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Research led by the University of Kentucky is exploring an alternative pathway by converting coal into high-purity synthetic graphite, aiming to establish a domestic source for a material that remains critical to battery performance.

Global renewable energy installed capacity stood at 4.1TW in 2025. According to GlobalData’s latest “Renewable Energy: Strategic Intelligence” report, that figure is forecast to reach 8.4TW by 2031, a compound annual growth rate of 13% over six years.

The energy transition has a learning problem, not just a technology problem. Shomron Jacob, AI/ML expert and entrepreneur with over…

In January 2026, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz made a public admission that would have been politically unthinkable a decade earlier:…

European power markets recorded over 700 hours of negative day-ahead prices in 2024, representing more than 8% of the year…

Global electricity demand is on track to grow 50 percent faster to 2030 than it did over the past decade,…

The Sarajevo Energy Forum 2026 officially opened on January 29 at Hotel Hills, positioning itself as a regional checkpoint for how Southeast Europe intends to manage the technical, financial, and policy risks of the energy transition.

Editor’s Picks 2025 brings together the stories that most clearly exposed the fault lines of the global energy transition.

The United States’ renewable power capacity is forecast to expand from 414.5 GW in 2024 to approximately 1.06 TW by 2035, more than doubling over the period, despite federal policy shifts emphasizing energy security and domestic manufacturing over climate objectives, according to GlobalData analysis.

Nissan’s Melbourne production facility now offers a small but instructive case study, pairing a 100 kW rooftop solar system with a 120 kWh battery energy storage unit built from retired Nissan Leaf batteries, as manufacturers test whether circular energy systems can deliver measurable operational value rather than symbolic sustainability claims.