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Chad has one of Africa’s highest solar penetration rates, a result of a small power system with just 12% electrification, as large-scale solar and storage projects gather pace around N’Djamena, even as political uncertainty over oil revenues constrains faster deployment.

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The European Union is investing €650 million ($766.5 million) in cross-border energy infrastructure, led by a grant for the Aguayo II pumped-storage project in Spain, alongside smaller allocations for upgrades such as the Čierny Váh pumped-storage plant in Slovakia.

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/02/HERO_Maserati-GranCabrio-Folgore-scaled-1.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1600" /></div><p>While the typical buyers cars like the Maserati GranCabrio or Grecale Folgore EVs may not <em>have</em> to ask what one costs, they do need to know what number to write on the check – and if they ask this month, that number could be a staggering $85,000 LOWER than before. (!)</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/02/03/maserati-gets-serious-about-ev-price-wars-with-85000-discounts/#more-454014">more…</a>

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway-owned BHE Renewables has successfully energised its 75MW/150MWh Glacier Battery System project in Montana, US.

Sunwafe adjudicó a la empresa leonesa Tresca Ingeniería el contrato de servicios de ingeniería para el desarrollo del proyecto industrial con el que la compañía prevé implantar en la Zona de Actividades Logísticas e Industriales de Asturias, en Gijón, una planta de fabricación de lingotes y obleas de silicio.

Energy-Storage.news Premium hears from Tom Cornell, CEO and President of Prevalon Energy, about the company's strategies for navigating upcoming changes in the energy storage industry over the next year.

Las energías renovables y el almacenamiento podrían abastecer de energía de forma fiable a los centros de datos, pero el éxito requiere redes activas, una planificación coordinada y la combinación adecuada de tecnologías.

Si bien la potencia actualmente en servicio es reducida(72 MW en RdT y 24 MW en RdD), el volumen de proyectos con permisos es muy elevado, con 16.156 MW en RdT y 8.157 MW en RdD, a lo que se añaden 11.590 MW en RdT y 3.490 MW en RdD en fase de tramitación, según los datos actualizados por REE.

While steps are being taken, Spain still lacks the market mechanisms and regulatory framework for large-scale energy storage.

Power firm Uniper has entered into a conditional supply contract with organic solid flow battery company CMBlu Energy for the delivery of at least 5GWh of its technology.

La instalación fotovoltaica, que ha contado con una inversión de 25.423 euros, tendrá una producción de 55.724 kWh/año, lo que supondría el 89,89% de la demanda del año anterior, según los cálculos del ayuntamiento.

Energy storage is expected to play a significant role in enabling the global data centre build-out, although the commercial and financing models developers will use are evolving, Energy-Storage.news has learned.

El club de ocio nocturno Fabrik ha instalado una planta fotovoltaica distribuida en tres naves principales, con potencias de 80, 120 y 90 kWp, respectivamente, que ocupan una superficie de 1.400 m2.

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News , a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here . SHENANDOAH, Iowa — First viewed from a pickup truck driving south on U.S. 59, the wind turbines seem small and delicate. The…

The Trump administration is facing lawsuits from states and environmental groups opposing its use of emergency power to force aging coal plants to stay online. Now, add utilities to its list of challengers. Last week, the cooperative utilities Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association and Platte River Power…

Tonic Group has received federal environmental approval for a 440MWh solar-plus-storage facility in Western Australia in less than a month.

Western Australia's ERA has proposed a Benchmark Reserve Capacity Price of AU$491,700/MW per year for the 2028-29 capacity year.

<p>Proposals to build coal-fired plants in China reached a record high in 2025, finds a...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/rush-for-new-coal-in-china-hits-record-high-in-2025-as-climate-deadline-looms/">‘Rush’ for new coal in China hits record high in 2025 as climate deadline looms</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org">Carbon Brief</a>.</p>

<p>A Korean-led development group that includes Hyundai Engineering &#38; Construction has broken ground on a $524 million, 350 MW solar project in Texas. Project Lucy is a large-scale solar power... <a class="view-article" href="https://solarbuildermag.com/projects/hyundai-led-350-mw-solar-project-breaks-ground-in-texas/">View Article</a></p> <p>-- Solar Builder magazine</p>

In December, the Trump administration issued a sweeping stop-work order to every single offshore wind installation underway in America. But, as of today, all five projects have either resumed construction or received the green light from judges to do so. A federal judge ruled Monday that the 924-megawatt Sunrise…

<p>In this edition of Projects Weekly, we&#8217;re looking at a large-scale solar project being built near Dayton, Ohio, plus a series of financing and acquisition deals. First up, Zelestra has... <a class="view-article" href="https://solarbuildermag.com/news/zelestra-gem-city-solar-ohio-projects-weekly/">View Article</a></p> <p>-- Solar Builder magazine</p>

Average wholesale day-ahead electricity prices at most major trading hubs in the Lower 48 states were higher in 2025 than in 2024, driven largely by higher natural gas prices to electric generators. The largest increase in price was $29 per megawatthour (MWh) in New England's Independent System Operator (ISO-NE), and the largest decrease was $14/MWh in the upper Northwest's Mid-Columbia.

<p>Fullerton, California-based GigaWatt Inc. has launched a round of public crowdfunding in order to scale its DIY solar software platform, the company announced Feb. 2. The two phase project, if... <a class="view-article" href="https://solarbuildermag.com/residential-solar/gigawatt-open-public-investment-for-scaling-diy-solar-platform/">View Article</a></p> <p>-- Solar Builder magazine</p>

The Governors of Maryland and New Jersey have enacted legislation to accelerate the deployment of clean energy technologies in response to energy cost and supply concerns.