Energy, technology, policy—and how they influence one another.
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IFS released its Industrial Index 2026 at IFS Unleashed, with companies reporting AI gains in reliability and delivery. UK firm PHS raised technician jobs per day from 18.5 to over 26 with AI scheduling; US firm Kodiak projects over 90,000 hours saved a year with a replenishment agent.
Sylvera data show 30.6 million voluntary carbon credits retired in Q3 2026, down 9% year on year, while total value rose to $211.8 million and the average price to $6.92. Investment-grade credits were 18% of rated volume but 42% of value.
PJM's 2028/2029 capacity auction cleared at the $325/MW-day cap and secured 6,831 MW less than its reliability requirement. Data centers raised the load forecast. PJM is pursuing a one-time backstop procurement and matching large loads directly with new generation.
Horizon Europe 2026–2027 sets aside about €119.8 million across five industrial carbon management topics, focused on site injection tests, regional clusters and transport rules. Taiwan, with two storage pilots and new rules, can draw on the EU's approach.
Taiwan is moving to a carbon fee plus a cap-and-trade ETS. The ETS pilot auction platform is due at end-November, with the pilot targeted for 2028; the second-phase fee rate is under review from November, with an increase expected. Carbon costs are becoming assets and liabilities to manage.
The 23rd meeting of the Supervisory Body of the UN's Article 6.4 mechanism (PACM), October 5–9, is debating how fast baselines should be adjusted downward and whether cookstove projects should contribute to a reversal-risk buffer.
Whether Paper2Agent is useful depends on whether research institutions have organized their knowledge in a form that can be executed. The Stanford team's tool can turn a paper that comes with code into an AI agent. Users can question it in plain language, and it runs analyses on its own.
CoreWeave's head of physical AI, Richard Ahlfeld, says the most common cause of failure is a training set that never captured the critical moments. The observation also applies to test-run data at energy demonstration sites.
The first phase of CORSIA, international aviation’s carbon offsetting scheme, is about to settle, and the supply of eligible credits is far below demand, making eligibility a main driver of price. Taiwan’s airlines can plan their carbon credit strategy early.
Taiwan's carbon capture and storage has reached field testing at a small scale. Field notes from Taipower's Taichung Power Plant and CPC's Tiechenshan site, with a summary of the storage regulations in force since August and what to watch next.
The ISO 14060 draft requires companies to publish a transition plan within two years of setting a net-zero target and to have commitments independently verified, with added flexibility for SMEs.