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Silicon Valley–based startup Lunar Energy has spent the last six years building a business for its smart home batteries and the virtual power plant software that can orchestrate those systems to support the grid at large. Now, it has a massive new pot of cash to expand that effort, as utilities and state policymakers…

<p>The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has announced an energy storage research partnership with international research firm Benchmark Mineral Intelligence to grow and advance the ESS sector. The partnership is... <a class="view-article" href="https://solarbuildermag.com/energy-storage/seia-benchmark-mineral-intelligence-announce-energy-storage-research-partnership/">View Article</a></p> <p>-- Solar Builder magazine</p>

Commissioning is often an underestimated final step in the hard work it takes to bring a BESS project online, writes Lynn Appollis-Laurent of Camelot Energy.

<p>The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is partnering with Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, an international research firm providing energy storage market analysis. Beginning in Q1, SEIA and Benchmark will release a new, quarterly market outlook report. The &#8220;Energy Storage Market Outlook&#8221; (ESMO) will draw on Benchmark’s proprietary, grid and behind the meter data on U.S. energy&#8230;</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/02/seia-benchmark-mineral-intelligence-releasing-quarterly-energy-storage-reports/">SEIA, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence releasing quarterly energy storage reports</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com">Solar Power World</a>.</p>

Module quality, reliability, and proven field performance are at the core of bankability assessments and investment decisions for solar PV projects, according to Chao Jia, President of LONGi Europe for DG. He says this is why advanced module technologies like back contact are gaining relevance.

A new study highlights the critical role of advanced AI-integrated battery management system technologies in monitoring, optimizing, and predicting battery performance for reliable and sustainable data center operations.

“La instalación fue diseñada para que ningún módulo sombree a otro en ninguna fecha del año”, dijo el instalador Renovgal a <b>pv magazine</b>.

La gestora canadiense Brookfield ha contratado al Santander y a Barclays para vender X-Elio por 4.000 millones de euros, con deuda incluida. Se trata de la segunda gran desinversión que Brookfield activa en España en dos años, tras la venta de Saeta Yield a Masdar.

India has installed more than 2.08 million rooftop solar systems under the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana program since early 2024, with INR 147.7 billion ($1.6 billion) disbursed in central subsidies, according to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).

La planta fotovoltaica, que ha requerido una inversión de 76.969 euros, está compuesta por 200 módulos de 555 Wp, modelo JAM 72S30 555/MR. Estos se encuentran montados sobre una estructura coplanar y conectados a un inversor Huawei SUN2000-100KTL-M2 de 100 kW.

El objetivo es alcanzar una capacidad de entre 1 y 3 gigavatios en la próxima década.

California’s power system has an infamous problem. Solar projects produce more electricity than is needed during the day but too little to satisfy demand at night. So the state’s major utilities are developing new electricity rates to encourage their largest customers to shift to using more power during those hours…

Australia’s rooftop solar fleet continues to expand with a combined 28.3 GW of generation capacity commissioned by the end of 2025 with approximately 4.3 million installations across the country.

El contrato, que se divide en tres lotes, tiene un valor de 159.217 euros y las empresas pueden enviar ofertas hasta el 13 de febrero. El proyecto se desarrolla en el Parque Nacional de la Caldera de Taburiente.

The Chinese PV equipment provider said the result was certified by Germany's Institute for Solar Energy Research in Hamelin (ISFH). The cell was fabricated with Maxwell's in-house heterojunction production-line equipment and an end-to-end process flow.

El primer ministro belga, Bart De Wever, ha dado estas declaraciones en un evento sobre el futuro de Europa

Solar has become the largest renewable source of installed power capacity in the United States, surpassing wind after 27 consecutive months as the leading source of new grid additions, according to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

Chinese researchers have demonstrated a single-step submicron structured surface texturing process that improved the absolute efficiency of a TOPCon solar cell by 1% through broadband anti-reflection and lower electrical resistance. The cell-level performance was validated in laboratory and outdoor tests.

Elon Musk, de forma simplona ha tenido una “idea genial” para solucionar el suministro de energía limpia en Europa tras afirmar: "Con la energía solar de áreas despobladas de España y de Sicilia hay electricidad para toda Europa".

La eléctrica finlandesa se quedó corta en el cuarto trimestre del 2025 respecto a lo que esperaba el mercado. Tampoco ayudaron a la acción las explicaciones sobre su ausencia en la reciente subasta de Microsoft.

Se trata del complejo Puerto Sostenible que suministrará energía limpia al Valle Andaluz del Hidrógeno Verde.

España e Italia registraron récords históricos de producción eólica mensual, mientras que Francia y Portugal alcanzaron sus mayores producciones eólicas para un mes de enero. Alemania, Italia y Francia lograron su mayor producción fotovoltaica para un mes de enero.

Tariff reductions under the new U.S.-India trade agreement lower import costs for solar modules and energy storage components. Reciprocal tariffs were effectively reduced from 50% to 18%.

<p>There&#8217;s no doubt about it — if you stopped time today, Waymo would be named the robotaxi winner outside of China, or certainly in the West. No other company compares in robotaxi deployment to date. Now, there are companies that think they can catch up, or whose chief aim is ... [continued]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2026/02/03/16-billion-for-waymo-to-dominate-the-robotaxi-market-in-the-west/">$16 Billion for Waymo to Dominate the Robotaxi Market in the West</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cleantechnica.com">CleanTechnica</a>.</p>

<p>Electric motorcycles are beginning to move from pilot use to commercial deployment in the Philippine moto-taxi sector, with ride-hailing platform Xpress Super App confirming the integration of electric motorcycles supplied by VOLTAI into its operating network. VOLTAI is an electric vehicle brand under the Aboitiz Group, one of the country’s ... [continued]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2026/02/03/electric-moto-taxis-begin-rollout-in-manila-other-urban-centers/">Electric Moto-taxis Begin Rollout in Manila, Other Urban Centers</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cleantechnica.com">CleanTechnica</a>.</p>