Global solar PV modules and inverters market to reach $115.8 billion by 2030, forecasts GlobalData
The global solar PV modules and inverters market is forecast to reach $115.8 billion by 2030, largely driven by the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region with its strong policy initiatives, ambitious renewable energy targets, large-scale investments, rapid urbanization, declining technology costs, and expanding solar manufacturing and innovation in major economies, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData’s latest report, “Solar PV Modules and Inverters Market Size, Shar...
Energy resilience and independence overtake climate confidence, study reveals ahead of COP30
The Siemens Infrastructure Transition Monitor 2025 is a biennial study commissioned by Siemens, surveying 1,400 senior executives and government representatives in 19 countries across energy, buildings and industries. The 2025 edition is the second in the series and launches ahead of COP30. - Siemens’ biennial study of 1,400 global executives explores the state of the infrastructure transition across energy, industry and buildings - Research shows national energy independence has...
Heating Season Begins: Experts Warn Buildings Still Waste Energy on Empty Rooms While AI-Based “Soft Retrofits” Could Solve Issue
Donatas Karčiauskas, an energy efficiency expert and CEO of Exergio (Source: Exergio) As the heating season begins, energy efficiency experts warn that heating, responsible for 32% of building energy use, still wastes energy on empty rooms and overshooting systems. They say AI-driven “soft retrofits” can cut heating waste by up to 30% within weeks. October 20, 2025. In North America and Europe, radiators and boilers are gradually being switched on for the first time this season. Heating,...
Greater Peoria Sanitary District finalizes agreements with Burnham RNG to produce renewable natural gas
New project to capture methane and reduce greenhouse gas emissions Peoria, IL – The Greater Peoria Sanitary District (GPSD) Board of Trustees approved final agreements with Burnham RNG to transform methane gas generated at GPSD’s treatment facilities into renewable natural gas (RNG). This partnership marks a significant step forward in GPSD’s commitment to sustainability and innovation. By capturing and converting methane—a natural byproduct of the wastewater treatment process—into a cl...
Port of Long Beach Awarded $20 Million for Pier Wind
State grant powers proposed floating offshore wind energy project The Port of Long Beach on Wednesday was awarded $20 million by the California Energy Commission to fund the ongoing development of Pier Wind, a proposed 400-acre terminal to assemble and deploy floating offshore wind turbines. As the largest recipient of the agency's Offshore Wind Energy Waterfront Facility Improvement Program from state bond funding, the Port of Long Beach will match $11 million to complete engineering, env...
Piecing together the puzzle of future solar cell materials
Photographer: Chalmers University of Technology Global electricity use is increasing rapidly and must be addressed sustainably. Developing new materials could give us much more efficient solar cell materials than at present; materials so thin and flexible that they could encase anything from mobile phones or entire buildings. Using computer simulation and machine learning, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have now taken an important step towards un...
Hanbat National University Study Finds Quantum Computing Can Make Homes Smarter and Greener
The world’s first quantum HVAC system is expected to deliver massive energy savings for homeowners. Image credit: Professor Sangkeum Lee from Hanbat National University Quantum reinforcement learning for HVAC control in residential buildings combines real-time occupancy detection with quantum computing principles Precise heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) control is important for energy savings in residential buildings. Recently, a team of researchers from Korea, l...
SFU Clean Hydrogen Hub joins Canadian alliance of hydrogen hubs to accelerate clean energy innovation
Simon Fraser University’s Clean Hydrogen Hub has signed an agreement with three other leading Canadian hydrogen hubs conducting similar research and activities in developing hydrogen energy technologies. The collaboration between SFU, Vallée de la Transition Énergétique (VTE, Québec), Newfoundland and Labrador Hydrogen Innovation Partnership (HyIP, Newfoundland), and the Edmonton Regional Hydrogen Hub (Alberta) will form the Pan-Canadian Alliance of Hydrogen Hubs, representing a major nationa...
Jacket foundations marshalled efficiently for Greater Changhua 2b and 4a offshore wind farms
Lifting instead of RoRo safeguarded the project against changing tides and additional charter costs RoRo is often the preferred method for moving large and heavy offshore wind foundations onto and from vessels at port. Under ideal conditions, driving foundations directly to a set down point – rather than lifting and then driving them – takes less time. However, it is not always the most efficient or safest option under real-world conditions. In this instance, external factors mean a ring cr...
Alfa Laval and Aalborg CSP launch header-and-coil heat exchanger for large-scale energy storage system
Alfa Laval Aalborg Header-Coil A/S, a joint venture between heat exchanger manufacturers Alfa Laval and Aalborg CSP, has launched its first product in energy storage. The header-and-coil heat exchanger is specifically designed for use in large-scale thermal energy storage systems, offering high thermal efficiency, a compact footprint, and high reliability under cyclic operating conditions. Designed for cyclic operation The fully welded header-and-coil design features a unique serpent...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
