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New Zealand Steps Into Utility-Scale Solar with Global Technology Partner Global solar tracker manufacturer GameChange Solar has entered the New Zealand market through a partnership with Bright Fern Energy on...
A Cross-Border First for Asia’s Energy Transition From ridgelines in southern Lao PDR, 133 turbines now send clean electricity across the border into Vietnam. The Monsoon Wind Power Project, which...
A Strategic Bet on Hydrogen’s Next Phase Thyssenkrupp nucera has finalized the acquisition of core technology assets from the insolvent Danish company Green Hydrogen Systems (GHS), in a move designed...
Iberdrola España has begun commissioning its Ciudad Rodrigo photovoltaic plant, its second solar facility in Salamanca and one of the largest in Castilla y León. The 316 MW project, developed...
RMI’s climate tech accelerator, Third Derivative, has welcomed 18 startups from six countries across four continents, broadening its portfolio to more than 280 companies. The program is designed to accelerate...
Canada has committed $2.5 million to Ottawa-based TerraFixing to advance its direct air capture (DAC) technology, designed specifically for northern climates. The funding comes from the Energy Innovation Program and...
ENGIE North America has signed an agreement with Prometheus Hyperscale to develop a new wave of sustainable, liquid-cooled data centers in Texas. The centers will be located at select ENGIE...
Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), the leading private fusion company, has closed an oversubscribed $863 million Series B2 round, reinforcing its position at the forefront of the race to commercialize fusion...
At the Franco-German Council of Ministers in Toulon, President Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor Friedrich Merz endorsed a bilateral energy roadmap that recognizes nuclear power as part of Europe’s energy transition....
By Teti Rosanti, Global Environmental Writer In a development that could reshape the economics of global decarbonization, BlueSun International, a cleantech consortium headquartered in the United Arab Emirates and the United...
Aalo Atomics, the Austin-based startup developing fully modular nuclear plants to power AI data centers, has secured $100 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Valor Equity...
The Philippines has officially connected its first megawatt-scale floating solar power plant to the national grid. The 4.99 MW facility, built on the Malubog Reservoir in Cebu City, will directly...
Malaysia is taking a major step toward aligning its renewable energy transition with the explosive growth of digital infrastructure. Clean energy provider Gentari, through Gentari Renewables Sdn Bhd, and Gamuda,...
Norway has officially launched operations at its Northern Lights carbon capture and storage (CCS) project with the injection of the first volumes of CO2 deep beneath the seabed. The project,...
Meta, Silicon Ranch, and Central Electric Power Cooperative are teaming up to bring 100 megawatts of new solar capacity online in Orangeburg County, South Carolina. The project, set to begin...
Deep Sky, a Montreal-based carbon removal project developer, has achieved a breakthrough in North America: the first underground CO₂ storage via Direct Air Capture (DAC). The milestone was reached at...
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), through its CI V fund, has acquired the Beehive Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) from EDF Power Solutions North America. The 250-megawatt facility with four-hour duration—equal...
Montana Busch built his solar company on the promise of steady incentives and rising demand. This summer, that promise is colliding with political reality. Busch, who founded Alternative Energy Southeast...
In a landmark move for U.S. energy, Google has partnered with Kairos Power and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to advance the first deployment of Kairos Power’s advanced nuclear reactor...
Macquarie Asset Management, through its managed funds, has provided €51 million in second lien financing to an onshore wind platform in Finland. The portfolio comprises eight operational wind farms with...
Temasek Trust’s Catalytic Capital for Climate and Health (C3H) has led a US$11.6 million Series A financing round in Equatic, a company pioneering seawater electrolysis to both remove atmospheric CO2...
Emerge, the joint venture between Masdar and EDF Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Emirates Development Bank (EDB) to accelerate the development and financing of distributed solar...
Meta’s Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) team, in collaboration with the Georgia Institute of Technology and artificial intelligence firm Cusp AI, has released the Open Direct Air Capture (DAC) 2025 Dataset...
JERA and bp have officially launched their 50:50 joint venture, JERA Nex bp, marking a significant step in scaling global offshore wind development. The newly formed company enters the market...
Carbon Compared has launched a free, online carbon credit comparison website aimed at helping companies identify and purchase high‑integrity carbon credits with confidence. Launched last month, the platform enables users...
