Monday, 14 September 2026

US-based Source Energy is offering space-ready photovoltaic modules built on commercial silicon cells, according to PV Magazine.

The company pairs those silicon cells with a range of module technologies aimed at space applications, PV Magazine reported. Source Energy can integrate the modules into rigid arrays as well as folding deployment structures, per the same report.

Silicon is an unusual choice for the segment. PV Magazine notes that high-powered space PV devices based on multijunction cells made from III-V materials such as gallium arsenide or indium gallium phosphide have supplied the space market as far back as the 1960s.

A proposal from the EPA would eliminate limits on greenhouse gas pollution from coal and gas power plants, according to a New York Times report cited by Electrek.

The report is based on two people familiar with the proposal, according to Electrek's account of the New York Times story.

The current power plant pollution limits were put in place by Presidents Obama and Biden and were set to provide USD 120 billion in public health benefits over the next two decades, Electrek reported.

Baker Hughes has secured an order to supply gas compression systems for the Cloud Connector Pipeline in Louisiana, which will move feed gas to Venture Global's Plaquemines LNG facility, according to a GlobeNewswire release. The award also covers a modular liquefaction package with cold boxes to support expansion at the same site.

The pipeline scope includes 13 gas compression systems driven by Frame 5/2E gas turbines, which the release describes as one of the largest deployments for LNG feed gas transportation in the United States.

This is the second order of Frame 5/2E gas turbine-driven centrifugal compressor packages for Venture Global's feed gas pipeline, taking the installed fleet to 23 systems serving the Plaquemines facility, according to GlobeNewswire.

On the liquefaction side, Baker Hughes will supply four liquefaction blocks made up of eight liquefaction modules to add LNG production capacity at Plaquemines.

GlobeNewswire reports that the wider relationship between the two companies supports more than 100 MTPA of existing and planned LNG production capacity.

Venture Global CEO Mike Sabel said Baker Hughes has been a trusted partner across the company's LNG facilities and pipeline infrastructure.

US President Donald Trump called on Ukraine to stop striking Russian refineries, saying the attacks were pushing up diesel prices and "hurting the world," according to Semafor Net Zero. The appeal followed a weekend in which Kyiv hit several refineries.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia targeted Ukraine with more than 2,000 drones and nearly 80 ballistic missiles last week, per Semafor Net Zero.

The Financial Times reported that Russia's new jet-powered drones, improved versions of Iranian Shaheds, evade Ukraine's air defenses at a much higher rate than their predecessors.

PETRONAS has signed a five-year agreement to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Greek energy company METLEN, according to World Oil.

Under the deal, PETRONAS subsidiary PETCO Trading (UK) Ltd. will deliver six LNG cargoes annually beginning in 2027, World Oil reported. The volumes are equivalent to roughly 0.6 Bcm of natural gas per year.

The LNG will be sourced from PETRONAS' Atlantic portfolio.

Wood has secured a five-year, USD 200 million construction services contract from ExxonMobil PNG covering brownfield work across the PNG LNG project in Papua New Guinea, according to World Oil.

The scope spans the Hides Gas Conditioning Plant, the LNG plant at Caution Bay, and roughly 700 km of pipeline infrastructure along with associated well pads and flowlines, World Oil reported.

More than 200 Wood personnel based in Papua New Guinea will deliver the work, which includes project management, construction, piping, mechanical, electrical and instrumentation services.

Wood has worked with ExxonMobil PNG since 2013, providing engineering, procurement, construction and operational services for energy projects in the country.

Venezuela plans to send representatives to the G20 energy ministerial, though the delegation will skip formal closed-door meetings and instead join bilateral sessions, side events and industry discussions, according to World Oil.

Hydrocarbons minister Paula Henao will attend, joined by Jovanny Martinez, who serves as executive vice president at state-owned PDVSA, World Oil reported.

World Oil also reported an oil deal announced by Trump that hands a 35% equity stake in North American Blue Energy Partners and a right to purchase 20% of its crude output at cost from Venezuelan fields. Those fields hold an estimated 65 billion barrels of proven reserves, according to the same report.

Russia will also take part in the ministerial, ambassador Marat Berdyev, who handles G20 matters, wrote on Telegram.

South Africa's oil import bill could have been USD 4.7 billion lower had the country not shut down a number of its refineries, according to the South African Reserve Bank.

