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🌐 This week in Supercool: Deployed
Josh Dorfman
February 25, 2026
This is Deployed — Supercool's weekly newsletter tracking where the low-carbon economy is scaling up.
If it isn't operational, it isn't Deployed.
This week, a Finnish paper mill replaced its fossil fuel boilers with an electric heat pump. A wind farm in eastern Austria recycled 44 old turbines and doubled output with 23 new ones. And in West Texas, the final stage of a 500 MW solar farm came online to power a machine that pulls CO₂ from the air.
DEPLOYED
What went operational this past week.
U.S.
A Superfund Landfill in Rhode Island Now Generates Solar Power
Energy | Land Reuse
Ameresco and Luminace completed a 5.74 MW solar array on a capped Superfund landfill in Coventry, land with no realistic redevelopment path. The project generates 7.7M kWh/year, avoids 3,760 tons CO₂/year, and sends $4.4M in lease revenue and tax reimbursements to the town over the lease term.
Sheep Now Maintain Solar Sites Across New York and Vermont
Energy | Agrivoltaics
GreenSpark Solar and Encore Renewable Energy completed three community solar sites — Constable (NY), Boardman Hill (VT), and Danyow (VT) — totaling 13 MW. Sheep graze beneath the solar arrays, keeping the land in agricultural use while delivering power to local subscribers.
Four single-family homes on North Kirkwood Street in Dover — sold to low- and moderate-income households — are Delaware’s first to earn Phius Design Certification. Airtight construction, high insulation, and balanced ventilation reduce energy demand and monthly bills.
Direct Air Capture Plant Gets Its Own Solar Farm in West Texas
Energy | Carbon Removal
Origis Energy commissioned Swift Air Solar — three solar facilities totaling 500 MW in Ector County — constructed to power Occidental’s STRATOS direct air capture facility, one of the largest DAC facilities in the U.S. Located in the Permian Basin, STRATOS is designed to capture up to 500,000 tons of carbon dioxide annually.
Around the World
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The Masdar City Mosque opened as Abu Dhabi’s first net-zero energy mosque — powered entirely by rooftop solar, LEED Platinum and ILFI Net-Zero certified, built for 1,300 worshippers. Its rammed-earth Qibla wall — the first in a public building in Abu Dhabi — uses a centuries-old regional technique to passively regulate temperature.
The World's Largest Steam-Producing Heat Pump Now Operational in a Paper Mill
Industry | Industrial Heat
Industrial steam has relied on fossil boilers for a century because electric alternatives couldn’t hit spec. Turboden’s heat pump at Delfort’s mill in Tervakoski, Finland — about 60 miles north of Helsinki — generates 12 MWth of superheated steam at 150–180°C using recovered waste heat upgraded with CO₂-free electricity. No combustion. Output: 20 tonnes/hour, running 10% above its guaranteed performance coefficient.
Burgenland — a state in eastern Austria bordering Hungary — commissioned 23 new turbines (122 MW) on the same sites where 44 decommissioned turbines were fully recycled. Net: double the output. The farm produces 251M kWh/year at a fixed price locked for 20 years, available to local residents and businesses.
Brest Opened Two Zero-Emission Transit Lines — Same Day
Mobility | Transit
Brest (pop. 215,000, France’s Atlantic coast) launched Tram Line B connecting its main train station to its largest hospital, and Line D — a BRT route operated by electric buses on dedicated lanes. Brest now has three zero-emission lines: Line A opened in 2012 and carries 12M riders/year. The new additions are designed for 3.5M more.
Penang Turns Pig Farm Waste Into Grid Power
Energy | Biogas
Penang’s Kampung Valdor Centralised Biogas Facility processes 120 tonnes/day of pig waste from 30,000 pigs across 20 farms — converting a persistent waste and odor problem into electricity. Capacity: 1.2 MW, with 1 MW exported to the national grid, handling 226,000 tonnes/year. A second facility is already planned.
Statkraft and emsys VPP integrated the 300 MW Thurrock battery in Tilbury, Essex — east of London — into a virtual power plant, giving Statkraft one platform to manage 1+ GW of UK battery capacity across wholesale markets and balancing services that stabilize grid frequency.
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SUPERCOOL ECOSYSTEM
Operational updates from companies we’ve featured.
Forum Mobility Is Developing A Trucking EV Charging Depot in Vegas
Mobility | Freight
Forum Mobility’s next depot for EV semi trucks will be minutes from I-15 and roughly 300 miles from Southern California ports, within the Tesla Semi's overall range for that corridor. The site includes pull-through ultra-fast charging built for Class 8 trucks and is now accepting carrier reservations.
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HORIZON
Not yet deployed, but we’re tracking.
The Largest Clean Energy Project in U.S. History Is Almost Complete
Energy | Wind | Transmission
New Mexico has significant wind capacity, but not enough transmission lines to move it west. Pattern Energy’s SunZia project — 916 turbines across central New Mexico totaling 3.5 GW — pairs generation with a new 550-mile HVDC line to Arizona, with a target commercial launch this year. When New Mexico wind is peaking at dusk, Southwest solar is falling off. SunZia is built around that timing. $11B. 916 turbines. 550 miles. Power for 3M homes.
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If you see something go live — opened, launched, commissioned, connected, shipped — hit reply and send it my way.
Deployed stays selective about what’s really moving the needle, and tips make it smarter.
Josh
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