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Laser on Scottish floating turbine catches unusual wind shifts that can cut power by up to 18%

Off the northeast coast of Scotland, five turbines rise nearly 100 meters above the North Sea — the world’s first commercial floating offshore wind farm. A laser-mounted sensor…

By Daniel Garcia · October 9, 2026

Floating offshore wind turbines lose up to 18 power when wind flows in the

natural gasoline tank on fire at Glenpool Oklahoma pipeline depot with black smoke rising

Lightning struck a single natural gasoline tank at a Glenpool, Oklahoma fuel depot and two tank lids were thrown skyward before three tanks burned for nearly 12 hours

By Hugo Rojas · Oct 9

Oil

Oil and gas industry adopts digital twin technology to enhance safety and precision in heavy lifting operations

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 8

Offshore rig

Offshore drilling industry adopts advanced winch systems with electric drives and active heave compensation for deep-sea operations

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 8

Oil

Oil and gas industry adopts synthetic ropes, autonomous hooks, and acoustic positioning to advance deepwater subsea lifting operations

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 8

Oil refinery

Oil refineries adopt smart sensor systems on cranes to automate collision avoidance and safety compliance

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 8

Oil

Petro Matad reports reduced H1 2026 loss and zero oil revenue as PetroChina sales agreement remains unsigned

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 8

Floating solar

French floating-solar experiment found fewer aquatic species as panel coverage rose, while one small crustacean group thrived

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 9

solar carport panels covering amusement park parking lot with roller coaster behind, strung across 14

Strung across 14 acres of a Los Angeles County thrill park’s parking lot, 22,908 solar panels just became California’s largest carport array and now power two parks at once

By Hugo Rojas · Oct 9

large-scale solar facility in the desert

Arizona solar project camera traps recorded coyotes and rabbits but no large hoofed animals along desert wildlife corridor

By Anke Maree · Oct 9

- Primoris utility-scale solar projects

Primoris pushes six utility-scale solar projects across the U.S. toward the finish line, advancing a multi-project construction pipeline at once

By Prince Sibanda · Oct 9

Solar

Standard Solar acquires two community solar projects in New York from EDF Power Solutions, adding 8 MW to its state portfolio

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 9

Floating offshore wind turbines lose up to 18 power when wind flows in the

Laser on Scottish floating turbine catches unusual wind shifts that can cut power by up to 18%

By Daniel Garcia · Oct 9

Nordex

Nordex upgrades N175/6.X turbine to 7.3 MW and receives type approval for 179-meter hybrid tower

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 9

tallest onshore turbines rising above Delta farmland in Tunica County Mississippi, wind how 41

Tall enough to find the wind: how 41 turbines gave Mississippi its first utility-scale wind farm

By Hugo Rojas · Oct 9

Tethered kites built for wind power can now map atmospheric turbulence at altitudes that radar masts and lidars have never

Power kites can map high-altitude turbulence beyond conventional sensors while generating electricity, opening new possibilities for wind control

By Daniel Garcia · Oct 9

Wind turbines

South Dakota wind project can shut turbines within two miles of whooping cranes and protect 133.6 wetland acres

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 9

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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

Nuclear

US and South Korea announce $120 billion framework to build up to eight nuclear reactors on American federal sites

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 8

Full-scale molten lead reactor vessel being installed at an Italian research center, 155 metric tons

Seated near Bologna with 155 metric tons of molten lead and no uranium inside, a full-scale reactor vessel began generating real electricity using electric heaters in place of a fission core

By Hugo Rojas · Oct 8

Holtec

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

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 7

1,356-megawatt reactor containment dome on the Niigata coastline after control rod alarm restart

Sitting on the Sea of Japan coastline in Niigata, a 1,356-megawatt reactor that went dark more than fourteen years ago returned to commercial power, but a control rod alarm halted it twice before the milestone held

By Hugo Rojas · Oct 7

US and South Korea announce $120 billion framework to build up to eight nuclear reactors on American federal sites

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 7

Cherenkov glow in a university research reactor pool during remote reactor power control test, sitting 1 700

Sitting 1,700 miles from the reactor it controlled, an AI loop trimmed power on a 64-year-old Indiana teaching reactor in real time, the first autonomous adjustment ever recorded in the US

By Hugo Rojas · Oct 8

sodium-ion grid battery container at Wisconsin MISO facility, 3 1 mwh

A 3.1 MWh grid battery energized in eastern Wisconsin runs with no cooling system, and its passive sodium ion design outperformed lithium iron phosphate on a 15-state grid

By Hugo Rojas · Oct 7

Laboratory reactor interior coated in graphite from methane pyrolysis hydrogen process, reactor splitting natural

A reactor splitting natural gas at 1,832°F to make clean hydrogen, which no engineer expected to coat its own walls in battery grade graphite worth as much as the fuel itself

By Hugo Rojas · Oct 6

Beneath San Francisco Bay underwater kites tracing figure eight paths through tidal currents are

San Francisco Bay tidal kites generate electricity by moving faster than surrounding currents

By Daniel Garcia · Oct 5

Cape Station enhanced geothermal systems wellhead surface piping in Utah desert, drilled 10 000

Drilled 10,000 feet down and 7,500 feet sideways into Utah granite, a 33-megawatt geothermal block synchronized to the grid for the first time anywhere in the world

By Hugo Rojas · Oct 5

NDT

NDT Global commercially launches QUADRA™ UHR inline inspection system at IPCE 2026 in Calgary

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 4

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

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NewHydrogen is scouting Utah for the first ThermoLoop deployment, looking for a site where heat could do the heavy lifting in clean hydrogen production

By Prince Sibanda · Sep 26

Hyroad IMC Logistics’ hydrogen truck fleet

Hyroad starts fueling and servicing IMC Logistics’ hydrogen truck fleet in California, putting the zero-emission rigs into regular support operations

By Prince Sibanda · Sep 23

SunHydrogen Austin ProtoHub

SunHydrogen moves its Austin ProtoHub forward as full-size hydrogen modules close in on the 9% efficiency mark

By Prince Sibanda · Sep 19

Latest News

1

Nordex upgrades N175/6.X turbine to 7.3 MW and receives type approval for 179-meter hybrid tower

Oct 9

2

Lightning struck a single natural gasoline tank at a Glenpool, Oklahoma fuel depot and two tank lids were thrown skyward before three tanks burned for nearly 12 hours

Oct 9

3

French floating-solar experiment found fewer aquatic species as panel coverage rose, while one small crustacean group thrived

Oct 9

4

Strung across 14 acres of a Los Angeles County thrill park’s parking lot, 22,908 solar panels just became California’s largest carport array and now power two parks at once

Oct 9

5

Arizona solar project camera traps recorded coyotes and rabbits but no large hoofed animals along desert wildlife corridor

Oct 9

6

Primoris pushes six utility-scale solar projects across the U.S. toward the finish line, advancing a multi-project construction pipeline at once

Oct 9

7

Standard Solar acquires two community solar projects in New York from EDF Power Solutions, adding 8 MW to its state portfolio

Oct 9

8

Tall enough to find the wind: how 41 turbines gave Mississippi its first utility-scale wind farm

Oct 9

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Carlos Albero RojasCEO

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Kelly LippkeStaff Writer

Prince SibandaStaff Writer

Anke MareenStaff Writer

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