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The American Clean Power Association and Wood Mackenzie reported US energy storage installations reached 5.6 GW in Q2 2025, led by 4.9 GW of utility-scale capacity and 608 MW of residential additions. The report forecasts 87.8 GW of US storage by 2029 but warns of near-term risks from FEOC battery-sourcing rules and a possible 10% dip in utility-scale installations in 2027.

Revyve raised nearly €24 million in a Series B co-led by ABN AMRO Sustainable Impact Fund and Invest-NL to scale commercial production of yeast-based egg-replacement proteins. The funding will expand output at its Dinteloord facility to over 1,600 tons/year and support global rollout across Europe, UK, USA, Canada, Mexico and Australia.

Governor Kathy Hochul launched NYSERDA’s 2025 Land-Based Renewable Energy Solicitation and directed state agencies to accelerate shovel-ready solar, land-based wind, and other projects to capture expiring federal tax credits. The solicitation aims to spur over five billion dollars in clean energy investments, support more than 2,500 jobs, and advance New York’s pipeline of 102 projects totaling over 9.7 GW; eligibility applications are due 2025-10-21 and final proposals due 2025-12-04.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Moscow on 25 September 2025 and, in the presence of Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev and Ethiopian FM Gedion Timotheos, exchanged an Action Plan between Rosatom and the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation to develop a nuclear power plant project in Ethiopia. The meeting followed both leaders’ participation in the Global Atomic Forum earlier that day.

Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and the Federal Ministry of Research launched a second international funding call to support renewable hydrogen and derivative projects in non-European countries. Funding is split into Module 1 (construction of production facilities and preparatory studies, run by the economics ministry) and Module 2 (research, industrial trials, and training linked to Module 1, run by the research ministry).

At the Global Atomic Forum on 25 September 2025, President Vladimir Putin announced Russia will launch the world’s first closed fuel-cycle nuclear power system in the Tomsk Region by 2030, aiming to reuse about 95% of spent nuclear fuel. He also said an International Research Centre in Ulyanovsk will test materials, Rosatom will begin serial production of small and floating plants soon, and the New Development Bank is ready to finance nuclear projects.