Masdar and Sungrow sign 7.5 GWh battery deal for world's first gigawatt 24/7 renewable
Sungrow will supply 7.5 GWh of battery storage for Abu Dhabi's $5.9B round-the-clock renewable project, proving solar-plus-storage can deliver baseload power at competitive tariffs.
Edify Energy closes $1.1B Queensland solar-storage hybrid financing
Edify Energy achieved financial close on Australia's largest solar-plus-storage hybrid, backed by Rio Tinto's 20-year offtake and a 14-lender consortium, signaling institutional appetite for portfolio-scale renewable energy financing structures.
BitGo Embeds Lightning into Regulated Custody, First Federally Chartered Bank Move
BitGo, an OCC-supervised digital asset trust bank, now offers Lightning Network payments directly from qualified custody via Voltage partnership, removing infrastructure barriers for institutional clients.
Solar beats coal in Texas grid for first time ever
EIA forecasts 2026 as the year ERCOT solar generation (78 BkWh) surpasses coal (60 BkWh) annually for the first time, marking a structural shift in the nation's largest deregulated grid.
NASA fires 120-kW thruster, setting U.S. electric propulsion record
NASA's JPL tested a lithium-fed magnetoplasmadynamic thruster at 120 kilowatts, the highest power electric propulsion system ever fired in the U.S., advancing deep-space mission architecture.
India's largest battery storage contract signals utility-scale BESS inflection
NTPC awards $120M, 250 MW battery storage contract to SPML Infra, marking India's shift from renewable-first to grid-stabilization infrastructure.
Noveria locks 250 MW grid slot in Germany's offshore wind corridor
Noveria Energy signed a binding grid connection agreement with TenneT Germany for a 250 MW battery storage project in Niedersachsen, securing early 2028 commissioning and signaling that Germany's reformed grid access rules are already producing concrete infrastructure.
Fortescue fast-tracks $2.5B off-grid renewable grid to 2028
Fortescue is accelerating deployment of a 1.8GW islanded renewable system with 4-5GWh of battery storage by 2028, eliminating diesel from Pilbara mining operations and demonstrating industrial decarbonization at scale.
TenneT signs 200 MW battery as grid congestion tool, not energy asset
Dutch grid operator TenneT contracted a 200 MW / 800 MWh battery from GES to dispatch on demand for congestion relief—a structural shift from merchant storage toward dispatchable network infrastructure that European and U.S. regulators are watching.
SunZia's 3.5 GW Bet: Western Hemisphere's Largest Wind Project Hits a Court Gate
Pattern Energy's 3.5-gigawatt SunZia Wind project in New Mexico—largest onshore wind farm in the Western Hemisphere—is construction-complete and set for 2026 commercial operations, but a live federal court motion in Arizona could block the paired 550-mile transmission line before grid delivery begins.
SunZia Turbines Complete as U.S. Grid Targets Record 86 GW in 2026
Pattern Energy's SunZia Wind completed installation of all 916 turbines in New Mexico as EIA projects a record 86 GW of new U.S. utility-scale capacity in 2026 — nearly doubling 2025 additions.
Core Lightning v26.04rc1 Debuts splicein and spliceout Commands
Core Lightning v26.04rc1, tagged March 26 2026, introduces high-level splicein and spliceout commands that abstract years of low-level splicing complexity into operator-ready RPC calls, marking a structural maturation of Lightning channel management.
Pattern Energy's SunZia: 3,500 MW Wind Farm Approaches Commercial Operations
Pattern Energy's SunZia Wind project — 3,500 MW backed by $11 billion in financing — is poised to become the largest onshore wind project in U.S. history to enter commercial operations, with grid delivery targeted for early-to-mid 2026.