Jolywood Begins Mass Production of Low‑Silver TOPCon Cells
Jolywood starts mass production of low-silver TOPCon solar cells #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/QXmA1i3Pdn
US's Largest Wind Farm Set to Operate Next Month
A wind project billed as the largest clean energy installation in the US is due to come online next month https://t.co/AqX0z8r6sP
China's Solar Overproduction Slashes Prices, Squeezes Profits
"The problem is that China is producing twice as many solar components as the world needs. This flood of supply has pushed down prices, encouraging uptake of the technology but destroying profitability." https://t.co/hNHOIVaDPS https://t.co/15LKS06YsY
Solar-Powered Plane Completes Global Flight, Ends in Ocean
The first solar-powered aircraft to complete round-the-world flight ditches into the ocean #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/KUHRNCsKHh https://t.co/8bUb88kdS9
Laser‑polished All‑perovskite Tandem Hits 29.8% Efficiency
All-perovskite tandem solar cell built with laser polishing achieves 29.80% efficiency #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/WocMpUyYTF
Robots Boost Solar Project Performance in Five Ways
Five ways robotic services are changing solar project performance #energysky -- via Solar Power World: https://t.co/yKh4EX215L
France and Spain Break May Solar Generation Records
France, Spain set solar records for day in May #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/CAyUWWREp0 https://t.co/F9ezfKW3r3
Tantalum Quantum Element Promises Massive Data‑Center Energy Savings
Scientists unveil tantalum-based quantum element that could reshape data centers and cut global energy consumption dramatically https://t.co/kPji68OSis
V2G Safety and Current State of Car Batteries
V2G explainer: Safety and the current state of turning electric cars into batteries on wheels #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/5M2ACyTZT0 https://t.co/KGCQXssVVz
AI Data Centers Spike Power Prices, Accelerate Energy Innovation
AI data centers triggered a 76% power price spike in Q1 2026 on the largest US grid. Sounds like a crisis. But here's the flip: We're stress-testing our entire energy infrastructure in real time—forcing innovation in nuclear, fusion, and distributed...
Big Battery Reduces Curtailment, Cuts Solar Farm Prices
Australia’s biggest solar farm enjoys less curtailment, but lower prices, as big battery starts commissioning #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/NYV4Oy2hk2 https://t.co/ygUcpmoya3
Hybrid Storage Boosts PVT Heat Pump COP 72%
Hybrid latent-sensible storage can improve PVT-driven residential heat pump COP by 72.4% #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/XTqPVMKJJu
Chinese Team Sets 27.17% Record for Inverted Perovskite Cells
Chinese researchers achieve world-record efficiency of 27.17% for inverted perovskite solar cell #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/9gv84zD7sb
Renewables + Storage Overtake Gas as Cheapest Power
In March 2026, renewables officially beat natural gas to become the largest source of electricity generation on the U.S. grid for the first time in history (35% to 34.4%). Meanwhile, Texas is plugging in a massive 12.9 GW of grid...
