Science and Technology:
¶ “The Energy Storage Game Is Afoot: Form Energy Faces Off Against Tesla Megapack 3” • Tesla is moving ahead with plans to make its Megapack 3 batteries in Texas, but a battery startup from Massachusetts called Form Energy may have the drop on it. Form Energy just nailed down a biggest-of-its-kind, 300-MW, 100-hour energy storage deal. [CleanTechnica]
Form Energy 100-hour iron-air battery (Form Energy image)
World:
¶ “Russia May Stage A Nuclear False Flag Operation In Ukraine, Report Warns” • The US-based Institute for the Study of War said in a report that Russia is looking for ways to divert attention away from its military’s inability to achieve its objectives, and as the invasion of Ukraine goes into its fifth year, Russia might cause a nuclear incident to do so. [Euronews]
¶ “How Human-Made Climate Change ‘Intensified’ Europe’s Winter Downpours” • Analysis by World Weather Attribution looked at the likelihood and intensity of the heaviest rainfall events that most severely impacted areas in Spain, Portugal, and Morocco. The report found a “clear increase” in the intensity of the most extreme one-day rainfall events. [Euronews]
Downpour (Tim Mossholder, Unsplash)
¶ “EU Asks Ukraine To Repair The Druzhba Pipeline As Croatia Offers Alternative Route” • The European Commission has asked Ukraine to accelerate repair works on the Druzhba oil pipeline to defuse the crisis triggered by Hungary’s double veto, which has paralysed both a €90 billion loan for Kyiv and a fresh round of sanctions against Russia. [Euronews]
¶ “Wayve Attracts Fresh Investments From NVIDIA, Microsoft, Uber, And Mercedes” • Wayve, an autonomous driving company in the UK, announced that it has raised $1.2 billion in a Series D investment round, bringing its post-money valuation to $8.6 billion. This speeds the company’s shift from AI research leader to scaled commercial deployment. [CleanTechnica]
Wayve autonomous EV (Wayve image)
¶ “Europe Invests €45 Billion In 2025 Wind Projects” • Europe invested €45 billion in new wind energy projects in 2025 as the continent added 19.1 GW of capacity, according to WindEurope’s Annual Statistics Report. It said total installed wind capacity was 304 GW last year. It added that some political moves threaten to undermine investment momentum. [reNews]
¶ “Boskalis And TKF Win Gennaker Cables Deal” • Boskalis and TKF Subsea Solutions signed a contract with Skyborn to supply and install array cables at the 977-MW Gennaker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. The cables will be manufactured in the Netherlands by TKF and installed by Boskalis’ cable-laying vessel BOKA Ocean from the end of 2027. [reNews]
Boskalis cable laying vessel (Boskalis image)
¶ “TEPCO Unveils Robot Arm For Nuclear Debris Removal” • TEPCO unveiled a new robot arm to be used to remove nuclear fuel debris at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. TEPCO plans to begin setting up the robot arm next month and is expected to start the third trial of the nuclear debris collection from the No 2 reactor this autumn. [The Japan Times]
US:
¶ “How Climate Change Is Impacting Drinking Water In The US” • A study that appeared in Communications Earth & Environment shows that climate change is making access to drinkable water more difficult in the US. Hazards intensified by climate change, like drought and flooding, threaten both the quantity and quality of drinking water. [ABC News]
Water tower (Wesley Fryer, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped)
¶ “Feds Give Record $27 Billion In Loans For Utility Expansion In Georgia And Alabama” • Federal energy officials announced a record $27 billion loan to electric utilities to build gas-burning plants in Georgia and Alabama, saying the loan will save money for customers as the companies undertake a huge expansion driven by demand from data centers. [ABC News]
¶ “House Passes Bills That Would Worsen Energy Affordability And Reliability” • House Republicans passed HR 4626, the so-called Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act, and HR 4758, nominally the Homeowner Energy Freedom Act. They would reduce efficiency standards and incentives, adding to costs for consumers. [CleanTechnica]
GE energy efficient refrigerator
¶ “Despite Political Rhetoric, Conservative Support For Solar Is Solidifying” • Despite the rhetoric coming from the Trump administration against clean energy, conservative voters are telling a much different story. They support expanding solar because it lowers costs, strengthens American manufacturing, and delivers energy security. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Trump EPA: Value Of Human Life Is $0” • CleanTechnica’s Zachary Shahan: “As I was reading through the Sierra Club’s response to Donald Trump’s State of the Union address last night, one line really jumped out at me, that the US EPA under Donald Trump has ‘set the value of a human life to zero when conducting cost-benefit analyses.'” [CleanTechnica]
Life has no value? You kidding? (frank mckenna, Unsplash)
¶ “Bombshell: A Story Of Truth And Censorship” • Bombshell gives a detailed account of the US government’s campaign to sanitize the reality of the widespread death and destruction caused by the first use of a nuclear weapon in war, including by constructing a narrative that the bombings allowed for a humane exit from World War II. [The Nuclear Threat Initiative]
¶ “Fuel Supply Gap Could Hold Back The US Nuclear Energy Renaissance” • Soaring demand for power generation, the US goal of quadrupling nuclear electricity generation by 2050, and a looming ban on Russian nuclear fuel imports could create a bottleneck in the nuclear fuel supply chain, according to US enrichment company Centrus Energy. [OilPrice.com]
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