More than £7bn is committed to UK batteries, but serious supply-chain gaps persist. Refining, factory delays and 2035 demand could test the sector’s next phase.
Outdoor worker safety plans built around heat also need controls for solar UV, which WHO and ILO link to nearly 19,000 skin cancer deaths from work in 2019.
EnerVenue is scaling battery production in China. Its 30-year nickel-hydrogen technology promises lower lifetime costs, but commercial performance remains unproven.
As wind and solar equipment ages, an established grid connection can make a project attractive for repowering, though permits still need full review.
Construction hiring remains difficult even as parts of the market soften, and operations leaders must test crew availability before 2027 schedules.
Executive pay clawback and malus policies are increasingly covering sustainability, safety and environmental failures beyond financial restatements.
A utility line strike can trigger far more than repair costs. CGA estimates underground utility damage costs the U.S. economy $83.2 billion per year nationwide.
A retracted study affecting some NGFS scenarios and persistent borrower data gaps are prompting closer scrutiny of how banks use climate stress tests.
Companies disclosed $339 billion in water-related risk through CDP, but only 5% have set an internal water price, a gap that is starting to close.
Desalination has always traded a water problem for an energy one, but energy recovery devices and solar integration are shrinking that trade fast.
Fish may be more sensitive to antidepressants than human models suggest. The finding may reshape how water utilities and regulators assess pharmaceutical risks.
WBCSD finds more than 2.5 terawatts of renewable and storage projects stuck in grid queues worldwide, while curtailment climbs in most markets tracked.
Rhine water levels fell again on September 11 after briefly recovering, pushing freight costs higher and turning river conditions into a real operating risk.
Research presented at ERS 2026 links higher childhood PM2.5 and NO₂ exposure with reduced lung growth among children genetically susceptible to COPD.
Boston kept most of 26 Court Street standing while taking the building all-electric. The retrofit shows what lower-carbon civic reuse can look like in practice.
New Nature research identifies a recurring tropical-Antarctic climate link that could improve understanding of ice variability and sea-level risk.
Ballard’s GeoPura deal pushes it beyond fuel cells into hydrogen supply and services. The $372M acquisition tests demand for integrated hydrogen power at scale.
NMR measurements reveal how heat and current interact inside a resistive switch. The findings could guide more predictable designs for emerging electronics.
U.S. infrastructure investment is colliding with skilled labor demand, and Switzerland and Germany show how workforce development becomes strategy.
As construction backlogs swell, surety underwriting is becoming a second layer of diligence procurement teams can use before committing to a contractor.