FH Capital Takes Majority Stake in JinkoSolar U.S. Manufacturing
FH Capital to acquire majority stake in JinkoSolar U.S. manufacturing #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/SY0njDFyad
Zelestra Powers 1 GWh Hybrid BESS Project in Chile
Zelestra energises 1GWh hybrid BESS project in Chile #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/PeSAm3vMRu
Chile's Solar Power Hits 75% Peak, 29% Monthly Share
Solar PV accounted for 29% of electricity generation in Chile in March, with instantaneous peaks reaching 75% #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/ppi3oRYXZk
Battery Price Drops Enable 24/7 Solar Power
FT: The dawn of 24/7 solar power Falling battery costs drive the economics of round-the-clock renewables https://t.co/JR7B9FrkOK https://t.co/5RdmpgRXoL
Australian Data Centre Plans Mirror US Energy Controversies
Genuinely cannot tell America and Australia apart, when it comes to headlines in my data centres news alert https://www.southernhighlandnews.com.au/story/9245191/moss-vale-data-centre-plan-sparks-gas-power-plant-fears/
Tomago Battery, VPP Secure Firming Tender to Plug Supply Gaps
Giant Tomago battery and VPP win new firming tender to fill gaps in supply #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/SCYZJyM0P2 https://t.co/27PN9QXw3E
Germany Faces €45 Bn Taxpayer Burden From Hydrogen Overbuild
Germany risks €45 billion taxpayer hit on hydrogen overbuild, warns IEEFA #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/rUrnkPqzyK
Sweden Builds Road that Charges EVs While Driving
Charging on the Move: Sweden’s Road That Powers Electric Vehicles as They Drive by @MikeHudema #Sustainability #ClimateTech #TechForGood #CleanEnergy https://t.co/uDB8jq6lcC
Meta's Hyperion Data Center Consumes City‑Scale Power
How much juice do data centers use? Meta’s Hyperion project in Louisiana will use 1,000x more power than your local Costco. Or, as MISO put it, as much electricity as Minneapolis. That’s a LOT of juice. https://t.co/AgtPuRoETZ
Global Grid Battery Installations Accelerate at Record Speed
The world is installing grid batteries at a blistering pace #energysky -- via Canary Media: https://t.co/N8zlIGqLtP
Data‑center Boom Fuels Diesel, but Batteries Would Win
Diesel backup gensets are big winners from the data centre boom. Our cities would be better off with batteries #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/8uOT9vg14l https://t.co/eWWS2UUwii
New BESS Projects Launch in Texas, Puerto Rico, Utah
US ROUNDUP: BESS project updates from Spearmint, Polaris, and Clearway in Texas, Puerto Rico and Utah #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/uhiO0Aqy53
9GW Data Center Threatens Local Ecosystem Stability
The proposed data center campus will consume 9GW of energy and threatens the stability of local ecosystems. https://t.co/68wjnRBDpT
Solar Backup Keeps Ukrainian ICUs Running Amid Outages
Solar backup power supports Ukrainian intensive care units during grid outages and cyberattacks #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/kAKhVNAnwm
Enhanced Geothermal Potential Spans Most U.S. States
Here's a map of where enhanced geothermal could be built in the U.S. Most states have potential. https://t.co/s3j25eBdeu
Clean Energy Evolves Into Essential Load‑Serving Resource
Clean energy shifts from fossil fuel replacement to critical load-serving resource #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: https://t.co/rGynLnRZhR https://t.co/MEPrYa3vjj
China Targets Clean-Energy AI Compute by 2030
NEA with NDRC, MIIT, and the National Data Administration issue plan: sets 29 tasks around reliable energy supply for AI compute, green/low-carbon data centers, compute-power coordination, energy-sector AI scenarios, data value, and model innovation, with a 2030 goal of substantially...
NERC Inverter Registration Nears Completion for Asset Owners
NERC inverter-based resource registration initiative enters final stretch for asset owners #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: https://t.co/BDphNA6ADI
EU Secures 1.1 GW Electrolyzers at €0.44/kg
EU allocates 1.1 GW of electrolyzer capacity in third hydrogen auction, lowest bid comes in at €0.44/kg #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/8EbC3bZh4k
Long‑duration BESS Gains Ground in Germany’s Toll Market
Longer-duration BESS finds footing in Germany’s toll market #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/SiRtH3xvFw https://t.co/cnn269M9j3
Budget Cuts Slash Funding for Green Hydrogen, Solar, Batteries
“Future Made Somewhere Else:” Budget slashes funding for green hydrogen, home-made solar and batteries #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/CDM0JcCKxN https://t.co/UrfVqEFfdn
Big Batteries Supply 37% of Peak Demand in Australia’s Grid
Big batteries hit “staggering” new peak of 37.2 pct of peak demand in Australia’s biggest isolated grid #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/eRVRwwnckn https://t.co/rMlMOn3PAb
India’s Renewables Outpace China, Peaking Coal Decade Early
Today, India’s solar and wind deployment per capita is 5.5x higher than China’s was at the same stage of development. India is peaking its coal use a full decade earlier in its development curve than China did >In 2025, India reached...
