Long-term corporate PPAs can create fixed, debt-like obligations that affect adjusted leverage, a growing concern for CFOs evaluating energy contracts.
A new UN methane strategy says agriculture and waste systems will require major operational changes alongside fossil fuel reductions to meet 2030 goals.
A new UN report says cutting methane from oil, gas, and coal offers the quickest emissions reductions, with proven technologies and relatively low costs.
Lithium prices are recovering, but a steep drop in mining and exploration investment could leave future battery supply short of projects financed.
Utilities are planning record grid investment, but Fitch warns that affordability pressure and regulatory resistance threaten timely cost recovery.
Ford, GM, Stellantis, and Honda are absorbing billions of dollars in EV losses as canceled programs and battery joint venture exits reprice capital.
Offshore wind turbines and foundations are outgrowing much of the installation fleet, forcing developers to secure compatible ships years earlier.
Data center, power and infrastructure megaprojects are concentrating risk across the same contractor and surety markets, straining bonding capacity.
PFAS restrictions are pushing manufacturers to rethink coatings. Femtosecond lasers could offer a chemical-free way to engineer water-repellent surfaces.
New ratings-agency data shows most transmission projects miss their schedules over land and right-of-way disputes, not capital or equipment shortfalls.
A peer-reviewed study finds nanoplastics in McMurdo Dry Valleys soil at over half of sites sampled, the first such evidence in Antarctica's soils.
A shortage of qualified electrical commissioning crews delays energization on projects already built, adding months after construction is finished.
A transformer and switchgear shortage threatening data center development is also affecting utilities, power projects, and broader industrial expansion.
Gyre Energy has secured $1.3 million to expand its AI cooling platform. A major cold-chain project could test whether earlier savings continue at greater scale.
UNESCO's first Science Decade report finds governance-focused research trailing innovation by over 3 to 1, a gap it says is raising technology deployment risk.
Manufacturers in South Korea, Brazil, and India are expanding transformer capacity as grid growth turns electrical equipment into a strategic industry.
Syngenta and Groundwork BioAg are pairing fungal crop inputs with soil carbon programs. Farmers could gain soil benefits and fresh revenues from carbon credits.
HydroGraph’s new graphene paste aims to ease dispersion challenges. The water-based concentrate targets coatings, concrete, thermal systems and rubber.
New large-load electricity tariffs require multi-year minimum terms and per-megawatt collateral, contract terms finance teams should model before signing.
A new model shows how tiny spacer layers change 2D perovskites. It could help engineers design better LEDs, solar cells and other light-based devices.