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Singapore giant says its ‘integrated solution’ can unlock floating wind
Seatrium is bringing turnkey-style solution common in oil industry to offer complete package to developers, but with an element of risk-sharing
Make wind ‘as cheap as possible’ if you want to keep basic industry alive
BASF's procurement chief says at current energy costs German industry can't be competitive globally
Inside CIP’s battery strategy: managing risk and the ‘special sauce’
Merchant exposure, investor sentiment and 'messy' grid connections: In part two of his interview with Recharge, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners' Rowan Parkhouse explains how the firm meets these challenges
Vestas executive’s auction design advice: ‘Stop reinventing the recipe’
Anna Mascolo also said plans for a Scottish factory still depend on order volumes materialising
Corpus Christi Could Owe Texas $235M for Failed Desalination Plant
City leaders hope to revive the twice-rejected project to avoid returning money loaned by the state.By Dylan Baddour Heading into election season, leaders in Corpus Christi face a puzzling question: what to do with $235 million from the state of Texas for a seawater desalination plant that was never built.
Foreign Fishing Fleets Are Robbing West African Countries of Key Nutrients
Foreign-owned bottom trawlers are emptying African waters and taking the continent’s biologically valuable nutrients with them.By Johnny Sturgeon Seafood isn’t just a key source of protein and calories; it’s also where millions around the world get essential vitamins and minerals needed to build tissue, fight infections and grow. Yet, as modern mechanized fishing fleets plunder global waters, populations in low-income countries are losing out.
Siemens Gamesa offshore chief: factory utilisation under pressure from lack of German FIDs
Marc Becker calls on government to find solution for 16GW of projects in limbo from 2023-25 tenders that could fail
Envision chief claims £1bn factory could change offshore wind conversation with UK
Group already has big industrial footprint in Britain where compatriot Mingyang has faced offshore ban, says Christian Schrimpf, who also claims European developers are keen on Chinese wind turbines but 'no one wants to move first'
The Coalition says it wants cheaper power, not ideology. But its evidence-free plan is all ideology | Adam Morton
The reheated plans to scrap renewable schemes, boost fossil fuels and revive nuclear are transparently Trumpian
The impact of financing cost differences on global energy and industry decarbonization
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 24 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02756-0 Financing costs vary widely across countries and sectors, influencing the feasibility of global decarbonization. This research shows that accounting for these differences increases mitigation costs and shifts investment patterns, highlighting the need for broader climate finance.
Public support for novel carbon removal hinges on procedural and distributive fairness
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 24 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02741-7 Public support is crucial for carbon removal deployment, yet the role of fairness remains unclear. Using surveys from six countries (N = 10,852), this study shows that procedural and distributive fairness are key determinants of support for carbon removal projects across diverse contexts.
Carbon removal projects need to get justice right
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 24 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02739-1 Public support for carbon removal grows when people get a say and a share in the benefits, across diverse sociopolitical contexts. No amount of carbon removed can substitute for fair process and fair outcomes. Fairness must be designed into carbon removal governance from the start.
Court Nixes Michigan’s Novel Antitrust Case Targeting Big Oil
The state alleged that oil companies colluded to delay the energy transition, driving up prices for consumers. The court was not convinced this conspiracy directly caused overcharges for energy.By Dana Drugmand
Super El Niño to Cause 451,000 Heat Deaths
Climate scientists are calling the hotter temperatures resulting from El Niño a “postcard from the future.”By Arcelia Martin More than 451,000 people are projected to die across the globe in the next six months from the additional heat brought by a super El Niño, according to estimates from climate scientists released Wednesday.
Asphalt Company Alleges Operative Who Posed as a Project Opponent Committed Fraud
Maymead is suing a consultant who infiltrated a neighborhood group opposing a new asphalt plant in North Carolina.By Lisa Sorg Maymead, a company that plans to build a controversial asphalt plant south of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is suing a consulting firm and one of its former employees, alleging they committed fraud, civil conspiracy and deceptive trade practices in spearheading opposition to the project.
China’s Envision launches offshore wind turbine into Europe: ‘duopolies aren’t healthy’
Envision Energy claims machine rated up to 17MW can overcome policy and cybersecurity barriers to offer alternative to Vestas and Siemens Gamesa in EU and UK
Chemicals Linked to Breast Cancer Are ‘Ubiquitous,’ Study Shows
Hundreds of potential breast carcinogens taint everyday consumer products, food, drinking water, medicines, building materials and pesticides, scientists reported.By Liza Gross The more scientists look for chemicals that can increase breast cancer risk, the more they find.
Chinese wind giant claims lack of competition stifling project bankability
Europe head for Mingyang claims new entrants would help unlock more projects – but Siemens Gamesa executive insists European supply chain can deliver
What Europe must do to protect its power grids from heatwaves
Europe must do more than simply adding wind and solar generation or energy storage to climate-proof its electricity networks, writes Philippe Arsonneau, senior vice president of infrastructure segments at Schneider Electric
The climate fight has one great ally. You just can’t look at it directly | Bill McKibben
There is hope in solar power. As the UN meets, we are urging leaders to pursue a clear goal: clean energy for all by 2030
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