Southeast Asia's 'battery' is starting to look less like Laos
As solar and wind power expand and new cross-border grid links open up, Laos's decades-long role as Southeast Asia's hydropower exporter is starting to shift.
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Energy
Renewables, fossil phase-out, grid and storage.
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The climate crisis is largely an energy problem: the great majority of global greenhouse gas emissions come from producing and using energy. This section tracks growth in renewable capacity, investment in storage and grids, fossil phase-out timelines, and the security-of-supply debate — checking capacity announcements against actual generation data.
A denser alternative to pumped hydro storage hits a scaling problem
A British company has proven its dense-fluid pumped hydro storage system works, but the minerals it needs make longer-duration storage impractical at scale.
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Thailand commits $6 billion to a rooftop solar push amid energy price shocks
Thailand is putting $6 billion into rooftop solar subsidies to cut its exposure to energy price shocks from the Middle East, even as Southeast Asia's banks keep favoring fossil fuels over renewables.
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Solar companies are racing to power the next generation of satellites
The space economy could reach $2 trillion by 2040, and suppliers are racing to build cheaper, more durable solar cells to power the satellites that will run on it.
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Balcony solar panels are having a breakout year in the US
Plug-in solar panels that hang off a balcony have gone from a niche German habit to one of the fastest-growing clean energy trends in the US this year.
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Nigeria races to build a homegrown solar industry from scratch
Nigerian startups are racing to build a domestic solar manufacturing industry as the country's blackout-driven solar boom continues to be met almost entirely by Chinese imports.
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Aberdeen's hydrogen buses sold for a fraction of their original cost
Aberdeen sold its hydrogen bus fleet for about 5% of what it paid, a stark illustration of how quickly stranded hydrogen investments can lose their value.
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Hormuz Strait disruptions are pushing global coal demand to a record
Disruptions to oil and gas shipping through the Strait of Hormuz are pushing global coal demand to a record high in 2026, the IEA reports.
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US solar capacity now large enough to power 50 million homes
A record-breaking second quarter pushed total US solar capacity to a level that could power a third of the country's homes, even as federal support cools.
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Global clean hydrogen investment tops $130 billion, new report finds
A new Hydrogen Council report puts global clean hydrogen investment above $130 billion, though high costs are still slowing projects in hard-to-electrify industries.
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Greenpeace ship sails through Istanbul Strait calling for Turkey to exit coal
A Greenpeace ship sailed through the Bosphorus calling for Turkey to phase out coal ahead of its COP31 presidency this November.
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Denmark's wind farms produced 140% of demand in a single record stretch
A record wind stretch pushed Danish generation to 140% of demand, as the country builds offshore "energy islands" to scale up further.
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