Climate Tech Newsletter: January 12, 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 revealed a global energy inflection point. AI data centers are pushing power grids toward capacity limits, Egypt signed historic $18 billion renewable deals to secure clean electricity, and offshore wind projects face mounting legal resistance. Together, these events show how energy security, infrastructure, and climate policy are colliding worldwide.

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1. Scientists Just Got Ancient Clues About Future Sea-Level Rise — and It’s Bad News
   January 5, 2026 – Washington Post

2. Legal Challenges Offshore Wind Jeopardize Industry Expansion
   January 8, 2026 – MIT Technology Review

3. How AI’s Predictive Power Is Helping Prevent Deforestation
   January 8, 2026 – Reuters

4. Egypt Signs $18 Billion Renewable Energy Deals
   January 11, 2026 – Reuters

5. Energy-as-a-Service Provider Redaptive Closes $216M Financing
   January 6, 2026 – ESG Dive

6. Alphabet Acquires Clean Energy Developer Intersect for $4.75B
   January 5, 2026 – ESG Dive

7. Balancing Act: US Battery Storage Capacity Races Ahead
   January 8, 2026 – Energy Tech

8. White House, Gillibrand File Brief Supporting New York Climate Law
   January 5, 2026 – E&E News

9. 5 Climate Court Battles to Watch in 2026
   January 6, 2026 – E&E News

10. World’s Biggest Historic Polluter — US Pulls Out of UN Climate Treaty
    January 8, 2026 – Carbon Brief

11. Novel Long-Duration Energy Storage Project in California
    January 8, 2026 – Canary Media

12. Is US Headed Toward Electricity Crisis?
    January 6, 2026 – Canary Media

13. Chart: How the US Electricity Mix Changed Last Year
    January 9, 2026 – Canary Media

14. Venezuela’s Massive Methane Problem Revealed in Satellite Images
    January 9, 2026 – Bloomberg

15. Nature-Based Solutions: 4 Predictions for 2026
    January 5, 2026 – Trellis

16. How Quilt Solved the Biggest Heat Pump Challenges
    January 7, 2026 – TechCrunch

17. Commonwealth Fusion Systems Installs Reactor Magnet; Wins Nvidia Deal
    January 6, 2026 – TechCrunch

18. Firms Bet on Climate Tech Across Sectors
    January 5, 2026 – IEEE Spectrum

19. United States International Climate Commitments
    January 10, 2026 – Inside Climate News

20. Congress, EPA Budget Bill Rejects Extreme Cuts
    January 5, 2026 – Inside Climate News

21. Egypt Mobilizes $750M in Green Bond Finance
    January 5, 2026 – ESG News

22. Serve It Up Hot: Circular Economy Perspectives
    January 6, 2026 – Corporate Knights

23. ENEOS, Sumitomo and 44.01 Partner for Carbon Mineralization Demonstration
    January 5, 2026 – Carbon Herald

24. Can Massachusetts Turn Power-Hungry Data Centers Into Carbon Removal Engines?
    January 5, 2026 – Carbon Herald

25. Silver Solid-State Batteries: Future of EVs and Storage
    January 5, 2026 – Carbon Credits

26. NTPC Partners with Rosatom and EDF for Nuclear Energy Expansion
    January 6, 2026 – Carbon Credits

27. Japan to Invest $1.34B on Clean Power to Spur Energy Transition
    January 5, 2026 – Carbon Credits

28. Does $2.7B Push for Uranium Enrichment Rebuild U.S. Energy Security?
    January 7, 2026 – Carbon Credits

29. AI Drives Transformative Wave in Global Data Centers and Energy Bottleneck
    January 9, 2026 – Carbon Credits