Korean-Dutch Partnership Pursuing Hydrogen Retrofit for Feeder Vessel
South Korean firm Vinssen and Dutch engineering company MANA have signed an MOU to develop a hydrogen fuel‑cell retrofit for an 800 TEU feeder vessel operating in the Baltic and Northern Europe. The partnership will first conduct a technical feasibility study and seek Lloyd’s Register’s approval‑in‑principle, laying groundwork for a pilot conversion. Their concept retains the existing main engine while replacing hotel loads and auxiliary power with a hybrid of hydrogen fuel cells and battery storage, using swappable hydrogen modules. The solution targets reduced CO₂ emissions and compliance with FuelEU Maritime and EU ETS regulations.
Nashik Consumers Oppose MSEDCL’s New Restriction on Rooftop Solar Power Generation
MSEDCL announced a new rule that caps rooftop solar installations in Nashik based on a household's annual electricity consumption rather than its sanctioned load. The change threatens to limit consumers' ability to fully utilize the PM Suryaghar subsidy and could...
Vodafone Turns Its Network Into a Europe-Wide “Virtual Weather Station”
Vodafone’s Network‑as‑a‑Sensor (NWaaS) program is now operating pan‑European, using thousands of microwave backhaul links to turn the carrier’s infrastructure into a distributed weather‑monitoring platform. The service can infer rain, fog, humidity and, with added mast‑mounted sensors, air‑quality data, delivering near‑real‑time...
Patel Engineering Is L1 for ₹910 Crore Renukaji Dam Package in Himachal Pradesh
Patel Engineering has been declared the lowest bidder for Package 1 of the Renukaji Dam project in Himachal Pradesh, securing a contract worth ₹910.08 crore. The scope covers construction of three 9.5‑metre diversion tunnels, three inlet/outlet portals, six kilometres of access roads,...
The Redefined Role of Steel in Solar Energy Projects
Solar installations are scaling up, prompting steel to shift from a simple commodity to a strategic engineering component. Project developers now demand steel that meets strict quality, traceability, and performance standards over 25‑year service lives. Integrated production models—combining high‑volume manufacturing,...
Morocco Sets Net‑metering Tariffs for High, Medium‑voltage Systems
Morocco’s electricity regulator ANRE announced net‑metering tariffs for high, medium and extra‑high voltage solar plants effective 1 March 2026‑28 February 2027. Plant owners will receive MAD 0.21/kWh during peak hours and MAD 0.18/kWh off‑peak, with the low‑voltage residential rate to be set later. The regime permits...
Bentley Commits to Use 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel for Car Airfreight
Bentley Motors announced it will use 100 % sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for every customer car air‑freight shipment worldwide, effective immediately. The move is part of the brand’s “Beyond100+” sustainability programme, which targets full carbon‑neutrality by 2030 and a shift to...
Cleaver-Brooks Unvelis Air-to-Water Heat Pump for Hydronic Heating
Cleaver-Brooks has introduced the ClearAir air‑to‑water heat pump, targeting hydronic heating across residential, commercial and industrial sectors. The unit delivers up to 103 kW of thermal output and can heat water to 80 °C, eliminating the need for distribution upgrades. It features...
Consortium Targets Dangjin Offshore Wind Port
Cyan Renewables, LX International and Blue Water Shipping have signed an MOU to build a 200,000 sqm offshore‑wind marshalling port in Dangjin, South Korea. The facility will feature a 480‑metre quay, a 14‑metre deep‑water berth and a ground‑bearing capacity of 10‑30 t/m² to...
FRV Lines up 1.2GW Spain BESS
FRV announced a portfolio of more than 1 GW/5 GWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Spain, slated to reach ready‑to‑build status between 2026 and 2027. The pipeline includes hybrid solar‑plus‑storage projects and stand‑alone batteries across Extremadura, Andalusia, Catalonia and Cantabria....
Continuum's Recycled Nickel Material Shown to Significantly Reduce Global Warming Potential per Oregon State LCA
A Life Cycle Assessment by Oregon State University found Continuum Powders’ recycled nickel powder reduces global warming potential (GWP) by 58.8% versus virgin nickel. When the recycled feedstock is paired with green electricity and green argon, the GWP drop reaches...
