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US power sector CO2 emissions rose 4% last year. Higher electricity generation and increased coal use drove the increase, the Energy Information Administration said.

SRP will propose the Marigold Energy Center to its board in September. The site 45 miles south of Phoenix would combine 600 MW solar, 400 MW battery storage and up to 675 MW gas generation plus a new substation.

9.5% higher bills for North Carolina families are baked into a Duke Energy settlement that Attorney General Jackson refused to sign. The deal would have locked in the increase without his approval.

35.5% conversion efficiency sets a new world record for LONGi's crystalline silicon-perovskite tandem solar cell, certified by ESTI. The result was announced at the 2026 Solar and Energy Storage Innovation Conference.

Fortress Power is partnering with Flip Energy to connect distributed energy resources to virtual power plant and grid services programs in the US and Puerto Rico. The deal targets homeowners and small businesses.

$215B in annual energy cost savings starts with heat pump adoption, ACEEE finds. The group ties the figure to broader electrification across U.S. buildings.

rPlus Energies reached more than 1 GW of solar and storage projects developed in Idaho after commissioning the 125-MW Pleasant Valley Solar 2 and beginning construction on the 400-MW Blacks Creek Energy Center.

HECO is clashing with the governor's energy partner over plans to create a new utility in Hawaii. The standoff centers on control and structure of the proposed entity.

National Energy Control, No. 258 on the 2026 Top Solar Contractors List, won a New Jersey school district solar contract after traveling through 2 snowstorms. The Cincinnati developer completed site visits and negotiations despite the winter disruptions.

A New Jersey financier is driving Trump Media's entry into nuclear energy. The move marks a clear departure from its core social platform focus.

House committee narrowed a data center energy bill during markup, stripping several provisions on permitting and grid upgrades.

India awarded contracts for 1,344MW of pumped hydro storage plus its first utility-scale flow battery.

5 GW of AI UPS will roll out across multiple hyperscale campuses in a new Crusoe and ON.energy deployment. The systems target AI power infrastructure at scale.

Battery storage projects are advancing in Romania as Aukera, ENEVO Group with Kraftfeld Energy, and PPC Renewables push new deployments.

300MW and 55MW of BESS capacity now locked under long-term tolls, with EnBW and Zelestra closing the Italy deal and Return and Engie finalising the Spain agreement.

BESS projects now carry a decade-long FEOC compliance obligation under US restrictions. Energy storage developers must track component sourcing and ownership rules across the full project lifecycle.

Spearmint Energy received a site permit for its 150MW/600MWh Midwater Energy Storage Project in Freeborn County, Minnesota.

California BESS operators using static bidding strategies are leaving millions in revenue on the table, Gridmatic's latest CAISO analysis shows. Dynamic optimization reportedly captures far higher returns than set-it-and-forget-it approaches.

Duke Energy and North Carolina regulators agreed to cut the utility's proposed rate increase substantially from its initial request.

I&M plans to reposition the Rockport plant as a full energy hub serving customer demand. The move follows the facility's shift away from coal operations.