Advanced Grid Tech: Untapped Solution to Capacity Crisis
The grid is a near-term bottleneck, but there’s a largely untapped solution set sitting right in front of us — commercially available advanced grid technologies that are dramatically underdeployed.
Interruptible Rates + Storage Slash Bills 10% Nationwide
Mandatory interruptible rates unlock 100,000 MWs of data center capacity. Add in some long duration energy storage, grid enhancing technologies, virtual power plants, and advanced conductors and you get 10% lower bills for everyone.
Utility Costs Surge, Data Center Benefits Reverse
Hyperscalers hysteria has caused… Wires up 152%, transformers up 89%, switchgear up 77%, wood poles up 50% — all since 2019, against 29% CPI. Every new megawatt added to a utility now costs more than the embedded average. The math that...
Indonesia’s EV Subsidies Save Triple Fuel Costs
In Indonesia, the government subsidizes petrol/diesel ICE cars and electricity for EVs. But for every rupiah the state spent covering EV electricity, it saved about three rupiahs in fuel disbursement. https://theicct.org/indonesias-growing-electric-car-fleet-is-cushioning-the-financial-damage-of-the-oil-price-shock-may26/
Renewables Alone Can End Energy Crises, No Miracles
The world is suffering from high and rising fuel prices, wars over fossil-fuels and nuclear weapons proliferation, millions of air pollution deaths per year, and global warming. These problems are all related to our current energy infrastructure, which relies primarily...
Ming Yang Lands $14.1B for 2.8GW Ethiopian Solar
China’s Ming Yang secures $14.1 billion, 2.8GW Ethiopia solar investment #energysky -- via pv-tech: https://t.co/oGuQVvDMLi
Electricity‑gas Price Gap Blocks Europe’s Home Electrification
Electricity-to-gas price ratio: biggest barrier to electrifying European homes. Heat pumps deliver ~3 units of heat per unit of electricity. The maths works in Sweden but not everywhere. Much of gap is policy. More analysis in my forthcoming newsletter https://t.co/In5lBaF2ox https://t.co/lvOin2nN2m
Corning's $3B Solar Goal Sets New PV Industry Benchmark
What does Corning’s $3 billion 2030 solar target mean for the PV industry? #energysky -- via Solar Power World: https://t.co/aXTUCSJtKy
Bad Decisions Threaten Co‑Located Energy Project Benefits
Poor commercial and technology decisions could undermine the promise of co-located projects #energysky -- via pv-tech: https://t.co/UuykMXsvFh
RCP 8.5 Outdated as Clean Tech Drives Lower Emissions
Those doing victory laps over RCP 8.5 might consider why that scenario is no longer relevant. Largely, it's improved emissions efficiency of energy production and end-use consumption. Fracking, EVs, solar, and batteries all mean that plausible GHG scenarios have shifted...
Solar at $30/MWh Makes Green Energy Essential
In 2017, I said "green crap" in politics was a distraction and that clean energy was the only choice Fast forward to 2026: Firm solar is $30/MWh. Batteries are down 93%. Failing to make green the default is an active surrender...
Paper Battery Uses Cellulose, Eliminates Toxic Metals
A cellulose-based “paper battery” aims to cut harmful metals and fire risk in everyday devices. https://spectrum.ieee.org/flint-sustainable-paper-battery?share_id=9471744
Ford Energy Launches DC‑block Utility BESS with 512 Ah LFP Cells
Ford Energy announces DC block utility-scale BESS based on 512 Ah LFP cells #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: https://t.co/4o1RWlnRxN