Our Scans · (LF.7) Affordable and Clean Energy · Weekly Summary

In September 2015, 193 world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. If these Goals are completed, it would mean an end to extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030.
Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.

• [New] A new project, Tehuacana Creek 1 Solar and BESS, adding 837 megawatts in Texas, is the largest solar photovoltaic project expected to come online in 2026; it will also offer an additional 418 MW in battery energy storage capacity. EIA - Energy Information Administration
• [New] Implementation Fidelity via Green Tech: Integrating solar-based mini-grids and green mechanization supports India's Net-Zero goals while reducing energy vulnerability for smallholder farmers. The Policy Edge
• [New] The European Union aims for renewable energy to account for at least 42.5% of final energy consumption by 2030. EurekAlert!
• [New] The GCC region continues to make substantial investments, with the UAE accounting for nearly 70% of total renewable investments between 2013 and 2022, targeting 44% renewable capacity by 2050, supporting US$ 54 billion in energy sector investments by 2030. Persistence Market Research
• [New] India's trajectory aligns with its target of achieving 500 GW of non-fossil energy capacity by 2030, requiring extensive involvement from EPC contractors to scale installations. Persistence Market Research
• [New] The International Energy Agency projects electricity demand from data centers worldwide to more than double by 2030 to around 945 terawatt-hours, slightly more than the entire electricity consumption of Japan today. Macquarie Group
• [New] By 2028, AI servers alone may use as much energy as 22% of US households. Wired
• [New] The growing abundance of renewable energy in China will give it a significant advantage in the AI race, which ultimately depends on the capacity to meet the vast power demands of data centers without depleting resources and driving up consumer costs. NOEMA
• [New] Enhanced geothermal projects could provide about 90 gigawatts of carbon-free energy in the U.S. by 2050. oilprice.com
• [New] A weaker-than-expected inflation print could quickly compress yields as rate cut expectations reemerge, while any escalation in the Middle East that drives energy prices higher could reprice inflation risk and push yields upward. investing.com
• [New] Energy companies such as Masdar in the UAE are expected to continue issuing green bonds to expand renewable portfolios. Carbon Credits
• [New] Quantum could potentially lower the energy needs of the power-hungry facilities while also reducing the workloads needed for training AI. CNBC
• [New] The U.S. energy storage sector illustrates IoT's role in critical infrastructure: operational battery storage exceeded 40 GW by 2025, up from 47 MW in 2010, with projections of 98 GW by 2030 and 5.6 GW installed in Q2 2025 alone. Persistence Market Research
• [New] One of the primary challenges in adopting no-code AI platforms within enterprises by 2026 is the escalating energy demands of AI technologies, which are predicted to create significant bottlenecks in scalability and infrastructure availability. Grokipedia
• [New] The available energy generation capacity and the electricity grid will limit data centers and AI development until at least 2030. economic-research.bnpparibas.com
• [New] The International Energy Agency projects that green hydrogen could supply up to 24% of global energy demand by 2050 if current momentum continues - a target backed by $100 billion in announced investments in electrolyzer capacity. Saint Augustines University
• [New] Fusion energy has attracted $15.17 billion in cumulative private investment across 77 companies pursuing diverse approaches - tokamaks, stellarators, field-reversed configurations, inertial confinement, and Z-pinch systems - with multiple developers targeting demonstration plants before 2035. GlobeNewswire
• [New] Energy storage, virtually negligible today, could support 8-15% of global energy infrastructure by 2045. Yahoo Finance UK
• [New] With global energy demand projected to increase 25-30% between 2025 and 2045 - reaching 740-800 exajoules annually - alternative energy technologies are no longer peripheral supplements to fossil fuels but central pillars of a multi-trillion-dollar industrial realignment. Yahoo Finance UK
• [New] Solar and wind energy are expected to quintuple their global contributions by 2045, while energy storage and advanced nuclear solutions gain prominence. Yahoo Finance UK
• [New] The above 10 MWh energy capacity segment is expected to witness significant CAGR growth between 2025 and 2030. GlobeNewswire
• [New] PV power generation is expected to become the world's largest renewable energy source before 2030. https://www.vmaxpowerpv.com/
• [New] By 2030, renewables and nuclear energy are set to account for half of the world's power mix. Balkan Green Energy News

Last updated: 23 February 2026