Ibbenbüren Blast Clears Site for BalWin2
The Hagedorn Group completed a controlled blast on 22 February that demolished the 275‑metre chimney and flue‑gas‑treatment units of the former Ibbenbüren coal plant, clearing the site for Amprion’s BalWin2 offshore‑wind converter station. The operation used 600 kg of explosives across three...
Enel Lifts Investment to €53bn for 2026-28 Plan
Enel announced a €53 bn investment plan for 2026‑28, boosting its previous budget by roughly €10 bn and adding €15 bn of financial flexibility. The plan allocates about €20 bn to renewables, targeting 15 GW of new capacity, and more than €26 bn to grid upgrades,...
UK Plans to Cut Carbon Costs for Refineries After Closures
The UK government is preparing to incorporate oil refining into its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to shield the remaining domestic refineries from escalating carbon costs. A call for evidence will feed into the Future of Fuels strategy, slated for...
Can Shading Become Energy? From Passive Facades to Productive Envelopes
Facades are evolving from passive skins to active energy generators, exemplified by EHRET’s SolarSlide photovoltaic shutters. These movable shading elements embed monocrystalline cells within double‑glazed modules, delivering 500 W‑peak per leaf with 20‑22% efficiency while offering eight color finishes. In a...
UNSW Sydney Researchers Target Cleaner Manufacturing with Waste-to-Fertiliser Breakthrough
UNSW Sydney researchers have developed a copper‑cobalt catalyst that electrochemically combines carbon dioxide and nitrogen pollutants to produce urea using renewable electricity. The method sidesteps the high‑temperature, high‑pressure, fossil‑fuel processes that dominate today’s fertilizer industry. Laboratory tests show higher selectivity...
Britain To Fire Solar Power From Orbit To Antarctica In Energy First
Britain’s Space Solar is preparing to beam electricity from orbit to the British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera Research Station, replacing diesel generators with space‑based solar power. The project will use satellites that convert sunlight into microwave beams received by a rectenna...
Consortia Secure First Philippine Offshore Wind Grid Deals
A consortium led by Seawind Asia, Stream Invest and Triconti ECC Renewables has secured the Philippines’ first offshore wind grid connection agreements. The deals cover three projects—450 MW Frontera Bay, 600 MW Guimaras Strait and 600 MW Guimaras Strait II—totaling 1.65 GW of potential capacity....
Construction of an Al‐Based MOF with Methyl‐Functionalized Microporous Nano‐Traps for Efficient Separation of SF6/N2
Researchers have engineered an aluminum‑based metal‑organic framework, NU‑62, that features methyl‑functionalized microporous nano‑traps for selective SF6 capture. The material exhibits a high SF6 uptake of 3.99 mmol g⁻¹ and an exceptional SF6/N2 selectivity of 209 at 298 K and 1 bar. Breakthrough experiments confirm...
‘Green’ Growth on Inland Waterways
The Inland Waterways Development Council (IWDC) unveiled a ₹1,500 crore roadmap to expand India’s inland water transport network, laying foundations for projects exceeding ₹150 crore, including cruise jetties in six states. Cargo movement on national waterways surged to 145.84 million tonnes in 2024‑25,...
LG Electronics USA Recognized for High Sustainability Performance by MindClick
LG Electronics USA has been awarded Leader-level recognition in the MindClick Sustainability Assessment Program for its hospitality TVs, digital signage, and commercial monitors. The evaluation highlighted top scores in guest health and responsible supply chain, making LG the only commercial...
Africa: Africa's Regional Blocs Must Prevent a Silent Scramble for Critical Minerals
A new scramble for Africa's critical minerals—lithium, cobalt, graphite, platinum‑group metals and rare‑earth elements—is driven by global green‑energy supply chains. The article argues that regional blocs such as SADC, ECOWAS and EAC must coordinate policies to move from raw‑material exports...
Chamera-1 Hydro Power Station: NHPC's Renewable Energy Success in Himachal Pradesh
The Chamera‑1 Hydro Power Station in Himachal Pradesh is a 540 MW underground facility operating three 180 MW units since 1984. It consistently outperforms its design output of 1,664 million units, having generated over 2,500 million units to date. The plant supplies long‑term power...
CAG Conference: India Power Sector Audit Planning, Trends & Future
India’s Comptroller and Auditor General will host a national conference on February 23 to review power sector trends and shape future audit plans. The event will bring together senior officials from the Centre, states and leading public‑sector utilities to discuss digitalisation,...
