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How do you ensure quality and performance and mitigate risk when buying BESS equipment? Expert speakers from consultancies, analytics firms and independent power producers discussed the topic in a recent panel discussion. The ‘Product Selection, Quality, and Underperformance in Battery Storage Projects’ discussion at the Energy Storage Summit 2026 in London in February included the following […]

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/03/BYD-Song-Ultra-EV-price-3.jpeg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1400" /></div><p><a href="https://electrek.co/guides/byd/">BYD</a> launched the Song Ultra EV in China, starting at just under $22,000. The new EV is one of the first to be equipped with its Blade Battery and Flash Charging, enabling recharge times in as little as 5 minutes. In less than a month, the electric SUV secured over 37,000 orders.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/04/03/byds-new-ev-lures-buyers-with-5-min-charging-low-prices/#more-461274">more…</a>

Reports from the International Energy Agency's Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme (IEA-PVPS) indicate Malaysia added over 1.4 GW of solar in 2025, with more than 5.7 GW now deployed across multiple government schemes.

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/04/gm-solar_MAIN.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1498" /></div><p>You’ve finally got the full trifecta – a rooftop solar panel system feeding a home backup battery that charges your EV. Heck, you’ve even got a bidirectional EV that can send power back to the house when you need it. Now the real question: are you actually saving any money?</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/04/03/home-solar-battery-ev-one-gmc-sierra-ev-driver-shares-their-experience/#more-462165">more…</a>

Hydro-Québec has introduced a grant offering up to CAD 1,000 ($718.40) per kilowatt installed, covering up to 40% of eligible costs to accelerate rooftop solar adoption and reduce payback periods for residential and business customers in the Canadian province of Québec.

In a new weekly update for <b>pv magazine</b>, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that last month North America saw a stark solar divide, with southern regions like northeastern Mexico, southeastern Texas, and much of California experiencing 20–25% above-average irradiance, while Canada, the Great Lakes, and the northeastern U.S. faced persistent cloudiness and below-normal solar conditions. This contrast was driven by high-pressure systems and a southwestern heat dome in the south versus a polar vortex bringing cold air and storms to the north.

Agratas, the global battery business of the Tata Group, has completed the steel frame of its Sanand facility in India, with production expected to begin in 2027.

Rooftop solar generating capacity in Puerto Rico totaled 1,456 megawatts (MW) at the end of 2025, 20% of the overall capacity mix. Rooftop solar capacity has increased faster than other sources over the past decade. Between 2016 and 2025 rooftop solar installations accounted for 81% of the new generating capacity in Puerto Rico, according to data from our Electric Power Monthly and Puerto Rico Energy Bureau's (PREB) Quarterly Report on System Data. In 2025, rooftop solar became the second-largest capacity source, after petroleum liquids capacity (3,671 MW), and surpassed natural gas capacity (1,391 MW).

The first bid window of Zambia's new Carbon Feed In Premium Program plans to develop 300 MW of solar across projects that are connected to on-site battery energy storage systems. The deadline to submit expressions of interest is May 31.

Distributed solar additions have vastly outpaced all other forms of generation as Puerto Rico’s overall power generation capacity continues to grow.

California-based Terabase Energy is scaling up its automated solar construction platform and expanding its engineering software ecosystem to improve project delivery and performance modeling.

This week Women in Solar+ Europe gives voice to Margarita Licht, Product Manager BESS &#38; Charging at Germany's Goldbeck Solar. She says diverse perspectives and cognitive styles are essential in the solar and energy storage sector, enabling smarter solutions, effective problem-solving, and long-term planning. She also emphasizes that creating inclusive environments, fostering allyship, and choosing workplaces that value authentic strengths empower growth and drive meaningful impact.

The German manufacturer said its new back-contact solar panel has a power conversion efficiency of up to 23.52%.

An international reserch team developed two deep learning-based IDS models to enhance cybersecurity in SCADA systems. The hybrid approach reportedly improves detection of complex and novel cyber threats with high accuracy, adaptability, and efficiency, outperforming traditional methods across multiple datasets.

