This Week in Cleantech (08/07/2026) - With speed to power in mind, data centers are eyeing fuel cells

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This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.

This week's episode features special guest Heather Clancy from Trellis, who discusses why some data center companies see fuel cells as an attractive option for onsite power.

This week’s “Cleantecher of the Week” is is Aytaç Yilmaz, Co-founder & CEO of Ore Energy. The Amsterdam-based startup just closed a $43 million Series A for its iron-air batteries, which store renewable power for up to 100 hours by rusting and unrusting iron electrodes, no lithium or cobalt required. Ore's also just signed the largest long-duration storage deal in continental Europe, a 1 gigawatt-hour agreement with Dutch utility Budget Thuis. Congratulations, Aytaç!

This Week in Cleantech — August 7, 2026 

1. Solar to Soon Pass Coal as China’s Top Power Capacity Source — Bloomberg
2. How Solar Donors Helped Take Down a Trump-Backed Republican –– Politico
3. The World Crossed a Major Solar Milestone. No One Noticed –– Bloomberg
4. This Is What the New Rush to Mine America Looks Like –– TIME Magazine
5. Why data center companies Equinix and Oracle are buying fuel cells – Trellis

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