Excise Waiver for Biogas Blending, Clear Policy Line Can Unlock ₹1 Lakh Crore Investment: IBA
The Indian Biogas Association says the Union Budget 2026 excise‑duty waiver on compressed biogas (CBG) blended with CNG could unlock up to ₹1 lakh crore of investment, provided a clear, stable policy framework. A 5% blending target over five years would require...
Chandigarh Rooftop Solar Uptake Low Despite Incentives; CREST Flags Strong Savings Potential
Despite generous subsidies under the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, Chandigarh households have been slow to install rooftop solar. A CREST cost‑benefit study shows a 2‑3 kWp system can cut monthly bills by ₹1,000‑₹2,000 and deliver a payback in four to five years. Over a...
Meliá Recognized in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2026 for the Ninth Consecutive Year
Meliá Hotels International has been listed for the ninth straight year in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2026, placing it in the top 10% of the Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines sector. The company earned a 77‑point score, ranking first...
Invenergy Inks Supply Deal for Three New Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants in Arizona
Invenergy announced a supply agreement with Tallgrass to provide natural‑gas infrastructure for up to three new gas‑fired power plants in Arizona’s Maricopa and Yuma counties. The deal comes as the utility expects electricity demand to surge more than 40% over...
Sam Altman Would Like Remind You that Humans Use a Lot of Energy, Too
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told an Indian Express audience that claims about ChatGPT’s water consumption are unfounded, while conceding that AI’s overall energy use is a genuine concern. He highlighted the industry’s shift away from evaporative cooling, reducing per‑query water...
AI Data Centers Turn to High-Temperature Superconductors
AI‑driven hyperscale data centers are straining existing power grids, prompting Microsoft and other cloud providers to explore high‑temperature superconductors (HTS) as a replacement for copper wiring. Microsoft has pledged $75 million to Veir, a developer of REBCO‑based HTS tape, and is...
Nashville International Airport Partners with The Boring Company to Launch Zero-Emission Music City Loop
Nashville International Airport (BNA) has partnered with Elon Musk’s The Boring Company to build the Music City Loop, a zero‑emission underground high‑speed transit system linking the airport with downtown and key transit hubs. The all‑electric loop is designed to accommodate...
‘Reimagining Matter’: Nobel Laureate Invents Machine that Harvests Water From Dry Air
Nobel‑winning chemist Omar Yaghi has unveiled a container‑sized device that extracts moisture from dry air using reticular chemistry and ambient thermal energy. Each unit can produce up to 1,000 litres of potable water per day without external power, making it suitable...
How Can IAA Bring Local Cleantech Manufacturing?
The article argues that embedding Union content criteria in the EU’s Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) is the only viable lever to build a resilient, locally sourced battery industry. By conditioning public subsidies—such as EV purchase incentives—on a minimum share of...
JD Power: EV Owners Are Ridiculously Satisfied With Their Cars
JD Power’s 2026 U.S. Electric Vehicle Experience study shows 96 % of EV owners would consider buying or leasing another electric car, the highest intent rate since the survey began in 2021. Satisfaction scores rose across the board, driven by expanded public...
When Infrastructure Problems Become Energy Assets
Denver’s National Western Center repurposed two 72‑inch wastewater mains as a heat‑recovery source. By extracting waste heat from the constant‑temperature sewage flow, the system now provides low‑carbon heating and cooling for the campus. The solution avoided costly new boiler plants,...
UAlbany, UConn Researchers Launch Initiative to Improve Power Outage Predictions and Grid Resilience
Researchers at the University at Albany and the University of Connecticut have launched the North American Forecasting Weather, Outage, Load & Damage Initiative to create an AI‑driven model that predicts storm‑related power outages across the United States and Canada. Backed...
Digital Collaboration in Chemical Logistics
Transport decarbonisation is shifting fuel flows from traditional crude‑based products to low‑carbon chemicals such as ammonia, methanol and advanced biofuels. These fuels travel through the same chemical‑logistics network, but the sector’s coordination remains fragmented, causing costly buffers and delays. Experts...
Canadian Utility Hydro-Québec Proposes Electricity Tariff for Data Centers
Hydro‑Québec has filed a proposal to charge large data centers 13 CAD cents per kilowatt‑hour, roughly twice the existing high‑power rate. The tariff would apply to facilities over 5 MW and take effect in the second half of 2026, with a five‑year...
