Environment Green Technology

Technology Overview

Green technology has moved from pilot projects to the backbone of global infrastructure. Grids are absorbing record volumes of solar, wind and battery storage. Heavy industry is cutting carbon from aluminium, steel and cement. AI data centers are driving fresh demand for clean, firm power. This ebook tracks the companies making that shift happen.

They include energy majors diversifying into wind, solar, hydrogen and carbon capture, and utilities modernizing transmission and distribution. Alongside them are developers of long-duration storage, solid-state batteries, advanced nuclear and fusion. Research powerhouses such as national laboratories and applied research networks feature prominently. So do software providers offering digital twins and carbon accounting, water utilities deploying smart metering and leak detection, and recyclers recovering plastics, textiles and battery metals. Trade associations, investors and specialist media round out the picture, shaping policy, capital flows and market intelligence. For anyone following clean energy, environmental protection and industrial decarbonization, this is the sector's working map, refreshed every day.

Current Products and News

• Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) placed its largest single purchase order of HTS tape with Fujikura on September 30, 2026, to speed development of its ARC power plants. It also announced a further $1 billion raise that brings total capital raised to $4 billion, plus an equity investment from Hyundai Motor Group.
• Form Energy announced a $750M Series G on August 12, 2026, to scale iron-air battery manufacturing, followed by the closing of a $270M credit facility on September 21. Earlier in 2026 it signed a 12 GWh agreement with Crusoe to supply batteries for AI data centers.
• Akaysha Energy brought its Waratah Super Battery to final commercial operations on September 28, 2026. Combined with the Orana BESS reaching commercial operation in June, this took the company past 4 GWh in operation.
• Crusoe AI (Crusoe Energy Systems) raised a $3.9 billion Series F on September 17, 2026, for its vertically integrated AI infrastructure platform. Over the summer it also announced a nuclear-powered AI factory partnership with Aalo Atomics and a new Texas data center campus.
• ProLogium Technology Co. Ltd. began mass production of an all-solid-state battery reaching 381 Wh/kg and 903 Wh/L. On September 24, 2026, it signed a joint testing agreement with Mercedes-Benz that includes a preliminary evaluation of its Gen4 cell technology.
• TerraPower began construction on Kemmerer Unit 1 in April 2026 after receiving NRC approval of its Natrium construction permit. In August it signed a new round of vendor contracts for the project.
• Norsk Hydro ASA formed a strategic partnership with CHANEL Fragrance and Beauty on low-carbon aluminium packaging and joined a Siemens Mobility-led project to recycle aluminium from end-of-life trains. It also signed a long-term PPA with Statkraft for 876 GWh annually from 2031 to 2040.
• Fraunhofer ISE reported a new battery electrode architecture with more than triple the coating thickness. It stores 10 to 15 percent more energy at the same weight in lithium-ion pouch cells and also works in zinc-ion and sodium-ion cells.

10 Leading Companies

1. Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft – Europe's largest application-oriented research organization, with an active pipeline of energy and environment projects such as seawater electrolysis tests and work to speed up heat pump installation.
2. Siemens AG – A global industrial automation and digitalization leader that consistently ranks among the top players in most of its product segments and also operates in energy and infrastructure.
3. Bentley Systems, Inc – A leading infrastructure software provider whose digital twin tools are used on some of the world's largest and most complex infrastructure projects.
4. ENI COMPANY – An Italian energy leader diversifying into wind, solar, geothermal, biofuels and carbon capture, backed by ongoing R&D.
5. Norsk Hydro ASA – A full value chain aluminium producer powered by Norwegian hydropower, building momentum through low-carbon partnerships with CHANEL, Mercedes-Benz and Siemens Mobility.
6. FirstEnergy – A large investor-owned utility whose Mid-Atlantic and Great Lakes transmission and distribution network carries renewable power to consumers, supported by grid modernization investment.
7. American Clean Power Association (ACP) – The leading U.S. clean power trade association, which reports market data such as record Q2 2026 battery storage installations and runs a technician certification program.
8. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Battelle, DOE – A DOE national laboratory with deep renewables, storage and grid research, which recently moved grid-monitoring software from lab to market.
9. EDF Energy – A prominent UK generator with a significant market share across wind, solar and nuclear, now advancing Hinkley Point C and flexible-demand customer programs.
10. Equinor – A Norwegian energy company described as a major force in the energy transition, working across the full offshore wind value chain as well as hydrogen and carbon capture.

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