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UK Signs Landmark Contract With Rolls-Royce SMR to Build Three Small Modular Reactors at Wylfa, Backed by 2.6 Billion Pounds in Public Funding
Great British Energy-Nuclear and Rolls-Royce SMR signed a contract on April 13 to begin design and delivery of three 470 MW pressurised water reactors at Wylfa in North Wales, targeting grid connection by the mid-2030s.
Forecasters Warn of a Possible Super El Nino in 2026, With Half of European Models Projecting Record-Breaking Intensity
Climate models increasingly project a super El Nino emerging by late summer 2026, with roughly half of ECMWF ensemble members forecasting sea surface temperature anomalies exceeding 2.5 degrees Celsius, which could make it the strongest event in recorded history.
China Flies World's First Megawatt-Class Hydrogen Turboprop Engine on a 7.5-Tonne Unmanned Cargo Aircraft
AECC's AEP100 liquid hydrogen turboprop completed a 16-minute maiden flight in Zhuzhou, producing zero carbon emissions and establishing China's lead in hydrogen aviation propulsion.
Quaise Energy Targets One-Kilometer Depth in 2026 as Millimeter Wave Drilling Rewrites the Geothermal Playbook
MIT spinout Quaise Energy plans to extend its record-setting millimeter wave drilling from 118 meters to one kilometer this year, advancing a technology that could unlock superhot geothermal energy virtually anywhere on Earth.
Microsoft Pauses New Carbon Removal Purchases, Sending Shockwaves Through an Industry It Dominated
Microsoft staff have informed carbon removal developers that the company is pausing new purchases, a move that rattles a market in which the tech giant accounted for 96 percent of 2025 credit purchases.
MIT Spinout 1s1 Energy Develops Boron-Based Membrane That Cuts Green Hydrogen Electrolyzer Energy Use by 30 Percent
The startup's chemically tailored boron polymer membranes already achieve the U.S. Department of Energy's 2031 efficiency target of 77 percent for proton exchange membrane electrolysis, while partner tests show a 60 percent reduction in operating costs.
Global Renewable Energy Capacity Reaches 49 Percent as 2025 Additions Hit Record 692 GW, IRENA Reports
The International Renewable Energy Agency's latest data shows the world added a record 692 gigawatts of renewable power capacity in 2025, bringing renewables to 49 percent of total global installed capacity and within reach of the halfway mark for the first time.
SHINE Technologies Secures $263 Million DOE Loan to Complete World's Largest Fusion-Powered Medical Isotope Facility
The DOE backs SHINE's Chrysalis plant in Wisconsin, which aims to end U.S. dependence on imported molybdenum-99 using fusion neutron generators.
Vineyard Wind Sues GE Vernova to Block Turbine Maker's Exit From America's First Utility-Scale Offshore Wind Farm
Vineyard Wind filed suit against GE Renewable Energy after the turbine manufacturer moved to terminate service contracts, escalating a dispute rooted in a catastrophic 2024 blade failure that set the project back nearly two years.
MethaneSAT's Posthumous Data Dump Reveals Oil and Gas Methane Emissions 50 Percent Higher Than Official Estimates, Triggering Senate Investigation
Data from the now-silent MethaneSAT satellite shows global oil and gas methane emissions far exceed inventories, prompting a U.S. Senate probe into Permian Basin operators.
University of Houston Team Proves Lithium Dendrites Are Brittle, Not Soft, Forcing a Rethink of Solid-State Battery Design
A study published in Science shows lithium dendrites snap like glass rather than bending, challenging decades of assumptions that solid electrolytes alone could block them.
JPMorgan and Microsoft Sign Major Carbon Removal Offtake Deals, Signaling Growing Corporate Demand
JPMorgan commits to 60,000 tons of carbon removal credits from Graphyte, while Microsoft secures 626,000 tonnes from Canada's first Indigenous-owned BECCS project, as corporate buyers race to underwrite the next generation of carbon removal infrastructure.