Gotion Begins Equipment Startup at Morocco’s First Battery Gigafactory
Gotion Power Morocco (GPM), a subsidiary of China's Gotion High-Tech, will start commissioning production equipment the week of October 20,...
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Epyr Raises EUR15 Million Series A to Scale Industrial Heat Electrification
Epyr, a Paris-based startup that stores electricity as heat for industrial sites, raised a 15 million euro (about $16.8 million)...
EPRI Finds Lithium-Ion Battery Storage Failure Rate Dropped 98% Since 2018
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) reported on October 5, 2026 that the annual battery storage failure rate for lithium-ion...
Blaze Energy Raises $6.5 Million to Scale Its Ship Fuel-Flex Reformer
Blaze Energy, a Colorado-based maritime fuel technology startup, has raised a $6.5 million seed round to move its Flex-Fuel Reformer...
Researchers Find 8,547 European Solar and Wind Control Systems Exposed Online
Internet intelligence firm Modat and the Dutch National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NL) found 8,547 exposed solar and wind systems, internet-facing...
NOX Energy Raises €3 Million to Expand Home Energy Grid Flexibility Platform
Belgian startup NOX Energy raised €3 million ($3.4 million) in seed funding, the company said on October 2, 2026, to...
DOE Awards $5.25 Billion Through SPARK Initiative to Upgrade the US Power Grid
The US Department of Energy announced on September 24, 2026, that it will direct $5.25 billion toward 31 grid-improvement projects...
Nozomi Energy Reaches Financial Close on 196MWh Battery Storage Project in Japan
Nozomi Energy, the Japan-focused renewable energy platform backed by sustainable infrastructure investor Actis, reached financial close on September 14, 2026,...
Mazama Energy Raises $135 Million to Scale Superhot Rock Geothermal Power in Oregon
Mazama Energy said on September 17, 2026, that it raised $135 million in new capital, including an oversubscribed Series B...
Google Agrees to Buy Certificates From Stegra’s Green Hydrogen Steel Plant
Google said on September 17, 2026 that it has agreed to purchase environmental attribute certificates (EACs) for up to 91,000...
Hithium Launches 4 MWh Sodium-Ion Energy Storage System
Chinese battery maker Hithium unveiled the infinity Power N4.0MWh on September 16, 2026, a 4 MWh sodium-ion battery energy storage...
EverestLabs Launches Navigator, an Agentic AI Platform for Materials Recovery and Recycling Plants
EverestLabs, a Fremont, California-based industrial AI company, launched Navigator on August 24, 2026, a multi-agent AI platform built for material...
India’s Battery Storage Additions Jump 84-Fold to 8.2 GWh in H1 2026
India added 8.2 GWh of battery energy storage capacity in the first half of 2026, up roughly 84-fold from 98.4...
NeoVolta Secures Up to $30 Million Credit Facility to Expand Georgia Battery Storage Plant
NeoVolta, Inc. (Nasdaq: NEOV) secured a $20 million senior credit facility, with an option to increase it to $30 million...
Fraunhofer ISE Thick-Electrode Design Lifts Battery Energy Density by Up to 15%
The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) announced on September 9, 2026 that it has built battery cells...
Climeworks Doubles Direct Air Capture Performance at Iceland’s Mammoth Plant
Climeworks announced on September 10, 2026, that sorbent and mechanical upgrades have more than doubled real-world CO2 capture performance in...
Google DeepMind Selects 16 Environmental AI Projects for First APAC Accelerator
Google DeepMind announced on September 7, 2026, the first cohort of its "AI for the Planet" accelerator for the Asia-Pacific...
Fervo Energy signs a 396 MW enhanced geothermal power deal with Google for a Utah data centre
Fervo Energy announced on 1 September 2026 that it has signed a 396 megawatt power purchase agreement with Google, which...
UK heat pump grant applications reach 8,150 after oil switch top-up
British households filed 8,150 applications for a heat pump grant in July 2026, the highest monthly total since the Boiler...
Spain moves to make data centres back 80% of every hour with new renewables
Spain's Council of Ministers agreed on 25 August 2026 to fast-track a draft royal decree that would tie new data...
New Jersey proposes a 10-year home battery incentive of up to $200 per kW for 150 MW of storage
Staff at the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities issued a straw proposal on 17 August 2026 targeting up to...
