Climate Tech Newsletter: April 13, 2026

Welcome to last week’s edition of the CBKNY’s Weekly News Highlights. Explore the latest policies, innovations, and market trends driving the future of climate tech.

Climate Tech Insights

This week’s standout insight is not that climate tech is accelerating, but that it is being stress-tested by real-world collisions: Iran-war fuel shocks, Turkey’s battery-storage buildout before COP31, U.S. offshore-wind legal reprieve, renewables briefly beating gas, fusion capital surging, and mounting fights over data-center electricity, water, and grid capacity alongside water scarcity, carbon credit experiments, and critical-mineral scrambles worldwide now.

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1. Turkey to Race Ahead of EU on Battery Storage Amid Fossil Fuel Crisis
   April 8, 2026 – The Guardian

2. Desalination Technology, by the Numbers
   April 9, 2026 – MIT Technology Review

3. China's Xi Urges Faster Development of New Energy System as Middle East War Continues
   April 6, 2026 – Reuters

4. Spanish Wind Industry Warns EU Windfall Tax Could Hurt Investment
   April 6, 2026 – Reuters

5. Investors Press Amazon, Microsoft and Google on Water, Power Use in US Data Centers
   April 6, 2026 – Reuters

6. Microsoft Invests in Canadian Tribal-Owned Carbon Capture Project
   April 9, 2026 – Energy Tech

7. The Data Center Scapegoat: Masking Decades of Grid Underinvestment
   April 8, 2026 – Energy Tech

8. Energy Giant Drax Pulls Out of UK Climate Plan
   April 9, 2026 – E&E News

9. The Investment Case for Water
   April 10, 2026 – CTVC

10. Q&A: Will Subsidy Cuts for Chinese Clean-Tech Exports Hurt Africa's Solar Boom?
    April 7, 2026 – Climate Change News

11. The US Offshore Wind Industry Finally Gets a Break
    April 10, 2026 – Canary Media

12. New Jersey Becomes Second State This Year to Lift Its Nuclear Moratorium
    April 8, 2026 – Canary Media

13. In a First, Renewables Beat Natural Gas on US Grid Last Month
    April 10, 2026 – Canary Media

14. US EV Fast-Charging Network Grows Amid High Gas Prices
    April 8, 2026 – Bloomberg

15. State Climate Laws Targeted Around US as Iran War Spikes Gas Prices
    April 6, 2026 – Bloomberg

16. Exclusive: Record Funding for Fusion Power Lands as Trump Eyes Cuts
    April 8, 2026 – Axios

17. Every Fusion Startup That Has Raised over $100M
    April 10, 2026 – TechCrunch

18. Radify’s Sci-Fi Plasma Reactors Could Break China’s Dominance of Rare-Earth Elements
    April 9, 2026 – TechCrunch

19. Why a Former AirPods Engineer Is Now Building Heat Pumps
    April 7, 2026 – TechCrunch

20. During Colorado River Water Shortage, AI Tools Reveal Tradeoffs
    April 8, 2026 – IEEE Spectrum

21. Texas Data Center Developers Play Offense on Water, Claiming Huge Cuts in Usage
    April 10, 2026 – Inside Climate News

22. JPMorganChase Secures 85,000 Ton Dynamic Baseline Forest Credits in High-Integrity Carbon Deal
    April 10, 2026 – ESG News

23. Central Banks Turn to AI for Help Navigating Climate Risks
    April 8, 2026 – Corporate Knights

24. A Breakthrough Geothermal Project in Bavaria
    April 6, 2026 – Corporate Knights

25. Thacker Pass Is Being Built: Here Is Why That Is the Best News NILI Investors Have Heard All Year.
    April 13, 2026 – Carbon Credits

26. Solar Plus Batteries Can Meet 90% of India’s Electricity Needs, Says Ember
    April 9, 2026 – Carbon Credits

27. Philippines Taps Blue Carbon and Biodiversity Credits to Protect Coasts and Climate
    April 10, 2026 – Carbon Credits