Solar panel manufacturer Qcells announced it would furlough one-third of its workers at its two plants in Georgia due to increased detentions by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of solar cells and other upstream panel components. 🔌💡 www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2025/11/qcel...

SPP’s board of directors approved $8.6 billion in projects, including some of the highest-voltage power lines in the United States. 🔌💡 www.utilitydive.com/news/spp-to-...

Home solar tax credits expire this year, but through 2027 installers can pass on the savings from a separate incentive to customers who are willing to lease panels. 🔌💡 www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...

The data-center capital of the world elected a Democratic governor and strengthened its House Democratic majority. Will they save its landmark clean energy law? 🔌💡 www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol...

Morocco’s EV story is one of bold visions turning into reality—affordable locals, renewable power, and global partnerships. As adoption accelerates, the road to a zero-emission future feels closer than ever. #EnergySky #EV evmorocco.ma/2025/11/07/e...

The mayor-elect did not talk a lot about climate change on the campaign trail. But the city has major electrification plans that he can help accelerate. 🔌💡 www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol...

Over 1,000 facilities for making cleaner fuels, chemicals, and building materials are in the works in 70 countries. But China is pulling way ahead on investment. 🔌💡 www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

New Jersey has already set a 50% clean energy goal for electricity by 2030, and 100% by 2035. 🔌💡 cleantechnica.com/2025/11/05/e...

"Europe’s clean energy dream will fail without the wires to connect it. Offshore wind and solar are ready to deliver, but unless we tackle transmission bottlenecks head-on, with the introduction of more interconnectors, that power will remain stranded in remote regions." 🔌💡 tinyurl.com/32hu8ca5

"The Trump administration's continued attack against renewable energy puts 510 solar and storage projects across the country at risk," according to new analysis from the Solar Energy Industries Association shared with Kelsey Tamborrino: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025... 🔌💡

SunCable says the project could eventually power the island nation of Singapore and parts of south-east Asia, via a subsea cable. 🔌💡 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

“China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels.” 🔌💡 economist.com/leaders/2025...

EU also pointed to military activity in Cyprus’ airspace and waters and Ankara’s attempts to connect its electricity grid to the occupied north while blocking the EU-backed Great Sea Interconnector project. 🔌💡 knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-t...

Batteries Save Illinois Consumers $12 billion! The Illinois Legislature passes a big energy bill that will deploy 3 GW of battery storage by 2030 and more solar. Battery storage will save consumers $12 billion by cutting capacity costs! pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/11/05/i... #energysky

I loved working at FERC but I cannot imagine how my sleepy little grid management agency is handling this surging buffoonery

Beijing is building the world's first nationwide UHV grid, capable of carrying power across thousands of kilometers with minimal loss. 🔌💡 www.pressreader.com/malaysia/the...

India’s signature #OSOWOG initiative envisions a global solar electricity grid spanning continents. By enabling clean energy trade and enhancing resilience, OSOWOG could dramatically reshape the global energy map. 🔌💡 currentaffairs.adda247.com/india-launch...

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The strategic advantage of renewables lies in decentralization. A well-distributed network of solar, wind, storage, and smart grid infrastructure means that local disruptions have limited systemic effect. #EnergySky oilprice.com/Alternative-...

How State Regulators Can Utilize the Latest Legislative Trend to Make Electricity More Affordable and Reliable #energysky -- via RMI

Big batteries dominate booming grid connection pipeline, as solar-storage hybrids also make their mark #energysky -- via Renew Economy: reneweconomy.com.au/...

A second life for solar panels! ☀️ Floridians can now drop off their decommissioned or damaged solar panels at sites in Tampa and Palmetto so that the panels can be recycled for future use 🔌💡

“Maxeon remains committed to building a resilient U.S. manufacturing base, with the Albuquerque facility as a key component of that strategy,” Maxeon spokesperson Forrest Monroy wrote in an email to the Journal in early October. 🔌💡 www.abqjournal.com/business/art...

Between 2025 and 2030, the world is expected to build nearly 4,600 gigawatts of renewables — almost double the amount built over the previous five-year period. 💡🔌 www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

Australia’s Cheaper Home Batteries Program reaches 2GWh of storage capacity #energysky -- via Energy Storage News:

Aligned Data Centers will pay to build a 31-megawatt battery, an early example of how AI developers can move fast if they’re willing to be flexible. 🔌💡 www.canarymedia.com/articles/bat...

