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Neoen Australia starts building a 227MW/907MWh grid-forming battery storage system in South Australia.

University of Sydney researchers achieve 30.2% efficiency on a 10 cm² perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell, certified by CSIRO.

EVNHANOI begins pilot operation of five BESS units totaling 100 MWh at substations in Hanoi.

DOE admits $7.6B in clean energy grants were canceled based on recipient states' political identity, sparking backlash.

Croatia's first energy community begins sharing rooftop solar power in Špičkovina, with 17 members splitting a 32 kW array.

Eversource and National Grid add V2G-capable EVs to Massachusetts' ConnectedSolutions demand response programme.

NextEra expects to close its Dominion merger by late 2027; Virginia SCC hearing set for November.

CATL's energy storage division generates 19.23% of the company's total revenue in H1 2026.

Sunrun scales its California residential virtual power plant to 425 MW of aggregated battery capacity.

FERC warns it will impose PJM governance reforms if the grid operator doesn't act by September, with backing for stronger board independence and state influence.

PG&E reports a 12.7 GW data center pipeline, attributing fluctuations to stricter project vetting.

MaxSolar and Saft partner on a battery storage project in Germany.

India's battery storage market faces volatility as it looks for new growth drivers.

Wildfire smoke across Ontario and the Great Lakes reduced GHI by up to 10% in mid-July, offsetting high-pressure conditions.

ESS Inc and CATL ink deployment deals for sodium-ion BESS totaling 2.5 GWh across Eastern Europe and the US.

China TOPCon solar cell prices fall further as oversupply and weak demand persist across the wafer and polysilicon supply chain.

Progress on BESS projects advances across Spain, Germany, and France.

SolarSquare raises $53M in Series C to expand its residential solar business in India.

An alternative investment firm places a large bet on a zinc-based battery storage startup.

Trump expands consumer protections related to power costs from data centers.

Oklo plans to produce medical and space-grade isotopes from its advanced reactors.
Trump pledges to prioritize power capacity for AI data center buildout.

Trump announces a Ratepayer Protection Pledge requiring tech companies to cover data center power costs for AI.

Duke Energy expects data center expansion to reduce residential power bills through economies of scale.

Trump pledges to shield consumers from energy cost increases driven by data center demand.

GE Vernova reports a 116 GW gas turbine backlog, now taking reservations for 2031 deliveries, driven partly by data center demand.

Brookfield agrees to acquire battery storage developer-operator Aypa Power from Blackstone at a $7B enterprise value.

Alfred University leads a research project to develop battery storage and microgrid control systems.

FERC chairman signals incentives for grid-enhancing technologies at Senate hearing covering transmission, data centers, and PJM reform.

Samsung Heavy and Sargent & Lundy unveil a floating nuclear platform designed to host any small modular reactor.

Germany's energy regulator confirms the country's first capacity market auction will take place in September.

Foss & Company enters microgrid tax equity financing with a $30M Maryland deal.

Crusoe and ON.Energy partner to deploy 5GW of UPS technology across US hyperscale data center campuses.

Spain awards €165M to 2.1GW/21GWh of pumped hydro storage; Portugal targets 1.4GW by 2040.

Tesla Energy's gross margin fell 19% in Q2 despite a rebound in battery storage deployments, hurt by declining ASPs.

Portugal sets a target of 5GW of pumped storage capacity by 2040.

Pennsylvania mandates decommissioning plans for solar PV installations.

Farm Watt Innovations raises ₹32.5 crore led by IAN Alpha Fund.

Clean Energy Investor Group urges Australia to speed up reformed EPBC Act implementation for renewable energy projects.
Growing demand for AI data centers triggers debate over regulation and infrastructure in New Hampshire.

ASEAN region's AI data center power demand projected to reach 6-7 GW.

Port of Long Beach and MARAD partner on first U.S. study of nuclear-powered commercial shipping.

Ford and Global Power Products launch a vehicle-to-home backup solution using GPP's GenerLink transfer switch, approved by over 800 utilities.

Samsung Heavy Industries and Sargent & Lundy sign an MOU to develop a standardized floating small modular reactor platform.

CATL signs a 2GWh sodium-ion battery storage deal.

Enverus publishes a forecast methodology that distinguishes organic electricity demand from structural load growth.

rPlus Energies commissions a 125MW solar PV project in Idaho.

Data center energy consumption forecast revised to 194 GW by 2035, consuming 20% of US electricity.

Maine's DOER plans its first competitive energy storage solicitation targeting 360MW of capacity.

