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Google DeepMind and Meta back Biohub virtual cell with $300M
Google DeepMind, Meta, and Isomorphic Labs are investing $300 million in Biohub to build AI datasets for a virtual cell model. The funding is part of a $1.8 billion initiative that also includes contributions from the Department of Energy and National Institutes of Health.
Google Signs Deal with Constellation for Nuclear Power
Google has contracted for power from Constellation Energy, with new nuclear energy accounting for about a quarter of the supply. The 20-year deal will enable more than $4.3 billion in new investment and upgrades at 11 nuclear units in the PJM grid.
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Taiwan-based iBase Solution is expanding from industrial computers and energy storage into liquid-cooled prefabricated modular data centers. The move targets AI infrastructure EPC contracts.
Apple's EU energy label for the iPhone Duo lists a combined 4,883 mAh battery across 2,962 mAh and 1,921 mAh cells, MacRumors reports. That sits between the eSIM-only iPhone 18 Pro at 4,288 mAh and Pro Max at 5,567 mAh, per iFixit.
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U.S. generation from small-scale solar systems under 1 megawatt rose from 18,812 GWh to 92,979 GWh over the last decade, the Energy Information Administration estimates. California accounted for 37% of the 2025 total.
Dan Taylor, director of engineering at Arenko, details standardization needs and third-party data choices for effective BESS analytics strategies.
Up to $1M raised by two-person Seattle startup TriMagnetix for nanomagnetic chips that run on electrical pulses instead of constant power. Early lab tests show 800 times less energy use than a traditional chip, and satellites are a key target, GeekWire reports.
848-kW rooftop system offsets 95% of electricity use at Vanguard Furniture’s Hillsville, Virginia plant. Pisgah Energy’s third project for the North Carolina craft maker.
TagEnergy’s 240 MW battery in the Marne, built from 140 Tesla Megapacks, is now the most powerful in service in France, with 480 MWh of storage, Frandroid reports.
20.4GWh of grid-scale BESS deployed globally in September, up 61% from the prior year. Year-to-date installations reached 208GWh, a 43% increase.
The Energy Department issued an emergency order amid above-average temperatures, The New York Times reports.
Ripple Prime launched real-world asset (RWA) perpetual swaps for institutional clients, tied to perpetual futures listed by Trade.xyz on Hyperliquid. The swaps cover more than 100 reference markets across equities, ETFs, metals, energy and FX, trade and settle 24/7, and Virtu is among the first clients.
UC San Diego announced its participation in a Department of Energy project that applies AI to geothermal energy development.
Local and state governments from the Midwest to New York are adding zoning rules and moratoriums on BESS and data centre projects.
300MW total at Nightpeak Energy's Bocanova BESS site in Brazoria County, Texas, after the 150MW/300MWh Bocanova 2 project reached financial close and commercial operation.
790MWh BESS, Greece's largest, inaugurated by Metlen and Karatzis Group. Prime Minister said storage should accompany renewables.
A Japanese consortium of NYK Line, NTT Facilities, Eurus Energy, and MUFG Bank is developing floating datacenters moored at ports to avoid land constraints. The group has an MOU with Yokohama for a renewable-powered demonstration that began testing in March.
Ember finds insufficient progress on the Energy Storage and Grids Pledge two years after dozens of countries endorsed it at COP29, despite higher ambitions.
A 100MW/1GWh CO2-based storage system from Exa Energy has connected to the grid in China. Energy Dome says it is taking appropriate action to defend its IP rights.
Ukraine resumed strikes on Russian oil refineries Thursday after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a brief energy ceasefire was over, AP reports.
Rivian expanded its partnership with Redwood Materials: Redwood will collect retired Rivian battery packs through service centers, repurpose suitable ones for stationary energy storage, and recycle the rest along with manufacturing battery scrap.
CenterPoint Energy's September data breach affected 1,062,060 Texas customers, according to a filing with the Texas attorney general's office. Exposed data includes names, addresses, Social Security numbers and driver's license numbers, and the filing shows customers had not yet been notified.
Delta Electronics unveiled a production-ready containerized Solid-State Transformer DC power system at Energy Taiwan 2026 for AI factories and high-density computing, paired with its Solid Oxide Fuel Cell distributed generation solution. The debut marks the company's 55th anniversary.
Ambrosia Energy has begun work on a 10 GWh battery factory near Austin, Texas, to supply its solar-plus-battery power plants for off-grid data centers, CEO Ben Longmier said at TechCrunch Disrupt. The 150,000-square-foot plant should reach full production in two to three years.
Nights at the Moon's south pole can drop to -328°F, so NASA's SPEARS project is testing solid ceramic and polymer batteries that have so far survived extreme cold without damage. They still need warming but require less energy-intensive thermal management than lithium-ion cells, and could be used on future Artemis missions.
Soaring energy prices are pushing inflation higher, The New York Times reports.
Nightpeak Energy has brought its Bocanova 2 Tesla Megapack battery facility online in Brazoria County, Texas, Sawyer Merritt reports. It is the second phase of the site; the first 150 MW phase, Bocanova 1, began commercial operation in August 2025.
