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Planted 9 miles off one of Normandy’s oldest fishing ports, the first turbine of a 500 MW French Channel wind farm stood up in mid June, and the jackup crossed straight from its last job

The jackup vessel had not long finished its previous job when it moved on. Vole au Vent spent early 2026 planting the last of 61 turbines off the…

By Hugo Rojas · October 12, 2026

Jackup vessel installing first turbine at French Channel wind farm off Dieppe

Gasoline

U.S. gasoline prices drop nearly seven cents per gallon at the start of October as crude oil retreats to $90 range

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 12

twin burn scars in snow-covered Minnesota field after a 20-inch gas line rupture, minnesota gas line

Buried two miles west of Willow River for more than six decades, a 20-inch Minnesota gas line made with a weld type the industry abandoned around 1970 ruptured and left 830 customers without heat in single-digit temperatures

By Hugo Rojas · Oct 12

BLS

BLS September inflation data shows overall prices up 0.4% in August as electricity indexes decline

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 12

Energy

MidOcean Energy raises over $4 billion in LNG growth capital in 2026, doubling its original fundraising target

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 12

Oil

Intelligent lifting tools with robotics and sensor technology are being deployed at oil pump stations to cut repair times and reduce safety risks

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 11

Vallourec

Vallourec awarded tubular supply contract for Prinos CO2 carbon storage project in Greece

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 11

SunPower solar Reno AI data center

SunPower breaks ground on a solar system for a Reno AI data center, bringing renewable generation directly into the race to power computing

By Prince Sibanda · Oct 12

Solar panels in Colorado

Colorado vineyard tests solar rows that switch between fixed and sun-tracking modes above grapevines in a 2026 research plot

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 12

ENGIE

ENGIE Resources releases replay of second Forward Energy Webinar on cost predictability and procurement tradeoffs

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 12

Oxfordshire floating solar system on reservoir

Oxfordshire reservoir plans floating solar across under 10% of its surface to help power drinking-water treatment

By Anke Maree · Oct 12

DENSO 5.25 MW solar facility

DENSO switches on a 5.25 MW solar facility at its Tennessee manufacturing site, putting more of the factory’s power needs under the sun

By Prince Sibanda · Oct 12

Jackup vessel installing first turbine at French Channel wind farm off Dieppe

Planted 9 miles off one of Normandy’s oldest fishing ports, the first turbine of a 500 MW French Channel wind farm stood up in mid June, and the jackup crossed straight from its last job

By Hugo Rojas · Oct 12

Nordex

Nordex launches N193/7.X wind turbine in South Africa to support expansion into lower-wind inland regions

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 12

Siemens Gamesa wind turbine rotor and blades

Denmark’s Thor wind farm is adding 36 lower-carbon steel towers and 120 recyclable blades for easier reuse

By Anke Maree · Oct 12

Bats avoid most wind farms thanks to an internal GPS but now ancient magnetic fossils reveal a tornado shaped internal

Bats may navigate using Earth’s magnetic field, and ancient magnetic fossils reveal a surprising internal compass structure

By Daniel Garcia · Oct 11

Energy

European Energy secures 89.6 MW in German onshore wind auction across four projects

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 11

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Twin reactor domes of a 2200-megawatt coastal nuclear plant at dusk, san luis obispo

Condemned along the San Luis Obispo cliffs a decade ago, a 2,200-megawatt plant once set to close instead became the 99th and 100th reactor federally licensed to keep running for two more decades

By Hugo Rojas · Oct 12

Nuclear

Holtec submits key nuclear safety report to NRC, advancing construction permit for two SMR-300 reactors at Palisades, Michigan

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 11

Tarapur oldest nuclear station reactor dome on the Arabian Sea coast

Built on the Arabian Sea coast in the late sixties, two 160-megawatt reactors offline for six years rejoined India’s national grid this summer, making Tarapur the oldest nuclear station on earth still generating power

By Hugo Rojas · Oct 11

TRISO-X Tennessee vertical construction

TRISO-X tops out vertical construction at its Tennessee advanced nuclear fuel plant, giving the U.S. fuel supply chain a new factory shell to fill

By Prince Sibanda · Oct 10

Nuclear

Westinghouse and University of South Carolina sign workforce agreement to train nuclear plant operators and engineers for U.S. AP1000 fleet deployment

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 10

Hamaoka nuclear plant seawall and reactor domes on Japan's Pacific coast, seismic data fraud site, pacific subduction fault

