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Engie Chile commissions 48MW/264MWh BESS Capricornio in Antofagasta

Energy Storage News

Utility and independent power producer (IPP) Engie has started commercial operations of its 48MW/264MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) Capricornio project in the northern region of Antofagasta, Chile.

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Gibraltar enlists UK firm for modelling to facilitate net zero design of new buildings

Envirotec Magazine

Glasgow-headquartered climate tech company, IES, has unveiled a bespoke Dynamic Simulation Modelling (DSM) tool as part of its Virtual Environment (VE) – an advanced performance modelling technology – to help building professionals meet Gibraltar’s Part F energy regulations for new buildings and extensions. Developed in partnership with HM Government of Gibraltar and funded through the territory’s Climate Action Fund, the new dynamic modelling platform becomes the sole DSM performanc

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Huge wind farm cleared to add another seven turbines in state nearing 100 pct net renewables

Renew Economy

EPBC approves changes to a massive wind farm that is part of an even bigger renewable energy hub in Australia's most fossil-free state. The post Huge wind farm cleared to add another seven turbines in state nearing 100 pct net renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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This start-up turns steel and aluminum waste into usable metals

Canary Media

A Chicago-area start-up says its technology could shave emissions from the global metal industry by allowing companies to recycle grimy metal slivers and sludge left over from steel and aluminum production.

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How to Modernize Manufacturing Without Losing Control

Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives

Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri

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BMW Group and Solid Power test solid-state battery cells in a BMW i7

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German automaker BMW is testing large-format, all-solid-state battery (ASSB) cells from Solid Power in a BMW i7 it is operating in the Munich area. The concept battery integrated into the BMW i7 test vehicle combines a Gen5 construction approach, placing prismatic cells in modules, and new module concepts. The use of solid power cells with sulfide-based electrolytes and their integration into a battery pack will provide BMW Group with further findings in the test program over the coming months.

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Growing need for BESS quality control, risk management strategies, insurer kWh Analytics says

Energy Storage News

According to specialist renewable energy insurance company, kWh Analytics’ 2025 Solar Risk Assessment, battery energy storage system (BESS) safety concerns have risen following recent fire incidents.

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Sydney can become its own renewable energy zone, take a load off NSW regions

Renew Economy

Sydney could use its untapped rooftop solar resource to generate up to 75% of its own electricity – and take some of the heavy lifting away from NSW regions. The post Sydney can become its own renewable energy zone, take a load off NSW regions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Texas finalizes $1.8B to build solar, battery, and gas-powered microgrids

Canary Media

The Texas Legislature ended its biennial session without passing a slew of bills that could have killed the state’s booming solar and battery sector , and by extension, the ability to keep the Texas grid running amid extreme weather and surging demand for electricity.

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ProLogium and Kyushu Electric to develop batteries for heavy machinery

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Taiwanese solid-state battery developer and manufacturer ProLogium Technology has formed a strategic partnership with Japan’s Kyushu Electric Power to develop a 24 V lithium ceramic battery (LCB) module tailored for construction machinery applications. The partnership combines ProLogium’s battery technology with Kyushu Electric Power’s expertise in module design and end-user integration to create a high-performance, durable and versatile energy system tailored to the demanding

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Victoria government fast-tracks 400MWh utility-scale BESS and 500MW solar-plus-storage site in Australia

Energy Storage News

Australia’s Victoria government has fast-tracked a 400MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) and 500MW solar-plus-storage project via its Development Facilitation Program (DFP).

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The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. ♻️ Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene

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WWTW in Scotland wins award from the Royal Academy of Engineering

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Medal winners Andrew Dyne of Haskoning, Alan Ford of EPS, Jonny Tyler of Scottish Water, Stephen Fraser of ESD and Colin Maybury of Scottish Water. A wastewater treatment works in West Lothian has won a prestigious sustainability award from The Royal Academy of Engineering. Owned and operated by Scottish Water, the £35m waste water treatment works, which was officially opened in October 2024, has been designed to serve the community by supporting an expected fourfold increase in Winchburgh’

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State blows away wind generation records and hits a new big battery high

Renew Economy

Records continue to tumble as the nation's most renewable powered state notches up new highs for wind generation and big battery discharge. The post State blows away wind generation records and hits a new big battery high appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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This food bank saved big with solar. GOP cuts could crush similar efforts.

Canary Media

When the team at Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina first started planning construction of a new headquarters in Winston-Salem in 2019, they seriously considered solar panels.

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Rolls-Royce named winning bidder for UK small nuclear reactors

The Guardian: Energy

FTSE 100 firm beats two US-owned companies as government pushes nuclear power with Sizewell C investment Sizewell C to be built as part of UK’s £14bn nuclear investment Rolls-Royce has won a competition to be the first company to try to build small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) in the UK, as part of a government effort to push Britain to the frontier of nuclear energy technology.

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Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport

Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium

With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.