Standard Solar acquired two Washington solar projects from OneEnergy Renewables, adding 15.79 MW of ground-mounted capacity in eastern Washington. The 12.1 MW Palouse Junction and 3.69 MW Cunningham sites are slated for Q1 2027 completion with local utilities as offtakers.
438MW short of its 600MW target, Illinois Power Agency's summer battery storage procurement is now drawing stakeholder feedback.
BESS experts at the Battery Asset Management Summit UK & Ireland 2026 examined long-term service agreements and the contract terms owners actually require.
Nscale has formed Energy & Power as a new unit. The move targets power infrastructure for large-scale compute.
Cities in France's Côte-d’Or region cut document search time from weeks to minutes and reduced operating costs by 10% with NVIDIA-powered AI agents and digital twins, targeting 30% at scale. Similar deployments are underway in the UK, Italy, Belgium and Sweden for mobility, energy and safety tasks.
Europe has stepped back from second-life repurposing of EV batteries for stationary BESS. Voltfang CEO David Oudsandji argues the market simply is not ready for those business models.
Bracco Imaging and Genera New Energy opened a biomethane facility designed to lower emissions from industrial operations.
Qualcomm said edge AI in phones and cars faces tighter power and cooling limits than data centers, with memory-and-logic stacking positioned as a route to lower energy use amid persistent thermal and manufacturing challenges.
Exposure to merchant revenue is dividing battery storage investors in Japan, Singapore and Australia, according to DLA Piper findings reported by Energy-Storage.news.
LG Energy Solution is reportedly restructuring its ESS equipment supply chain after Daejin Machinery entered financial difficulties and court-led rehabilitation. The company is moving some orders to existing suppliers while adding new partners to limit disruption risk.
Shell has agreed to sell its Nigeria domestic gas distribution business, Shell Nigeria Gas, to Nigerian firm Vaaris Energy. The deal needs regulatory approval, and Shell says it will keep its deepwater and integrated gas positions in Nigeria, including Nigeria LNG.
FERC approved Duke Energy Carolinas large-load tariff rules on a 4-1 vote. The measures require 75% committed revenue contributions over 15 years for loads of 100 MW or larger, plus monthly charges for network upgrades.
California’s clean-energy grid met its highest electricity demand since 2022 while handling climate-driven extreme heat.
Consumer Liaison Group examined the expanding role of energy storage in grid operations. The session focused on integration challenges and consumer impacts as deployment scales.
14,000 legacy solar inverters now fall under Integrated Power Services after its acquisition of Bold Renewables, adding more than 4 GW across 3,000 sites in the US and Canada. Bold also brings exclusive OEM parts, firmware and field service for Advanced Energy models.
Talen Energy will report third quarter 2026 financial results on November 3, 2026.
The ASEAN Centre for Energy launched the 9th ASEAN Energy Outlook (AEO9) on Oct. 8, projecting the region's energy system to 2060. Under its business-as-usual scenario, final energy consumption more than quadruples between 2025 and 2060.
Russia hit no Ukrainian energy targets overnight into Tuesday for the first time since Trump's weekend 'energy ceasefire' announcement, Reuters reported, while striking transport and logistics. It was unclear whether this was deliberate, and Russia had struck six energy sites on Monday.
560 million people across Africa still lack electricity access, even as the continent maps its substantial energy resources.
The Battery Asset Management Summit UK & Ireland opened with bankability, offtake, and regulatory reform as the main panel topics. Speakers stressed getting comfortable with regulatory change as a standing risk.
Clearway Energy has expanded its Honeycomb Energy Centre in Southern Utah to 2,120MWh after adding 210MW of storage capacity. The independent power producer now operates the larger fleet in the region.
Foss & Company closed a $58 million partnership flip to finance GridStor's BESS project in Hidalgo County, Texas.
Amwins now extends its C&I insurance to battery storage systems and EV charging sites. The move adds coverage for energy storage and charging infrastructure under existing commercial lines.
Neoen, BW ESS and MN8 have joined the Energy Storage Contract Alliance to standardize BESS procurement contracts. The move targets simpler, more consistent terms across downstream battery storage projects.
Valo, the joint venture continuing Wärtsilä’s energy storage business, is in discussions with strong players on US domestic content manufacturing and supply chain investments, including factories.
ATE Energy reported NT$6.667 billion in revenue for the first three quarters of 2026, up 132% year over year. Growth came from engineering work on major energy projects in the Philippines.
Formosa Smart Energy says global cloud providers have approached it about siting AI data centers at Formosa Plastics Group industrial locations to tap existing power infrastructure, surplus electricity, and available land.
Samsung C&T referred an 800MWh BESS in Victoria’s Gippsland region to Australia’s EPBC Act for environmental assessment.
Energy prices rose after Trump’s proposed ‘energy ceasefire’ failed to shift Russia or Ukraine.
Fervo Energy has begun commercial power sales from its 33-megawatt Cape Station unit in Utah, the first utility-scale enhanced geothermal project to reach the grid.
142MW/802MWh BESS project now online in Chile from Engie, while Grenergy secured financing for the final 1,769MWh stage of its Oasis de Atacama solar-plus-storage project.
Voltus raised $225 million in an oversubscribed Series D round to expand its virtual power plant network in the US and Canada.