Four U.S. Senators have introduced a bill aiming to reform the federal environmental review and permitting process, including solar projects.

Workhorse secures a 200-unit order from Gateway Fleets for W56 electric step vans, advancing commercial EV adoption with bundled fleet solutions.

Output from Australia’s large-scale renewable energy assets continues to climb with the nation’s utility PV and wind power plants generating a total of 5.44 TWh of clean energy in September, delivering a 7% increase on the same time last year.

Transmission lines are hard to build — but they can’t take forever. A new law holds utilities accountable for delays that are holding back gigawatts of…

Siemens eMobility and OMV deploy high-power SICHARGE FLEX electric truck charging system in Austria, enhancing freight transport electrification.

A Spanish-developed iron-lead flow battery uses a single electrolyte loop and a fluorine-free membrane to cut costs and reliance on critical raw materials, with kilowatt-scale modules the next development step.

Fervo Energy completed its first power plant in less than two years. The next phases promise to connect to the grid even quicker.

Chase Dowling, founding power systems engineer at Base Power, on why siting matters more than volume for Texas's data center boom, and what it means for new transmission.

Irish householders will be able to avail of a €600 battery grant as part of a package of renewable energy supports effective from October 6. Grants of up to €9,000 for lower-income householders to install solar and batteries will also be included as well as support for businesses.

Brazil’s available grid capacity for battery storage projects exceeds the association’s estimate of 2028-30 power needs by up to 12.5 times, according to an analysis of transmission data.

L&T Semiconductor Technologies launches a 1,200 V SiC MOSFET platform designed for EV fast chargers and traction inverters, advancing power electronics.

The €561 million ($637.3 million) financing package allows Rezolv Energy’s 1.3 GW solar project, to be built in western Romania, to move into construction. 

The world's tallest wind turbine stands 1,197 feet tall in Germany, aiming to double energy output by tapping stronger winds higher up.

Type One Energy is betting that its lean approach to fusion power will get a power plant on the grid faster, and investors have rewarded it with $200 million.

The Korean government has set a 2030 commercialization target for sodium-ion batteries, with energy storage among the intended markets.

A new California law legalizes the plug-in solar panels that are becoming popular in other states and in Europe.

New state-owned company will compete with private sector network operators. Self-build reforms allowing developers to build their own connections in some cases also planned, following success of similar policy in Ireland. Competitive tendering for transmission projects to be brought forward.

BMW joins the growing list of luxury brands planning to introduce an entry-level electric vehicle. The new model will be...

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed SB 913 and SB 905, two bills that allow for virtual power plants (VPPs) throughout the state. Together they are

Latest report from IEA-PVPS says the world's cumulative solar capacity reached 2.96 TWh by the end of last year, a total theoretically capable of generating around 12% of global electricity consumption.

Tesla's profits keep falling, but it has guided for higher CapEx in the coming year. To fill the gap, it just opened a $30B credit line.

A record 157,957 new EVs were sold nationally between January and June, according to the Electric Vehicle Council

The partners behind a project in suburban Denver think they’ve found a way to accelerate the adoption of residential geothermal heating and cooling.

Valar Atomics wants to place over 450 reactors on more than 9,500 acres in Utah to power a huge data center project.

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OceanX’s typhoon data made its unusual floating architecture worth examining. The strongest case is for downwind floating wind, not necessarily twin rotors.

Australians are installing rooftop solar and batteries at record scale with the latest data revealing households added 1,894 MW of new PV generation and 8,691 MWh of energy storage capacity in the first half of 2026.

US clean energy jobs fell by nearly 37,000 in 2025, ending four years of growth as federal support rolled back.

China’s new five-year battery plan targets 15,000-cycle lithium batteries by 2030 while expanding sodium-ion, flow-battery and emerging storage technologies.

The integration of Gamesa Electric strengthens ABB’s position in power electronics for PV and utility-scale energy storage. The company now combines industrial capabilities, technology development and a global service network to expand into new markets.

Germany’s latest innovation tender attracted 678 MW of bids, with 32 projects totaling 480 MW securing contracts.

Researchers at Harvard are claiming EV sales in the US will reach a third of the new car market by 2030.

GM said it will be the world’s first to mass-produce prismatic LMR battery cells. The new battery tech can deliver...

Italy’s energy regulator, Arera, has raised the MACSE auction premium cap to €27,000/MWh per year, up from €22,000/MWh proposed in July, mainly due to higher benchmark investment costs. The new cap affects project economics and guarantees, while developers must weigh the 15-year fixed premium against potential merchant revenues when setting their bids.

Fervo Energy is producing clean power at Cape Station in Utah. It’s a big milestone, but the industry must tackle high costs and other barriers in order…

Tesla launched high-volume Tesla Semi production at a 50,000-truck/year Nevada factory, with 4680 cells, a new drivetrain, and deliveries starting now.