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A new destination-level analysis finds that exported solar panels, batteries, wind turbines and electric vehicles could cut annual emissions outside China by nearly 2%. The estimate is consequential—but it is a projection, not a measured global inventory.
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Rivan has deployed a modular 1-megawatt synthetic-methane system and opened a London production base designed to build 50 units a year. The present system uses biogenic carbon dioxide, however, while direct-air capture remains a scale-up target.
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Google and Voltus plan to aggregate batteries, smart thermostats and flexible commercial and industrial loads across the PJM region. The gigawatt-scale agreement could help manage peaks faster than new power plants can be built, but its value will depend on real enrollment and verified performance.
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The 33-megawatt unit in Utah reached contractual commercial operation after a 23-month build, moving enhanced geothermal from small demonstrations toward repeatable utility-scale deployment.
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Hertha Metals plans a 10,000-tonne plant for the high-purity iron used in rare-earth permanent magnets. A $65 million U.S. government equity investment makes the project an unusually direct industrial-policy bet, but commercial qualification and scale-up remain ahead.
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The startup says its first spiral superconducting coil is nearly complete and initial electrical tests could begin in 2027. HARUKA is a systems-integration step—not yet a net-power reactor—and its larger successor remains a 2030s ambition.
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Prysmian and Rio Tinto will use ELYSIS metal in Ohio, connecting cleaner smelting technology with fast-growing digital infrastructure.
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The talks reflect rising concern over who pays for grid expansion as AI infrastructure drives new power demand.
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New permitting and environmental measures show how the AI infrastructure boom is becoming a land, water and community-planning issue.
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