Domestic refining capacity has halved over the past decade, and imported refined fuel now covers more than half of local demand, the central bank said in a note cited by Semafor.

Pretoria has announced plans to at least triple its oil refining capacity, a shift Semafor links to growing concern about exposure to global price shocks.

The pressure extends beyond South Africa. Energy imports account for around 70% of the continent's refined fuel needs, per Semafor.

Finnish company Korkia is broadening its investment approach in Chile to offer 'powered land' for data centers, sites where land, permits, and grid access are already secured or well advanced, according to ESS News.

Korkia intends to pair these sites with new renewable generation and battery energy storage systems so that data center loads can be served without adding strain on the grid, ESS News reported.

Chile sits among four primary markets where Korkia is pushing these developments, together with Finland, Sweden, and the UK, per ESS News.

Several Chilean assets underpin the strategy. The Terrazas hybrid project in the Coquimbo region pairs 280 MW of solar with 1,240 MWh of storage, according to ESS News. In Ñuble, the Mellizas project combines a 218 MW solar plant with an 800 MWh BESS and has secured environmental approval, ESS News reported. In the Valparaíso region, the Beltrán standalone storage system, sized at 750 MWh, has reached ready-to-build status.

A further project, Paicaví, planned for La Pintana in the Metropolitan Region, is a 150 MW / 750 MWh battery system carrying an estimated investment of USD 90 million, per ESS News.

At group level, Korkia reports an advanced global portfolio of 15 GW spanning large-scale solar, wind, BESS, and data center land, with another 9 GW of renewable and storage projects in early development, according to ESS News.

The UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) published draft social and environmental guidance to the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority on delivering growth through electricity networks on 14 September 2026.

The guidance is directed at the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (GEMA), the governing body for Ofgem, according to DESNZ. It applies to England, Scotland and Wales.

DESNZ said the draft will come into effect on 17 November 2026 after a 40 day consideration period.

Volkswagen has unveiled the Mission Efficiency, a concept the automaker describes as the world's most efficient near-production electric car, according to Electrek.

On a demonstration run reported by Electrek, the vehicle covered 1,278 km from Wolfsburg to Vienna on a single charge and arrived with 164 km of range still available.

Electrek reports the car recorded a real-world efficiency of 6.89 kWh/100 km, excluding charging losses. The powertrain pairs a 54.9 kWh net battery with a single 99 kW front motor.

Aerodynamics carry much of the result. The Mission Efficiency has a drag coefficient of 0.158, which Electrek describes as a world record for a road-approved car.

Despite the specialized shape, the concept shares underpinnings with a mainstream model. Volkswagen built it on the same MEB+ platform used by the new ID. Polo, according to Electrek.

The UAE is weighing moving parts of two of its largest infrastructure projects underground to guard against future attacks, Semafor reported.

One is a 5-gigawatt AI data center project underway with US technology partners, according to Semafor. The scheme was originally planned as a 10-square-mile campus in Abu Dhabi, but is now likely to become a network of facilities dispersed across the country, with air defense systems and some underground construction among the modifications under consideration, per Semafor.

The second project is the relocation of Dubai's main airport to a site south of the city. Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths told the Financial Times that the plan may include underground fuel storage tanks. The design changes will not shrink the target of ferrying 250 million passengers a year through the new hub, Semafor reported.

Carris, the municipal transport operator in Lisbon, has taken delivery of 29 additional electric buses, according to electrive. The rollout brings the operator's electric fleet to 103 vehicles.

With the new units in traffic, electric buses will cover more than 50% of the kilometres driven by Carris. Diesel numbers have dropped from 524 to 379 units. The operator is targeting a full exit from fossil-fuel-powered vehicles by 2030.

The order is part of an investment package worth over EUR 31 million, with EUR 17.05 million drawn from the Recovery and Resilience Plan, electrive reported.

The Portuguese government and the European Commission plan to back the purchase of 1,006 zero-emission buses across more than 70 municipalities.

NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy have proposed a package of bill credits and investments in Virginia weighted toward solar and storage projects, according to Solar Builder.

Residential bill credits would double in duration, moving from two years to four years under the plan, Solar Builder reported.

The two companies announced a USD 100 million investment in Virginia's workforce and a USD 1 billion annual, five-year Virginia Supplier Program, per Solar Builder.

