Grids strain to keep pace as AI load queues explode and cost fights begin
Interconnection queues for data centers are outpacing grid planning in Texas, PJM and Europe, forcing fast-track fixes, cost-allocation fights and new equipment bottlenecks.
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Floating wind’s backers press governments as first projects hit cost friction
GWEC and over 50 companies want government help to get floating wind to commercial scale by 2030. Norway’s own flagship project shows why that is hard.
EU gives gas exporters one more year on methane rules
Brussels will delay import provisions of its methane law to 2028, citing an energy crisis. Exporters, importers and climate groups disagree sharply on what it costs.
Thermal batteries hit gigawatt-hour scale as lithium storage keeps sprinting
A 5.8 GWh thermal battery in Kansas shows institutional capital is backing storage beyond lithium-ion, even as conventional BESS keeps breaking size records worldwide.