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Climate and Energy

Coverage of climate policy, grid demand, energy transition, and the technologies reshaping power, transport, and industry.

Energy transition, infrastructure pressure, and climate-linked business shifts.

Each category hub surfaces a lead story, recent reporting, and a clear path to related coverage.

27 published stories in this archive.

AI Data Center Grid Demand Gets a FERC Deadline
Climate and EnergyGrid and Power Demand
FERC's June order puts AI data center grid demand into a faster rulemaking lane, but the hard questions are still cost, reliability, and who gets power first.
Ira MenonJun 21, 202612 min read
Energy transition, infrastructure pressure, and climate-linked business shifts.Read story

Latest in Climate and Energy

Recent reporting from this category archive, ordered from newest to oldest.

Reliance Battery Gigafactory Raises India Storage Bet
Climate and EnergyBattery and Storage
Reliance's new 120 GWh battery capacity target and solar manufacturing push turn storage from a clean-energy support business into a supply-chain test for India.
Ira MenonJun 21, 202613 min read
Energy transition, infrastructure pressure, and climate-linked business shifts.Read story
COP31 Electrification Target Turns Into Bonn Test
Climate and EnergyEnergy Policy
The COP31 electrification target floated after the Bonn climate talks gives governments a clearer energy-policy test: move more transport, buildings, and industry onto clean power while finance disputes remain unresolved.
Ira MenonJun 21, 202613 min read
Energy transition, infrastructure pressure, and climate-linked business shifts.Read story
France Climate Adaptation Funding Cut Tests Heat Plans
Climate and EnergyClimate Adaptation
France climate adaptation funding is under pressure after Green Fund cuts followed an unusually early heatwave, raising questions for local resilience projects.
Ira MenonJun 6, 202613 min read
Energy transition, infrastructure pressure, and climate-linked business shifts.Read story
IEA Energy Investment 2026 Puts Grids First
Climate and EnergyEnergy Policy
IEA energy investment 2026 data shows electricity, grids, storage, renewables and security worries driving the next spending cycle.
Ira MenonJun 3, 202613 min read
Energy transition, infrastructure pressure, and climate-linked business shifts.Read story
Battery Storage 2026 Moves Into Summer Grid Test
Climate and EnergyBattery and Storage
Battery storage 2026 is no longer just a growth story. New IEA, ACP, CAISO, BNEF, and NERC-linked signals show storage moving into grid planning.
Ira MenonMay 26, 202612 min read
Energy transition, infrastructure pressure, and climate-linked business shifts.Read story