Green Energy

Saturday, September 26, 2026

Headline News:

“Donut Battery Vindicated: Element Analysis Proves Battery Not Lithium Or Sodium” • One by one, critic theories about Donut Lab are chopped down, and now another is done. The Donut Lab battery is definitely not based on lithium or sodium. While Donut Lab has more to prove, it becomes increasingly clear that critics are grasping at straws. [CleanTechnica]

“Vattenfall Unveils 425-MW English Onshore Duo” • Vattenfall unveiled proposals for two onshore wind farms in east England totaling around 425 MW. The 126-MW Chatteris and 303-MW Redmere are both to be built in East Anglia and have 47 turbines between them. Each will be developed under its own planning application, Vattenfall said. [reNews]
“El Niño To Be The Strongest In Living Memory” • Sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean are already the highest recorded during any El Niño, and the phenomenon is still strengthening. Experts estimate the extreme heat associated with it could contribute to 451,000 additional deaths between June 2026 and February 2027. [Euronews]
“Low Carbon Plans 500-MW Oxfordshire Energy Park” • Low Carbon is developing proposals, combining solar PV capacity with battery energy storage, for the 500-MW West Oxfordshire Energy Park. Low Carbon said the project could generate enough clean electricity each year to power the equivalent of about 145,000 UK homes. [reNews]
“New Battery Storage Facilities Support Renewable Energy, Grid Reliability” • A new battery storage facility in White Rock, Nova Scotia will help maximize renewable energy resources while increasing grid capacity and reliability. Three 50-MW, 200-MWh battery storage facilities that have been built in Nova Scotia are now operational. [PNI Atlantic News]

Headline News:

“Why Tugboats Fit Batteries Better Than Their Power Ratings Suggest” • Tugboats do not initially look like good candidates for battery propulsion. A harbor tug has to shove, pull and control ships weighing tens or hundreds of thousands of tonnes. But a tugboat’s maximum load rating is easy to confuse with its energy requirement. [CleanTechnica]

Tugboat (Andrew Danks, Unsplash)

“States Launch US Offshore Wind Buyout Cases” • California and New York have launched legal challenges over the Trump Administration’s offshore wind lease buyouts. The Attorneys General of California and New York were joined by others in lawsuits against the administration’s agreement to buy back offshore wind energy leases. [reNews]
“Leaders Push For Stronger AI Safeguards At UN As Trump Touts ‘Super Intelligence'” • AI has become a major topic at the UN General Assembly after incidents of the technology falling out of the control of humans and warnings by company insiders drew global alarm and calls for better government supervision of the industry. [Euronews]
“EU Commission Rejects Calls To Delay Phase-Out Of Chinese Power Inverters” • The European Commission will not extend its November 1 deadline for phasing out Chinese-made inverters from EU-funded energy projects, despite calls from investors and the renewable energy industry for more time. The decision leaves concerns largely unanswered. [Euronews]
“Global Energy Demand Set To Jump 60% By 2060 As The Developing Nations Power Up” • Emerging economies are going to see an explosion of energy demand over the coming decades. Countries like Brazil, India, Nigeria, and Indonesia are racing to expand their energy production and imports to keep up with rapid economic development. [OilPrice.com]

Headline News:

“Wind Power Carbon Footprint: What The Lifecycle Data Actually Shows” • The wind power carbon footprint is often described as “close to zero.” While that may be a bit misleading, the total per kilowatt-hour is so small that the entire lifecycle carbon debt of a modern turbine gets repaid within about a year or two of operation. [Intelligent Living]

Wind farm (Thomas Galler, Unsplash)

“Trump Says He Will Form New ‘AI Force’ But Continues To Call AI Fears A ‘Hoax'” • As concerns from Silicon Valley and beyond grow about the rapid pace of AI development, President Trump said he will move to create an “AI Force.” He promised to appoint a new AI czar as he continued to defend the technology. He still calls the fears about AI a “hoax.” [ABC News]
“China’s Electric Aviation Advantage Is A Transport System, Not A Prototype” • China does not need battery aircraft to compete with 350 km/h trains between major cities. It needs them to become the better transport product on routes where another railway has poor economics and conventional regional aviation is too expensive. [CleanTechnica]
“Canada Haunts Trump With New Offshore Wind Project” • Trump might not like it, but Wind West will add offshore wind to Nova Scotia’s energy resources. According to the Government, the province hosts annual average offshore wind speeds in the range of 9-11 meters per second, making it one of the strongest wind areas in North America. [CleanTechnica]
“Georgia Power Adds 1.14 GW Of Solar Energy With Seven Projects” • Georgia Power said it received authorization to add 1.14 GW of new solar power capacity through agreements linked to seven projects that will begin commercial operations starting in 2029. The facilities will be distributed across different counties in Georgia. [Inspenet]