The US grid battery fleet is about to double – again(canarymedia.com)

37 points by mfiguiere 2 years ago | 39 comments

Portugal just ran on 100% renewables for six days in a row(canarymedia.com)

301 points by Anon84 2 years ago | 230 comments

California is a rooftop solar giant. New rules could change that(canarymedia.com)

33 points by orangebanana1 3 years ago | 45 comments

NASA tech might just spur a major grid battery breakthrough(canarymedia.com)

41 points by orangebanana1 3 years ago | 4 comments

Heat pumps slash emissions even if powered by a dirty grid(canarymedia.com)

6 points by rntn 2 years ago | 0 comments

the US climate law is fueling a factory frenzy. Here’s the latest tally(canarymedia.com)

56 points by shallowbay 3 years ago | 42 comments

Puerto Rico's Solar Microgrids Beat Blackout(spectrum.ieee.org)

362 points by ohjeez 1 year ago | 210 comments

IEEE Spectrum news article on how solar microgrids in Puerto Rico kept power running during a blackout while federal funds were redirected from solar to grid fixes.

Google commits to buying power generated by nuclear-energy startup Kairos Power(wsj.com)

550 points by atomic128 2 years ago | 447 comments

Wall Street Journal article on Google agreeing to buy power from nuclear-energy startup Kairos Power; the capture shows only a device verification screen.

Cities can cost effectively start their own utilities(kevin.burke.dev)

374 points by kevinburke 1 year ago | 336 comments

Kevin Burke blog post arguing Northern California cities can cost-effectively create their own electric utilities to undercut PG&E's high rates.

Japan develops a method to recover up to 90% of lithium from used EV batteries(tech.supercarblondie.com)

663 points by donohoe 3 months ago | 175 comments

Tech news article about a Japanese method that recovers up to 90% of the lithium from used electric vehicle batteries.

Solar surpasses nuclear power globally for first time(pv-magazine.com)

624 points by xbmcuser 9 days ago | 390 comments

pv magazine article reporting that global solar generation surpassed nuclear for the first time in 2025, according to the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2026.

4-hour battery storage is cheaper to install than gas turbines all across globe(solarpowerworldonline.com)

191 points by 01-_- 18 days ago | 99 comments

Solar Power World article on a Wood Mackenzie LCOE report finding four-hour battery storage cheaper than open-cycle gas turbines in all 43 modeled markets.