ABB invests in Gridcog which provides a digital platform for next-generation modeling of complex microgrids, distributed energy resources (DERs) and energy-as-a-service solutions for utilities, independent power producers and commercial & industrial customersPartnership helps customers adopt energy efficient solutions by designing, comparing and validating complex energy projects faster, with clear visibility on both financial performance and carbon impactGridcog’s software combined with ABB’s advisory and engineering services will accelerate the shift toward integrated, service-led energy solutions for commercial and industrial customers

ZURICH, July 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — ABB has made a strategic minority investment in UK-based startup Gridcog to accelerate advanced modelling capabilities supporting the deployment of renewable generation and storage, industrial microgrids, distributed energy resources (DERs), alternative energy procurement strategies and energy-as-a-service solutions.

This partnership will help ABB’s customers design, compare and validate complex energy projects with clear visibility on both cost and carbon impact from the earliest stages. The financial terms have not been disclosed.

As electrification accelerates and renewables pass one-third of global power generation, energy systems are becoming more complex, driving demand for flexible, decentralized energy resources that require deeper technical, financial and environmental analysis.

Gridcog’s software platform enables rapid scenario modelling, design and simulation to support more consistent and transparent business cases for renewable and energy transition projects across different geographies, energy markets and asset types. The platform helps quantify both financial performance and carbon emissions impact, supporting commercial and industrial customers in building credible and data-driven net-zero roadmaps.

Stuart Thompson, President of ABB’s Electrification Service division, said: “By combining Gridcog’s modeling capabilities with our energy advisory and microgrid engineering expertise, we can help customers move faster from concept to implementation, as they adopt innovative technologies and business models to support their energy management goals. Together, ABB and Gridcog will focus on helping customers navigate an increasingly complex and constantly evolving energy landscape, reduce emissions and unlock more value from distributed energy resources, while supporting ABB’s growth in digital, energy advisory and service-led business models.”

As the latest addition to ABB’s growing innovation ecosystem, the collaboration with Gridcog strengthens ABB’s ability to connect software, hardware and services into more integrated as-a-service offerings. It is targeted at commercial and industrial customers seeking alternative technology solutions that deliver both economic and sustainability benefits.

Fabian Le Gay Brereton, Gridcog’s CEO, said: “ABB’s investment is a strong signal of how critical advanced modelling has become in managing the dynamic nature of the energy ecosystem. At Gridcog, we are focused on giving customers the clarity they need to make confident decisions about complex energy systems. Together with ABB, we can help businesses move faster from idea to implementation, with a clear view of both the financial case and the carbon impact.”

ABB is leading this funding round and is joined by AXPO, DNV and Verbund Ventures. At the same time, Albion and Clean Energy Finance Corporation maintain their presence as key shareholders.

This investment through ABB Electrification Ventures, the venture capital arm of ABB’s Electrification business area, is a key addition to ABB’s venture capital investments, reflecting the company’s commitment to building an ecosystem of innovative partners developing solutions that support productivity, efficiency, and sustainability. With this latest partnership, ABB Electrification Ventures has invested more than $110 million in 16 startups since 2021. ABB Electrification Ventures is part of the group-wide venture capital investment framework, ABB Ventures. Since its formation in 2010, ABB’s venture capital unit, ABB Ventures, has invested around $500 million into startups that are aligned with its electrification, automation and motion portfolio.

ABB is a global technology leader in electrification and automation, enabling a more sustainable and resource-efficient future. By connecting its engineering and digitalization expertise, ABB helps industries run at high performance, while becoming more efficient, productive and sustainable so they outperform. At ABB, we call this ‘Engineered to Outrun’. The company has over 140 years of history and around 110,000 employees worldwide. ABB’s shares are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (ABBN) and Nasdaq Stockholm (ABB). www.abb.com

About Gridcog

Gridcog is the trusted platform for modelling energy flexibility. It gives energy professionals developing, investing in and operating the projects driving the energy transition one complete and transparent platform to model generation, storage, flexible load, grid constraints, network tariffs and market participation across the full project lifecycle. Originally founded in Australia and now with offices in London, Berlin, Madrid, Perth and Melbourne, Gridcog supports project developers, investors, utilities, energy majors and consultants worldwide. www.gridcog.com

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ATLANTA and ZURICH, July 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Swisscom and Sunrise, Switzerland’s two largest telecom providers, have established a groundbreaking fraud risk consortium enabling them to exchange real-time intelligence on fraudulent events to protect customers and safeguard their digital ecosystem.

The LexisNexis® Risk Intelligence Consortium is a growing collective of privacy-by-design risk intelligence-sharing frameworks hosted and supported by LexisNexis Risk Solutions that have been quietly powering banking, gaming and other sectors globally for years.

These consortiums enable members to share digital risk signals with other participating organizations to assist in detecting and preventing fraud and financial crime or assessing credit application risk.

In the case of Swisscom and Sunrise, when a fraudster is blocked by one telco provider, they will tend to pivot their attack to another. The consortium facilitates real-time feedback on known risk signals, giving members an early warning system to prevent fraud.

