Maine Becomes Third State to Pass Plug-In Solar Legislation
Maine’s Senate passed LD 1730, making the state the third in the nation to legalize small plug‑in solar and battery systems up to 1,200 watts. The bill mirrors Utah and Virginia’s statutes but adds two power classes, requiring licensed electricians for devices above 420 watts and allowing DIY installations below that threshold. It explicitly references UL 3700 safety standards and bans utilities from charging interconnection fees. The measure now heads to Governor Janet Mills for final approval.
FlexGen Moves to Expand Offerings with Acquisition of Clean Energy Services
FlexGen announced the acquisition of Clean Energy Services (CES), making CES a wholly‑owned subsidiary. The deal adds CES’s national footprint and its lifecycle services to FlexGen’s portfolio, allowing the combined entity to serve over 25 GWh of storage assets and more...
UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency Seeks New Data Center
Britain's Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has issued a tender for a new data centre to host its Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) system, required under the SOLAS convention. The contract, worth approximately $1.98 million, must be awarded by May 5, 2026,...
FERC Urged to Reject TeraWulf’s Power Plant Purchase Due to Undisclosed Google Ownership Stake
Public Citizen, the NAACP and other groups have asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to block TeraWulf’s purchase of the 216‑MW Morgantown power plant in Maryland, alleging that the seller failed to disclose Google’s 14% ownership stake obtained through...
Malaysia’s Solar Capacity Surpasses 5.7 GW
Malaysia’s solar capacity topped 5.78 GW by the end of 2025, driven by a 1.45 GW surge across large‑scale, feed‑in‑tariff and net‑metering schemes. The Large‑Scale Solar (LSS) programme now has 6.0 GW approved for 117 developers, with a fresh 2 GW auction launched in...
TotalEnergies, Masdar Launch $2.2 Bn JV to Add 9 GW Renewables Across Asia
TotalEnergies and Abu Dhabi’s Masdar signed a $2.2 billion 50/50 joint venture to build 9 GW of on‑shore solar, wind and battery storage projects across nine Asian countries. The new entity will combine 3 GW of operating assets with a 6 GW pipeline slated...
Gold Nanoparticle Coating Cuts Zinc Battery Dendrites 50‑Fold, Extends Life Past 6,000 Hours
Researchers at Concordia University have applied a thin gold nanoparticle coating to zinc battery electrodes, reducing dendrite formation by up to 50 times and extending operational life beyond 6,000 hours. The technique uses less than 10% surface coverage and costs...
Advent Technologies Partners with EH Group to Develop HTPEM Fuel Cells for Enterprise Power
Advent Technologies Holdings Inc. announced a license and joint development agreement with EH Group Engineering AG, granting Advent rights to EH Group’s high‑temperature proton exchange membrane (HTPEM) fuel‑cell technology. The partnership will target stationary power applications for B2B customers such...
Home Solar + Battery + EV, One GMC Sierra EV Driver Shares Their Experience
Jim Reilly, a GM Energy microgrid specialist, documented his home’s full electrification—rooftop solar, a GM Energy backup battery, and a GMC Sierra electric truck. By charging the 205 kWh battery at his home rate of $0.14/kWh, he reports a per‑fill cost...
Louisiana Projected to Add 12 GW of Utility-Scale Solar by 2035
A University of Louisiana study funded by NextEra Energy projects that the state will install 12.1 GW of utility‑scale solar by 2035, enough to supply roughly 27% of today’s electricity or 17% of the 2035 forecast. Deployment is expected to dip...
Hydro-Québec Launches Grant for Residential, Commercial Solar
Hydro-Québec unveiled a new grant that reimburses up to CAD 1,000 ($718) per kilowatt installed, covering as much as 40% of eligible residential and commercial solar projects. The incentive lowers typical residential system costs of CAD 5,000‑6,000 ($3,590‑$4,300) and business installations of...
Vikran Engineering Wins ₹530 Crore Power Distribution Projects in Maharashtra
Vikran Engineering Ltd secured two power‑distribution contracts from Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd worth roughly ₹531 crore (about $65 million). The deals cover new substations, 33 kV, 22 kV and 11 kV line construction, transformer upgrades and full turnkey execution across the Nashik and...
