North Sea Oil Signals Weakness
North Sea crude spreads fell to a two‑month low after Vitol and TotalEnergies halted a heavy buying spree, pushing the WTI Midland spread to just $1.70 above Brent. Derivative indicators turned bearish as weekly Brent CFDs entered contango and the Brent DFL index went negative, signaling surplus supply. Additional Kazakh barrels are set to return to the Atlantic Basin, while high freight rates deter Asian buyers, tightening regional arbitrage. The market now faces softer European demand amid refinery maintenance and looming geopolitical risks.
Solar Company to Install Microgrid at Roanoke High Schools
Roanoke City Public Schools will install a solar‑powered microgrid with battery storage at Patrick Henry and William Fleming high schools, funded by a $450,000 state grant and $2.1 million from Secure Solar Futures. The $2.55 million project, the first public‑school solar microgrid...
Boulder Airport Sets Timeline For Phasing Out Leaded Avgas
Boulder Municipal Airport aims to start offering unleaded aviation fuel by late 2026, ahead of Colorado’s 2030 statewide leaded‑avgas phase‑out. The draft transition plan, due by Jan. 1, 2026, outlines annual reviews but omits specifics on fuel type, infrastructure, and financing. To...
Heron Power Snares $140 Million Series B
Heron Power announced a $140 million Series B round to launch gigawatt‑scale production of solid‑state transformers for data centers and the electric grid. The round, led by Andreessen Horowitz’s American Dynamism Fund and Breakthrough Energy Ventures, follows a $38 million Series A raised in...
DOE Delivers $26.5 Billion in Loans to Southern Co. For 16 GW in Projects, Including New Nuclear
The U.S. Department of Energy is finalizing a $26.5 billion loan package for Southern Company that will support more than 16 GW of baseload projects, including 5 GW of new gas, 6 GW of nuclear upgrades, battery storage, and over 1,300 miles of transmission. The...
GEESE and ATM: Wake Energy Retrieval Collaboration Achieves New Milestones
Airbus and a coalition of airlines completed the GEESE wake‑energy retrieval trials, demonstrating that two A350s can rendez‑vous over the North Atlantic while maintaining vertical separation. The Pairing Assistance Tool coordinated flight paths in real time, achieving a 75% success...
Venezuela's US Crude Flows Far Shy of Trump's Claims
President Donald Trump claimed the United States received over 80 million barrels of Venezuelan crude, a figure far exceeding reality. Vortexa ship‑tracking data shows U.S. imports of Venezuelan oil totalled about 17.7 million barrels, roughly 300,000 barrels per day, in January and...
US to Allow Resale of Venezuelan Oil to Cuba
The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced it will approve third‑party applications to resell Venezuelan crude and refined products to Cuba. Transactions must follow the same conditions as U.S.-authorized sales to Venezuela's state oil firm, including depositing...
Eidesvik Wins PSV Extension From Aker BP
Eidesvik Offshore has secured an additional contract extension from Aker BP for its 2012-built platform supply vessel Viking Prince. The extension adds roughly two months to the vessel’s hire, pushing the end‑date to the end of April 2026. This follows...
Nordex Achieves Record Figures in Q4/2025 - Share Jumps 19 Percent to Over €41
Nordex SE posted record Q4 2025 results, with order intake rising 9.2% to €3.2 billion and revenue up 16% to €2.5 billion. EBITDA surged to €307 million, delivering a 12.1% margin, while net profit jumped to €184 million. Full‑year 2025 figures also broke records,...
Why Venture Capital Is Moving Into African Solar Microgrids
Venture capital in Africa is pivoting from fintech to solar microgrid projects as investors chase more predictable, asset‑backed returns. After a fintech boom between 2016‑2021, market saturation, rising customer‑acquisition costs and tighter regulation have eroded margins. Solar microgrids, backed by...
Bahri Charters Five Supertankers as Rates Approach $200K/Day
Saudi Arabia’s largest oil shipper, Bahri, provisionally chartered five very large crude carriers as daily charter rates neared $200,000, the highest level since 2020. The vessels are slated to move Saudi crude to Asian markets, chiefly China, in the coming...