Italy agreed Thursday to a Vatican plan to convert a 430-hectare (1,000-acre) field at Santa Maria Galeria—about 35 kilometers (20 miles) north of Rome—into a large solar farm intended to...
Frontier Infrastructure Holdings, a low-carbon infrastructure developer operating across Texas and the Mountain West, has signed a major offtake agreement with Wild Assets, a global asset manager focused on carbon...
U.S. investment firm Sixth Street has announced its acquisition of a 38% stake in Italian renewable energy company Sorgenia, in a transaction that values the business at €4 billion ($4.6...
Encavis AG has acquired a 199 MW hybrid renewable energy portfolio from BayWa r.e., marking its first investment in wind assets in Spain and a major milestone in its technological...
Northern Illinois is about to see its rooftops work harder than ever — not for real estate developers, but for households priced out of the clean energy transition. This week,...
Nippon Steel has signed a cooperation memorandum with Denmark’s Vestas Wind Systems to supply steel for wind towers across Europe, Asia, and Japan, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry...
Opdenergy, a Madrid-based independent renewable energy producer, has signed an agreement to acquire a 440 MW portfolio of operational wind farms from Acciona Energía for over €500 million ($543 million)....
Emerge, a joint venture between Masdar and EDF power solutions, has signed a 20-year solar energy agreement with Misk City to deliver clean electricity through a 621-kilowatt peak rooftop photovoltaic...
Global built environment consultancy Arup has partnered with digital platform provider ESG360° to launch a joint emissions and ESG reporting service. The collaboration formalises a year-long partnership focused on helping...
Saudi Arabia has taken a significant step in its climate strategy by inaugurating the country’s first Direct Air Capture (DAC) demonstration unit, located at the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and...
Renewables firmly cemented their cost leadership in global energy markets in 2024, with 91% of newly commissioned renewable projects delivering electricity at a lower cost than any fossil fuel alternative,...
Enbridge Inc. has reached a final investment decision on Clear Fork, a 600-megawatt utility-scale solar project in Texas designed to supply clean energy to Meta Platforms, Inc. for its data...
• Three-year facility will fund clean energy projects in Illinois, Ohio, and Texas• Supports Sol Systems’ expansion as a top-tier independent power producer• Backed by major lenders including ING, Natixis,...
1PointFive, a leading carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) company, announced a new carbon removal credit agreement with cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks. Under the agreement, Palo Alto Networks will...
Zelestra, owned by Swedish investment firm EQT, will invest between $1 billion and $1.5 billion in renewable energy infrastructure in Peru over the next five years, focusing on powering the...
CarbonBlue has launched the Midway pilot project—an industry-first system that integrates carbon dioxide removal (CDR) directly into a functioning brackish water desalination plant in Ma’agan Michael, Israel. This breakthrough marks...
Vaulted Deep has signed a landmark agreement with Microsoft to deliver up to 4.9 million tonnes of durable carbon dioxide removal by 2038, representing the second-largest carbon removal deal on...
The UK government has unveiled a comprehensive reform package to modernize the electricity market, confirming a decision to retain a single national pricing model while introducing strategic reforms aimed at...
Google has announced the world’s largest corporate clean energy agreement for hydroelectric power, signing a landmark deal with Brookfield Asset Management to secure up to 3,000 megawatts (MW) of carbon-free...
In the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud, Minister of Energy, ACWA Power, the Water and Electricity Holding Company (Badeel), and Saudi Aramco Power Company...
Indian renewable energy company SAEL Industries Ltd announced plans to invest ₹82 billion ($954 million) in constructing a 5-gigawatt-per-year integrated solar cell and module manufacturing facility in Greater Noida, Uttar...
Envision, a global leader in green technology, has officially commissioned the world’s largest and most advanced green hydrogen and ammonia facility — the first to operate off-grid and fully powered...
Microsoft and Carbon Direct have released the fifth edition of the Criteria for High-Quality Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR), introducing robust standards for evaluating and scaling CDR technologies across nine pathways,...
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), through its Energy Transition Fund (CI ETF I), and Danish waste management utility Vestforbrænding have entered into a long-term carbon removal offtake agreement with Microsoft via...
Ørsted has achieved financial close on a TWD 90 billion (approximately DKK 20 billion) project finance package for its 632 MW Greater Changhua 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan, backed...
