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<p>Solar companies, manufacturers and service providers explain how AI is integrated into their products, and how AI is changing the way solar + storage projects are modeled, sold, operated, and... <a class="view-article" href="https://solarbuildermag.com/news/ai-in-solar-how-artificial-intelligence-is-influencing-the-next-wave-of-solar-systems-and-businesses/">View Article</a></p> <p>-- Solar Builder magazine</p>

<p>SunPower is acquiring residential solar competitor Sunder Energy, based in South Jordan, Utah. The transaction is scheduled to close this week. Sunder Energy is expected to end 2025 with 46 MW of solar sales contracts. The cost of the acquisition is $40 million in cash, plus 10 million shares of common stock, subject to SunPower&#8230;</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2025/09/sunpower-acquiring-tpo-residential-solar-company-sunder-energy/">SunPower acquiring TPO residential solar company Sunder Energy</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com">Solar Power World</a>.</p>

Three US battery energy storage system (BESS) developers, GridStor, Flatiron, and Jupiter Power, have advanced BESS projects totalling 1.6GWh across Arizona, Massachusetts, and Michigan.

The capacity of virtual power plants in North America has reached 37.5GW, a 13.7% year-on-year growth, according to Wood Mackenzie.

<p>Chemitek Solar has announced a new range of cleaning solutions specifically designed for agrivoltaic systems. These systems present unique challenges such as organic soiling, agricultural residues, limited accessibility and the presence of crops, which can limit the application of cleaning products, requiring carefully tailored solutions to avoid interference with agricultural activities. Chemitek has two new&#8230;</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2025/09/chemitek-releases-new-solar-cleaning-solutions-designed-for-agrivoltaic-projects/">Chemitek releases new solar cleaning solutions designed for agrivoltaic projects</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com">Solar Power World</a>.</p>

Sin embargo, España, Portugal y Francia rompieron la tendencia con subidas, mientras que Italia se mantuvo por encima de los 100 €/MWh la mayor parte de la semana.

La nueva infraestructura, desarrollada por Galp y BMW Group en el centro comercial Intu Xanadú, está compuesta por 116 puntos de recarga: 16 ultrarrápidos de 180 kW y 100 semirrápidos de 22 kW.

Projects supported by the UK government's long-duration energy storage (LDES) cap-and-floor could significantly dampen price spreads but also affect non-LDES flexibility assets.

<p>This edition of Projects Weekly is highlighting several new solar projects in development in the United States and Canada, plus a healthy dose of financing news. We start off with... <a class="view-article" href="https://solarbuildermag.com/news/catalyze-adds-4-community-solar-sites-in-new-york-projects-weekly/">View Article</a></p> <p>-- Solar Builder magazine</p>

A los 4 proyectos españoles se suman dos en Alemania y uno en los Países Bajos, y entre los 7 suman un total de 1,88 GW. Tenían precios de oferta fijos entre 0,20 €/kg y 0,60 €/kg.

El nuevo detergente AWP del fabricante portugués elimina, por un lado, la suciedad orgánica y los residuos agrícolas, mientras que el AWS está formulado específicamente para tratar el agua dura y muy dura en entornos agrícolas, evitando los depósitos minerales.

El Boletín Oficial del Estado ha publicado en la tercera semana de septiembre nueve proyectos de energías renovables, entre ellos, una planta fotovoltaica de 235,47 MW promovida por Cepsa.

El proyecto de baterías stand alone de Glendevon, con una capacidad de 49,4 MW / 98,8 MWh, está terminado y a la espera de su puesta en marcha.

Fluence has deepened its partnership with Ukraine-headquartered energy company DTEK, agreeing to supply a large-scale battery storage project in Poland.

Since 2021, the Sierra Club has been grading U.S. utilities on their commitment to a clean-energy transition. While most utilities have not earned high marks on the group&#039;s annual scorecards, as a whole they had been showing some progress. That’s over now. The latest edition of the Sierra Club’s “The Dirty Truth”…

Funding for Rhode Island’s energy-efficiency programs could be cut by more than $42 million next year in an effort to rein in residents’ soaring power bills. That rollback would deprive the state of more than $90 million in benefits and potentially eliminate hundreds of jobs while creating only modest up-front…

Green Gravity has signed an agreement with mining company Wollongong Resources to trial its gravitational energy storage in NSW, Australia.

Someva Renewables and AGL Energy have received the federal greenlight to develop a 2GWh wind-plus-storage project in NSW, Australia.

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/09/coca-cola-tuk-tuk-head-1.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1600" /></div><p>Coca-Cola’s bottling partners in India are going electric, three wheels at a time. The company just announced a major expansion of its electric delivery fleet, adding thousands of electric three-wheeled vehicles (often called e-rickshaws or electric tuk-tuks) to its logistics operations across the country.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2025/09/20/coca-cola-expands-electric-delivery-fleet-with-thousands-of-e-rickshaws/#more-435227">more…</a>

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/09/Yangwang-U9-Xtreme.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1600" /></div><p>Move over, Bugatti! The new Chinese Yangwang U9 Xtreme electric hypercar just blasted its way to a staggering, 308.4 mph top speed on a German test track, seizing the “world’s fastest car” crown and busting the last traces of the myth that electric cars are slow.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2025/09/20/yangwang-u9-xtreme-cracks-300-mph-to-become-fastest-production-car-ever-video/#more-435190">more…</a>

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/09/Audi-E5-Sportback-507-24-copy.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1600" /></div><p>With dual electric motors pumping out 776 hp, over 400 miles of all-electric range, and a relatively low MSRP, the new AUDI E5 Flagship Quattro electric wagon is <em>electrifying</em> the Chinese wagon market – scoring over 10,000 orders in its first thirty minutes on sale!</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2025/09/20/10000-buyers-snapped-up-775-hp-electric-audi-wagon-in-its-first-30-minutes/#more-435143">more…</a>

<p>Conventional diesel-power can't beat this sleek hydrofoil electric ferry from Aretemis Technologies, which provides passengers with a smooth, practically noiseless, zero-emission ride.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2025/09/20/wouldnt-you-really-rather-have-an-electric-ferry/">Wouldn&#8217;t You Really Rather Have An Electric Ferry?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cleantechnica.com">CleanTechnica</a>.</p>

<p>The whitepaper I&#8217;ve just published through TFIE Strategy, From Quay to Sea: A Port Decarbonization Roadmap is the product of a series of articles that gathered more attention than expected. Stakeholders across the maritime industry, from port operators to regulators to grid planners, asked for a single document that stitched ... [continued]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2025/09/20/from-quay-to-sea-a-port-decarbonization-roadmap/">From Quay to Sea: A Port Decarbonization Roadmap</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/3/2025/09/einride_MAIN.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1600" /></div><p><a href="https://electrek.co/2025/09/17/tesla-hide-3-robotaxi-accidents/">While Tesla has struggled to deliver on the hype of its self-driving promises</a>, Einride has been quietly developing a Level 4 self-driving electric truck. Now, that quiet effort is paying off. For the first time, the company is operating a fully autonomous, heavy-duty EV on public roads in Europe.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2025/09/20/forget-tesla-hype-einride-begins-public-l4-autonomous-electric-semi-operations/#more-435116">more…</a>

<p>The Vermont Superfund law is under attack, as the federal government defends the fossil fuel companies who paid so much to get it elected.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2025/09/20/us-administration-attacks-vermont-superfund-law/">US Administration Attacks Vermont Superfund Law</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cleantechnica.com">CleanTechnica</a>.</p>