Climate research provider and environmental disclosure platform CDP announced the appointment of Beth Thoren as CEO of the CDP Foundation, the new charitable foundation focused on driving strategic principles for environmental disclosure. The appointment follows the announcement last month of a major restructuring of CDP,…
Danish development finance institution Impact Fund Denmark announced the final close of SDG Fund II, securing DKK 5 billion (USD$760 million) in commitments for its blended finance fund focused on backing private-sector businesses advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…
Extreme weather is not a rare disruption but is now an annual expectation. Heat waves and winter storms are more frequent, more intense, and last longer. The western U.S. broke the record for the hottest March temperature in history at 108 degrees earlier this year.…
Paris-based sustainable infrastructure investment firm RGREEN INVEST announced that it has raised nearly €500 million (USD$570 million) at the final close of Infrabridge IV fund, the fourth vintage of its infrastructure debt strategy focused on supporting the energy transition in…
Clean Horizon has updated the methodology behind its Storage Index, which estimates the revenue potential of BESS across Europe, to better reflect project economics under real-world market conditions. The revised index replaces its previous assumption that every battery captures the…
Professional services firm PwC has appointed Lynne Baber as its new Global Sustainability Leader, leading the firm’s global sustainability strategy and sustainability practice. Baber will succeed Colm Kelly in the top sustainability role, following Kelly’s retirement from PwC after serving…
Major French battery storage developers and operators have launched Stockage Énergie France, the first professional organization dedicated specifically to stationary battery energy storage in the country. The association was launched by Corsica Sole and Eclipse and includes members such as…
Google revealed that it achieved a 2% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions in 2025, despite experiencing a 37% increase in electricity consumption, with the company crediting its massive clean energy purchase program as a key factor…
“The lowest-cost place to put AI will be in space, and that will be true within two years, maybe three at the latest,” SpaceX founder Elon Musk told the World Economic Forum in Davos this past January, as his company…
Battery developer Energy Dome and Google are extending their previously announced partnership to develop renewable energy storage infrastructure in Ireland. The two companies have signed a commercial contract together for a 23 MW/200 MWh BESS based on Energy Dome’s proprietary…