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A new study published in Energy & Fuels estimates that U.S. data center power capacity will increase from 40 GW in 2025 to 169 GW by 2030, more than quadrupling within five years as AI computing requirements continue to accelerate.

Jinko ESS and Dutch energy storage developer Eturn have expanded their collaboration with the deployment of a 40 MWh utility scale battery energy storage project in Germany. The project reflects a broader trend in the European storage market, where developers are moving beyond pilot installations toward larger commercial assets designed to participate in wholesale electricity markets and provide grid services.

Germany’s growing renewable electricity surplus has created an increasingly expensive challenge for grid operators. As wind and solar generation outpaces transmission capacity in certain regions, particularly in northern Germany, renewable electricity is frequently curtailed to maintain grid stability.

Germany’s proposed overhaul of electricity network charges has triggered concern across the hydrogen industry, with developers warning that extending grid fees to electrolysis could undermine the economics of renewable hydrogen production.

The United Kingdom has emerged as one of the first countries pursuing two fundamentally different pathways to commercialize small modular reactors.

In Colombia, state owned energy company Ecopetrol and Germany’s development agency GIZ have launched a two year feasibility study for a pilot power to liquid facility that could produce electro sustainable aviation fuel at the Cartagena refinery, signaling growing international interest in Latin America as a future supplier of synthetic fuels.

Carbon accounting is rapidly becoming a mainstream business practice across Mexico’s logistics sector, with the share of companies measuring their greenhouse gas emissions rising from 22 percent in 2023 to 55 percent in 2025, according to the fourth National Study of Logistics Indicators.

The Dutch government is committing €450 million ($515 million) to develop the Netherlands’ first underground hydrogen storage cavern, underscoring a growing recognition across Europe that hydrogen production targets cannot be achieved without parallel investment in storage infrastructure.

China’s electrolyzer industry has entered a new phase of global expansion. Publicly available shipment data show Chinese manufacturers exported at least 321.25 MW of electrolyzers during the first half of 2026, compared with just 18.5 MW during the same period in 2025.

Tesla and UAE based digital utility company Esyasoft have announced a collaboration to develop and deploy an initial portfolio exceeding 15 GWh of utility scale battery energy storage systems across the United Kingdom, Western Europe, the Gulf Cooperation Council, and India.