Sitting above a Pacific subduction fault in Shizuoka, a reactor’s safety data hid a pool of nearly 30,000 seismic readings and reported only 20, and 208 of 225 assessments were later found to contain improper practices

By Hugo Rojas · Oct 9

Oilfield water lithium extraction unit beside a Pennsylvania Marcellus Shale gas wellhead Now the CONTENT, pennsylvania gas well

Piped through a Pennsylvania gas well as a nuisance for decades, 97 percent of the lithium in that oilfield water leaves as battery carbonate, and no mine was needed to produce it

By Hugo Rojas · Oct 12

Dam

Grand Coulee Dam can pump Columbia River water uphill, then reverse six units to generate electricity

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 12

steam heat pump unit installed inside a Colorado brewery delivering zero-emission steam, working fort collins

Slotted into a working Fort Collins brewery with no shutdown, a 650-kilowatt heat pump made steam from air and delivered it to a paying customer for the first time anywhere

By Hugo Rojas · Oct 11

Garlic peel waste generates 400 volts and powers a working home security system in laboratory tests

Garlic peel waste generates 400 volts and powers a working home security system in laboratory tests

By Daniel Garcia · Oct 10

3D-printed cement supercapacitor slab with interlocking carbon electrode pattern and lit LED, carries 23 megapascals

Printed into a staircase slab that carries 23 megapascals of structural load without cracking, a concrete block etched with carbon fingers stores electricity on its own, which means a building’s stairs can double as its battery

By Hugo Rojas · Oct 10

$Earth s hidden clock thief deep underground is borrowing and returning fractions of every day in a discovery that$

Earth’s deep interior subtly changes the length of each day, offering new clues for future geothermal energy

By Daniel Garcia · Oct 10

SunHydrogen and Honda renewable hydrogen panel

SunHydrogen and Honda are keeping their renewable hydrogen panel partnership alive through 2028, giving the technology more runway to move from prototype toward deployment

By Prince Sibanda · Oct 11

- Plug 280 MW electrolyzer e-SAF

Plug lands a 280 MW electrolyzer order for a Danish e-SAF project, while the broader partnership now stretches beyond the 1 GW mark

By Prince Sibanda · Oct 11

WATTMORE GTI Energy’s Illinois hydrogen

WATTMORE joins GTI Energy’s Illinois hydrogen microgrid research effort, putting its technology into a project testing how hydrogen can fit into resilient local power systems

By Prince Sibanda · Oct 10

Nel $7 million submarine electrolyzer

Nel adds another $7 million in submarine electrolyzer orders spanning U.S., U.K. and French programs, widening its footprint across allied naval fleets

By Prince Sibanda · Oct 8

Nel $12 million Collins Aerospace order

Nel lands a $12 million Collins Aerospace order to build electrolyzer stacks for U.S. Navy submarines, taking hydrogen technology beneath the waves

By Prince Sibanda · Oct 8

Jacobs German steelmaking project

Jacobs extends its role on a German steelmaking project designed to run on hydrogen, keeping the engineering firm at the center of the plant’s low-carbon overhaul

By Prince Sibanda · Oct 5

Data center

Data centers adopting 800 VDC power architecture as AI workloads drive demand for higher-efficiency, fuel-cell-compatible infrastructure

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 4

Plug 1 MW electrolyzer New Zealand

Plug sends a 1 MW electrolyzer to New Zealand, where it will help build out hydrogen fueling for heavy-duty trucks

By Prince Sibanda · Oct 3

Latest News

1

Nordex launches N193/7.X wind turbine in South Africa to support expansion into lower-wind inland regions

Oct 12

2

Condemned along the San Luis Obispo cliffs a decade ago, a 2,200-megawatt plant once set to close instead became the 99th and 100th reactor federally licensed to keep running for two more decades

Oct 12

3

Denmark’s Thor wind farm is adding 36 lower-carbon steel towers and 120 recyclable blades for easier reuse

Oct 12

4

SunPower breaks ground on a solar system for a Reno AI data center, bringing renewable generation directly into the race to power computing

Oct 12

5

U.S. gasoline prices drop nearly seven cents per gallon at the start of October as crude oil retreats to $90 range

Oct 12

6

Piped through a Pennsylvania gas well as a nuisance for decades, 97 percent of the lithium in that oilfield water leaves as battery carbonate, and no mine was needed to produce it

Oct 12

7

Colorado vineyard tests solar rows that switch between fixed and sun-tracking modes above grapevines in a 2026 research plot

Oct 12

8

ENGIE Resources releases replay of second Forward Energy Webinar on cost predictability and procurement tradeoffs

Oct 12

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