Climate tech & energy transition
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Cox to build $2.9bn energy and water systems in El Salvador
El Salvador entered into an agreement with Cox for a $2.9bn programme aimed at strengthening the country’s energy and water infrastructure.
Electricity Prices Technically Dropped in September. Don’t Get Too Excited
The national average retail price of electricity has fallen year over year from 20 cents per kilowatt-hour in September 2025 to 19.6 cents per kilowatt-hour in September of this year, or about 2%, according to the latest update to Heatmap and MIT’s Electricity Price Hub.
As Wildfires Intensify, Communities Have a Bigger Role to Play
As France confronts increasingly destructive wildfires, researchers say its largely top-down approach leaves residents with little role in preparing for them. In parts of the U.S., communities are experimenting with a different approach.By Alissa de Chassey On July 22, Aurélie Filleau and her husband were given 10 minutes to get their children and a few possessions into the car before evacuating their house in Le Porge, a town near Bordeaux, France.
Texas Land Commissioner Treads Carefully as Trump Border Wall Advances on State Property
Dawn Buckingham has long supported President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. But now the federal government plans to build a wall on cherished state land.By Martha Pskowski Border wall construction in the Big Bend region puts Republican Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham in a bind: back President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda or respond to growing bipartisan opposition to the wall.
Regenerative Growers in Florida Aim to Improve Soil for Health of Food, Environment, Consumers and Workers
The broad set of practices is becoming more popular at a time when climate change is stressing the state’s land—and the people who work on it.By Sara Pepitone Blueberries, green beans, yellow squash, red onions, purple cabbage, oranges. At markets across Florida, colorful produce signals freshness and nutrition and attracts consumers.
Vattenfall selects Fluence for 1GWh Brunsbüttel battery storage project
Vattenfall has awarded Fluence Energy a contract to supply and support a large-scale battery energy storage facility at the Brunsbüttel site.
What’s up with Pennsylvania’s hydrogen hubs?
This article was originally published by Inside Climate News , a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment. Sign up for its newsletter. Three years ago, hydrogen seemed poised for a long-awaited breakthrough. The Biden administration announced $7 billion in federal
A new class of batteries helps data centers play nicely with the grid
Lithium-ion batteries could do so much for AI data centers and the power grid. They’re cheaper than the fossil-gas turbines that tech giants are building at gigawatt scale for their “AI factories.” They can cushion the cost of building out grid infrastructure and power plants just to serve data centers’ peak energy
A historic El Niño is coming that could cost the world trillions: Odd Lots
Zero is on a break this week, so we’re bringing you an episode from Bloomberg’s Odd Lots podcast. Hosts Tracy Allowayand Joe Weisenthal speak with Justin Mankin, professor of geography at Dartmouth College and director of the Climate Modelling and Impacts Group, about the enormous impacts El Niño could have on the global economy. This episode was originally recorded in August, but with El Niño already roiling industries and continuing to strengthen, it feels as relevant as ever.
The October Surprise Is Fossil Fuels
This is Heatmap Daily, an evening news digest written by our executive editor. Subscribe here. At this point, the real October surprise may be the lack of one — because little seems set to change in the U.S. energy economy between now and the midterm elections on November 3. Inflation certainly isn’t budging. Prices rose 3.7% over the past year, and 0.6% in September alone, according to today’s new government inflation report. That reading was hot — a tenth of a percent above what economists expected.
Isaias Made It To Birmingham. The Consequences Were Deadly
Devolin “Bobo” Webster was killed by a falling tree as the remnants of Hurricane Isaias swept through Alabama. His death illustrates the dangers tropical systems pose far inland.By Lee Hedgepeth BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—It’s hard to forget Uncle Bobo.
New York Candidates for Governor Clash Over Energy Policy
High utility bills, the state’s clean energy transition and data centers’ growing electricity needs emerged as flashpoints during a gubernatorial debate.By Lauren Dalban Incumbent New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman clashed over high energy costs in the state’s only gubernatorial debate, offering sharply different visions for how to keep electricity affordable as demand rises.
How Rewilding Could Help Atoll Islands Keep Pace With Rising Seas
Healthy ecosystems may give some of the world’s most vulnerable islands a better shot at survival, new research shows.By Bob Berwyn Coral-fringed tropical atolls are among the landforms most threatened by global warming, but many have a potential superpower: Healthy ecosystems may help them keep pace with rising seas.
An Unexpected Beneficiary of the Permitting Bill: Mini Marine Power
Tucked inside the Senate’s ambitious new permitting bill, the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, is a major win for an energy technology that often flies under the radar: marine power. Small-scale wave, tidal, and river-current projects could help power everything from remote communities and military installations to ocean sensors and coastal desalination systems — at least in theory.
Climate Change Is Increasing Simultaneous Exposure to Heat Waves and Wildfire Smoke
Heat and wildfire smoke are dangerous on their own. A new study says more people are facing both at once.By Katie Surma More than 1 billion people per year were exposed to heat waves and fire pollution at the same time from 2010-2019, a sharp jump from the decade before it, according to a new study that highlights the growing public health crisis caused by global warming.
New Study Reveals Clues About the Origins of Nepal’s Deadly Flood
Using seismic data from Nepal and China, researchers identified dozens of small seismic events in the weeks before the August rock-and-ice collapse and ensuing flood.By Alissa de Chassey A new study in the journal Seismica presents the first comprehensive seismic analysis of what happened during the disastrous flood in Nepal on Aug. 26. But exactly what triggered the mountainside to give way remains unclear.
Trump Reopens the Fight Over Orsted’s Revolution Wind
Current conditions: Hurricane Simon is lingering off Mexico’s coast as a new tropical depression that could form into a powerful storm begins gathering strength • Iceland has issued an orange-level warning — the notch just below the most severe — across the whole country ahead of an intense storm that could bring vicious winds and snow • The mountain areas surrounding Los Angeles are on red alert for wildfires throughout the rest of the week.
Australia’s coal phase-out requires rapid dispatchable replacement, says GlobalData
Australia’s rapid retirement of coal-fired power assets increases the need for resources that can balance variable renewable output and maintain reliability during periods of peak demand.
Beyond the oil change: Why condition monitoring is becoming essential for wind turbine reliability
Discover how online oil condition monitoring can help to provide earlier insight into gearbox health, helping operators to make more informed maintenance decisions, reduce unnecessary interventions and better protect critical drivetrain assets.
Nightpeak Energy completes Bocanova battery project in Texas, US
Nightpeak Energy has completed the 150MW Bocanova 2 battery storage facility, raising the total capacity at the Bocanova site to 300MW.
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