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Berlin – September 07, 2026 -- European grid operators, regulators and digital infrastructure executives convened for an Economist Enterprise panel warning that AI data center and electric vehicle demand is pushing power grids toward capacity limits, forcing energy resilience into boardroom decision-making across the continent.

EcoFlow leverages 10 million deployed devices to enter commercial energy market

The panel, titled "Flexible by Design: Energy Resilience for Business," was released ahead of IFA Berlin 2026, running Sept. 4-8 at Messe Berlin Hall 3.2. EcoFlow, drawing on a global footprint of over 10 million deployed devices and 5 million users, is extending its consumer battery and solar architecture into small business and enterprise segments, citing modular hardware, dynamic tariff optimization and AI-driven software as core commercial offerings.

Bled, Slovenia – September 07, 2026 -- A new data-driven selection model has identified 100 high-growth Slovenian companies that doubled their combined revenue to 2.1 billion euros, marking the first full rollout of a methodology designed to close Europe's competitiveness gap with the United States and China.

Future 100 Slovenia becomes the pilot for a pan-European scale-up strategy

The Future 100 Slovenia initiative, unveiled at the Future 500 Forum in Bled, is the first national application of the Future 500 Initiative's methodology, which its backers intend to extend across Europe. The forum ran alongside the Bled Strategic Forum under the theme 'Powering Europe's Scale-Up Engine: From Selection to Acceleration.'

Paris – September 07, 2026 -- Annual global investment in electricity grids must rise roughly 50%, from about USD 400 billion today to nearly USD 600 billion by 2030, according to International Energy Agency figures cited at the CIGRE 2026 Paris Session, which drew more than 15,000 experts from 100 countries and 330 exhibitors.

Grid investment must jump 50% as electrification accelerates

The IEA attributes the surge to transport, industry and building electrification, renewable-energy integration, and rising data-center power demand. Power systems are approaching operational limits as these forces converge, according to the IEA data presented at the session.

Paris – September 07, 2026 -- Annual investment in electricity grids must rise roughly 50% to approximately $600 billion by 2030, up from about $400 billion currently, according to the International Energy Agency, as global demand from electrified transport, industry, buildings and data centers pushes power systems toward their limits.

The figures were presented at the CIGRE 2026 Paris Session, which drew more than 15,000 experts from 100 countries and 330 exhibitors to address the buildout of next-generation power grids.

Permitting delays in Europe and the US lag China and India by years

Permitting a very-high-voltage transmission line takes approximately 1.5 years in China and around three years in India, according to IEA data cited at the event. Comparable projects in Europe and the United States typically require eight to ten years or more, creating a bottleneck for grid expansion at the pace the energy transition demands.

Houston – September 7, 2026 -- Alliant has hired Holly Paz, the former Commissioner of the IRS's Large Business & International (LB&I) Division, to co-lead its Section 48 and energy infrastructure tax practice, the consulting firm announced.

Paz oversaw IRS implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act's clean energy tax credits

During her tenure at LB&I, Paz directed the agency's rollout of the IRA's investment and production tax credits, which offer businesses, non-profits and government entities up to 50% credit value on qualifying energy projects. The credit structure includes a transferability provision allowing companies to sell credits for cash and a direct-pay option letting tax-exempt entities receive funds directly from the federal government, contingent on meeting prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements.

Halifax, NS – September 07, 2026 -- Maritime Launch Services Inc. (CBOE: MAXQ) (OTCQB: MAXQF) and Isar Aerospace have pushed back the deadline for completing key work under their facilities usage agreement for Spaceport Nova Scotia by two weeks, from September 1, 2026, to September 15, 2026.

Companies extend deadline to finish statement of work and programmatic milestones

The extension gives both parties additional time to complete the statement of work and certain programmatic milestones tied to the agreement, which governs Isar Aerospace's dedicated launch complex for its Spectrum launch vehicle at the Nova Scotia site. No other key terms of the underlying agreement, first announced on July 7, 2026, were changed.

London – September 07, 2026 -- Global clean energy investment reached a record $2.1 trillion in 2025, yet global greenhouse gas emissions are merely plateauing rather than falling, according to the Energy Transitions Commission's (ETC) Energy Transition Monitor 2026. The world has already breached 1.5°C of global heating and remains on track for roughly 2.5°C.

Renewables supplied 99% of new electricity generation growth in 2025

Coal-fired and oil-fired generation both contracted last year as global renewable capacity nearly doubled since 2022, putting it on track to double again by 2030 -- still around 900 GW short of the tripling pledge made at COP28. Because electricity accounts for only a fifth of total final energy use, this surge covered just 40% of the rise in global energy demand, with fossil fuels supplying the remainder as data centres, cooling needs and heavy industry pushed overall consumption higher.

Gothenburg – August 31, 2026 -- AB SKF confirmed a total of 455,351,068 shares outstanding following a conversion of Series A shares into Series B shares under the company's Articles of Association.

Series B shares now dominate SKF's capital structure

As of August 31, 2026, SKF's share base comprises 28,918,310 Series A shares and 426,432,758 Series B shares. The total number of votes in the company stands at 71,561,585.8.

SKF holds no treasury shares

The Gothenburg-based bearings and seals manufacturer stated it does not hold any of its own shares. The disclosure was made public in compliance with the Financial Instruments Trading Act, submitted for publication at 08:00 CEST on August 31, 2026.

Belmont, W.Va. – September 07, 2026 -- Six separate objections have been filed in the Chapter 11 case of Omnis Pleasants, LLC, owner of the 1,278-megawatt Pleasants Power Station, ahead of a September 3 hearing before U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Karen B. Owens in Wilmington, Delaware.

Four objections come from Omnis and Quantum entities challenging lender protections

Omnis Fuel Technologies, LLC (doing business as Omnis Energy) and Quantum Pleasants, LLC filed four objections disputing whether obligations claimed by lenders TRAG LLC and RG Energy LLC are properly secured by Omnis Pleasants assets. The filings also challenge the proposed sale timetable and the retention of Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP as bankruptcy counsel, citing the firm's disclosed prior representation of TRAG and RG Energy. The debtor, lenders and HSF Kramer dispute these positions.

Pleasanton – September 07, 2026 -- Veeva Systems (NYSE: VEEV) has launched Veeva Falcon Safety, an AI agent product designed to streamline adverse event intake, case processing and follow-up for biopharmaceutical companies of all sizes, cutting costs while maintaining regulatory compliance.

Falcon Safety Integrates With Any E2B-Compatible System Across All Intake Channels

Beyond seamless integration with Veeva Safety, Falcon Safety will handle initial intake and follow-up management for any E2B-compatible safety system, including Oracle Argus and ArisGlobal LifeSphere MultiVigilance.

Veeva Positions Product as Part of Its Life Sciences AI Portfolio

Falcon Safety is part of Veeva AI, the company's line of artificial intelligence solutions built specifically for the life sciences sector.