‘Giga Battery’ Wind-Hydro Hybrid Project Begins Commissioning
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Iran Conflict Makes Clean Energy Look More Secure – This Week in Cleantech
The This Week in Cleantech podcast highlights four critical trends shaping the clean‑energy landscape. U.S. utilities are gearing up to invest roughly $1.4 trillion over the next five years to modernize the grid and meet soaring electricity demand from AI data...
Rethinking AI: Why Conventional AI Is Failing the Grid, and What a New Architecture Does Differently
Utilities face mounting pressure to inspect more assets with fewer specialists, and traditional computer‑vision AI—relying on massive labeled datasets and periodic retraining—fails to keep pace with rare, high‑severity fault types. eSmart Systems’ new white paper proposes Adaptive AI, a patent‑pending...
Utilities at a Crossroads: Adopt Distributed Solar or Risk Becoming a Backup Plan
Utilities face a pivotal choice: embrace distributed solar or risk relegation to a backup role. The week’s cleantech roundup highlights pressure points—from xAI’s addition of 19 natural‑gas turbines for AI data centers to Ford’s attempt to revive its lagging EV...
It’s Time for Alaska to Reconsider the Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project
The Susitna‑Watana hydroelectric project proposes a 2,800‑MW dam on Alaska’s Susitna River, potentially supplying about one‑third of the state’s electricity and reducing diesel reliance. Estimated construction costs exceed $5 billion, creating financing hurdles and prompting scrutiny from regulators and investors. Environmental...
Can Ford Revive Its Struggling EV Program? – This Week in Cleantech
The latest "This Week in Cleantech" roundup spotlights a proposed 21‑gigawatt solar‑plus‑storage project in California that could become the world’s largest renewable installation. It also examines how the Iran‑Israel conflict is underscoring the strategic risks of continued fossil‑fuel dependence. A...
G&W Electric Adds More Grid Monitoring Capabilities to Its Portfolio
G&W Electric announced the acquisition of Safegrid, a Finnish provider of grid‑monitoring solutions, to boost its digital analytics portfolio. Safegrid’s Intelligent Grid System combines instant‑on wireless sensors with advanced analytics, offering utilities real‑time insight into equipment health and outage risk....
How Utilities Are Using EVs as Grid Assets | Q&A with ChargeScape CEO Joseph Vellone
Utilities are increasingly treating electric vehicles as grid assets through vehicle‑to‑grid (V2G) programs. Sunrun and Baltimore Gas & Electric debuted the nation’s first V2G power plant in Maryland, allowing Ford F‑150 pickups to feed electricity back into the grid. PG&E,...
GE Vernova Lands Equipment Order for One of India’s Largest Pumped Storage Projects
This week’s cleantech roundup highlights a surge in U.S. renewable projects and policy actions. Salt River Project and NextEra Energy will jointly develop 3 GW of solar capacity in Arizona by 2034, while the DOE prepares to disburse roughly $430 million to...
Democrats Investigate as Trump OKs Almost $2 Billion in Taxpayer Money to End Offshore Wind Projects
President Donald Trump has approved nearly $2 billion in federal funds to terminate existing offshore wind contracts, effectively halting projects slated for the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. The move follows a broader administration push to prioritize fossil fuels and reduce clean‑energy...
Why the Effects on the Iran Conflict Will Be Felt on the US Grid – This Week in Cleantech
The cleantech briefing highlights four emerging trends reshaping the U.S. power grid. Utilities are moving from traditional AMI 2.0 to NextWave AMI, turning meters into a platform for real‑time visibility and distributed energy resource (DER) integration. An offshore‑wind project once targeted...
The Scuttlebutt at the 2026 Solar + Wind Finance & Investment Summit
The This Week in Cleantech podcast highlighted Iran’s recent strikes on aluminum smelters in the UAE and Bahrain, which pushed regional electricity prices up 11%. That surge lifted U.S. power costs to their highest level since Russia’s 2022 invasion of...
Can ‘Grid-Responsive’ Data Centers Help Unlock More Capacity?
Data centers, now consuming up to 2% of U.S. electricity, are being re‑engineered to become grid‑responsive, allowing them to shift compute loads in response to real‑time grid conditions. Utilities leveraging advanced analytics can pinpoint constraints over a 10‑year horizon, using...
Eco Wave Power Completes Its First US Wave Energy Pilot Program
Eco Wave Power has completed its first U.S. wave‑energy pilot off the California coast, deploying a 2‑MW floating converter that produced roughly 5,000 MWh in its inaugural year. The project, funded with about $15 million in private and public capital, achieved a...
Could This Autonomous Aquatic Robot Help Advance Hydropower?
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