NextEra Energy CEO John Ketchum expects the program to generate 1,000 new direct jobs in the area, according to Solar Builder.

The companies pointed to the 610 MW Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center in St. Paul as a key element for grid reliability, Solar Builder reported.

Engie and Return have widened their flexibility agreement covering battery storage assets in Germany to 400 MW, up from 100 MW, according to ESS News.

The deal takes the form of a Virtual Flexibility Purchase Agreement (vFPA), a structure that bundles multiple battery storage facilities into a Virtual Flexibility Portfolio rather than tying the contract to a single plant, ESS News reported.

The two companies signed their first vFPA of this kind in February at 100 MW of battery storage capacity, followed by a separate 55 MW contract for installations in Spain, per ESS News.

Pemex has isolated an offshore pipeline about 46 nautical miles off Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, following a crude oil release, and no further oil is escaping, according to Offshore Engineer OEDigital.

The operator's Cantarell Production Asset personnel detected a pressure drop on September 10 in a line collecting hydrocarbons from the Ek-TA, Balam-TA, Balam-A, Balam-TB and Balam-TA2 platforms, the outlet reported.

Pemex activated its Regional Emergency Response and Management Group the same day and notified the Agency for Safety, Energy and Environment as well as the Mexican Navy Secretariat.

Continuous monitoring of the Gulf of Mexico had ruled out the possibility of hydrocarbons reaching the coastline as of September 12, Pemex said.

RWE and Masdar are widening their offshore wind partnership into German waters, and separately RWE Supply & Trading has signed a letter of intent with ADNOC on long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply, according to Offshore Engineer OEDigital.

In Britain, the two partners run a joint offshore wind portfolio totaling 3.6 GW, anchored by the Dogger Bank South scheme. The South East and West phases of that scheme account for 3 GW of planned capacity and won Contracts for Difference earlier in 2026.

The LNG letter of intent builds on a Strategic Collaboration Agreement that RWE Supply & Trading and ADNOC concluded in February, and covers long-term supply arrangements. Under the LoI, the two sides plan to negotiate up to two sale and purchase agreements, with cargoes potentially flowing to Germany, other European markets and Asia from the early 2030s.

Kia used the IAA Transportation stage to introduce the PV7, a bigger electric van built on 800-volt architecture and positioned above the PV5 in its purpose-built vehicle range, electrive reported. The second entry in the PBV line stretches the platform in size, load capacity, and battery energy while stepping up the voltage class.

European sales open in the second half of 2027, according to electrive.

Two NMC packs feed the PV7 drivetrains, sized at 71.5 kWh and 96.2 kWh.

The long-wheelbase PV7 Cargo with a standard roof takes 6.1 cubic metres of load volume, rising to 8.0 cubic metres when specified with the high roof. Payload tops out at 1,165 kilograms in that long-wheelbase Cargo, while the shorter standard variant is rated at 1,200 kilograms.

GH Power has signed a multi-year hydrogen supply agreement with Change Energy Engineering, acting for its subsidiary Hone, covering gaseous hydrogen produced at GH Power's facility in Hamilton, Ontario, according to a GlobeNewswire release.

The deal is GH Power's first executed commercial hydrogen offtake, the company said. Change Energy Engineering and Hone are described in the release as a Canadian hydrogen distribution and fueling operation.

The initial term runs for two years from the start of commercial operations at the Hamilton site, subject to earlier termination, per the announcement.

The Hamilton plant is GH Power's first commercial deployment of its aluminum-water reactor platform, which the company says processes recycled and industrial aluminum feedstock with water to co-produce hydrogen, high-purity alumina, aluminum hydroxide products, and clean thermal energy.

Shell's chemical division and Chinese truck brand FAW have partnered to develop an immersion-cooled battery pack for electric semi trucks, according to Electrek.

The pack surrounds the battery cells in an electrically insulating immersion cooling fluid, which Electrek reports enables more effective heat management than conventional EV battery cooling.

Electrek says the latest validation progress, together with the Starship concept itself, will be shown at the FAW TRUCKS booth during IAA Transportation 2026 in Hannover, Germany.

Researchers deployed lead halide perovskite solar cells 10 meters below the surface of the South China Sea, according to PV Magazine. The team integrated the cells with underwater robots and tested them off the Weizhou Islands, PV Magazine reported.

During two hours of underwater illumination, the submerged cells generated 324 mWh, enough to charge lithium-ion batteries, per PV Magazine.

