Empower Summary Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation PJSC (Empower), the world’s largest district cooling services provider, has signed an agreement with Binghatti Developers to supply district cooling services to the ‘Mercedes-Benz read more
Canary Media Summary Ormat Technologies, the 61-year-old geothermal firm that completed the nation's first enhanced geothermal system demonstration in 2013, is expanding into next-generation geothermal read more
E&E News Summary The House will fast-track legislation this week to support research on geothermal technology, which has emerged as one of the most popular energy sources on Capitol Hill. The chamber read more
Analytics Insight Summary Waste-to-energy is gaining ground fast as an alternative to landfill disposal. Non-recyclable waste goes in, while electricity, heat, or fuel comes out. Modern plants use read more
Euronews Summary Europe’s next heatwave is already building over the Atlantic, as the World Health Organization (WHO) warns that more “deadly weeks may still lie ahead”. While air conditioning read more
Asian Power Summary Electricity demand across Asia continues to rise, fuelled by the growth of advanced manufacturing and digital industries, and the pursuit of decarbonisation goals. In Southeast read more
IEA Summary Around the world, demand for air conditioning is growing. As incomes rise, more people can afford to buy AC units – and amid record-breaking heatwaves, many more want them. Globally, read more
Open 4 Business Summary Schneider Electric has implemented a large-scale infrastructure project: 26 Ukrainian cities have received state-of-the-art equipment to improve the energy efficiency and operational read more
New York State Summary Governor Kathy Hochul today signed an Executive Order to create the nation’s first moratorium on new hyperscale data centers, establishing the strongest standards for data center read more
DCD Summary European cloud provider Scaleway has acquired Qarnot, a specialist in high-performance computing (HPC) for engineering, simulation, and research workloads. Qarnot is also bringing read more
Easy News Summary Green Metro-Campus in Zurich enters next stage of construction / Building work has commenced on two additional Green data centers on the Metro-Campus Zurich Waste heat from the data read more
RTE Summary District heating is the "missing piece of the puzzle" when it comes to energy in Ireland, the CEO of the Irish District Energy Association has said. Pauline O'Reilly made her comments read more
Yahoo! News Summary With Europe facing more frequent and hotter heatwaves, the uptake of air conditioning systems has soared across the region in recent years. This trend is driving energy demand read more
Refindustry Summary The UNEP Cool Coalition and BEE–UNEP District Cooling Hub, together with the Uttar Pradesh State Transformation Commission, held a high-level workshop on 3 July 2026 to examine read more
Power Engineering Summary Bloom Energy, a company deploying solid oxide fuel cells, and Brookfield recently announced the expansion of their strategic partnership as Brookfield increases its framework read more
DCD Summary The Wrocław University of Science and Technology has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with a local heat and power plant operator to use waste heat from its data center to power a district read more
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