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Giant kites that fish for wind at high altitude could soon deliver 71% more electricity than anyone expected

Picture a rigid-wing kite the size of a small aircraft, tethered to a ground-based winch and carving figure-eight loops hundreds of meters up — its pulling force converted,…

By Daniel Garcia · November 14, 2026

Giant kites that fish for wind at high altitude could soon deliver 71 more electricity than anyone

Flower Garden Banks platform legs left standing as an underwater reef

In the Flower Garden Banks sanctuary, one eight legged platform stood 410 feet tall underwater for four decades, and regulators chose to leave it standing as reef

By Hugo Rojas · Nov 14

Vistra

Vistra Corp. acquires Cogentrix Energy’s 10 natural gas plants, adding 5,500 MW and bringing total portfolio to nearly 50,000 MW

By Kelly Lippke · Nov 13

Perdido spar platform standing in the Gulf of Mexico at sea, nearly 200 miles

Nearly 200 miles off Galveston in 8,000 feet of water, a 24 year old steel spar took in new pipelines this fall, so Shell’s Perdido hub squeezed out another 6,000 barrels a day

By Hugo Rojas · Nov 13

TGS

TGS ASA shares trade ex dividend at NOK 1.45 per share starting 29 October 2026

By Kelly Lippke · Nov 12

Cenovus Energy

Cenovus Energy agrees to acquire Athabasca Oil in $5.7 billion deal as company posts strong Q3 2026 results

By Kelly Lippke · Nov 11

Liberal government's oil bill defeat

Liberal government defeats Conservative bill to repeal B.C. northern coastal oil tanker ban

By Kelly Lippke · Nov 11

Frankfurt Airport lines runway with solar panels

Frankfurt Airport lines its runway with 37,000 upright solar panels stretching 1.7 miles, generating more electricity at dawn and dusk

By Lindi Miti · Nov 14

ForeFront Power 913 kW solar

ForeFront Power brings 913 kW solar carport online at California’s Port of Hueneme

By Prince Sibanda · Nov 14

Solar carport panels shade rows of parking at a theme park, valencia s six

A 12.37 megawatt solar carport across 36 steel canopies in California is sized to cover a full year of power for two theme parks, where the parks hit their own peak after the panels have stopped

By Hugo Rojas · Nov 14

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An Italian solar farm uses double-sided vertical panels to catch morning and evening sunlight while soybeans and grain grow between them

By Helen Wallace · Nov 14

T1 Energy 1.6 GW solar module

T1 Energy lines up nearly 1.6 GW of solar module supply agreements

By Prince Sibanda · Nov 14

Giant kites that fish for wind at high altitude could soon deliver 71 more electricity than anyone expected

Giant kites that fish for wind at high altitude could soon deliver 71% more electricity than anyone expected

By Daniel Garcia · Nov 14

Seabed

Seabed uncertainty creates compounding engineering risks for offshore wind cable installation and protection decisions

By Kelly Lippke · Nov 14

image of Hywind wind farm turbines

A robot diver inspected 41 underwater structures at Scotland’s Hywind wind farm and found 121 kinds of marine life

By Anke Maree · Nov 14

Wind

Cadeler contracts Wind Apex vessel to install 87 turbines at Dogger Bank C offshore wind farm from 2027

By Kelly Lippke · Nov 14

Jack-up vessel lowering record monopile foundations off Suffolk coast, off suffolk s

A 1,985 ton steel monopile opened the foundation campaign off the Suffolk coast, and the 94 that followed it ranged down to barely two thirds of that weight

By Hugo Rojas · Nov 14

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NuScale and Doosan SMR deal

NuScale and Doosan lock in manufacturing deal for SMR components

By Prince Sibanda · Nov 14

Westinghouse next-generation nuclear

Westinghouse lands federal backing for next-generation nuclear fuel development

By Prince Sibanda · Nov 13

Curtiss-Wright $30 million Texas

Curtiss-Wright puts $30 million into expanding Texas nuclear equipment manufacturing

By Prince Sibanda · Nov 13

South Korea

South Korea grants Lightbridge patent allowance for mixed-grid nuclear fuel assembly design, expanding IP protection in key reactor market

