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Mingyang presents ultralarge floating twin wind turbine concept
28 October 2025 - Chinese manufacturer Mingyang – Ming Yang Smart Energy is designing a dual floating wind turbine of 50 MW
Policy changes in US will have marginal impact on global energy transition
09 October 2025 - AI energy use may seem alarming, but it is projected to stay below EV charging and the cooling of buildings, DNV calculated
Record solar panel imports in Africa: a lifeline for a continent where 600 million people lack electricity
04 September 2025 - Half of Africa's population still lacks access to electricity, but record growth in solar panel imports could signal a turning point.
Global solar installations soar 64% in the first half of 2025
04 September 2025 - The world’s total capacity of solar power plants has increased by 380 MW in the first half of 2025, according to Ember
US firm Aalo starts construction of its first extra-modular nuclear reactor
01 September 2025 - Aalo stated that the reactor will become the first new sodium-cooled test reactor in the US to go critical in over 40 years.
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