Climate Tech Newsletter: January 19, 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. How Fusion With AI Can Help Defeat the Coming Electricity Crunch
   January 12, 2026 – World Economic Forum

2. Climate Technologies to Watch in 2026
   January 15, 2026 – MIT Technology Review

3. Major Waste-to-Energy Plant Connected to London’s Grid
   January 13, 2026 – Smart Cities World

4. 2026 Prediction Bets: Climate Tech Outlook
   January 16, 2026 – Sightline Climate

5. Sustainable Switch: Celebrating Companies Still Prioritizing Climate
   January 17, 2026 – Reuters

6. Swedish Steel Startup Stegra Signs Supply Deal With Thyssenkrupp
   January 12, 2026 – Reuters

7. Can AI Realise Its Potential to Pave the Way for Greener Logistics?
   January 13, 2026 – Reuters

8. How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change
   January 17, 2026 – The New York Times

9. Deutsche Bank Expands Distributed Energy Investment
   January 14, 2026 – EnergyTech

10. Legal Tests Await Trump’s Offshore Energy Agenda
    January 13, 2026 – E&E News

11. 3 Things to Watch in EPA’s Endangerment Repeal
    January 16, 2026 – E&E News

12. 18 Trump Energy and Environment Officials to Watch
    January 14, 2026 – E&E News

13. Startorus Raises Funding for Climate-Tech Expansion
    January 12, 2026 – DealStreetAsia

14. New England Clean Energy Connect Comes Online
    January 12, 2026 – Canary Media

15. Chart: Solar Is Finally Bigger Than Coal in Texas
    January 16, 2026 – Canary Media

16. Inside the Biggest US Solar-Storage Project in California
    January 12, 2026 – Canary Media

17. Hyundai Will Test Cleaner Iron Technology
    January 16, 2026 – Canary Media

18. Disputes Over Clean Energy for Wisconsin Data Centers
    January 16, 2026 – Canary Media

19. How the US Is Abandoning Joint Climate Action Under Trump
    January 16, 2026 – Bloomberg

20. Climate Tech Investment in 2026: Bigger Checks, Fewer Bets and the AI Wave
    January 12, 2026 – Trellis

21. Researchers Beam Power From a Moving Airplane
    January 12, 2026 – IEEE Spectrum

22. Trump EPA Pushes Coal, Rejects Colorado Regional Haze Plan
    January 16, 2026 – Inside Climate News

23. A Year Out From One of the World’s Largest Battery Facility Fires
    January 16, 2026 – Inside Climate News

24. This Canadian Start-Up Makes Pulp From Straw Instead of Wood — and It’s Ready to Scale
    January 14, 2026 – Corporate Knights

25. Salesforce and Milkywire Ignite Investment in Emerging Carbon Removal Technologies
    January 10, 2026 – Carbon Herald

26. Top Carbon Credit Companies to Watch in 2026
    January 19, 2026 – Carbon Credits

27. Meta Signs Three Nuclear Deals of Up to 6.6 GW to Fuel AI Data Center Growth
    January 12, 2026 – Carbon Credits

28. Lithium Prices Surge Amid Strong Demand Forecasts for 2026
    January 15, 2026 – Carbon Credits

29. EU Carbon Prices Hit Highest Level Since August 2023
    January 16, 2026 – Carbon Credits