By Kelly Lippke · Nov 13

Radiant DOE safety approval Idaho

Radiant wins DOE safety approval for full-power microreactor testing in Idaho

By Prince Sibanda · Nov 13

Centrus Tennessee-built centrifuge

Centrus ships first new Tennessee-built centrifuge for Ohio enrichment expansion

By Prince Sibanda · Nov 13

Sodium sulfur battery container connected to grid near Brisbane, 20 foot steel

In Brisbane, a 20 foot steel box of molten sodium and sulfur at 645 degrees joined the grid for the first time, though the only factory still building them is shutting down

By Hugo Rojas · Nov 14

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Rice University engineers taught microscopic silicon dots to “talk” to each other and accidentally found a better way to power the grid with wasted heat

By Daniel Garcia · Nov 13

North Cascades dams in Seattle

North Cascades dams commit to salmon passage while supplying 20% of Seattle City Light’s electricity

By Lindi Miti · Nov 12

Retired wind turbine blade repurposed as a pedestrian bridge span, beaverbrook park atlanta

In Beaverbrook Park, Atlanta, a 50 foot former wind blade carries foot traffic across a ravine, and a retired turbine component became the city’s load bearing bridge

By Hugo Rojas · Nov 12

Tokamak reactor vessel glowing during 1337 second plasma record test, tokamak held plasma

In Cadarache, France, a tokamak held plasma steady for 1,337 seconds on a February morning, and that twenty two minute run pushed fusion’s endurance record up by 25 percent

By Hugo Rojas · Nov 11

Perovskite solar submodule tested for 23.5 percent efficiency record, 12 inch perovskite

In a Sydney lab, a 12 inch perovskite solar panel hit a record efficiency mark, which it reached only after engineers removed a layer meant to protect it

By Hugo Rojas · Nov 10

Intelligent Energy California's clean mobile-power

Intelligent Energy fuel cells gain eligibility for California’s clean mobile-power incentives

By Prince Sibanda · Nov 12

Hydrogen

SunHydrogen acquires 19.9% stake in NewHydrogen to expand into centralized industrial clean hydrogen production

By Kelly Lippke · Nov 7

Competitive Power Ventures hydrogen blending

Competitive Power Ventures proves hydrogen blending at Connecticut power plant

By Prince Sibanda · Nov 6

HDF Energy and Topsoe 250 MW hydrogen

HDF Energy taps Topsoe for 250 MW hydrogen power project in Texas

By Prince Sibanda · Nov 6

Renewable Innovations federal hydrogen

Renewable Innovations joins federal hydrogen fuel-cell push for AI data centers

By Prince Sibanda · Nov 2

Amogy

Amogy to deploy ammonia cracking module on Singapore’s Jurong Island in 2027 to produce up to one ton of hydrogen per day

By Kelly Lippke · Nov 1

Hydrogen

JERA Ventures invests in natural hydrogen exploration company Koloma to advance low-carbon energy research

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 30

SunHydrogen 12.3% solar-to-hydrogen

SunHydrogen reaches 12.3% solar-to-hydrogen efficiency as its Austin pilot keeps moving forward, pushing the panel technology closer to real-world deployment

By Prince Sibanda · Oct 25

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San Mateo Midstream plans 300 MMcf/d New Mexico gas expansion and 20-mile pipeline

Nov 14

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In Brisbane, a 20 foot steel box of molten sodium and sulfur at 645 degrees joined the grid for the first time, though the only factory still building them is shutting down

Nov 14

3

Frankfurt Airport lines its runway with 37,000 upright solar panels stretching 1.7 miles, generating more electricity at dawn and dusk

Nov 14

4

Seabed uncertainty creates compounding engineering risks for offshore wind cable installation and protection decisions

Nov 14

5

ForeFront Power brings 913 kW solar carport online at California’s Port of Hueneme

Nov 14

6

In the Flower Garden Banks sanctuary, one eight legged platform stood 410 feet tall underwater for four decades, and regulators chose to leave it standing as reef

Nov 14

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A robot diver inspected 41 underwater structures at Scotland’s Hywind wind farm and found 121 kinds of marine life

Nov 14

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A 12.37 megawatt solar carport across 36 steel canopies in California is sized to cover a full year of power for two theme parks, where the parks hit their own peak after the panels have stopped

Nov 14

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