Energy & Climate

Minnesota PUC approves Xcel Energy's $430 million Capacity*Connect program to deploy up to 200 MW of utility-owned batteries, sparking a national debate over who should control distributed energy storage.

Merino Energy debuts the Mono, a single-unit heat pump that plugs into a standard 120-volt outlet and costs roughly half the price of a conventional mini-split, as California races to install millions of heat pumps by 2030.

The US now operates over 71,000 public DC fast chargers across 15,000 locations, with Tesla holding a narrowing majority and new entrants like Ionna reshaping the competitive landscape.

MEPC 84 convenes April 27 in London for the first regular session since a US-Saudi coalition blocked adoption of the first global carbon pricing system for shipping in October 2025.

The U.S. energy research agency doubles its cumulative fusion spending in a single announcement, even as the White House proposes cutting the broader fusion budget.

A three-year deal to supply Organic Rankine Cycle turbines for up to 35 of Fervo's 50 MW GeoBlock power plants marks the geothermal sector's first gigawatt-scale equipment procurement and arrives as Cape Station nears first power delivery.

Toyota will invest in a capital increase to become an equal shareholder in cellcentric, the fuel cell joint venture founded by Daimler Truck and Volvo Group in 2021, as the partners simultaneously begin on-road testing of hydrogen combustion trucks using Cespira's HPDI fuel system.

The global regenerative agriculture market is projected to grow from $9.83 billion to $37.44 billion by 2035, fueled by USDA funding, corporate commitments, and new soil carbon research.

Invenergy's 800-mile high-voltage direct current transmission line across four Midwestern states is pressing ahead with private financing after the Trump administration cancelled a $4.9 billion DOE loan guarantee and the Illinois Supreme Court upheld the project's state permit.

AMP's Commerce City facility will process 62,000 tons of recycling annually with minimal human intervention, as AI sorting systems spread across the waste industry.

Terabase Energy's next-generation automated solar construction platform completes field testing and enters commercial deployment, targeting 10 GW annual capacity by 2027.

Berkeley-based Deep Isolation has confirmed that high-level waste from spent fuel electrorefining is compatible with deep borehole disposal, completing a multi-year ARPA-E ONWARDS project led by Oklo that could reshape the back end of the advanced reactor fuel cycle.