Under simulated conditions at 10 meters depth, the perovskite delivered a power conversion efficiency of 34.71% and showed almost no degradation after 1,160 hours, according to PV Magazine. Accelerated testing outlined in the research paper predicts a lifetime of almost 5.5 years when the cells are submerged at 25°C at a depth of 10 m, the outlet reported.

Study author Wen-Hua Zhang of Yunnan University said the work is the first functional validation of submerged solar cells operating at a water depth of up to about 10 meters, per PV Magazine.

Baker Hughes has secured two equipment orders from Venture Global covering gas compression for the Cloud Connector Pipeline and liquefaction gear for the Plaquemines LNG expansion in Louisiana, according to Offshore Engineer.

The Cloud Connector award covers 13 gas compression systems driven by Frame 5/2E gas turbines, tasked with moving feed gas to the Plaquemines liquefaction site. Offshore Engineer reports the award is the second batch of Frame 5/2E turbine-driven centrifugal compressor packages tied to the feed gas pipeline, taking the fleet supporting Plaquemines LNG to 23 systems.

For the liquefaction scope, Baker Hughes will supply four liquefaction blocks made up of eight modules, incorporating Chart cold boxes, per Offshore Engineer.

The supplier said its relationship with Venture Global underpins more than 100 million tonnes per annum of existing and planned LNG production capacity.

Mike Sabel, CEO of Venture Global, said Baker Hughes has been a trusted partner across the company's LNG developments and pipeline infrastructure.

Egyptian battery manufacturer BME and CATL have signed an agreement to build a battery production facility in Egypt, according to electrive. Electrive describes CATL as the world's largest battery producer.

The first phase is expected to reach an annual production capacity of 1 GWh, focused primarily on battery systems for heavy-duty commercial vehicles, electrive reported. Initial investments are stated to exceed two billion Egyptian pounds, equivalent to approximately 39 million US dollars.

A second phase is planned to lift capacity to 5 GWh per year, with output shifting to batteries for passenger cars and stationary energy storage systems, per electrive. The plant targets a local value-added share of 40 per cent.

The Egyptian government has not yet disclosed a timeline for the start of production or the expansion, electrive reported.

BME was founded by Egyptian commercial vehicle manufacturer MCV and Auto D, an automotive spare parts company.

Australia's Energy and Climate Change Ministerial Council has signed off on national rules governing energy devices in homes and small businesses, PV Magazine reported.

Running from 2026 to 2029, the Consumer Energy National Technical Regulatory Framework was drafted jointly by the federal government and the states and territories.

Under the framework, a technical code for consumer energy resources (CERs) will spell out product requirements, the categories of equipment in scope, and deemed-to-satisfy pathways. A new body, the Consumer Energy National Technical Regulator (CENTR), is to enforce the code.

Equipment falling inside the code must clear mandatory certification and independent testing, with CENTR issuing certifications and maintaining a public register of approved CER products, PV Magazine said.

Installers handling any CER product regulated by the code will also need accreditation under a nationally consistent scheme.

Drafting of the technical code sits with Australia's Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, and revisions are scheduled every two years subject to ministerial sign-off, according to PV Magazine.

UGL has been awarded the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning role for APA Group's Sybella solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Australia, according to ESS News.

APA committed about AUD 259 million (USD 185 million) to Sybella at final investment decision, ESS News reported. The project is underpinned by a long-term Energy Supply Agreement with Evolution Mining running until mid-2046.

Construction by UGL is anticipated to commence in late 2026, with completion expected in mid-2028, per ESS News. Sybella will be UGL's 16th solar farm and 12th BESS project.

Sybella is the second renewable project at Mount Isa in Queensland, following APA's Dugald River solar farm, an 88 MW installation completed in 2024.

Azule Energy has awarded Saipem a subsea contract valued at roughly USD 350 million on the West Hub Tails oil development, a component of the broader Agogo Integrated West Hub project off Angola, Offshore Engineer reported.

Water depths at the field reach up to 1,750 meters, and the site lies roughly 180 kilometers from the Angolan coast, according to Offshore Engineer.

Saipem's scope spans engineering, fabrication, transportation and installation of subsea equipment, with roughly 62 kilometers of flowlines, risers and umbilicals in the package. The infrastructure will tie back to the Agogo floating production, storage and offloading unit, and Saipem expects to complete the work in about two and a half years.