Masdar and Iberdrola have announced two major clean energy milestones under their €15 billion strategic alliance: a €5.2 billion ($5.6 billion)co-investment in the UK’s East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm...
Sumitomo Corporation, through its UK subsidiary Summit Energy Evolution Limited (SEEL), is investing in the development of a new CO₂ transport pipeline to serve Peak Cluster, a major carbon capture...
Biorig, the renewable gases division of Spain-based Solarig, is scaling up its biomethane operations in Italy with a strategic investment exceeding €300 million by 2030. The initiative will include the...
Indonesia, the world’s largest archipelago with over 17,000 islands, is making significant strides toward a sustainable energy future. At the forefront of this transition is the Cirata Floating Solar Farm,...
ERM, the world’s largest specialist sustainability consultancy, has helped SSE and Equinor secure planning consent for the UK’s first hydrogen-to-power project — the Aldbrough Hydrogen Pathfinder — marking a key...
The UK government has launched its first-ever Onshore Wind Strategy, aiming to reverse nearly a decade of stagnation in the sector and deliver a major boost to its clean energy...
Amazon has unveiled a groundbreaking fulfillment center in Nagoya, Japan, designed to integrate advanced geothermal and solar technology to minimize its environmental footprint. The facility is Amazon’s first globally to...
RWE has returned to the hybrid bond market for the first time since 2015, successfully issuing a €1 billion green hybrid bond to support its renewable investment strategy. Split into...
Meta Platforms and XGS Energy have entered into a landmark agreement to develop 150 megawatts of next-generation geothermal power in New Mexico, marking a major step in clean energy innovation...
Fervo Energy has secured $206 million in new funding to complete Phase I of Cape Station—set to become the world’s largest enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) development. This financing milestone cements...
Lightsource bp has secured approximately TWD 6 billion (USD 185 million) to fund its first fishery solar project in Taiwan — and its first globally — positioning the company as...
Google is scaling up water resilience in Taiwan, launching a $3 million initiative to restore water quality in Hsinchu City and strengthen the country’s long-term water security. In partnership with...
Aircapture, the XPrize-winning direct air capture (DAC) company, has raised $50 million in Series A funding, led by the Larsen Lam Climate Change Foundation, to accelerate deployment of its modular,...
Macquarie Asset Management and the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) have completed the acquisition of Renewi, a European leader in recycling and circular waste solutions. The deal, executed through...
DuPont has announced that 100% of the grid electricity powering its European Union operations now comes from renewable sources, marking a major milestone in its decarbonization strategy. The achievement, realized...
Constellation and Meta have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) to secure 1,121 megawatts of carbon-free energy from the Clinton Clean Energy Center in Illinois, beginning June 2027. This...
OMV has committed to building one of Europe’s largest green hydrogen facilities—a 140 MW electrolyzer in Bruck an der Leitha, Lower Austria. The final investment decision, a mid-three-digit million-euro commitment,...
Hitachi Energy has supplied rectifier transformers to a major green hydrogen project in Songyuan, northeast China—one of the largest integrated hydrogen-ammonia-methanol developments in the world. Built by China Energy Engineering...
RGE and TotalEnergies have formalized a Co-Investment Agreement to develop, build, and operate a solar photovoltaic (PV) plant with integrated battery energy storage in Indonesia’s Riau Province. The project will...
Meta is deepening its renewable energy strategy through two long-term Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with The AES Corporation, totaling 650 megawatts of solar capacity. The clean power will support Meta’s...
TotalEnergies has switched on its largest solar power installation in Europe — a cluster of five solar farms in Seville, Spain — delivering a combined 263 megawatts of installed capacity....
Aramco has commissioned a world-first Iron-Vanadium (Fe/V) flow battery system to store renewable energy for its gas operations, marking a major milestone in industrial energy storage. The 1-MW/hour battery system—installed...
The European Commission has selected 15 renewable hydrogen production projects across five countries in the European Economic Area (EEA), unlocking €992 million in public funding through the Innovation Fund. This...
Google has signed a renewable energy agreement with U.S.-based clean energy developer energyRe, securing Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) from over 600 megawatts (MW) of new solar and solar-plus-storage projects in...
Occidental and ADNOC’s investment arm, XRG, have signed a Strategic DAC Framework Agreement to evaluate a joint venture for a large-scale Direct Air Capture (DAC) facility in South Texas. Under...