Heat Dome and High Pressure Boost Southern US Solar as Polar Vortex Clouds the North
Solcast’s March analysis shows a stark solar divide across North America, with the southern half—northeastern Mexico, southeastern Texas and much of California—recording 20‑25% above‑average irradiance, while Canada, the Great Lakes region and the northeastern U.S. suffered below‑normal solar levels. The...
Cardwell Clubhouse / Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
The Cardwell Clubhouse, a 151 m² off‑grid structure designed by Heather Dubbeldam, serves as both utility hub and leisure space for an outdoor‑focused family. Powered entirely by a nearby photovoltaic array with battery storage, the building blends a flexible recreation room,...
U.S. Solar Module Prices Face Upward Pressure as Trade Risks and FEOC Rules Dominate Q1 2026
The Anza Q1 2026 report shows U.S. solar module prices stabilizing at a median $0.28 per watt, up from $0.25 in early 2025. The rise reflects tighter anti‑dumping and countervailing duties, plus new Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC) rules that tighten...
Pakistan's Grassroots Solar Saves $120B, Fuels Independence
The Strait of Hormuz is a fossil fuel tinderbox, but Pakistan is busy winning the real war. 50GW of solar imported so far by the people - not the bureaucrats. That’s $120b in fuel costs SAVED over the panels' life Energy...
US Solar Prices Rise Amid Trade Risks, FEOC Rules
U.S. solar module prices face upward pressure as trade risks and FEOC rules dominate Q1 2026 #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: https://t.co/oHCu7Y0TZp https://t.co/iQ0cvynnK7
Bangladesh Farmers Test Solar Irrigation as Fuel Costs Bite
Bangladesh is promoting solar‑powered irrigation pumps to replace diesel generators, aiming to lower farm operating costs and generate surplus electricity for the grid. A recent survey shows only 4,058 solar units nationwide, far short of the climate plan target of...
Blackstone CEO Calls Data Center Investments Conservative, Not Bubble
“This is not bubble-type work,” Blackstone CEO Schwarzman said in an interview with CNBC last December, brushing off concerns about data center investments. “This is extremely conservative.” https://t.co/nnGkJCdSMZ
Atomic Show #341 – Ho Nieh, Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
In this episode, NRC Chair Ho Nieh discusses his personal journey into nuclear—from a family legacy of welders to a Navy nuclear program and a career at the NRC—while outlining the agency’s shift toward an "enabling" regulatory approach. He emphasizes...
Code & Chips to Curtail Carbon: Leveraging AI to Promote Green Electrons
AI is projected to reduce global CO₂ emissions by 5‑10% versus business‑as‑usual, with a potential 2.4 GtCO₂e cut by 2035 from power and mobility sectors alone. Real‑time AI analytics could boost renewable output up to 20%, delivering an additional 1.8 GtCO₂e reduction....
AWS Launches Sustainability Console to Centralize Enterprise Emissions Data
Amazon Web Services rolled out a standalone Sustainability Console that decouples carbon‑emissions data from billing systems, delivering unified Scope 1‑3 metrics, API integration and fiscal‑year alignment for enterprise ESG reporting. The move targets data silos and positions AWS against rival cloud...
Indonesian Geothermal Projects Stall Amid Indigenous Concerns over Justice
Indonesia’s ambitious geothermal program on Flores, once touted as a renewable‑energy showcase, has stalled after nearly a decade of delays. The project, initially backed by the World Bank and Germany’s KfW, faced sustained opposition from Manggarai Indigenous communities concerned about...
We Energies Pushes Oak Creek Coal Plant Shutdown to End of 2027
We Energies told Wisconsin regulators it will keep two coal-fired units at the Oak Creek Power Plant operating through 2027, extending a timeline that began with a 2023 shutdown plan. The utility says the move safeguards grid reliability amid extreme...
Zevero Founder: Customers Are What Bring Focus
Zevero co‑founder and CCO George Wade says early, deep customer conversations are the catalyst for product focus and revenue strategy. He credits moving from outsourced developers to an in‑house engineering team for faster delivery and stronger product culture. Wade stresses...