Marissa Gillett, pioneering former head of Connecticut’s utility commission, talks about how regulators need to step up amid rising costs and climate concerns. 🔌💡 www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti...

“People in the industry know it took 17 years to expand an existing facility,” said Joel Edwards, the cofounder and chief technology officer at the geothermal startup Zanskar. ​“And that’s the last facility that’s been built in California.” 🔌💡 www.canarymedia.com/articles/geo...

A world that works for everyone is not impossible, but inevitable. 🔌💡 youtu.be/kIWF_XcU40Q

It's been a while since I've done a non-political nerd thread. And I wish I could do them more often! So let's do a palette cleanse to talk about this article from WaPo that is technically true, but deeply misinformative about US electric markets. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Brown’s house is a “hub home,” one of seven in a Northeast Houston pilot program meant to create emergency safe havens — not at shelters or community centers, but inside neighbors’ houses. 🔌💡 apnews.com/article/disa...

Experts at the Southwest Power Pool project energy usage to grow by 96% during the next decade in its 14-state region, and on Friday, federal regulators gave the organization the ability to proactively plan for that growth. 🔌💡 kansasreflector.com/2025/10/21/k...

On October 21, a symposium and exchange meeting between GEIDCO and the ambassadors from Latin America and the Caribbean to China was held at the headquarters of the organization. 🔌💡 www.geidco.org.cn/2025/1022/90...

Geothermal projects have surged to 3.3 GW in NV Energy’s interconnection queue, which grew 30% in the last three months. 🔌💡 www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-nv...

Kremlin investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev has said the 70-mile link between Siberia and Alaska would 'unlock joint resource exploration', and has even suggested Tesla founder Musk could build it. 🔌💡 www.unilad.com/news/world-n...

Want a home battery that doesn't cost $10,000's to install, but can still serve as a smart home and grid resource? Pila Energy's briefcase-sized battery was designed for that middle ground — and the startup has just raised $4M to bring it to market: www.canarymedia.com/articles/bat... #energysky

"What if I told you the world's largest battery company just announced batteries that cost as low as $10 per kilowatt hour? Not $100. Ten. And the kicker? They're using salt." 🔌💡 youtu.be/Wf84NJSiAeU

Nearly two-thirds of likely voters in a handful of states are in favor of adding more transmission lines to connect clean energy and strengthen grid reliability, according to a new survey. 🔌💡 www.yahoo.com/news/article...

A Russian investment envoy proposed that Elon Musk and The Boring Company build a “Putin-Trump” tunnel connecting Alaska and Russia through the Bering Strait. 🔌💡 www.cnbc.com/2025/10/17/m...

“Several points of convergence” were found during the latest meeting to be held on the matter of the Great Sea Interconnector on Friday, according to reports. 🔌💡 cyprus-mail.com/2025/10/17/s...

A senior Kremlin official has proposed an ambitious plan to construct a massive undersea passage, dubbed the “Putin Trump Tunnel,” to connect Russia and the United States beneath the Bering Strait. 🔌💡 tribune.com.pk/story/257307...

Why small-scale, non-utility solar is important #energysky -- via pv magazine usa:

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Greece has completed an undersea power cable connecting the mainland to Crete, a decisive step toward the long-planned Great Sea Interconnector that will link Greece, Cyprus, and Israel through a single high-voltage energy corridor beneath the Mediterranean. 🔌💡 www.argophilia.com/news/crete-p...

Eirgrid, the nation's transmission system operator, has appointed Dublin-based Turner & Townsend to lend its programme management skills to the £1.75bn National Development Plan, which will see Ireland's grid "transformed" over the next half decade. 🔌💡 www.4coffshore.com/news/five-ye...

Chile: Grenergy breaks ground on newest solar-plus-storage hybrid in 1.1GW/3.8GWh portfolio #energysky -- via Energy Storage News:

Attention New Yorkers: NYISO (New York's grid operator) is now warning of "significant reliability shortfalls within the next ten years" in their new Comprehensive Reliability Plan (CRP)! Here's a quick look at the vital, and concerning, findings 🧵#energysky #energyhub

Ombudsman says transmission projects plagued by lack of trust in local communities #energysky -- via Renew Economy: reneweconomy.com.au/...

The company outlined a three‑phase project in which it would invest up to £1.5bn in a new factory to produce turbines for fixed‑bottom and floating offshore wind projects for the UK and export markets. 🔌💡 www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/chine...

Chile loses $562 million to rising solar and wind curtailment #energysky -- via pv magazine global: