Two projects connected to Olympic Games host cities aim to change the energy landscape more permanently than any special event can. Find out how in Olympian Ideals.

This month's Energy Matters concern new wind farms and new analysis of their integration; China's first clean energy lab; electric powertrain facility growth in France and the inauguration of a rechargeable battery recycling facility in Belgium; a potential 1-gigawatt solar power plant in China; new energy parks in Wyoming and in Michigan; the latest transmission investment figures from investor-owned utilities; a cluster of shale gas stories, and a striking profile of renewable energy innovation in the theatre of war by the U.S. Marine Corps.