The Hydrogen Stream: Dutch Agribusiness Installs 1 MW Electrolyzer
Dutch tulip nursery Rainbow Colors has become the first agricultural firm to commission a 1 MW solid‑oxide electrolyzer for on‑site hydrogen generation, integrated with a solar array and battery storage. The system, built with Denmark’s Dynelectro and Ekinetix, can produce hydrogen...
RWE Confirms Vestas for 1.4GW Vanguard West Turbine Deal
RWE has signed a contract with Vestas to deliver 92 V236‑15 MW turbines for its 1.4 GW Vanguard West offshore wind farm off eastern England. The deal includes delivery, installation and commissioning, and follows the project’s successful award of a Contracts‑for‑Difference in...
VIDEO: The Application Gap Between BESS Asset Operation Data and Insights
The 2026 BESS Pros Survey, presented by TWAICE, reveals a persistent gap between the data generated by grid‑scale battery energy storage systems and the actionable insights needed for efficient operations. Operators cite limited data access, fragmented dashboards, and organizational turnover...
This Spanish City Is Resurrecting a 3,000-Year-Old Solution To Fight Extreme Heat
Seville’s CartujaQanat project revives 3,000‑year‑old qanat aqueducts to provide low‑energy cooling for public spaces. By chilling water underground at night and circulating it through pipes and misting systems, indoor temperatures drop up to 12 °C during summer peaks. The €5 million EU‑funded...
Accelerating Data Center Construction with Sustainability in Mind
AI adoption is driving a 160% surge in data‑center power demand by 2030, prompting developers to seek faster, greener construction methods. Prefabricated concrete emerges as a solution, shaving 2‑4 months off build schedules and delivering 30‑40% faster overall completion. The...
India: Energy Storage Tech Scope Widens with 100MWh Flow Battery, 100GW Pumped Hydro and Grid-Forming BESS Prospects
NTPC Renewable Energy has issued an invitation for bids to supply a 100 MWh vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) with a 5.9‑hour discharge capability at its Gujarat hybrid solar‑plus‑storage park, marking a major non‑lithium storage contract. The Central Electricity Authority (CEA)...
Multi‐Metallic Organic Framework‐Based Composites as Electrocatalysts
The review highlights multi‑metallic organic framework (MMOF) composites as a versatile platform for electrocatalysis, emphasizing how coupling metal, carbon, and multi‑partner components creates synergistic active sites, conductivity, and stability. It surveys recent heterostructures applied to water splitting, oxygen reduction, and...
GenAI Pushes Cloud to $119B Quarter as AI Networking Race Intensifies
Enterprise cloud infrastructure spending surged to $119.1 billion in Q4, a 30% year‑over‑year increase and the fastest growth in three years, driven largely by generative AI workloads. The top three hyperscalers—Amazon, Microsoft, and Google—still dominate, but AI‑focused providers such as CoreWeave...
Swiss CLIMATEX Secures €3.5M in Round Led by Collateral Good
Swiss textile‑tech firm CLIMATEX closed a €3.5 million financing round led by the Collateral Good Textile & Fashion Innovation Fund, with existing investors participating. The company develops patented, recyclable fabrics that enable design‑for‑disassembly and closed‑loop recycling across apparel and interior textiles....
Ampyr Solar Europe Acquires UK Solar Farm Project
Ampyr Solar Europe announced it has acquired the East Yorkshire Solar Farm from BOOM Power, a 530 MWp photovoltaic project that will supply electricity to roughly 100,000 households. The farm, classified as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project, received its Development Consent...
Orbital Data, Niche Markets Give Space Solar a New Shimmer
Space‑based solar power (SBSP) is shifting from grand‑scale grid concepts to niche markets such as orbital data centers, remote military sites, and lunar installations. Startups like Aetherflux and Overview Energy are leveraging laser‑based power‑beaming and large‑satellite designs, backed by DoD...
China’s Green Mining Policies Cut Coal Emissions by 43.6 Million Tons Annually, Study Finds
China’s decade‑long green mining agenda has slashed carbon output from raw coal by an estimated 43.59 million tons each year across its 14 largest coal bases, which together produce 96.6% of national output. Policy intensity surged more than tenfold after 2011,...