Global solar installations soar 64% in the first half of 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
