The world’s energy systems are in a period of change. Global warming and changing weather patterns could increase energy shortfalls, potentially leading to blackouts by 2050. Taking climate change into account when designing the system improves the resilience of both regions’ energy systems at no or very little additional costs.
Cypress Creek Energy and Google have commenced construction on the initial two phases of the Steel River Energy Center in Mississippi County, Arkansas, US. Google has entered into a power purchase agreement with Cypress Creek to secure power from the first two phases. The project aims to deliver a total of 2.5GWdc of solar capacity and 2.9GWh of battery storage by 2029. It is located in the heart of the country's leading steel-producing region.
The New South Wales government in Australia has granted planning consent for Yancoal Australia’s 3.6GWh Stratford Pumped Hydro and Solar project. The project is located at the site of the defunct Stratford Mining Complex in the Gloucester Valley, 100km north of Newcastle. It is the first pumped hydro energy storage scheme to achieve full planning approval in NSW in six years. The construction phase of the project is expected to create as many as 350 jobs.
SLB and Liberty Energy announce a strategic alliance to form a modular infrastructure and integrated power generation solutions for new data center projects globally. The growth of AI and high-performance computing is driving “unprecedented” demand for data center capacity. Data Center Electricity Use Surged in 2025.
Airengy and Nobian have entered into a strategic agreement to develop a compressed air power plant (CAPP) with a storage capacity of 2.5GWh in Denmark. They will evaluate the use of compressed air energy storage (CAES) in a salt cavern connected to the CAPP technology project. Denmark is one of four key early adoption markets for CAES technology, alongside the UK, Germany and the Netherlands.
Shanghai has pioneered the synergisation of computing centres with the power grid for peak-load management. It is part of China's push to enhance computing-grid coordination as its upgrades power infrastructure amid the global artificial intelligence race. 16 data centre operators took part in the trial, including e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding, China Telecom’s Shanghai branch and data centre firm GDS Holdings.
Chinese electric car giant BYD is building a network of 6,000 charging stations in overseas markets including Europe. The world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) maker aims to have 3,000 of them in Europe by the end of March 2027. It also plans to add 2,000 in the Americas and 1,000 more in the Asia-Pacific region over the same period.
The Defense Innovation Unit is seeking commercial proposals to beam electrical power between spacecraft and from orbit to the ground in a demonstration within two years. Power beaming transmits electrical energy to a receiver through a directed beam of electromagnetic radiation. The Pentagon wants access to an operational space power-beaming capability by the end of the decade.
The world’s energy systems are in a period of change. Global warming and changing weather patterns could increase energy shortfalls, potentially leading to blackouts by 2050. Taking climate change into account when designing the system improves the resilience of both regions’ energy systems at no or very little additional costs.
Cypress Creek Energy and Google have commenced construction on the initial two phases of the Steel River Energy Center in Mississippi County, Arkansas, US. Google has entered into a power purchase agreement with Cypress Creek to secure power from the first two phases. The project aims to deliver a total of 2.5GWdc of solar capacity and 2.9GWh of battery storage by 2029. It is located in the heart of the country's leading steel-producing region.
The New South Wales government in Australia has granted planning consent for Yancoal Australia’s 3.6GWh Stratford Pumped Hydro and Solar project. The project is located at the site of the defunct Stratford Mining Complex in the Gloucester Valley, 100km north of Newcastle. It is the first pumped hydro energy storage scheme to achieve full planning approval in NSW in six years. The construction phase of the project is expected to create as many as 350 jobs.
SLB and Liberty Energy announce a strategic alliance to form a modular infrastructure and integrated power generation solutions for new data center projects globally. The growth of AI and high-performance computing is driving “unprecedented” demand for data center capacity. Data Center Electricity Use Surged in 2025.
Airengy and Nobian have entered into a strategic agreement to develop a compressed air power plant (CAPP) with a storage capacity of 2.5GWh in Denmark. They will evaluate the use of compressed air energy storage (CAES) in a salt cavern connected to the CAPP technology project. Denmark is one of four key early adoption markets for CAES technology, alongside the UK, Germany and the Netherlands.
Shanghai has pioneered the synergisation of computing centres with the power grid for peak-load management. It is part of China's push to enhance computing-grid coordination as its upgrades power infrastructure amid the global artificial intelligence race. 16 data centre operators took part in the trial, including e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding, China Telecom’s Shanghai branch and data centre firm GDS Holdings.
Chinese electric car giant BYD is building a network of 6,000 charging stations in overseas markets including Europe. The world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) maker aims to have 3,000 of them in Europe by the end of March 2027. It also plans to add 2,000 in the Americas and 1,000 more in the Asia-Pacific region over the same period.
The Defense Innovation Unit is seeking commercial proposals to beam electrical power between spacecraft and from orbit to the ground in a demonstration within two years. Power beaming transmits electrical energy to a receiver through a directed beam of electromagnetic radiation. The Pentagon wants access to an operational space power-beaming capability by the end of the decade.