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Charge Robotics raises $22 million to deploy portable robotic factories for utility-scale solar farm assembly
1+ hour, 51+ min ago (904+ words) Charge Robotics, founded by MIT alumni Banks Hunter and Max Justicz, has raised $22 million to move its portable robotic assembly factories from prototype to commercial deployment. The company plans to begin its first commercial installations later this year. The factories…...
Submarine landslides have quietly threatened offshore wind farms for years and scientists finally found a way to see them coming
13+ hour, 40+ min ago (651+ words) Beneath every offshore wind farm and oil platform lies a hidden world most people never consider — a vast web of pipelines, anchors, and cables resting on a seabed that is anything but still. These structures are the invisible backbone of…...
NESO publishes Beyond 2030 Update identifying $15.90 bn in new electricity transmission upgrades for northern Scotland
12+ hour, 18+ min ago (457+ words) The UK’s National Energy System Operator has published its ‘Beyond 2030 Update,’ identifying a new round of electricity transmission reinforcements across Great Britain. For northern Scotland alone, the report points to onshore and offshore grid projects that could require around £12 billion…...
Steam Solutions expands industrial energy operations with AI and digital twin technology under D'Amico's leadership
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (855+ words) Steam Solutions, an industrial energy and steam systems company with roots stretching back to 1928, is moving to embed AI and digital twin technology into its core operations. The nearly century-old firm — long a fixture in steam systems and utility management…...
Floating wind turbines are moving into deep water, unlocking vast wind resources off the US West Coast, Japan, and Norway that fixed-bottom turbines can never reach
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (627+ words) Energies Media Floating wind turbines are moving into deep water, unlocking vast wind resources off the US West Coast, Japan, and Norway that fixed-bottom turbines can never reach Most of the world’s best offshore wind resources sit beyond the reach…...
Offshore wind's hidden weak point just got a major engineering fix that could keep turbines running through the harshest ocean storms
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (731+ words) Offshore wind turbines endure brutal conditions. Salt air corrodes metal fast. Waves shake heavy structures relentlessly. Storms can strand repair crews for weeks. Deep inside each turbine sits high-voltage switchgear. This gear must open and close with split-second precision, regardless…...
PNE secures development rights for Beerfelde and Hassendorf projects in Germany’s latest onshore wind auction
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (466+ words) PNE AG is a widely respected global renewable energy company that is based in Germany. It has accumulated about 30 years of experience in the wind energy sector and has evolved into one of the pioneers in Europe. Initially, the company…...
Four companies reach DOE-authorized nuclear criticality by the July 4 deadline set under Trump's Executive Order 14301
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (435+ words) Four companies have met the July 4, 2026, deadline that President Trump set for advanced nuclear development. Antares Nuclear, Valar Atomics, Deployable Energy, and Aalo Atomics have each achieved DOE-authorized zero-power fueled criticality—the central target of the federal Reactor Pilot Program....
PPL Electric Utilities restores power to over 116,700 customers after severe Pennsylvania storms cause widespread outages
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (679+ words) Severe weekend storms swept through eastern and central Pennsylvania, with wind gusts reaching up to 60 mph, leaving more than 115,000 PPL Electric Utilities customers without power as of July 5, 2026. The utility had already restored service to over 116,700 customers since the storms…...
The plastic bottles you throw away every day could help produce clean hydrogen fuel using nothing but sunlight
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (624+ words) Drop a plastic bottle into the recycling bin and you assume it gets a clean second life. Much of it still doesn’t — burned, buried, or processed at an energy cost that undermines the whole point. Professor Erwin Reisner’s team at…...