EDF Renewables North America and Power Sustainable Energy Infrastructure Announce Commercial Operation of Desert Quartzite

Press Release – January 31, 2025 – SAN DIEGO – EDF Renewables North America (EDFR) and Power Sustainable Energy Infrastructure Inc. (PSEI) today announced that their jointly owned Desert Quartzite Solar+Storage Project achieved operational status in December 2024. The electricity generated from the 375 megawatt (MWdc)/300MWac solar project, combined with a 150 MWac/4-hour battery energy storage system (BESS) is delivered to Clean Power Alliance (CPA), under a 20-year power … Continue reading EDF Renewables North America and Power Sustainable Energy Infrastructure Announce Commercial Operation of Desert Quartzite

Impact Newswire10/02/202510/02/2025

United States

Helion Announces $425M Series F Investment to Scale Commercialized Fusion Power

Round includes new investors, Lightspeed Venture Partners, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, and existing investors Press Release – January 28, 2025 – EVERETT, Wash. – Helion, a fusion energy company, today announced a $425 million Series F investment round that will be used to scale commercialization efforts for the company’s groundbreaking fusion technology. The oversubscribed and upsized round had participation from new investors, including Lightspeed Venture … Continue reading Helion Announces $425M Series F Investment to Scale Commercialized Fusion Power

Impact Newswire03/02/202503/02/2025

Africa

GEAPP and Rockefeller Foundation Advance New Energy Access Projects in More than a Dozen African Countries

Press Release – Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | January 28, 2025 ― During the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit, the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) and The Rockefeller Foundation introduced nearly two dozen new energy access projects in 11 African countries and across the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the largest regional economic organization in Africa. The projects are funded through … Continue reading GEAPP and Rockefeller Foundation Advance New Energy Access Projects in More than a Dozen African Countries

Impact Newswire31/01/202531/01/2025

United States

Oklo and RPower Join Forces to Accelerate Power Availability for Data Centers

Partnership Would Deliver a Phased Power Strategy Combining Natural Gas and Advanced Nuclear Press Release – January 17, 2025 – SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Oklo Inc. (NYSE: OKLO) (“Oklo”), an advanced nuclear power and nuclear fuel recycling company, has signed a memorandum of understanding with RPower, a leading provider of onsite prime and backup power solutions, to deploy a phased power model for data centers. … Continue reading Oklo and RPower Join Forces to Accelerate Power Availability for Data Centers

Impact Newswire20/01/202520/01/2025

Europe

Europe gets 20% of its electricity from wind. But not enough new wind farms being built. Urgent action needed on permitting, grids and electrification

Wind energy was 20% of all the electricity consumed in Europe. But Europe is not building enough new wind farms. The EU built only 13 GW last year, well below the 30 GW a year it needs to meet its 2030 energy targets. There are 3 problems: (a) most Governments are not applying the new EU permitting rules; (b) new grid connections are delayed; and … Continue reading Europe gets 20% of its electricity from wind. But not enough new wind farms being built. Urgent action needed on permitting, grids and electrification

Impact Newswire17/01/202517/01/2025