India-based EV battery manufacturer Neuron Energy plans to enter the grid-scale storage market with a 5 GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) manufacturing facility in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

A German research team has developed CuInSe₂ micro-concentrator solar cells using laser-assisted metal-organic chemical vapor deposition to grow indium islands directly on molybdenum-coated glass, forming absorber arrays without masks or patterning. The not-yet-optimized micro-modules achieved up to 0.65% efficiency under one sun, with gains of up to 250% under concentrated illumination.

See more from Canary Media’s ​“Chart of the Week” column . The European Union is once again facing an energy crisis due to its reliance on imported fossil fuels — and is once again poised to lean into renewables to blunt the effects. As the war in the Middle East upends global oil and gas markets, European Union…

The Cow Palace arena, just south of San Francisco, has hosted Dwight Eisenhower , the Beatles , the San Jose Sharks NHL team, and an annual rodeo since it opened in 1941. But an even bigger act is setting up next door: an enormous battery that will perform a starring role in the Bay Area’s energy ecosystem. …

Japanese researchers developed a molybdenum-based spin-flip emitter that efficiently harvests triplet excitons from singlet-fission tetracene dimers, producing strong near-infrared emission. This approach could boost solar cell efficiency and enable new quantum technologies by converting otherwise “dark” excitons into usable light.

Hybrid power purchase agreements (PPAs) combining solar and storage are proving harder to close with industrial offtakers than standard solar deals, despite growing market interest.

<p>COLUMBIA, S.C. — Dominion Energy South Carolina (DESC)’s proposed 2026 IRP doubles down on volatile fracked-gas while continuing to cling to expensive coal power, asserts Sierra Club’s analysis of the utility’s filing, which was made publicly available in the docket on Wednesday. “While South Carolina families feel the squeeze of energy costs like ... [continued]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2026/04/03/dominion-sc-irp-doubles-down-on-costly-fuels-sierra-club-analysis/">Dominion SC IRP “Doubles Down on Costly Fuels” — Sierra Club Analysis</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/3/2025/05/lectric-xp4-e-bike-header.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1600" /></div><p>Lectric eBikes is officially <a href="https://lectricebikes.sjv.io/5kk6G1">rolling into Canada</a>, setting the stage to shape the future of cycling north of the border.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/04/02/lectric-heads-north-canadians-get-access-to-the-uss-best-selling-e-bikes/#more-462163">more…</a>

<p>ALBUQUERQUE — This week, the Trump administration advanced the process of increasing oil and gas drilling on a landscape considered sacred by Pueblos and Tribes. On Tuesday, the Trump administration began a 7-day Public Scoping period, the next step in its proposal to open the Greater Chaco Region to oil ... [continued]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2026/04/02/the-trump-administrations-attempt-to-expand-drilling-at-chaco-canyon/">The Trump Administration’s Attempt to Expand Drilling at Chaco Canyon</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cleantechnica.com">CleanTechnica</a>.</p>

<p>Or 47 ways to say the &#8220;w-word&#8221; Over 13,000 kilometers (~8,500 miles) away from Washington and we here in the Philippines feel the effects of the White House&#8217;s war on Iran. Oh! It&#8217;s that word! It&#8217;s that deplorable word — a banned word, in the same league as woke, trans, ... [continued]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2026/04/02/the-greenwashing-of-war/">The Greenwashing of War</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cleantechnica.com">CleanTechnica</a>.</p>

<p>The most useful way to think about the Strait of Hormuz in a decarbonized future is not as an oil story that fades away as the energy transition advances. It is a systems story about where risk sits in the architecture of the economy. In the fossil era, Hormuz matters ... [continued]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2026/04/02/two-options-for-the-strait-of-hormuz-in-a-decarbonized-world/">Two Options for the Strait of Hormuz in a Decarbonized World</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cleantechnica.com">CleanTechnica</a>.</p>