Royal Philips has successfully priced a €1 billion dual-tranche bond issuance under its European Medium Term Note (EMTN) program, reinforcing its capital structure while advancing its sustainability agenda. The offering...
ReNew Energy Global will invest INR 22,000 crore ($2.5 billion) to develop one of India’s largest hybrid renewable energy (RE) projects in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district. The facility will generate...
Microsoft has signed a landmark framework agreement with Rubicon Carbon to purchase 18 million tonnes of high-quality nature-based carbon removal credits, in what is among the largest single-buyer carbon credit...
Climeworks has completed large-scale testing of its Generation 3 Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology, confirming a significant leap in efficiency. Powered by Svante’s structured adsorbents, the system doubles CO₂ capture...
Octopus Energy Generation, the fund management arm of Octopus Energy Group, has launched a flagship fund designed to make clean energy infrastructure accessible to private wealth and pension investors—without compromising...
Aligned Climate Capital has closed its sixth distributed solar fund, Aligned Solar Partners 6 LP (ASP6), with commitments exceeding $240 million—surpassing its $200 million target. The oversubscribed fund marks the...
Coal India Ltd. announced a bold pivot towards clean energy with plans to install approximately 4.5 gigawatts of renewable power—primarily solar and wind—at an estimated cost of ₹250 billion (around...
Schroders Greencoat, the renewable infrastructure investment arm of Schroders Capital, has acquired a 24.5% stake in the UK’s West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm from Ørsted for £456.1 million...
ReNew Energy Global Plc has landed a $100 million investment from British International Investment (BII) to expand its solar manufacturing footprint in India, marking the UK development finance institution’s first...
Microsoft has more than doubled its carbon removal commitment with Stockholm Exergi, increasing the volume of carbon dioxide to be permanently stored from 3.3 million tons to 5.08 million tons...
Microsoft has inked a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with Clearway Energy Group for 335 megawatts (MW) of wind energy from the repowered Mount Storm wind farm in Grant County,...
Carbon Alpha has partnered with Mangrove Systems to embed advanced digital monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) technology into its flagship North Star carbon removal project—Canada’s first large-scale bioenergy with carbon...
ALTÉRRA, the world’s largest private climate investment vehicle, has made its first direct investment into the Global South—injecting $100 million into India’s clean energy platform, Evren. The co-investment, made through...
Ingka Investments, the investment division of Ingka Group—the largest IKEA retailer—has officially launched its first solar park in Poland, marking a major step in its renewable energy strategy. Located in...
Microsoft is doubling down on durable carbon removal with a new five-year agreement to purchase 44,000 carbon removal credits from Carba, a Minnesota-based climate tech company. The credits will begin...
Zelestra has secured a $113 million Senior Secured Credit Facility with Banco Santander to finance its 81 MWdc Jasper County Solar Project in Indiana, a strategic addition to its growing...
Apollo-managed funds have committed up to $220 million in a joint venture with Bullrock Energy Ventures, targeting a significant expansion of community solar projects across New York and New England....
XPRIZE Awards Largest Climate Incentive in History XPRIZE has announced the winners of its $100 million Carbon Removal competition, a four-year global challenge backed by Elon Musk and the Musk...
Google has signed its first offshore wind power purchase agreement (PPA) in Asia Pacific, committing to buy clean energy from the 495 MW Fengmiao I offshore wind project in Taiwan....
Indigo Ag is redefining cropland as a climate asset, announcing its fourth carbon crop with 630K independently verified carbon credits issued through the Climate Action Reserve. This milestone brings Indigo’s...
Occidental (Oxy) has acquired Holocene, a Tennessee-based direct air capture (DAC) startup, in a strategic move to consolidate and scale its carbon removal operations. The financial terms were not disclosed,...
Microsoft has inked the largest carbon removal deal in history, committing to purchase 6.75 million metric tons of engineered carbon removal from AtmosClear, a Fidelis portfolio company, over 15 years....
Repsol has officially started electricity production at Antofagasta Phase 1, the company’s largest wind project to date and one of Chile’s biggest renewable installations. The 364 MW facility is located...
Heidelberg Materials has received planning approval to build a carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility at its Padeswood cement plant in Flintshire, north Wales—positioning the UK closer to decarbonising one...
RayGen Resources has closed a landmark A$127 million Series D investment round, drawing strong support from global energy leaders and public sector investors. The raise, led by SLB with a...
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