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U.S. power plant owners and operators plan to retire nearly 11 gigawatts (GW) of utility-scale electric generating capacity from the U.S. power grid this year, according to data reported to us in our latest Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory. Almost all the scheduled retirements are either coal-fired power plants (58%) or steam turbines and simple-cycle natural gas (42%).

<p>If there should ever be a sector that supports using Made-in-America products in construction, it would be the federal government. For decades, the government has had some type of &#8220;Buy American&#8221; stipulation for projects funded with federal dollars. More recently, the Build America Buy America (BABA) Act of 2021 requires all iron, steel, manufactured products&#8230;</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/02/buy-american-shifts-to-dont-buy-chinese-for-government-solar-projects/">&#8216;Buy American&#8217; shifts to &#8216;Don&#8217;t Buy Chinese&#8217; for government solar projects</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com">Solar Power World</a>.</p>

Greening alcanza un 92,10% de aceptación en la OPA sobre EiDF, Solarig conecta la planta fotovoltaica Arco 8, de 62 MWp, en Andalucía; e Iasol pone en marcha un parque solar de 39 MWp en la provincia de Valladolid.

<p>The U.S. energy storage industry installed a record-breaking 57.6 GWh of new capacity in 2025. It marked the largest single year of new battery capacity additions on record. Despite actions... <a class="view-article" href="https://solarbuildermag.com/energy-storage/report-u-s-adds-58-gwh-of-new-energy-storage-capacity-in-2025/">View Article</a></p> <p>-- Solar Builder magazine</p>

Las configuraciones de cuatro horas, que concentrarán inversiones estimadas en 24.000 millones de euros hasta 2030, más de la mitad del total previsto para BESS en ese periodo.

<p>In utility-scale solar, the industry’s data maturity has reached a turning point. It is no longer enough to simply measure irradiance — the standard is now to be able to understand and continuously optimize data quality so that production forecasts, performance ratios and financial models accurately reflect reality. For developers who also own and operate&#8230;</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/02/bankable-solar-now-depends-on-better-irradiance-data/">Bankable solar now depends on better irradiance data</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com">Solar Power World</a>.</p>

La CNMC abre a consulta pública hasta el 20 de marzo la propuesta de resolución que regula los permisos de acceso flexibles de la demanda a la red de transporte y a las redes de distribución eléctrica.

<p>The U.S. energy storage industry installed 57.6 GWh of new capacity in 2025, the largest single year of new battery capacity additions on record. Energy storage installations grew 30% from the previous record set in 2024, and are over four-times what the industry installed just three years ago. According to the &#8220;U.S. Energy Storage Market&#8230;</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/02/seia-us-installed-57-6-gwh-of-new-energy-storage-capacity-in-2025/">SEIA: US installed 57.6 GWh of new energy storage capacity in 2025</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com">Solar Power World</a>.</p>

European Union countries have made limited progress on energy storage deployment and electricity network flexibility recommendations.

Fotowatio Renewable Ventures has unveiled plans for a 1.2GW/5GWh portfolio of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Spain.

La energética suiza Alpiq compra el bombeo de Navaleo en Castilla y León, de 535 MW; y FRV proyecta más de 1,2 GW / 5 GWh de BESS en España hasta 2027.

Operational experience, credibility and optimisation performance are becoming key to BESS bankability, writes Jürgen Mayerhofer, CEO and co-founder of optimiser Enspired.

Hay otorgados permisos de acceso y conexión a 129 GW de instalaciones eólicas y fotovoltaicas, 16 GW de instalaciones de almacenamiento y 19 GW de instalaciones de demanda. El 25 % de los nudos mantiene capacidad disponible.

Carole and Alan Balzer have called the town of Talent home since 1998. They met in college in nearby Ashland and never left southwestern Oregon. They love the small-town life and the bucolic setting of orchards, vineyards, and ranches. On the morning of Sept. 8, 2020, Carole was at work a few towns away when she…

The U.S. desperately needs to make more room on its electricity grid. But for years, the country has struggled to build new power lines at a reasonable pace, and despite fast-rising electricity demand, there’s no sign of that changing in the near term. A project taking shape near Boston could help make the case for…

El proyecto, ejecutado por Sice Renovables por un importe de 47.996 euros, está formado por 140 módulos solares monocristalinos n‑type bifaciales de doble vidrio de 595 Wp. Se instalaron 70 paneles en cada una de las dos cubiertas del centro sobre una estructura coplanar, con una inclinación de 19° y un azimut de 2,54°.