Surge Battery Metals Drills 116 Meters of 3,752 Ppm Lithium at Nevada North Lithium Project, Nevada
Surge Battery Metals, together with Evolution Mining, released the final assay results from its 2025 core drilling program at Nevada North Lithium Project. Infill drilling returned a 116‑metre interval averaging 3,752 ppm lithium, including a 32.1‑metre zone grading 4,521 ppm, confirming a...
Germany to Include CCS-Based H2 in 'Acceleration Law'
Germany's Bundestag will vote on a hydrogen acceleration law that expands eligible infrastructure to include carbon‑capture‑and‑storage (CCS) based hydrogen production. The amendment also adds import facilities for power‑to‑liquid fuels such as synthetic aviation fuel. Projects designated as "overriding public interest"...
U.S. Treasury Sanctions 12 Tankers in Iran’s Shadow Fleet
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced sanctions on 12 tankers and their owners that have shipped hundreds of millions of dollars in Iranian petroleum and petrochemical products. The designations also include nine individuals and entities in Iran,...
German Startup Launches Gateway to Block Inverter Kill Switches
German startup Solarsecure Tech introduced the SolarSecure Vision gateway, a hardware‑agnostic device installed at the meter connection point that intercepts and validates inverter‑to‑cloud communications. The gateway blocks unverified kill‑switch commands while allowing authenticated signals, including mandatory grid‑operator directives, to pass via a...
Dawn Hub Prices Remain Elevated as Ontario Storage Trends Near Seasonal Floor
Ontario natural gas storage remains well below the five‑year average, sitting 27.7 Bcf short and driving Dawn hub prices higher as winter ends. Seasonal withdrawals are the third‑largest on record, with the March exit projected near 60 Bcf. The forward price curve...
SA Mining Baffled as Godongwana Fails to Address Energy Tariffs
South Africa’s Minerals Council criticised the 2024 budget for omitting any reduction in electricity tariffs for the ferroalloys sector, despite industrial power costs soaring over 900% since 2008. The omission threatens the ferrochrome industry, which supports more than 20,000 jobs,...
Siemens and CAPHENIA Partner to Scale SAF Production
Siemens and CAPHENIA announced a partnership to accelerate commercial Sustainable Aviation Fuel production by integrating Siemens’ digitalisation and automation tools with CAPHENIA’s plasma Boudouard reactor technology. The reactor splits bio‑methane into synthesis gas at 1,500 °C with over 86 % efficiency, enabling...
Germany’s Grid Fees and Inertia Payments Highlight Contrasts in Energy Storage Regulation
Germany’s regulator is reconsidering the grid‑fee exemption for utility‑scale battery storage, creating uncertainty for projects commissioned before 2029. While the Bundesnetzagentur expects storage capacity to surge to 68 GW by 2037, the potential retroactive fees could dampen investor momentum. At the...
Entropy‐Engineered Layered Double Hydroxide Derived High‐Entropy Alloy Cathodes for Zinc–Air Batteries Under High Depth‐of‐Discharge
Researchers have created a high‑entropy alloy (HEA) catalyst composed of Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, and Cu, derived from a layered double hydroxide precursor. The HEA nanoparticles are uniformly anchored on nitrogen‑doped carbon nanotubes via dicyandiamide‑assisted pyrolysis, yielding a single‑phase fcc...
Sunbolt Expands Solar Charging Umbrella Lineup
Sunbolt announced an expanded Eclipse Solar Charging Umbrella lineup, adding a refreshed fabric‑canopy version with 88 W of high‑efficiency panels and a new permanent Aluminum Canopy model delivering 110 W. Both units are built in the United States, feature six dual‑port USB/USB‑C...
Russia Boosts Budget Reserve Fund Amid Falling Oil Revenues
Russia's finance ministry announced plans to lower the cut‑off price that triggers the transfer of oil revenues into the budget reserve fund. The move aims to channel more of the declining oil proceeds into the $56 billion reserve to protect it...
Renewable Energy Company EDPR's 2025 Recurring Profit Jumps 50% on US Growth
EDP Renovaveis reported a 50% jump in recurring net profit for 2025, reaching €330 million, driven by rapid U.S. capacity expansion. EBITDA rose 17% to €1.95 billion, with a target of €2.1 billion for 2026. The company added 2 GW of new capacity, over...