BC Hydro and British Columbia advance the province's first major utility-scale battery storage project.

Samsung C&T submits a 1GWh solar-plus-storage project in New South Wales to Australia's EPBC Act for environmental review.

SRP plans to present a 1.7-GW mixed-resource project including solar, storage, and gas to its board in September.

Gridmatic's report finds California BESS operators lose millions by using static bidding strategies instead of dynamic optimization.

Spearmint Energy receives a site permit for its 150MW/600MWh Midwater BESS project in Minnesota.

Return and Engie sign a long-term BESS toll for 55MW in Spain; EnBW and Zelestra finalize a 300MW toll in Italy.

Aukera, ENEVO Group, Kraftfeld Energy, and PPC Renewables advance battery storage projects in Romania.

India awards 1,344MW of long-duration energy storage contracts, including pumped hydro and the country's first utility-scale flow battery.

Lunio Energy brings a 20MWh grid-scale BESS online in South Australia, beginning NEM trading.

Palmetto launches a residential battery subscription plan across 25 US states, eliminating upfront hardware costs.

Bondada Engineering wins a landmark vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) energy project.

Constellation Technology Ventures backs Blue Energy's small modular reactor development.

Naturgy plans a 290 MW solar farm paired with a 180 MW/360 MWh battery in Australia.
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Newcleo advances MOX fuel facility licensing in France after the nuclear safety regulator issues favorable preliminary opinion on safety provisions.

Shareholders approve infrastructure works for 900MW/1.8GWh Waltrop BESS in Germany, with construction to start soon.

U.S. lawmakers press the IRS and CBP to crack down on Chinese solar tariff evasion and tax fraud.

Slovenské elektrárne completes reactor assembly at Mochovce 4, advancing toward first criticality.
Offgrid targets long-duration battery market with a non-lithium system conceived in India and built in the UK.

Masdar reaches financial close on a hybrid solar-plus-19GWh BESS project in the UAE, claimed as the first gigascale round-the-clock renewable plant.

Tata Power wins an SECI mandate to supply 324 MW from its Bhivpuri pumped storage project.

European Commission publishes final Electrification Action Plan, reiterating 200GW energy storage target by 2030.

Bulgaria and the US reaffirm plans to build two AP1000 reactors at Kozloduy as a strategic priority.

An Indian infrastructure company wins an order for the country's largest grid-scale battery storage project, sending shares up 4%.

NTPC REL awards a 100MWh vanadium redox flow battery storage project at the Khavda Solar Park.

CuspAI raises $450M for AI-driven materials discovery and development.

Australia's NEM connects 9.1GW of new generation and storage capacity in FY26, more than double FY25's result.

Tata Power wins SECI letter of award for a 324 MW pumped hydro storage project.
Our World in Data publishes an analysis of data center and AI energy consumption trends.

Data center buildout faces bottlenecks from AI demand, political headwinds, and supply chain constraints.

Romania commits EUR 250M from the Modernisation Fund to smart meters and energy storage deployment.

POWERGRID solicits bids for 1 GWh of battery energy storage systems.

Valar Atomics approaches a $6B valuation, signaling strong investor appetite for next-gen nuclear energy.

Australia's government will legally require large data centres to feed at least as much renewable energy into the grid as they consume.
Battery storage is projected to displace diesel power generation by the end of 2027.
An Israeli startup pitches a virtual power plant model to address data center energy demand.
Constellation Energy invests in Blue Energy amid surging nuclear power demand from AI data centers.

Power companies use eminent domain to acquire land for data-center construction amid rising NIMBY sentiment.

A US firm receives permission for a 600 MWh battery storage project in Minnesota to support grid reliability.

A decommissioned Oscar Mayer hot dog factory will be repurposed to host a fusion reactor project.

Google partners with Energy Dome on a clean energy project in Ireland.

Cypress Creek Renewables and Google break ground on a 2.5 GW solar-plus-storage project in the US.
US lawmakers push to tighten tariff enforcement on solar imports alleged to be circumventing anti-dumping duties.
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Spain's nuclear regulator approves operating licence renewal for the Almaraz plant through June 2030.

Gridmatic analysis finds California BESS lost ~$98M in 2024 from suboptimal bidding strategies.

Eos Energy Enterprises partners with the US Department of Defense to supply energy storage for the Golden Dome infrastructure resilience program.

EIB approves EUR800M loan to refurbish Romania's Cernavoda nuclear plant unit 1.

Constellation invests in Blue Energy, a developer of prefabricated nuclear power plants.