Browsing: Americas

California’s growing electricity demand and renewable integration challenges are increasing the importance of hybrid solar and battery storage projects capable of delivering both clean energy and grid flexibility. The BigBeau Solar+Storage Project in Kern County is the latest example of this shift, with EDF power solutions North America and Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, Masdar, securing 15 year power purchase agreements covering output from the 128 MWac solar facility and its 40 MW/160 MWh battery energy storage system.

Chile’s ambition to become one of the world’s leading green hydrogen exporters has reached a significant regulatory milestone with the environmental approval of the $2.5 billion Volta green hydrogen and green ammonia project in Mejillones.

The voluntary carbon market continues to shift away from short-term offset strategies toward durable carbon removal solutions, a trend underscored by a new agreement between carbon dioxide removal (CDR) provider Climeworks and Canadian financial institution TD Bank.

The Lawson well in central Saskatchewan returned hydrogen concentrations of up to 286,000 parts per million when results were confirmed…

The United States installed 9.7 GWh of new energy storage capacity during the first quarter of 2026, setting a record for the period and reinforcing how rapidly battery deployment is becoming tied to grid reliability concerns, electricity price volatility, and the accelerating power requirements of artificial intelligence infrastructure.

South Korea’s Hanwha Power is attempting to position supercritical carbon dioxide power systems as a commercially viable decarbonization tool for pipeline infrastructure operators in Canada.

At a time when the United States is scaling grid storage capacity beyond 25 GW of operational battery systems and adding hundreds of megawatts of new installations each year, POET and Antora Energy’s deployment of a 5 gigawatt hour thermal energy storage facility in Big Stone City, South Dakota signals a parallel but less conventional trajectory: industrial heat decarbonization anchored in high temperature carbon based storage rather than electrochemical batteries.

Ford Motor Company is expanding its role beyond electric vehicles through its energy division, Ford Energy, which has signed a five year framework agreement with EDF Power Solutions North America for up to 4 GWh of DC Block battery energy storage systems annually.

Global carbon accounting still prioritizes large industrial emitters and engineered removal systems, yet emerging geochemical evidence suggests a less visible source may be contributing to atmospheric CO2: abandoned coal mines.

Tropical forests currently store more than 60% of the world’s vegetation biomass, making them one of the most critical regulators of the global carbon cycle. Yet new research suggests the Amazon’s ability to retain that carbon may weaken faster than previously understood, not primarily because of declining tree growth, but because climate-driven mortality is accelerating the turnover of forest biomass.