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DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy opened up to $50 million over three years for 12 foot silicon carbide cladding rods, with applications due 7 December 2026.

A Nature Energy paper couples alkaline electrolysis with waste heat desalination. At 250 kW it reports 48 Nm3 per hour of hydrogen; ENB checks the water balance and finds an open question.

A Nature Energy paper reports a nickel hydroxide battery cell stack capturing CO2 at 132 kJ per mole, or 0.83 MWh per tonne. ENB scales it to 13.3 km2 of active area per Mt a year.

The EU data centre rating creates a label, not a mandate: the first reporting period covered about 36% of estimated sites, and the minimum performance standards are still in consultation until 14 December 2026.

The first 33 MW net GeoBlock at Cape Station reached commercial operation on 30 September 2026, but the company published no well count or flow per producer. ENB rebuilds the numbers from filings and laboratory data and finds the 50 MW design closes only at the top of published ranges.

FERC accepted PJM’s one-time backstop for a 6,831 MW capacity shortfall but suspended it until 28 February 2027, with cost allocation, transmission owner exit and collateral still open. The regular auction cleared only 525 MW of new generation against the gap.

A Nature Energy paper lifts lithium-sulfur voltage from 2.05 V to 2.54 V with a three-electron sulfur reaction. ENB tests the 1,700 Wh/kg headline against first principles and shows why the stack-level estimate is 477 Wh/kg.

Canada is developing a policy framework that could allow Canadian companies to participate more extensively in international carbon markets through internationally transferred mitigation outcomes, or ITMOs, under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

Transporting renewable hydrogen from Spain to the Franco German border could cost between €0.60 and €1 per kilogram, according to new estimates from the H2Med Alliance, putting infrastructure costs at a potentially manageable level relative to the wider economics of European green hydrogen.

BASF’s €10.3 billion approach for Evonik has been rejected at the first hurdle, but the failed opening bid is already exposing a broader question for Germany’s chemical industry, whether consolidation can compensate for structural cost and competitiveness problems that individual companies cannot solve alone.