Energy News Digest – January 15, 2026
Climate Variability Emerges as Both Risk and Opportunity for the Global Energy Transition The WMO–IRENA 2024 Year in Review, released on January 13, 2026, highlights how climate variability and long-term change are shaping renewable energy systems’ performance worldwide, with 2024 seeing regional shifts in solar, wind, and hydropower potential amid a 4% rise in global […]
Energy News Digest – January 12, 2026
IRENA Report Maps 40 Innovations for Resilient Power Systems and Energy Transition A new IRENA report released on January 12, 2026, highlights 40 innovations including AI, digital applications, smart grid planning, and off-grid solutions to build resilient power systems, expand energy access, and drive local development.[4] It emphasizes systemic integration of technological, policy, regulatory, market, […]
Energy News Digest – January 8, 2026
EU think tank urges faster clean investment as post‑2030 climate policy takes shape The Berlin-based Agora Energiewende think tank warned that the EU must significantly scale up **clean energy investment, grids, and industry decarbonisation** this decade to stay on track for its 2040 and 2050 climate goals, highlighting a looming “implementation gap” between targets and […]
Energy News Digest – January 5, 2026
2026 Renewable Energy Industry Outlook Highlights Surge in Deployments Despite Challenges Deloitte projects a surge in renewable deployments in 2026 as developers shift to safe-harbor projects amid new foreign entity of concern (FEOC) sourcing rules targeting China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.[1] Renewables dominated US capacity growth in 2025 with 93% of additions (30.2 GW […]
Energy News Digest – January 1, 2026
US Renewable Deployment Expected to Surge in 2026 Despite Tax Law Headwinds Renewables dominated US capacity growth in 2025, accounting for [1] 93% of additions (30.2 gigawatts) through September, with solar and storage making up 83% of that growth. Despite a challenging 2025 marked by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act rolling back clean energy […]
Energy News Digest – December 29, 2025
Vestas Secures 390 MW Offshore Wind Order in South Korea Vestas received a 390 MW order for the Shinan-Ui offshore wind project in South Korea on December 29, 2025.[7] This deal underscores growing offshore wind momentum in Asia amid global renewable expansion.[1] Wind Leads U.S. Renewable Electricity Growth with Major Solar and Battery Capacity Additions […]
Energy News Digest – December 25, 2025
Science Names Renewable Energy Surge as 2025 Breakthrough of the Year Renewables surpassed coal as a source of electricity worldwide in 2025, with solar and wind growth covering the entire increase in global electricity use from January to June.[2] China’s solar power generation grew over 20-fold in the past decade, installing new solar and wind […]
Energy News Digest – December 22, 2025
Science Names Renewable Energy Growth as 2025 Breakthrough of the Year Science magazine has selected the worldwide surge in renewable energy as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year, with solar and wind surpassing fossil fuels to meet all new global electricity demand in the first half of the year and now exceeding coal production globally.[1] […]
Energy News Digest – December 18, 2025
Trump’s Wind Energy Ban Overturned A U.S. federal judge on December 8, 2025, struck down President Trump’s executive order banning new wind projects on federal lands and waters, ruling it “arbitrary and capricious.”[1] The decision supports states like New York and Massachusetts in advancing offshore wind farms to meet renewable energy goals.[1] EU Renewables Hit […]
The Great AI Power Rush: Hyperscalers’ Energy Scramble and the Rise of Nimble Alternatives
The explosive growth of artificial intelligence has triggered an unprecedented surge in demand for data center power. Hyperscalers—giants like Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta—are racing to build massive AI-optimized facilities, each capable of consuming electricity equivalent to small cities. Global data center power demand is projected to more than double by 2030, driven largely by […]