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The article announces a major $92 billion investment in Pennsylvania focused on energy infrastructure and AI-related projects.

• $25 billion joint venture between Blackstone and PPL Corporation and $15 billion investment from FirstEnergy target capacity expansion and grid resilience in the PJM interconnection region.
• Pennsylvania passed the Genius Act and Clarity Act to support data-based applications and introduced Bill 939 to streamline regulations for large data centers (50 MW+).

Air Liquide has announced a final investment decision to build the ELYgator large-scale electrolyzer in the Netherlands.

• The project is supported by the Dutch government via the OWE subsidy scheme, the European Innovation Fund, and the Dutch IPCEI program, with a refined regulatory framework aiding advancement.
• Air Liquide will invest over 500 million euros to build, own, and operate the electrolyzer, which will produce 23,000 tons of renewable hydrogen annually by end of 2027, supplying TotalEnergies under a long-term contract and reducing up to 300,000 tons of CO₂ emissions per year.

Bloom Energy announced a collaboration with Oracle to deploy fuel cell technology at select Oracle Cloud Infrastructure data centers in the U.S., delivering onsite power within 90 days to support AI workloads.

• Bloom Energy’s fuel cells will provide clean, reliable, and cost-efficient power to Oracle’s AI data centers, supporting rapid deployment and scalability.
• The technology contributes to Oracle’s sustainable energy use by producing power with virtually no air pollution and no water use, aligning with Oracle’s growth strategy for AI infrastructure.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Eni have signed a €500 million 15-year finance contract to convert Eni’s Livorno refinery in Tuscany into a biorefinery.

• The project includes construction of new plants to produce hydrogenated biofuels using proprietary Ecofining™ technology, with a capacity of 500,000 tonnes/year, and potential future production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
• This initiative supports EU and Italian decarbonisation goals, particularly in transport, and is part of Enilive’s strategy to reach over five million tonnes of biorefinery capacity by 2030, following previous conversions in Venice and Gela.