 V4 Supercharger stalls capable of delivering up to 500 kW. The site, positioned along the high‑traffic corridor between Southern California and Las Vegas, may incorporate solar‑powered canopies...
Arizona Corporation Commission Ends State’s Renewable Energy Standard
The Arizona Corporation Commission voted unanimously on March 4 to repeal the state’s renewable energy standard and associated tariff rules, arguing that the mandates no longer justify the costs to ratepayers. Since 2006, utilities have collected more than $2.3 billion in REST...
Long-Duration Storage Installations Surge in 2025
Global long‑duration energy storage (LDES) installations topped 15 GWh in 2025, a 49 % year‑on‑year rise. China drove the surge, delivering 93 % of total capacity under a new provincial‑level storage action plan. Compressed‑air systems dominated the mix at 45 %, followed by thermal...
Peru’s Ongoing Political Instability Leaves Renewable Energy Transition in Limbo
Peru’s political turbulence intensified after Congress ousted interim President José Jerí in February 2026, installing former judge José María Balcázar as a short‑term leader ahead of the April 2026 elections. The rapid turnover marks the third consecutive presidential removal since...