With winter approaching, Europe has already paid an estimated €50 billion extra for fuel since the Strait of Hormuz crisis began, without securing a single additional barrel — a stark reminder of its …
Swedish energy technology companyRebaba has raised $4.6 million (SEK 44.1 million) in an oversubscribed seedround to expand its battery energy storage systems using repurposed electricvehicle batterie…
Today, Green Eagle Solutions, a Spanish technology company that specialises in the automation of renewable energy operations, has raised a majority investment from Copilot Capital. Green Eagle Solutio…
Technology company Veridue has raised $4 million inpre-seed funding to expand its due diligence and M&A platform for renewableenergy and data centre transactions. The round was led by Episode 1 Ve…

If you’re in the market for a tiny power station that punches well above its size and weight, then have a look at EcoFlow’s new fourth-generation River series. The River 260 Gen4 features a 256Wh capacity battery while the 520 Gen4 packs in 512Wh – storing about 2.5x and 5x the energy of the largest […]
Nepal’s deadly flood exposes a deeper failure: climate finance pledged to vulnerable nations for years still isn’t arriving fast enough — or at all.

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Bluetti doesn’t want you to call the Pioneer 5000 a solar generator (SoGen), even though that’s what it is. What makes it slightly different from other large power stations that can be charged off solar – aka, a SoGen – is the dolly cart and up to 18KW of instant surge power available to start […]
Its data centers will be the main customers for a grid-connected solar and battery plant that blends lithium packs for short-term use with 10-hour zinc modules.
UK cleantech company Ki 13 (formerly Ki Hydrogen) has raised $5 millionin seed funding to build an industrial pilot plant for its biomass electrolysistechnology. The round was led by HICO Investment G…