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<p>Solar manufacturer Solx and perovskite solar technology firm Caelux have announced a five-year, 3 GW partnership revolving around their &#8220;breakthrough&#8221; U.S.-made high-performance solar modules. The collaboration will integrate Caelux&#8217;s energy-producing... <a class="view-article" href="https://solarbuildermag.com/news/solx-caelux-agree-to-perovskite-commercialization-partnership/">View Article</a></p> <p>-- Solar Builder magazine</p>

<p>SPI Energy, the company behind the Solar4America solar panel brand that had plans for increased silicon solar supply chain manufacturing in the United States, has taken steps to file Chapter 15 bankruptcy in the United States. The company has insolvency proceedings pending in the Cayman Islands, and its appointed liquidators have filed appropriate petitions in&#8230;</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/04/spi-energy-solar4america-brand-start-bankruptcy-proceedings-in-us/">SPI Energy, Solar4America brand start bankruptcy proceedings in US</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com">Solar Power World</a>.</p>

<p>Tesla Cybertrucks can now participate in PG&#38;E&#8217;s residential vehicle-to-everything (V2X) program, a bidirectional electric vehicle integration effort in California. PG&#38;E customers who own a Cybertruck can utilize PG&#38;E&#8217;s V2X program to install Powershare Home Backup and activate Powershare Grid Support. With these, customers can use their vehicle to power their home in an outage and&#8230;</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/04/pge-adds-tesla-cybertrucks-to-bidirectional-ev-program/">PG&#038;E adds Tesla Cybertrucks to bidirectional EV program</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com">Solar Power World</a>.</p>

BESS platform Ingrid Capacity has received construction permits for two projects in Sweden's SE4 electricity region which it said could start construction as early as this year.

AleaSoft Energy Forecasting’s latest analysis finds the weekly average electricity price was above €95 ($111.70)/MWh last week in all major European markets except France, Portugal and Spain. These three countries each set new records for solar energy production for a day in April last Friday, recording 145 GWh, 26 GWh and 213 GWh respectively.

Un informe realizado por el ISF de la UTS de Australia calcula que el 100% de la demanda de la Península Ibérica se cubre con un mix de 314 GW renovables con 82 GW de almacenamiento, lo que implica alcanzar el objetivo climático 10 años antes que el resto de Europa.

Researchers in the United Kingdom developed a scheduling model for residential heat pumps that reduces electricity costs while maintaining thermal comfort under dynamic tariffs and uncertain rooftop PV generation. It optimizes when to use grid power, PV energy, and building thermal storage.

Danish investment firm Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has begun construction on the 300MW/1,500MWh Patache battery energy storage system (BESS) in northern Chile.

Los países respecto a los cuales la economía española registró los mayores superávits comerciales fueron Portugal, Francia y Reino Unido.

Los usuarios de Moeve gow podrán obtener al menos 10 céntimos por litro de combustible en sus repostajes, el doble de lo habitual.

Tras la investigación, el organismo presidido por Cani Fernández no ha hallado indicios de la existencia de intercambios de información ni concertación entre Repsol, Moeve y BP.

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/10/Robovan_95-e1728925469514.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1600" /></div><p>Tesla (TSLA) will release its first-quarter 2026 financial results tomorrow (April 22) after the market close, with a conference call to follow. Despite leadership continuing to push the narrative that Tesla is now an “AI and robotics company,” the automotive business still drives the vast majority of Tesla’s financial performance.</p> <p>Let’s look at what Wall Street and retail investors are expecting.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/04/21/tesla-tsla-q1-2026-earnings-preview-wall-street-expects-growth/#more-464221">more…</a>

Intellectual property litigation attorney Isaku Begert of Marshall, Gerstein &#038; Borun LLP looks at energy storage system patent risks and the steps that can be taken to mitigate them.

Vende un 40% de Enagas Renovable a Hy24.

Latest report from the International Energy Agency says last year's 600 TWh increase in solar PV was the largest-ever electricity generation increase by any source in one year, outside of periods of post-crisis recovery.

Se trata del primero en el país equipado con palas de 115 metros, las más grandes fabricadas y ensambladas hasta la fecha en aguas británicas.

Los ingresos totales de Enagás en los tres primeros meses de 2026 ascendieron a 227,4 millones de euros, con un incremento del 8,2%.

UK solar plants without fixed-price contracts will be offered voluntary long-term fixed-price agreements under a new “Wholesale Contracts for Difference” regime from 2026. The policy seeks to reduce exposure to volatile wholesale prices driven by gas.

Por su parte, el barril de crudo West Texas Intermediate (WTI), de referencia en EEUU, se abarataba casi un 1,4%, hasta los 86,2 dólares por barril.

The Chinese company says the new product targets long-duration storage, grid support, and GWh-scale deployment.

An international research team has developed an AI-driven robotic platform that autonomously designs, fabricates, and optimizes perovskite solar cells, completing the full experimental workflow in a closed-loop system. Using the platform, the researchers fabricated and tested more than 50,000 devices, achieving efficiencies of up to 27%.

La demanda creció y la producción eólica disminuyó, mientras la fotovoltaica marcó récords para un día de abril en España, Francia y Portugal. Los futuros de gas TTF descendieron hasta su nivel más bajo desde febrero.

Offshore wind development has all but screeched to a halt in the United States amid the Trump administration’s unrelenting attacks. But in the rest of the world, it’s another story. Wealthy and developing economies alike are embracing the energy source as they look to build out supplies of domestic and renewable…

This story was originally published by Grist . Sign up for Grist&#039;s weekly newsletter. The shipping industry has been facing an acute crisis. For the first time in modern history, both of the Middle East’s critical waterways — the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea — were effectively closed for the past several…

Investors are shifting focus from deployment growth to platforms that can orchestrate and monetize battery fleets.