Headline News:
- “Long-Duration Storage Installations Surge In 2025” • Global long-duration energy storage installations exceeded 15 GWh in 2025, marking a 49% year-on-year increase, according to Wood Mackenzie. The consultancy said China accounted for 93% of cumulative global deployment driven by government policy support including government mandates. [reNews]
Cross Town Energy Storage (Plus Power image, via Form Energy)
- “Unlocking Hidden Capacity In The Grid With Advanced Conductors” • The transmission network that moves electricity was built over many decades, but expanding it takes time and is getting increasingly difficult. Advanced conductors address the limits of the transmission system through several engineering approaches. [CleanTechnica]
- “Iran Was Facing ‘Water Bankruptcy’ Before The Bombs Were Falling” • Until fairly recently, Iran relied on qanats, tunnels that transported fresh water from aquifers to communities, at times over long distances. They first appeared in Persia 3,000 years ago and are still in use today. Iran has made ‘progress,’ but doing so is not always improvement. [CleanTechnica]
- “Study Finds Seabirds Avoid Aberdeen Turbines” • A study by Vattenfall and biodiversity technology company Spoor found that seabirds avoid turbine blades at the Aberdeen offshore wind farm. The research analysed video footage of a turbine between June 2023 and December 2024 and recorded 2007 bird flight paths near the structure, Vattenfall said. [reNews]
- “North Macedonia’s Renewable Energy Output Up 89% In February” • North Macedonia’s power producers generated a total of 55,667 MWh of electricity from renewable sources in February. That is an increase of 89.2% from the same month of 2025,the National Electricity Market Operator said. Hydropower led with well over half of production. [SeeNews]
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