Falling battery prices and rising outage losses are changing how facilities and finance teams should calculate the return on energy storage investments.
Kimberly-Clark is testing hesperaloe as a potential tissue fiber. The move could reduce wood-pulp use while adding a new option to its supply chain at scale.
Ava is extending its e-bike rebate program through 2027. The added $3 million will expand access while directing more spending to local bike shops.
A new UN methane strategy says agriculture and waste systems will require major operational changes alongside fossil fuel reductions to meet 2030 goals.
A new UN report says cutting methane from oil, gas, and coal offers the quickest emissions reductions, with proven technologies and relatively low costs.
Tiny robots could help pull lithium from seawater. Texas A&M researchers are testing whether the idea can deliver usable supply at a realistic cost and scale up.
A $5.8B Dresden chip expansion is putting water infrastructure in focus. Gradiant delivered ultrapure and recycled water systems three months early.
Tantangan Solar is now generating power in Mindanao. The 99 MW project pairs solar with battery storage to boost grid flexibility and renewable power supply.
European BEV registrations topped 1.2 million in the first half of 2026. The next challenge is scaling charging, grid capacity and policy support across Europe.
OSTP's new report pushes federal R&D toward venture funding, AI-driven discovery and domestic manufacturing, reflecting Kratsios' Silicon Valley background.
Siemens' new microgrid pairs solar power with battery storage at its Wendell, North Carolina plant. It is built to keep critical production moving in an outage.
New Hampshire has signed a law directing its Department of Energy to assess transformer vulnerability to geomagnetic and electromagnetic disturbances.
Cigarette butts still lead coastal litter totals. Disposable vapes and nicotine pouches now add batteries, plastics and hazardous residues to this waste stream.
UNESCO's first Science Decade report finds governance-focused research trailing innovation by over 3 to 1, a gap it says is raising technology deployment risk.
New IRP filings from 23 U.S. utilities show a shift to scenario-based forecasting as data centers drive demand, raising planning risk for facilities leaders.
Syngenta and Groundwork BioAg are pairing fungal crop inputs with soil carbon programs. Farmers could gain soil benefits and fresh revenues from carbon credits.
California regulators opened public comment on EVOCA® after a positive health review. A final decision could follow later in 2026 for the Biotalys biofungicide.
Europe’s renewable boom is exposing gaps in grid flexibility. Pumped storage is gaining attention as negative prices, heat and curtailment rise.
Biochar is getting a real-world road test. Verde and Ergon are moving their cold paving partnership toward field projects, carbon credits and commercial use.
Ireland could owe up to $30 billion (€26 billion) by 2030 for missing EU climate targets, new fiscal modeling shows, with costs rising after 2030.