Energy Storage Co-Location with Solar PV Not a ‘Silver Bullet’
At the Energy Storage Summit 2026 in London, analysts warned that pairing batteries with under‑performing solar farms is not a universal remedy. While co‑located projects can make efficient use of land, experts argue that standalone storage delivers the most valuable...
Overnight Trade
Crude oil rallied to $65.89 per barrel this morning as concerns over a potential Iranian conflict resurfaced, while the Canadian dollar held near 65.89 U.S. cents. In the grain sector, canola futures slipped to C$690.20 a tonne, pressured by a...
European Power Prices Plummet as Wind Surges and Demand Falls
European day‑ahead power contracts plunged on Wednesday as wind generation surged and demand fell across the region. Germany's baseload price dropped 20.6% to €75/MWh, while France’s fell 30% to €21/MWh. Wind output is set to reach 23.8 GW in Germany and...
U.K. Sanctions Maritime Mutual over Dark Fleet Coverage
Britain has placed sanctions on New Zealand‑based Maritime Mutual Insurance Association and its Gibraltar affiliate, accusing them of insuring dark‑fleet tankers that transport Iranian and Russian oil. The measures include an asset freeze and the disqualification of company directors. Maritime...
Funds ‘Could Be on Hook for Further €9bn Divestment’ Under Revised SFDR
The EU’s revised Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) now obliges funds to disclose and potentially divest from fossil‑fuel holdings, prompting German NGOs to warn that an extra €9 billion of assets may need to be sold. The European Securities and Markets...
Project Ramp-Ups and Capacity Expansions to Increase Australian Coal Output in 2026
Australia’s coal output remained flat in 2025 at roughly 65 mt, buoyed by the Olive Downs Complex and efficiency gains at Hunter Valley and Dawson. A 3.9% rise to 483.2 mt is forecast for 2026, driven by the Maxwell underground ramp‑up, capacity...
This High-Density Hydro Storage System Ditches the Water
UK‑based RheEnergise has demonstrated a water‑free pumped‑storage system that uses a proprietary High‑Density Fluid, 2.5 times denser than water, to generate 500 kW in a pilot plant. The closed‑loop design replaces traditional reservoirs with a concrete lower tank and an 80‑metre...
Industry Leaders Present India–UK/Europe Green Corridor Vision to President Murmu
Senior industry leaders from India, the UK and Europe briefed President Droupadi Murmu on a proposed India‑UK/Europe green corridor aimed at accelerating industrial decarbonisation and sustainable trade. The roadmap, led by Rajashree Birla, outlines technology transfer, catalytic capital flows and...
Waaree Energies, Premier Energies Slip After US Announces 126% Duty on Solar Imports, Firms See No Material Impact
The U.S. announced a preliminary 126% counter‑vailing duty on certain solar imports from India, sending Waaree Energies and Premier Energies shares sharply lower—Waaree down 10% and Premier down 6%. Both companies said they have diversified supply chains and ongoing US...
Technip Energies-Led JV Nets ‘Major’ LNG Contract with QatarEnergy
A joint venture led by Technip Energies, together with Consolidated Contractors Company and Gulf Asia Contracting, secured an EPCC contract from QatarEnergy for the onshore LNG facilities of the North Field West project. The award, valued at over €1 billion, includes...
Switzerland Streamlines Construction of Large-Scale Solar Plants
Switzerland's Federal Council will enact a draft law on April 1, 2026 to accelerate permitting for large‑scale solar, wind and hydropower projects. The legislation centralizes cantonal approvals into a single procedure and limits appeals to superior cantonal courts. It also...
Mersen Launches Critical Power Panelboard (CPP)
Mersen has introduced its Critical Power Panel (CPP) series, a fully customizable fused panelboard that combines a lightweight design with a reduced footprint. Targeted at NEC‑required and non‑required applications—including UPS systems, data centers, medium‑voltage eHouses, emergency circuits, and DC utility...
EIA Sees USA Energy Demand Under 2025 Levels for Next 2 Years
The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s February 10 Short‑Term Energy Outlook projects total U.S. energy consumption to stay below 2025 levels in both 2026 (96.00 qBtu) and 2027 (96.15 qBtu), marginally under the 96.19 qBtu recorded in 2025. While overall demand flattens, liquid‑fuel use...
