North America
Where demand growth arrived first. Connection queues measured in gigawatts, capacity auctions clearing at their price caps, and a rulebook being rewritten around data centres.
State of play
Roanoke City Public Schools to install Virginia's first school-district solar-battery microgrids, backed by $2.55 million in state and private funding. Roanoke City Public Schools will add 2 MW of solar and 8 MWh of battery storage across its two high schools - Virginia's first solar-battery microgrids at a K-12 district.
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RenewablesGlobal Wind Service opens a Canadian business unit, extending its North American footprint nine years after entering the US
Global Wind Service is establishing a local business unit in Canada, building on a US presence it has held since 2017 and a project track record spanning more than 40 countries.
9 Sept 2026
GridEnerNex says conventional interconnection studies are no longer sufficient for AI mega-campus loads
EnerNex argues that AI training campuses reaching 1,000 MW or more have outgrown traditional power-flow studies, as NERC's May 2026 reliability guideline and a Level 3 alert push EMT analysis to the fore.
9 Sept 2026
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ERCOT targets December for data center audit completion; Ørsted CEO says US portfolio was a net negative; Bulgaria adds 1 GW of BESS in a month. Power sector digest for 22 August 2026.
22 Aug 2026
Markets & PolicyHeat pumps cross 50% of new US apartment buildings for the first time in 2025
US Census Bureau data show heat pumps equipped 53% of new apartment buildings in 2025, up from 46% in 2024 - the first time multifamily construction has crossed the majority threshold.
21 Aug 2026
RenewablesØrsted CEO says company would have been better off without its US offshore wind projects
Rasmus Errboe says Ørsted would have been better off without several key US offshore wind projects, as cumulative impairments from the US portfolio top DKK 40 billion.
21 Aug 2026
Data CentresBloom Energy launches Power Connect platform, claiming 40% cut in on-site installation time for data centers
Bloom Energy's Power Connect shifts electrical integration from job sites to its U.S. factories, promising data center operators more than 40% faster on-site power installation.
21 Aug 2026
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PUCT holds August 20 open meeting on ERCOT Batch Zero audit; CATL certifies all 20 plants carbon neutral; global storage cell shipments nearly double in H1 2026. Power sector digest for 21 August 2026.
21 Aug 2026
Markets & PolicyEIA finds super-lateral wells reached 15% of Permian completions in 2025, up from near zero before 2020
EIA data show Permian super-lateral wells exceeding 15,000 feet hit 15% of completions in 2025, driving a 284% production surge over the decade with a stable well count.
20 Aug 2026
Markets & PolicyLG Energy Solution opens 35 GWh battery cell plant in Lansing, Michigan on 18 August 2026
LG Energy Solution began production at its 226-acre, 35 GWh Lansing facility on 18 August 2026, targeting grid-scale ESS and EV cells as U.S. domestic battery capacity surges.
20 Aug 2026
GridBPA dispatcher warns WECC-1 remedial scheme is blind to south-to-north flows on the California-Oregon Intertie
Speakers at the 18 August CAISO-SPP Market Seams workshop flagged that the Western Interconnection's primary automated protection scheme was designed for a grid that no longer exists.
20 Aug 2026
Data CentresEngie signs 48 MW solar PPA with QTS to supply its Irving, Texas data center campus
Engie North America has signed a 48 MWac solar PPA with QTS for its Irving, Texas campus, sourcing generation from ABEI Energy's Lubio Solar project in Kaufman County, due online April 2028.
20 Aug 2026
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PUCT holds August 20 open meeting on ERCOT Batch Zero audit; Latin America storage remains at demonstration scale. Power sector digest for 20 August 2026.
20 Aug 2026