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<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/02/Tesla-Powerwall-3P.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1470" /></div><p>Tesla has announced the Powerwall 3P, a new variant of its home battery with a native three-phase inverter built into a single unit. The product, announced for the German market first, eliminates the clunky workaround that previously required European homeowners to install up to three separate Powerwalls to achieve whole-home backup on the continent’s standard three-phase residential grids. Sign-ups are now live on Tesla’s website.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/02/13/tesla-announces-powerwall-3p-with-native-three-phase-inverter/#more-455506">more…</a>

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/02/Audi-most-affordable-EV.jpeg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1400" /></div><p>The A2 e-tron is set to debut soon as a sibling to the Volkswagen ID.3 and <a href="https://electrek.co/guides/audi/">Audi’s</a> most affordable EV yet. Unlike the Q4 e-tron, the new entry-level EV has its own unique look.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/02/13/audi-most-affordable-ev/#more-455497">more…</a>

France’s new Multiannual Energy Program sets a 48 GW solar target for 2030 and outlines 2.9 GW of tenders through 2028, with industry saying the framework restores investment visibility and supports gigafactory plans.

<p>Long-duration energy storage developer Hydrostor has signed a 50-MW offtake agreement with California Community Power (CC Power) for the Willow Rock Energy Storage Center. The 500-MW/4,000-MWh advanced compressed air energy storage (A-CAES) project can store energy for eight hours of continuous discharge to the grid, and will provide reliable capacity to the six community choice&#8230;</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/02/california-power-aggregators-sign-on-for-50-mw-slice-of-compressed-air-long-duration-energy-storage/">California power aggregators sign on for 50-MW slice of compressed-air long-duration energy storage</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com">Solar Power World</a>.</p>

<p>The Environmental Protection Agency has reversed landmark environmental laws made to curtail greenhouse gas emissions and decarbonize pollution sources, calling the Obama- and Biden-era motions &#8220;illegal.&#8221; The agency rescinded &#8220;Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases,&#8221; which established in 2009 that greenhouse gases are a threat to public health, under the Clean Air&#8230;</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/02/epa-no-longer-considers-greenhouse-gases-a-pollutant/">EPA no longer considers greenhouse gases a pollutant</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com">Solar Power World</a>.</p>

The China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association (CNMIA) says wafer, cell and module prices remain stable, while industry operating rates are edging lower across leading and integrated manufacturers.

<p>Dark clouds spread over the U.S. solar industry in 2025 when the federal government rescinded the Investment Tax Credits (ITC) with the passage of the so-called One, Big, Beautiful Bill... <a class="view-article" href="https://solarbuildermag.com/financing/the-race-is-on-solar-project-investment-in-a-post-itc-world/">View Article</a></p> <p>-- Solar Builder magazine</p>

Risen Energy says its new 131 kW/261 kWh commercial storage unit uses silicon carbide and full liquid cooling to improve efficiency, maintain output in hot conditions, and speed up installation.

<p>Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed.&#160;An essential guide to the week&#8217;s key developments relating to climate...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/debriefed-13-february-2026-trump-repeals-landmark-endangerment-finding-chinas-emissions-flatlining-uks-relentless-rain/">DeBriefed 13 February 2026: Trump repeals landmark ‘endangerment finding’ | China’s emissions flatlining | UK’s ‘relentless rain’</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org">Carbon Brief</a>.</p>

We forecast that U.S. natural gas marketed production will increase by 2% to average 120.8 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2026 and then further increase to a record-high 122.3 Bcf/d in 2027 in our latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). Around 69% of forecast production over the next two years comes from the Appalachia, Haynesville, and Permian regions.

This week Women in Solar+ Europe gives voice to Iualia Meirosu, Group CFO &#38; Board Member at Romania's Enexus. She says that Romania’s renewable energy sector is no longer just for engineers - it’s a space where women and men can thrive across operations, finance, strategy, and project management.

In a new weekly update for <b>pv magazine</b>, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that most of Australia experienced above-average solar irradiance in January 2026 due to a hot, dry airmass and clear skies, boosting PV generation despite operational challenges from elevated temperatures, bushfire smoke, and dust. In contrast, northern Queensland and far northern regions saw significant irradiance deficits from persistent monsoonal clouds and Tropical Cyclone Koji, causing widespread rainfall and localized power outages.

<p>The Dept. of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have issued guidance for energy project developers and manufacturers determining whether the components they use are receiving material assistance from a prohibited foreign entity (PFE) and therefore ineligible for certain tax credits. This is the foreign entity of concern (FEOC) clause included in the&#8230;</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/02/treasury-issues-feoc-guidance-for-energy-project-developers-and-domestic-manufacturers/">Treasury issues FEOC guidance for energy project developers and domestic manufacturers</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com">Solar Power World</a>.</p>

Japanese researchers used supercomputer simulations to reveal how sodium ions form clusters and move within hard carbon anodes, identifying nanopore sizes and transition regions that control diffusion and rate performance in sodium-ion batteries. Their findings offer design guidelines for optimizing hard-carbon anodes to improve energy density, cycling, and commercialization prospects.

The world of batteries needs alternative chemistries to skirt weaknesses with lithium-ion. Sodium-ion is a big hope, and in portable power, Bluetti’s new product shows promise, and limitations.

La compañía portuguesa Hyperion Renewables ha anunciado el cierre de una financiación de aproximadamente 210 millones de euros destinada al desarrollo, construcción, operación y refinanciación del proyecto Theia en Portugal.

High-resistivity silicon wafers offer superior efficiency potential but are highly sensitive to edge recombination and mechanical damage, limiting their commercial use compared to more robust standard wafers. Researchers from Longi and Sun Yat-sen University demonstrated that integrating in-situ edge passivation unlocks this potential, significantly boosting back-contact solar cell fill factor and efficiency.

La Orden TED/82/2026 incorpora, además, un marco específico para el almacenamiento energético: las instalaciones deberán cumplir los mismos requisitos técnicos que la generación convencional tanto cuando inyecten como cuando absorban potencia.

Naos‑1 is described as South Africa’s biggest private utility‑scale solar and battery storage project, designed to wheel power to industrial customers.

En comparación con el tercer trimestre de 2024, las emisiones ajustadas estacionalmente se mantuvieron sin cambios, mientras que el PIB de la UE ajustado estacional y calendarialmente aumentó un 1,6 %.

Germany's latest tender for large-scale PV project concluded with an average final price of €0.0500 ($0.0593)/kWh. The procurement exercise was largely oversubscribed.

La china Arctech construye en Puertollano su mayor centro global de I+D fotovoltaico, un hub de 1 MW donde probará múltiples tecnologías de forma simultánea junto a socios como Fraunhofer ISE, ISFOC y la UPM.

Energy-Storage.news Premium hears from Giovanni Damato, President of organic flow battery company CMBlu Energy, Inc., on changes to FEOC and Section 301 tariffs.

Major Australian energy generator-retailer EnergyAustralia has reached financial close on its 250MWh Hallett battery energy storage system (BESS) in South Australia.

El sector renovable, a través de APPA Renovables, solicita la eliminación del Impuesto sobre el Valor de la Producción de Energía Eléctrica tras la supresión en Portugal del gravamen equivalente.