Australia Ships LNG 16,000 Miles to Canada as Asia Demand Slumps
Australia’s Gorgon‑linked LNG exporter sent a cargo aboard the Maran Gas Hector to eastern Canada, covering roughly 16,000 miles – the longest route for Australian LNG to date. The move reflects a sharp slowdown in Asian demand, where shipments to...
AlphaESS Releases Containerized C&I Storage System
AlphaESS has launched the Aster TB250/TB500, a containerized battery energy storage system aimed at Europe’s commercial and industrial market. The unit fits in a standard 20‑foot container and delivers 250‑500 kW of power with 705‑1,410 kWh of energy. It is compatible with...
Nordex CEO Says Europe Must Speed up Permitting for Renewables
Nordex chief executive Jose Luis Blanco told Reuters that Europe must emulate Germany’s rapid wind‑project permitting to meet its renewable targets. He highlighted recent German reforms that now allow approvals within months, a stark contrast to earlier delays. Blanco warned...
Partners Unveil Corrib Green Hydrogen Plan
Gas Networks Ireland and the Corrib joint venture of Nephin Energy and Vermilion Energy have signed a strategic collaboration to launch a green hydrogen pilot at the Bellanaboy Bridge gas terminal in County Mayo. The pilot will evaluate producing green...
Consultancy of the Year Winners Advantage Utilities Delivers £500,000+ in Energy Savings for UK Leading Hotel Portfolio
Advantage Utilities has been crowned Consultancy of the Year for Large Customers at the 2025 TELCA Awards, recognizing its rapid rise in the UK hotel sector. The firm delivered more than £500,000 in energy savings within two years for a...
CoeusAI Establishes Dutch HQ After Landing Major Offshore Energy Gig
CoeusAI, a Canadian cleantech AI startup, has opened a Rotterdam headquarters after being chosen as the sole Canadian participant in the North Sea Energy (NSE) programme. The firm will work across five NSE streams, using AI to site offshore wind,...
CAFE-III: Power Ministry Has Sent Proposal to PMO After Meeting Stakeholders, Says Kumaraswamy
The Power Ministry has submitted its draft Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE‑III) proposal to the Prime Minister’s Office after a stakeholder roundtable. The upcoming CAFE‑III standards, expected to roll out in April 2027, aim to tighten fleet‑wide fuel consumption and CO₂...
Storage Cuts Irish Fossil Generation by 30%
Energy Storage Ireland and TNEI report that deploying long‑duration storage could slash Ireland’s fossil‑fuel generation by over 2 TWh annually, roughly a 30% reduction by 2035. The study models an all‑island grid with 9 GW on‑shore wind, 8 GW solar and 5 GW offshore...
JinkoSolar Achieves Record-Breaking 26.66% Efficiency for TOPCon Solar Cell Based on M10-Size Wafer
JinkoSolar announced a 26.6% power conversion efficiency for an industrial‑scale TOPCon solar cell built on an M10‑size wafer, setting a new world record for this technology class. The result, validated by an independent Chinese third‑party, stems from a dual‑side electrical...
Auditors to Probe ScotWind Auction
Audit Scotland announced it will audit the ScotWind leasing round, which generated over £700 million in option fees after the 2022 seabed auction. The watchdog began early scoping work and aims to publish its report in autumn 2026 alongside a broader...
Low-Cost Nanocoating Helps Solar Ponds Produce More Fresh Water
A recent Scientific Reports study shows nano‑ferric oxide (Fe₂O₃) coating on the base of a 1 m² solar desalination pond boosts temperature and water output. In outdoor trials across seasons, the coated pond reached 74 °C (≈8 °C higher) and produced 6.5 L m⁻² day⁻¹, a...
Tax Credits for Solar Panels Are Available, but the Catch Is You Can't Own Them
The 2026 federal budget eliminated the tax credit for purchased residential solar panels, leaving the credit only for leased systems. As a result, more than half of new rooftop installations are now owned by third‑party companies through leases or power‑purchase...
Gore Street Capital Eyes €1bn Through Energy Storage Fundraise by Year End
Gore Street Capital aims to raise €1bn for a new energy‑storage fund and a co‑investment vehicle by the end of 2026. The capital will target grid‑scale battery projects that support Europe’s renewable integration. Institutional investors are expected to form the...