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Japan inaugurates world’s second osmotic power plant
29 August 2025 - Japan's first osmotic power plant began operations in early August. The facility in Fukuoka harnesses the natural process of osmosis.
Google reveals Gemini AI’s energy and water consumption
28 August 2025 - Google has become the first tech company to publish a report on the energy consumption, emissions, and water use of its AI software, Gemini.
British battery train sets new world record traveling 320 kilometers without recharging
25 August 2025 - Britain's Great Western Railway (GWR) has set a new world record for the longest distance traveled by a battery-powered train.
Google secures 50 MW of nuclear power for data centers
19 August 2025 - Nuclear facility Hermes 2, set to go online in 2030, will feed electricity to the grid that supplies Google's data centers in Tennessee and Alabama.
100,000 home batteries in California act as 500 MW power plant
11 August 2025 - Residential batteries provided over 500 MW of capacity to the California power system during the test event
World far off track from tripling renewables by 2030
04 August 2025 - Two years after the COP28 agreement to triple global renewables capacity to 11 TW by 2030, the world is only on track to double it.
US electricity prices soar 40% in H1 2025, outpacing EU’s 30% increase
01 August 2025 - The penetration of negative prices in EU continues, with their share doubling in H1 2025, according to IEA's latest report
IRENA: 91% of new renewables units are more cost-effective than fossil fuel alternatives
23 July 2025 - Renewables maintained their cost leadership in global power markets, the International Renewable Energy Agency said in an annual report
Google signs world’s largest corporate power purchase agreement for hydropower
17 July 2025 - Brookfield said the Hydro Framework Agreement is the first of its kind and the world’s largest corporate clean power deal for hydro.
China-based Envision opens world’s largest green hydrogen, ammonia plant
14 July 2025 - The plant can deliver 320,000 tons of green ammonia per year, with annual output projected to rise to 1.5 million tons by 2028.
Three quarters of global solar, wind capacity under construction is in China
11 July 2025 - All prospective projects in the world are for 4,484 GW in total capacity. China accounts for 1,302 GW, followed by Brazil, Australia, US
IHA: Turkey’s 2024 hydropower additions highest in Europe again
03 July 2025 - The world's hydroelectric capacity increased 1.7% last year to 1.44 TW, the International Hydropower Association said in its annual report