Alternative asset manager Blackstone announced that it has raised $8.7 billion for the fifth vintage of its energy transition-focused private equity fund, hitting its hard cap one year after launching. Blackstone Energy Transition Partners (BETP) is Blackstone’s strategy for control-oriented…
Advancing technology for the benefit of humanity isn’t just the tagline for IEEE’s mission as a public charity. It’s something that the organization’s more than 500,000 members strive to do all the time. IEEE’s recently released 2025 Social Impact Report…
Batteries can respond to the grid’s needs faster than a French-speaking region of Belgium can account for them. Now, lawmakers in the southern region of Wallonia have approved a decree to resolve a mismatch between who must manage balancing data…
Agility Robotics, the company I cofounded out of my robotics lab at Oregon State University in 2015, has just launched Digit 5. It’s designed to be the first humanoid robot that can safely and economically do useful work at scale,…
Generali Investments’ clean energy infrastructure investment unit Sosteneo announced that it has secured over €450 million (USD$504 million) in capital commitments for its second flagship fund, including securing over €150 million in new fund commitments and co-investment capital at the…
Finnish-headquartered marine and technology company Wärtsilä has signed an agreement with Caribbean utility Water-en Energiebedrijf Aruba (WEB Aruba), on the island of Aruba, to install a 35 MW / 70 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) as part of a…
In the wide-ranging conversation, Shaw starts off by describing the year-end rush as a perennial challenge for the battery energy storage system (BESS) sector in the US.
Four-hour battery storage is less expensive than open-cycle gas turbines in the 43 markets in which both technologies were modelled, according to a new report from market research firm Wood Mackenzie.
South Korea’s Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment has issued guidelines for classifying outdoor energy storage systems (ESS) under building rules, which it says could cut permitting times by up to three months and costs by up to KRW 70…
EU markets regulator the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announced the release of its annual European Common Enforcement Priorities (ECEP) Statement for corporate reporting, setting out key issues it will focus on for the current year of disclosures, with…