The intricate web of cables, hoses and wires waited in a test cell at a Pratt & Whitney Canada facility on the outskirts of Montreal. In a control room nearby, about a dozen people – some of whom had worked on the system for years – gathered and watched. With the click of a mouse, the power began flowing to their creation.

An e-fuel (electrofuel) is a synthetic fuel made using green hydrogen from the electrolysis of water in combination with captured carbon dioxide. e-Fuels are compatible with existing infrastructure and are a drop-in replacement for fossil fuels. In the short-to-medium term, IDTechEx forecasts in its "Sustainable Biofuels & E-Fuels Market 2026-2036: Technologies, Players, Forecasts" report that demand for sustainable fuels will be mostly met by lower cost pathways (such as HEFA and other biofuel routes) instead of e-fuels. 

GridStor has announced the close of a $120 million financing package provided by lending partners NORD/LB and Siemens Financial Services for its Gunnar Reliability Project, a 150 MW, 300 MWh battery energy storage facility in Hidalgo County, Texas. GridStor previously announced the execution of a tolling agreement with a Fortune 500 company for the project in December 2025.  

The intricate web of cables, hoses and wires waited in a test cell at a Pratt & Whitney Canada facility on the outskirts of Montreal. In a control room nearby, about a dozen people – some of whom had worked on the system for years – gathered and watched. With the click of a mouse, the power began flowing to their creation.

The UK Government finally announced the £15 billion Warm Homes Plan late last month, aiming to provide funding for solar, heat pumps and home batteries. This has generated fresh attention with regard to whether this investment will genuinely bring down energy bills or merely risk adding to system costs without the right coordination.

Chris Bernkopf, CEO of Austrian software company Podero, believes that without the use of home energy devices, consumers will continue to foot the bill for expensive grid upgrades, even as the adoption of low-carbon tech accelerates.

REM talked to Chris about how homes can actively support the energy system, easing pressure on the grid, reducing infrastructure costs and helping households to achieve faster and more meaningful savings.

La empresa, especializada en la previsión de demanda, producción y precios de la electricidad, y pionera en el uso de la IA en el sector, avanza que, en los mercados eléctricos, "muchos modelos fundamentales fallan no por la física del sistema, sino por no reproducir el equilibrio real que fija el precio". Frente a ello, Alea propone un "enfoque híbrido que combina estructura fundamental con modelos estadísticos, Inteligencia Artificial y Machine Learning", enfoque que permite capturar "dinámicas temporales, no linealidades y cambios de régimen, mejorando la señal de precio y su distribución para decisiones de inversión y cobertura".

Baterías con premio en la gran feria europea del almacenamiento de energía
El jurado de la feria ees (la gran feria europea de las baterías y los sistemas acumuladores de energía) ya ha seleccionado los productos y soluciones innovadoras que aspiran, como finalistas, al gran premio ees 2021. Independientemente de cuál o cuáles sean las candidaturas ganadoras, la sola inclusión en este exquisito grupo VIP constituye todo un éxito para las empresas. A continuación, los diez finalistas 2021 de los ees Award (ees es una de las cuatro ferias que integran el gran evento anual europeo del sector de la energía, The smarter E).