The Communications, Mobile and Media sector’s central role in global digital onboarding and authentication processes makes it the focus of a high volume of attempted fraud activity at early interaction points, with more than 1 in 20 (5.2%) digital interactions being a confirmed fraud attack in 20251. This is higher than the ecommerce sector (4.6%) and five times higher than the financial services sector. Analysis shows attacks are focussed on new account creations with around 1 in 8 being an attack, as well as payments, which saw an 84% year on year increase. The figures also highlight the telco industry’s importance in enabling early identification and interception of fraudulent activity before it reaches other sectors.

In its first three months, the Swiss telco consortium identified over four thousand high-risk data attributes, resulting in a 150% uplift in fraud detection and achieving an almost 100% confidence rating in their consortium-enabled fraud alerts, according to the two providers.

“Working within the consortium has allowed us to shift towards a more proactive fraud strategy,” explains Michael Hohermuth, fraud manager at Swisscom. “The ability to act on high-risk signals before a fraud attempt hits, enhances our approach to threat management. The real-time feedback loop with Sunrise means that if either member spots a threat, the other can act when that same threat actor comes knocking at our door.”

Anna Hayford, fraud manager at Sunrise, adds, “The consortium enables a level of agility that we could not achieve in isolation. Sharing intelligence in near real time means we can see threats as they emerge, rather than once the damage is done. We’ve seen clear improvements in our detection capabilities, especially with high-risk devices and synthetic identities.”

Jason Lane-Sellers, director, fraud and identity at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, says, “With international regulatory frameworks demanding stronger fraud prevention across digital channels, the Swiss telco consortium ensures that scam mitigation now begins within the country’s core telecommunications infrastructure itself. At LexisNexis Risk Solutions we’re committed to expanding this authoritative collaborative model globally, across sector and industry, to demonstrate that precise coordination and shared intelligence represent the ultimate defense against coordinated fraud networks.”

About LexisNexis Risk Solutions
LexisNexis® Risk Solutions provides customers with information-based analytics and decision tools that combine public and industry-specific content with advanced technology and algorithms to assist them in evaluating and predicting risk and enhancing operational efficiency. Headquartered in metro Atlanta, Georgia, the company has offices throughout the world, serves customers in more than 190 countries and territories and is part of RELX. For more information, please visit LexisNexis Risk Solutions. 

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New prices help aviation sector market participants to meet e-SAF decarbonisation goals

LONDON, July 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Global energy and commodity price reporting agency Argus has recently launched the first methanol-to-jet cost indexes for nine major production locations around the world.

The publication of new weekly calculated prices follows effective approval by the US standards organisation ASTM International for the methanol-to-jet production process as a valid pathway for making electrolytic sustainable aviation fuel (e-SAF). The ratification clears the way for airlines and their fuel suppliers to use the product in their decarbonisation programmes, supporting developers’ efforts to move production facilities through to the final investment decision stage.

EU mandates require European fuel suppliers to blend e-SAF into their fuel from 2030, with steep incremental usage obligations. Failure to comply requires a payment of twice the cost differential of e-SAF to conventional fuel and the use obligation rolls to the following year, increasing the next year’s minimum required volume. The UK’s mandate starts earlier, in 2028.

Argus Media chairman and chief executive Adrian Binks said: “It’s important that Argus continues to enhance transparency in the low-carbon aviation fuels sector. These new synthetic fuels prices complement our leading suite of biofuels and traditional fuel prices as we help airline market participants manage their obligations under complex decarbonisation mandates.”

To complement the release of methanol-to-jet indexes, Argus has also started weekly publishing of e-methanol costs in the same locations. E-methanol is a chemical precursor to the e-SAF production process. European chemical sector participants as well as marine fuel users have been seeking cost information for e-methanol, as a lever for the decarbonisation of their own industries.

The new Argus methanol-to-jet indexes are aligned with European standards for Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origin, allowing like-for-like comparisons across geographies and production routes. All indexes are published in $/t, with local currency conversions where appropriate.

Argus indexes for low-carbon hydrogen, ammonia, e-methanol and e-SAF as well as news and analysis are all published in the Argus Hydrogen and Future Fuels service.

Argus contact information 

London: Seana Lanigan
+44 20 7780 4200
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Houston: Elizabeth Frye
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Singapore: Tomoko Hashimoto
+65 6496 9960
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About Argus Media

Argus is the leading independent provider of market intelligence to the global energy and commodity markets. We offer essential price assessments, news, analytics, consulting services, data science tools and industry conferences to illuminate complex and opaque commodity markets.

Headquartered in London with over 1,500 staff, Argus is an independent media organisation with 32 offices in the world’s principal commodity trading hubs.

Companies, trading firms and governments in 160 countries around the world trust Argus data to make decisions, analyse situations, manage risk, facilitate trading and for long-term planning. Argus prices are used as trusted benchmarks around the world for pricing transportation, commodities and energy.

Founded in 1970, Argus remains a privately held UK-registered company owned by employee shareholders and global growth equity firm General Atlantic.

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