El Boletín Oficial del Estado publicó en la tercera semana de febrero once proyectos renovables, entre los que destaca una planta híbrida de 96 MW ubicada en Zamora.

<p>Abstract: In concentrated solar thermochemical cycles, CO2 utilization enables both energy storage and release. However, the high energy consumption associated with CO2 compression has limited the overall performance of solar power generation. In this work, an energy storage system coupling thermochemical and electrochemical cycles is proposed. This system constructs a “heat storage − electricity storage [&#8230;]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.solarpaces.org/published-at-energy-conversion-and-management-constructing-a-novel-closed-loop-and-efficient-pathway-for-multi-functional-co2-utilization-in-concentrated-solar-power-systems/">Published at Energy Conversion and Management &#8211; Constructing a novel closed-loop and efficient pathway for multi-functional CO2 utilization in concentrated solar power systems</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.solarpaces.org">SolarPACES</a>.</p>

<p>Abstract: Particle-based concentrating solar power systems integrated with sCO2 power cycles offer high thermal efficiencies but require durable heat exchangers to transfer heat from high-temperature particles to the sCO2 working fluid. This study presents the design and optimization of a silicon carbide-silicon moving packed-bed heat exchanger for fabrication via binder jetting additive manufacturing. The heat [&#8230;]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.solarpaces.org/published-at-solar-energy-design-of-a-sic-si-moving-packed-bed-particle-to-sco2-heat-exchanger-for-high-temperature-concentrating-solar-power-applications/">Published at Solar Energy &#8211; Design of a SiC-Si moving packed-bed particle-to-sCO2 heat exchanger for high temperature concentrating solar power applications</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.solarpaces.org">SolarPACES</a>.</p>

La startup alemana, valorada en 263 millones de euros, revoluciona el sector con sus pilas de combustible reversibles. Tras cerrar acuerdos de 34 millones con gigantes como Google y H&amp;M, Reverion se prepara para escalar una solución que genera energía limpia y captura CO₂ de forma masiva.

<p>In the second half of 2024, as it became clear Tesla was going to see a year-over-year sales decline, CEO Elon Musk maintained a higher sales target for 2024 than the company ended up hitting, and also indicated Tesla should see a significant increase in sales in 2025. Musk originally ... [continued]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2026/02/21/tesla-sales-declined-11-4-in-california-in-2025/">Tesla Sales Declined 11.4% in California in 2025</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cleantechnica.com">CleanTechnica</a>.</p>

<p>The US is bleeding coal jobs again, despite the best efforts of US President Donald Trump to keep old coal power plants up and running.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2026/02/21/the-us-is-still-bleeding-coal-jobs-trump-or-no-trump/">The US Is Still Bleeding Coal Jobs, Trump Or No Trump</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cleantechnica.com">CleanTechnica</a>.</p>

<p>Equinor’s decision to halt its blue hydrogen project in Groningen is not a story about engineering failure or lack of public support. It is a story about the absence of customers. The H2M project secured support from the EU Innovation Fund and was positioned as a cornerstone of industrial decarbonization ... [continued]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2026/02/21/grey-blue-or-green-the-real-ammonia-math/">Grey, Blue, or Green: The Real Ammonia Math</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cleantechnica.com">CleanTechnica</a>.</p>

<p>Last week, I started writing about blacklists from the US Military that were posted and retracted multiple times or leaked. As they did not stay official, it was a bit of a stop-start, and I was reluctant to finish the article. Like terrorism, these lists are likely intended to create ... [continued]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2026/02/21/hegseths-blacklists-target-academia-cleantech-not-national-security-threats/">Hegseth’s Blacklists Target Academia &#038; Cleantech, Not National Security Threats</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cleantechnica.com">CleanTechnica</a>.</p>

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/11/tesla-solar-roof.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1600" /></div><p>Are you wondering how much it would cost to charge up your EV if you added a home solar system to your roof? One EV owner did just that. After 14,000 miles of driving, he’s sharing his results online — and the real-world data might surprise you!</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/02/21/ev-driver-shares-surprising-real-world-data-after-installing-solar-panels/#more-456645">more…</a>