Energy News The Energy category covers robotics and AI applications across the power sector, including autonomous inspection of wind turbines, solar farms, pipelines, and grid infrastructure, plus robots for nuclear decommissioning and offshore oil and gas operations. Coverage includes product launches, deployment case studies, funding rounds, and research on battery technology and power systems for robots themselves. Readers will also find reporting on AI-driven energy management, drone-based asset monitoring, and regulatory developments affecting automation in utilities.
U.S. Army Awards $2.2B For Janus Program Nuclear Microreactors At Five Bases — Aug 28, 2026 — The U.S. Army will pay up to $2.2 billion over five years to Antares Nuclear, BWXT, General Atomics, Radiant Industries and Westinghouse to design and...Australia Moves To Make Renewables The Default For AI Data Centers — Aug 28, 2026 — Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen said states will not get automatic exemptions to power new AI data centers with coal and gas, as Australia drafts...POWERGRID Opens Bids for 265 MW / 530 MWh Haryana BESS via SJVN — Aug 28, 2026 — POWERGRID has invited bids for a 265 MW / 530 MWh battery storage system in UHBVNL's Haryana network, with SJVN as implementing agency, a 14-month bui...Australia's First Offshore Wind Auction Opens With 2 GW On Offer — Aug 27, 2026 — Victoria has opened Australia's first offshore wind auction, inviting developers to bid for contracts covering the state's first 2 GW of offshore wind...GEN-I Sonce Picks WALDEVAR To Build 220 MWh Gheorgheni BESS In Romania — Aug 26, 2026 — Slovenia's GEN-I Sonce has awarded WALDEVAR Energy the full EPC scope for a 55 MW / 220 MWh battery storage system in Gheorgheni, Romania.CATL Cuts Out Distributors With $63/kWh Direct LFP Cells As 1,800 Firms Join CATL Mall — Aug 26, 2026 — China's CATL says over 1,800 energy storage companies have registered on its direct-sales CATL Mall platform, where 314 Ah LFP energy storage cells no...Invinity Locks In Equans For 2.1 GWh Vanadium Flow Battery In Switzerland — Aug 25, 2026 — Invinity Energy Systems has signed an EPC contract with Equans Switzerland to build a 1.5 GWh vanadium flow battery — expandable to 2.1 GWh — at FlexB...HiTHIUM To Supply 421 MWh Grid-Forming BESS For GPG's Fraser Coast Project In Australia — Aug 25, 2026 — HiTHIUM signed a 421 MWh battery energy storage supply agreement with Global Power Generation, Naturgy's international renewables arm, for the Fraser...Cummins Wins Its Largest-Ever BESS Deal For A U.S. AI Data Center — Aug 25, 2026 — Cummins said its Power Systems business will supply its biggest-ever battery energy storage system to a large U.S. data center project, using LFP bloc...Blue Energy And GE Vernova Hitachi Advance 2.5 GW Gas-Plus-Nuclear Plant In Texas — Aug 25, 2026 — Blue Energy and GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy signed an agreement to advance a 2.5 GW gas-plus-nuclear plant in Victoria, Texas designed to feed A...ACWA Power Signs Saudi 6,000 MWh Battery Storage Deals with SPPC — Aug 24, 2026 — ACWA Power signed three 15-year Storage Services Agreements with the Saudi Power Procurement Company for 1,500 MW / 6,000 MWh of grid-scale battery en...EDP And RCEA Switch On 92 MW Sandrini Battery Storage In Kern County — Aug 24, 2026 — EDP Renewables North America and Redwood Coast Energy Authority commissioned Sandrini Energy Storage, a 92 MW / 368 MWh battery co-located with the 30...AMPIN Energy Secures $195M Green Loan For 100 MW Andhra Pradesh Hybrid Project — Aug 24, 2026 — SMBC and Rabobank led a USD 195 million long-term green project-finance facility for AMPIN Energy Transition's 100 MW solar-wind-BESS hybrid in Andhra...Fraunhofer And SGC Energy Sign MoU On CO2 Electrolysis, Hydrogen And Batteries — Aug 23, 2026 — Fraunhofer IAP, Fraunhofer UMSICHT and South Korea's SGC Energy signed a Memorandum of Understanding to co-develop CO2 electrolysis, hydrogen technolo...Enel Starts Building 100 MW Grid-Forming Battery At Chile's Finis Terrae Solar Park — Aug 23, 2026 — Enel Green Power Chile has launched construction of a 100 MW grid-forming BESS alongside the Finis Terrae solar park in Antofagasta, its sixth large-s...EDF, NV Energy Sign 25-Year PPAs For 400 MW Winston Solar-Plus-Storage — Aug 22, 2026 — EDF power solutions has signed two 25-year power purchase agreements with NV Energy for the 400 MW/1,600 MWh Winston Energy solar-plus-storage project...UK Approves Low Carbon's 400 MW Beacon Fen Energy Park In Lincolnshire — Aug 22, 2026 — The UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero granted development consent on Aug 21, 2026 for Low Carbon's 400 MW Beacon Fen Energy Park in Linco...Sol Systems Buys 200 MW Lumberton Solar Project From DESRI — Aug 22, 2026 — Independent power producer Sol Systems acquired the 200 MW-ac Lumberton Solar Project in Hardin County, Texas from DESRI on August 21, 2026, its secon...LG Energy Opens $4B Michigan Plant For Tesla Megapack 3 LFP Supply — Aug 21, 2026 — LG Energy Solution cut the ribbon on a $4B lithium-iron-phosphate cell factory in Lansing, Michigan built to supply Tesla's next-generation Megapack 3...Kairos Power Launches NuCAMP Alliance To Fill Advanced Nuclear Workforce Gap — Aug 21, 2026 — Kairos Power has signed an MOU with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the University of Tennessee, IACMI and East Tennessee schools to launch NuCAMP, a w...