Rooftop Solar Now Accounts for One-Fifth of Puerto Rico’s Generation Capacity
Rooftop solar now supplies roughly one‑fifth of Puerto Rico’s total generation capacity, overtaking natural gas to become the island’s second‑largest source. Distributed solar accounted for 81% of all new capacity added between 2016 and 2025, reaching 1,456 MW across 191,929 installations...
EU Approves €500M Luxembourg Cleantech Manufacturing Scheme
The European Commission has approved a €500 million Luxembourg state‑aid scheme under the Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework (CISAF). The programme will fund direct grants for companies expanding production of solar, wind, heat‑pump, battery equipment and related raw‑material processing. Running...
Terabase Energy Advances Automated PV Construction with Robotics, AI Tools
Terabase Energy announced that its upgraded Terafab V2 automated solar‑construction system has completed field testing and is ready for commercial deployment. The AI‑assisted robotics platform can assemble and position panel‑tracker modules at a two‑minute cycle, delivering roughly 20 MW per week...
Solar Power Generation Touches Record High, Offsets Soaring Demand During Summer
Tamil Nadu’s grid recorded a historic solar output of 7,693 MW on Wednesday, while peak demand hovered around 20,000 MW. The state’s power distributor absorbed 56.9 million units of solar energy, representing roughly one‑eighth of total consumption. Over the past year, about 2,800 MW of...
Bauer Solar Launches 480 W Back-Contact Solar Module
German solar module maker Bauer Solar introduced a new 480‑watt back‑contact panel with a record‑high conversion efficiency of 23.52%. The full‑black glass‑glass module incorporates 108 bifacial half‑cells, 2 mm anti‑reflective glass on both sides, and a robust anodized aluminum frame, weighing...
Quinoxaline‐6,7‐dicarboxylate‐based Photothermal Polymers Inspired Multifunctional Hydrogels for High‐Efficient Solar‐Driven Water Purification
Researchers have created three new conjugated polymers that serve as photothermal agents in a hydrogel platform. The optimized polymer PDPP‑SeQ delivers a photothermal conversion efficiency of 26.71 % and enables a water evaporation rate of 10.18 kg m⁻² h⁻¹, the highest reported for organic...
Boosting Activity and Stability for the Alkaline Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction via Surface Reconstruction of Cu‐Ni Core–Shell Electrocatalysts Through Oxygen Intercalation
Researchers have developed a surface‑reconstruction method that uses nitric‑acid etching to modify Cu‑Ni core‑shell electrocatalysts for the alkaline hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR). The process removes a Ni‑rich surface layer, intercalates oxygen into the top ~10 atomic layers, and redistributes Cu,...
Bouygues Telecom Secures ISO Energy Certification for Mobile Network
Bouygues Telecom has earned ISO 50001 certification for energy management on its mobile network after a Bureau Veritas audit. The certification joins earlier ISO 50001 approvals for its data‑centre, tech hub, and customer‑support facilities, together covering over 85 % of the operator’s total...
The Energy Transition Has Its Own Strait of Hormuz
The clean‑energy transition is reshaping global energy chokepoints, moving vulnerability from oil‑laden sea lanes to the supply chains of critical minerals. Recent crises, such as the Iran war, have highlighted how dependent nations are on these new bottlenecks in refining,...
KEP Engineering Says Its Wastewater Solutions Enable Industries to Save 90-95% of Water
KEP Engineering Services announced its integrated wastewater solutions can recover 90‑95% of industrial wastewater, dramatically cutting fresh water usage. The portfolio combines effluent treatment plants, zero‑liquid‑discharge (ZLD) systems, multi‑effect evaporators and condensate‑integrated gas recovery to enable near‑total water reuse in...
Iran War Could Spur Europe to Double Down on Renewables — Again
The Iran war has halted Qatar’s liquefied natural gas output, sending EU gas prices soaring and reviving the bloc’s energy‑security alarm. EU energy chief Dan Jørgensen urged member states to accelerate renewable construction, echoing the post‑Ukraine‑invasion push. Between 2021 and 2025...
Nation's Largest Urban Battery to Take Center Stage Near San Francisco
Arevon has broken ground on the Cormorant Energy Storage Project in Daly City, a 1‑gigawatt‑hour, 250‑megawatt battery built from 250 Tesla Megapack 2 XL containers on an 11‑acre urban lot. The facility, slated to start operating in about a year, will be...
