renewable energy
Japanese Battery Maker PowerX Uses Montenegro as Its European Beachhead
Montenegro generates electricity for roughly 600,000 people. It is not, by any measure, a large energy market. But it has something most larger markets lack: a direct submarine power cable to Italy, EU candidate status, and a national energy plan that needs battery storage to work. For PowerX, a Japanese BESS manufacturer that listed on…
US-Japan Deal Tackles Tungsten Supply Chain Before 2027 DoD Deadline
China controls 80% of the world’s tungsten supply. A new partnership in Beaver County wants to change the math — starting with what’s already been dug up. The United States hasn’t commercially mined tungsten in roughly a decade. In the meantime, China built a stranglehold over global tungsten supply chains, accounting for about 80% of…
The Energy Debate Has Nothing to Do With the Technology
You plug something in and it works. That’s the whole relationship we have with energy. The light comes on. The phone charges. What’s behind the wall is someone else’s problem and always has been. That invisibility is the reason this conversation is so hard. Nobody campaigns against coal because nobody sees it. The plant is…
OPC Energy Strategic Expansion into the US Retail Market
OPC Energy Secures $255 Million to Accelerate US and Israeli Energy Expansion OPC Energy Ltd. announced the closing of a significant private placement, raising approximately 255 million dollars from leading Israeli institutional investors. The transaction involved the allocation of 8,000,000 ordinary shares, representing a strong vote of confidence in the company strategy across Israel and…
Inside the World’s Fastest Battery Factory
Sigenergy just opened a $70 million AI-powered factory — and it makes a battery pack every 15 seconds Sigenergy officially opened its brand new Nantong Smart Energy Center on March 13, 2026, in Jiangsu Province, China. Nearly 2,000 people from more than 50 countries showed up for the opening. That included CEOs, founders, and senior…
How Equatic Captures CO2 and Produces Clean Hydrogen
Equatic is part of a fast-growing group of climate start-ups betting that the ocean can help solve two major problems at once: removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and producing clean hydrogen. For investors, the appeal is clear. If the technology works at scale, it could tap into multiple massive markets at the same time.…
Fortescue Goes Big on Renewables with Nullagine Wind Development
FMG performance by TradingView Fortescue Metals Group (ASX: FMG) has officially started building its Nullagine Wind Project in the Pilbara, Western Australia. This marks the company’s first operational wind development and a major step toward its Real Zero emissions target. The project lays the foundation for a larger renewable energy portfolio that Fortescue plans to…
Revolutionary Battery Recycling Recovers 95% Lithium and Reduces Waste
Scientists in China have developed a new way to recycle lithium-ion batteries that could be a big win for the environment and clean energy. The method recovers almost all the lithium, traps carbon dioxide, and even turns leftover metal scraps into catalysts for green energy. If it can be scaled up, this approach could help…
Rio Tinto Links Mining to Clean Energy in Utah
Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) has turned on a 25-megawatt solar plant at its Kennecott copper mine in Utah. Along with a 5MW array finished in 2023, the site now has 30MW of solar capacity—enough to supply electricity for about 1,000 homes and cut Scope 2 emissions by 20,000 tons of CO₂, or the equivalent of taking…
Investors Bet on India’s Clean Energy Boom
India is electrifying faster than China did at the same stage of development. Per person, it uses less coal and oil than China did back in 2012. That means the country can grow without relying on fossil fuels as much. For investors, this shift is worth paying attention to. Kingsmill Bond from Ember points out…
