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Oregon has made heat pumps the default appliance for cooling new homes. Last month, the state Building Code Division’s Residential and Manufactured Structures Board voted 7–1 to adopt energy-efficiency standards that encourage builders equipping new homes with air conditioning to use dual-purpose heat pumps instead…

This story was originally published by Colorado Public Radio . Sign up for CPR’s weekly climate newsletter . Last spring, Occidental Petroleum, an oil and gas company better known as Oxy, began drilling a massive hole in the shadow of a natural gas processing plant south of Greeley. Drilling rigs are a common…

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<p>Clayco, a turnkey real estate development and construction firm, is launching Power and Energy, a new business unit that expands the company into the renewable energy sector. With an initial focus on utility-scale solar and energy storage projects, Clayco Power and Energy will provide design and EPC services. &#8220;Clayco is committed to supporting the country&#8217;s&#8230;</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/03/real-estate-firm-clayco-starts-solar-development-business/">Real estate firm Clayco starts solar development business</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com">Solar Power World</a>.</p>

<p>Arevon Energy, a renewable energy developer, started operations at the 430-MWDC Kelso Solar Project in Scott County, Missouri. Arevon developed, built and will own and operate the Kelso Solar Project. The two-phase facility, Arevon&#8217;s first utility-scale projects in Missouri, increased the state&#8217;s solar capacity by nearly 50% and generates enough energy to power more than&#8230;</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/03/arevons-430-mw-project-increased-missouris-solar-capacity-by-nearly-50/">Arevon&#8217;s 430-MW project increased Missouri&#8217;s solar capacity by nearly 50%</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com">Solar Power World</a>.</p>

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Estonia's cumulative solar capacity reached around 1,430 MW by the end of last year. Year-on-year installations slowed as the country's solar market begins to saturate, with future growth expected to be driven by supplementing solar parks with batteries.

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The systems deliver outlet water temperatures up to 74 C, operate in ambient temperatures from -25 C to 43 C, and can be cascaded in groups of up to 16 units for larger commercial applications.

A new report from the International Energy Agency Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme (IEA PVPS) Task 17 outlines how photovoltaic systems can be effectively integrated with electric vehicle charging infrastructure through optimized sizing, intelligent control, and site-specific design.

Group Surya has launched a 500 MW G12R solar module production line in Odisha, India, with plans to double capacity to 1 GW within months.

The new heterojunction solar module concept is based on co-extruded EVA/POE/EVA (EPE) encapsulant with UV downshifting (UV-DS) films, which convert harmful UV light into blue light, protecting cells and slightly boosting short-circuit current by 1.5–1.75%.

The NSW government has endorsed 16 projects worth a collective AU$34.4 billion through its newly established Investment Delivery Authority.

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has completed its first network of community batteries with the commissioning of a 450kWh system in Dickson.

Output from Australia’s large-scale renewable energy sector continues to climb with the nation’s utility PV and wind assets generating a total of 5.0 TWh in February, delivering an 11% increase on the same time last year.

Researchers at ICMS in Seville have developed a hybrid perovskite solar cell that generates electricity from both sunlight and raindrops, using the photovoltaic and triboelectric effects. A fluorinated CFₓ polymer layer enables water resistance, triboelectric energy harvesting, and high light transparency without reducing solar cell efficiency.

China is accelerating its efforts to clean up heavy industry, allocating money for the first time last year to help hard-to-decarbonize sectors increase the use of fuels such as green hydrogen. The push comes as the country continues building more solar panels, wind turbines, and nuclear reactors and expanding its…

Essentially everyone agrees : Americans shouldn’t pay higher electric bills to feed AI data centers’ insatiable demand for power. But what will it actually take to prevent cost spikes? Lots of states have decided the answer is a “large load tariff” — an unsexy term that basically translates to special utility rates…

Researchers from South Korea improved solar panel dust detection by using SMOTE and stable diffusion (SD) augmentation, with SD boosting detection accuracy from 76.5% to 98.9% while preserving spatial realism.

Austria-based inverter manufacturer Fronius has launched PV Point Comfort, a retrofit-ready hardware upgrade that provides automatic backup power for essential household loads without requiring battery storage.

La escalada del conflicto en Oriente Medio supone una amenaza directa para alrededor de 14 millones de barriles diarios, o el 32 % del crudo marítimo mundial, que fluye por el Estrecho de Ormuz.

Acciona Energía ha completado la instalación de un sistema de autoconsumo fotovoltaico en la sede productiva de Graftech, en Ororbia (Navarra), que generaría 2 GWh al año. Las compañías firmaron un PPA on-site a 15 años.

Ahora comenzar a producir petróleo y gas en una nueva plataforma puede tardar una media de 15 años, antes se tardaba sólo 5 años.

El presupuesto total es de 87.017 euros y las empresas interesadas pueden presentar sus ofertas hasta el 13 de marzo.