Climate Tech Newsletter: March 30, 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

Not just more AI-power anxiety, but concrete moves — Open AI–Helion talks, Google’s 1-gigawatt demand-response push, DOE pilot surveys, Winter Storm Fern’s transmission wake-up call, and evidence that oil-shock geopolitics is accelerating EV interest, electrification, and renewables as security assets, even as supply chains and fossil lock-in remain risks.

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1. How to Get Big Tech to Pay Your Energy Bills
   March 24, 2026 – Washington Post

2. Winter Storm Fern Highlighted Need for Expanded Interregional Transmission, Senate Hears
   March 27, 2026 – Utility Dive

3. What Does the Iran War Mean for Clean Energy Transition?
   March 26, 2026 – The Guardian

4. Europe’s ‘Staggering’ Clean Power Gains Undermined by Failure to Phase Out Fuel-Burning Machines
   March 23, 2026 – The Guardian

5. Are High Gas Prices Good News for EVs? It’s Complicated.
   March 26, 2026 – MIT Technology Review

6. Soaring AI Demand Spurs Roll-Out of Long Duration Energy Storage
   March 25, 2026 – Reuters

7. Fusion Developers Go Public as AI Boom Widens Funding Sources
   March 24, 2026 – Reuters

8. US Will Roll Out Pilot Surveys to Track Energy Use by Data Centers
   March 25, 2026 – Reuters

9. First Power Flows from Biggest US Offshore Wind Farm
   March 24, 2026 – OffshoreWIND.biz

10. The European Cleantech Moment That Wasn’t
    March 23, 2026 – Latitude Media

11. Lululemon, Others Invest $12M to Scale Bio-Recycling Tech Company
    March 27, 2026 – ESG Dive

12. BlackRock’s GIP Backs $250M Debt Facility for Energy-as-a-Service Provider
    March 26, 2026 – ESG Dive

13. US Will Install 500GWh of New Energy Storage by 2031, Wood Mackenzie Predicts
    March 25, 2026 – Energy-Storage.news

14. Google Boosts Grid Flexibility in South and Midwest
    March 20, 2026 – E&E News

15. Global Clean Investment 2025
    March 18, 2026 – Clean Investment Monitor

16. Cropped: 25 March 2026: Seabed Mining Talks Stall; Blueprint for Land Use; India Feels Iran War Impacts
    March 25, 2026 – Carbon Brief

17. Analysis: India’s CO2 Emissions in 2025 Grew at Slowest Rate in Two Decades
    March 26, 2026 – Carbon Brief

18. The World Built More Solar and Wind Than Ever in 2025
    March 27, 2026 – Canary Media

19. Suddenly, the US Manufactures a Ton of Grid Batteries
    March 23, 2026 – Canary Media

20. Where in the World Is Clean Energy Technology Made?
    March 20, 2026 – Canary Media

21. Crusoe Taps Not One but Two Novel Battery Technologies for AI Buildout
    March 25, 2026 – Canary Media

22. OpenAI Explores Fusion Energy in Helion Power Deal
    March 23, 2026 – Axios

23. What Will Power the Grid in 2035? The Race Is Wide Open
    March 28, 2026 – TechCrunch

24. Arbor Energy Just Landed a Billion-Dollar Order to Bring Rocket Turbine Tech to the Power Grid
    March 25, 2026 – TechCrunch

25. Summit Sold Its Midwest Pipeline as a Carbon Solution. Now, It’ll Be Used for Fossil Fuels.
    March 28, 2026 – Inside Climate News

26. California Pushes Scope 3 Reporting for $1B+ Firms
    March 25, 2026 – ESG News

27. EIA: New Solar, Wind + Storage Capacity Will Swamp Fossil Fuels in 2026
    March 25, 2026 – Electrek

28. These Top European Firms Are Stepping Up Their Sustainable Growth
    March 25, 2026 – Corporate Knights

29. Is Tesla Building a 100 GW U.S. Solar Giant With Chinese Equipment?
    March 24, 2026 – Carbon Credits

30. EU Plans Major Carbon Pricing Overhaul and €30B Clean Tech Boost to Drive Decarbonization
    March 24, 2026 – Carbon Credits