Hong Kong-based financial services and technology company TROOPS announced an agreement to acquire energy technology platform Efforce, with the transaction aimed at expanding the company’s digital asset infrastructure and pursuing new opportunities in sustainability-related markets. Co-founded in 2020 by Apple…
The resolved issue of batteries as a bottleneck Battery technology is often associated with the material bottleneck issue: A stringent transition to highly renewable energy systems in combination with high electrification would require large capacities for battery storage, both stationary…
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) announced the release of LEAP 2.0, the first upgrade of its core approach and guidance for helping companies assess and report on nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities. The TNFD was launched in 2021,…
Romanian EPC contractor Parapet has begun construction on a 50 MW / 100 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Dumbrava-Deal, Neamț County, Romania. The project, owned by European investment platform MetaWealth, is scheduled to enter commercial operation in spring…
French energy tech startup Epyr announced today that it has raised €15 million (USD$16.8 million) in a Series A funding round, with proceeds aimed at accelerating the deployment of the company’s thermal energy storage technology to help industrial companies replace…
Environmental impact investment firm Finance Earth and financial sector development agency FSD Africa, through its investment arm, FSD Africa Investments (FSDAi), announced the launch of the Africa Nature Impact Fund, a new platform aimed at mobilizing capital for early-stage nature…
The Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) announced today the release of Science-Based Targets for Nature 2.0, marking a major update of its methods and guidance for corporate nature-focused sustainability target setting and implementation across areas including land, freshwater and oceans.…
France-based Exide Technologies has launched Solition Powerflex, a modular battery energy storage system (BESS) designed for commercial and industrial applications, renewable energy integration, e-mobility infrastructure and agricultural facilities. The new system combines a 261 kWh LFP battery with a 125…
Bankability & offtake and regulatory & system reform were the key talking points on the opening panel of the Battery Asset Management Summit UK & Ireland 2026 which runs today and tomorrow (13-14 October).
US tax equity syndicator Foss & Company has closed a US$58 million partnership flip transaction to finance an energy storage project in Hidalgo County, Texas, developed by GridStor.