Global Energy Crisis Reinforces Indonesia’s 100 GW Solar Push, but Hurdles Persist
President Prabowo Subianto reaffirmed Indonesia’s ambition to add 100 GW of solar capacity within three years amid Middle‑East energy‑security concerns. Solar currently accounts for only 1.7 % of the power mix, while renewables total 16 % and coal 36 %. The rollout faces regulatory...
Vietnam’s REE Unveils Investment Plan for Offshore Wind, Floating Solar
Vietnam’s Refrigeration Electrical Engineering Corporation (REE) announced a $1 billion investment to boost its renewable‑energy portfolio to about 3,000 MW by 2030, more than doubling its current 1,200 MW capacity. The strategy centers on offshore wind, near‑shore wind and floating solar, building on...
U.S. Biofuels Target Could Fuel Destruction of Tropical Rainforest
President Trump announced an EPA rule that raises the Renewable Fuel Standard to 27 billion gallons of biofuel by 2027, including a 60 percent jump—about 9 billion gallons—in biomass‑based diesel. The United States does not produce enough vegetable oil to meet the new...
Sponsored: Power Is Now the Growth Constraint: What Data Center Executives Must Rethink in 2026
Data center growth is increasingly limited by power availability, with interconnection queues, grid congestion, and ESG pressures turning electricity from a cost line‑item into a strategic constraint. Executives are seeing traditional utility procurement models falter at 20‑400 MW scales, prompting board‑level...
Dominion SC IRP “Doubles Down on Costly Fuels” — Sierra Club Analysis
Dominion Energy South Carolina’s 2026 Integrated Resource Plan leans heavily on fracked‑gas and keeps coal plants operating well beyond typical retirement dates. The filing shows the Wateree and Williams coal units slated for retirement no earlier than 2032‑2047, while the...
Osaka Gas Eyes US Gas Plants to Power AI Boom
Japan’s Osaka Gas is considering to invest in *five* US gas-fired power plants 🇺🇸 ⚡️ This could be a pretty profitable bet. US gas is cheap and the AI boom is slated to boost power demand Gas can provide around-the-clock electricity data...
Austria to Add 1.63 GW Solar by 2025
Austria deploys 1.63 GW of solar in 2025 #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/V6RpszBQVH
The Dangerous Myth of Green Capacity – by Amanda Van Dyke (Substack – March 25, 2026)
The article argues that "installed capacity" – gigawatts of wind and solar – is a misleading metric for the energy transition. It represents a theoretical maximum output under ideal conditions, not the electricity actually delivered. China’s rapid build‑out and Europe’s...
Qcells Launches Leasing-Focused Solar Platform for US Homes
Qcells rolls out leasing-led solar platform for US residential sector #energysky -- via pv-tech: https://t.co/mRqH87tM2B
Romanian Platform Opens BESS Financing to Retail Investors
Romanian investment platform looks to open up BESS project financing to retail investors #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/FYd9JLWdC7
Hyderabad’s Net‑Zero Home Uses Earth Walls to Ditch Air‑Conditioning
Architects Vamshidhar Reddy and Mounica Reddy of Iki Builds completed Aurva Illam, a 5,660‑sq‑ft net‑zero residence in Hyderabad that eliminates conventional air‑conditioning through earth‑based passive cooling. The project blends repurposed quarry debris, rammed‑earth walls and terracotta vaults to create a...
Oakland County Rolls Out Green Design Blueprint to Transform Suburban Homes
Oakland County unveiled its Green Design Blueprint, a comprehensive plan that makes sustainability a core element of new housing, public facilities and streetscapes. The initiative promises measurable emissions cuts, reduced utility bills and a transparent, community‑driven design process.
Nano Nuclear Secures NRC Construction Permit for 15‑MW Kronos Micro‑Reactor at Illinois
Nano Nuclear Energy filed a construction permit application with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for its 15‑megawatt Kronos high‑temperature gas‑cooled micro‑reactor at the University of Illinois. The filing, described by CTO Florent Heidet as a defining moment, moves the project...