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A new report says Elon Musk is again claiming the next version of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software will exceed human safety levels, echoing earlier promises around prior releases.

Wood Mackenzie expects gas turbine prices to rise 195% from 2019 levels by the end of 2027 as demand surges, manufacturing bottlenecks persist, and supply-chain risks intensify.

A new policy fight is emerging over whether states or federal regulators should control the interconnection of giant new loads such as data centers.

Tesla’s new Supercharger for Business tool indicates an all-in price of about $940,000, offering a stark datapoint on what large-scale private charging deployments may now cost.

A new order for 20 Candela P-12 electric hydrofoil ferries marks what Electrek described as the largest deployment of its kind.

Renalfa Power Clusters plans to merge a large solar plant and standalone storage project in western Romania, then expand the site with both lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries plus grid-forming technology.

Switzerland added 1.526 gigawatts of solar in 2025, down 15% from the previous year, as the post-energy-crisis surge cooled. But residential batteries, electrified buildings and EV integration suggest demand is shifting,

A new set of North American reliability standards targets inverter-based resources after fault events, including a 2022 West Texas disturbance, exposed weaknesses in how some solar-heavy assets ride through routine grid.

Researchers in the United States say they have designed a catalyst that can convert ethanol into jet fuel in a single step, a development aimed at cutting production costs

Security researchers say a vulnerability in AP Systems microinverters could have allowed remote compromise and coordinated shutdowns across large numbers of internet-connected solar devices.

The Solar Stewardship Initiative and the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance have agreed to work together on traceability and sustainability standards as scrutiny of solar supply chains intensifies.

New research from Cornell University examines whether single-axis tracking solar arrays can protect cropland from damaging winds while preserving the land-sharing benefits that have made agrivoltaics a fast-rising idea.

A fresh Electrek item argues that an oil crisis is changing the math for drivers, strengthening the financial case for electric transportation as fuel costs rise.

The World Meteorological Organization says Earth is trapping heat faster than it can release it, adding a new metric to show how deeply the climate system has been disrupted.

Global plugin vehicle registrations fell 11% year over year in February 2026, but the decline was heavily tied to the rollback of incentives in the United States and China rather than a broad collapse in demand.

Toyota sold more EVs in the US than Ford in the first quarter of 2026, with the bZ electric SUV outperforming Ford’s combined EV lineup, according to Electrek.

Qcells is trying to move rooftop solar and batteries upstream into home construction, aiming to make them default features instead of retrofits.

Italy’s regulator has backed a proposal to target 16 GWh of storage capacity in the 2029 MACSE auction, while warning that final volumes should reflect changing market conditions.

Plug-in solar systems popularized in Europe are beginning to gain traction in the United States, with Illinois weighing legislation that could lower a major regulatory barrier.

A growing share of new data center capacity is being built to operate partially or fully off the utility grid, creating stranded cost risks and major planning headaches for electric utilities nationwide.