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Hopewind talks European distributed PV and storage and streamlined offerings

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Funding will support sub-Saharan Africa solar energy rental firm

Envirotec Magazine

A MOPO solar energy hub. A start-up company in Africa that lets customers rent portable, solar-charged batteries has received a strategic investment from Octopus Energy Group. The global clean energy firm announced the strategic investment in MOPO – “a pioneering energy tech company delivering clean, reliable energy to underserved communities in Sub-Saharan Africa” – on 12 June.

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Home battery sales outpace new solar systems for first time ever, in sign of boom to come

Renew Economy

For the first time ever, more battery systems were sold than PV systems in May 2025 – an extraordinary milestone. And home battery sizes are booming too. The post Home battery sales outpace new solar systems for first time ever, in sign of boom to come appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Windrose and Terawatt collaborate to demonstrate high-power electric truck charging

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Electric truck OEM Windrose and EV charging infrastructure provider Terawatt have completed a series of interoperability tests at Terawatt’s flagship charging site in Rancho Dominguez, California. These tests successfully demonstrated Windrose’s dual-input charging capability, delivering over 650 kW using two 350 kW chargers from Delta Electronics. The Windrose Class 8 electric truck features 700 kWh+ of battery capacity.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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Perovskite Solar Cells to Outshine Silicon by 2030

The Environmental Blog

A New Era of Solar For decades silicon has ruled the solar industry, powering homes, businesses and even satellites. But a new material called perovskite is about to change the game in photovoltaic technology. With impressive efficiencies, low cost and new applications perovskite solar cells might not just complement silicon – they could outshine it.

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China dominates May global deployments with 11.2GWh, including 1GWh flow battery

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Construction emerges as major source of black carbon in central London

Envirotec Magazine

Image credit: j Thomas Salas / Shutterstock.com New research has revealed that construction activity is now a dominant source of black carbon emissions in central London. While pollution levels from road traffic have fallen significantly thanks to policies like the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), new air pollution data reveal emissions from non-road mobile machinery, such as generators and heavy-duty construction equipment, can exceed those from vehicles, particularly in areas where there is a l

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“The technology is there:” Batteries are reinventing the grid and leading way to 100 pct renewables

Renew Economy

Tesla Energy boss says the technology is there to get to 100 per cent renewables. Just eight years ago, when the first battery was built, not everyone was convinced. The post “The technology is there:” Batteries are reinventing the grid and leading way to 100 pct renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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Polestar introduces battery health certificates for pre-owned cars in the UK

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Swedish electric sports car brand Polestar has introduced battery state-of-health certificates for its pre-owned Polestar 2 models. The certificate, which documents the usable battery capacity as a percentage, is designed to give EV drivers confidence in the health of their vehicle batteries. Every pre-owned Polestar has an extensive 112-point check, a 24-month warranty and the remainder of the eight-year or 100,000-mile battery warranty, effective from the date of first registration.

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New Director of Civil Engineering Joins Castillo, Develops Advanced Site Optimization Technology

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California’s Fresno County introduces ‘fire mitigation payments’ for BESS projects

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A fire protection and emergency services provider in California, US, has introduced a mandatory risk mitigation payment system for solar PV and energy storage developers.

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Recycled solar panels and heat loss detecting drones among £2m Manchester Prize AI finalists

Envirotec Magazine

The full cohort (image credit: Challenge Works). AI technologies that might transform how people heat and insulate their homes are some of the 10 clean energy innovations to have reached the final of the £2 Manchester Prize. The finalists include a non-intrusive system that uses AI to design bespoke panels that turn bricks into radiators that warm homes from the outside in, streamlining the process for older housing stock transitioning to using heat pumps.

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?

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Main supplier to Australia’s most powerful big battery files for bankruptcy

Renew Economy

The US based company that is the main supplier to Australia’s most powerful big battery has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, reporting more than $US300 million in debt. The post Main supplier to Australia’s most powerful big battery files for bankruptcy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Carbon Negative Construction & How Timber Locks Away CO₂

The Environmental Blog

As the climate crisis intensifies, the construction industry finds itself at a crossroads. Long criticized for its carbon-heavy footprint, the sector is under increasing pressure to innovate — not just to reduce emissions, but to actively remove carbon from the atmosphere. Enter timber: the only mainstream construction material that is naturally renewable, biodegradable, and capable of sequestering carbon.

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AES Completes First Phase of Largest Solar-Plus-Storage Project in the United States

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AES completes phase one construction of largest solar-plus-storage project in the US

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Power company AES Corporation has completed construction of the 1,000MW Bellefield 1 project in Kern County, California. The project includes 500MW of solar and 500MW/2,000MWh of battery storage.

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Blockage-detecting robot ready to patrol sewers, says group behind it

Envirotec Magazine

Pipebot Patrol provides inspection and maintenance of networks via an array of advanced mobile sensors and real-time sewer data, captured as the robot moves through pipelines. A sewer robot that inspects pipework and raises blockage alerts before flooding occurs is to be deployed in a live network for the first time. Pipebot Patrol is a £1.8 million project, funded by the Ofwat Water Breakthrough Challenge, with Spring Innovation as the knowledge-sharing partner.