Saipem plans to fabricate at its Ambriz yard in Angola, employing local companies and workers. Azule Energy, the field operator, is an incorporated joint venture of Eni and BP.

India added 8.2 GWh of battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity in the first half of 2026, according to PV Magazine. The same publication put installations in the year-earlier period at 98.4 MWh.

The quarterly trajectory turned lower inside the half. PV Magazine reported second-quarter installations of 3.6 GWh, down 22% quarter-over-quarter from a record Q1.

Rajasthan led cumulative installed battery storage capacity with a 36% share, followed by Gujarat at 20% and Maharashtra at 5%, according to PV Magazine.

Procurement outpaced awards. Storage tenders totaled 28 GW during the first half of 2026, while only about 9 GW was auctioned, down 18% year-on-year, PV Magazine reported.

Mercom Capital Group CEO Raj Prabhu attributed the H1 2026 spike to large-scale standalone battery storage projects moving from tenders and policy announcements to installations on the ground.

Trina Storage will supply about 1 GWh of grid-connected battery storage equipment to Japanese clean-energy developer AMP-lify under a newly signed memorandum of understanding, ESS News reported.

The Trinasolar unit will deliver its Elementa 3 BESS product line for AMP-lify's Japanese projects, with commissioning and after-sales support included in the terms, according to ESS News.

AMP-lify's website lists 234 MW of BESS as under development in Japan, ESS News reported.

The MoU builds on a 160 MWh contract Trina Storage signed in June 2026 for a Kyushu project using its earlier Elementa 2 system, per ESS News.

Iowa's two largest investor-owned utilities burned significantly more coal in 2025 than the prior year, as statewide electricity generation rose and regulators pointed to data centers and factories as the drivers of new load, according to Inside Climate News.

At MidAmerican Energy Co., the largest investor-owned electric utility in Iowa, coal accounted for 27% of the resource mix in 2025, up from 21% in 2024, Inside Climate News reported. Interstate Power and Light, a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corp., saw coal's share climb from 12% to 20% over the same period.

Statewide electricity generation rose from 70.5 million megawatt-hours in 2024 to just over 74 million in 2025, according to Inside Climate News.

The heavier reliance on coal came with a sharp increase in air pollutants. Alliant and MidAmerican together reported a more than 50% jump in sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions between 2024 and 2025, per Inside Climate News.

MidAmerican media relations manager Geoff Greenwood cited the role of coal generation in maintaining reliable service to the utility's 1.3 million electric customers in Iowa.

The demand pressure has a named source. The Iowa Nuclear Energy Task Force, convened this year by Gov. Kim Reynolds, attributed the growth in electricity demand to data center development and the expansion of manufacturing facilities.

SPIC Brasil and GE Vernova have completed the modernization of Generating Unit 3 at the São Simão hydroelectric plant on the border between Goiás and Minas Gerais, the third of six units slated for full renovation, according to a GE Vernova release.

The Unit 3 overhaul was finished in 10.3 months, faster than the previous units and inside the 12-month regulatory ceiling set by the National System Operator (ONS) and the National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel), per GE Vernova.

The plant has an installed capacity of 1,710 MW and supplies energy to approximately 6 million homes, GE Vernova said. The modernization program is backed by an investment exceeding R$1.2 billion spread over ten years, with the full six-unit project expected for completion in 2029.

A central element of the work is the switch of the plant's control systems from an analog architecture to a fully digital one, according to the company.

Saipem has secured a $350 million subsea contract from Azule Energy for work on the Agogo Integrated West Hub Development offshore Angola, according to World Oil.

The award covers the West Hub Tails project, situated roughly 180 km off the Angolan coast in water depths reaching 1,750 meters, per World Oil. Saipem's scope spans engineering, fabrication, transportation and installation of subsea infrastructure, including about 62 km of flowlines, risers and umbilicals tied back to the Agogo FPSO.

Execution is expected to run for approximately two and a half years, with fabrication carried out at Saipem's Ambriz yard in Angola, according to World Oil. Azule Energy, the contract counterparty, is an incorporated joint venture between Eni and bp.

The Iowa Utilities Commission is moving toward hearings on the second phase of Summit Carbon Solutions' proposed carbon dioxide pipeline, which would add hundreds of miles to a project already tangled in litigation, according to Inside Climate News.

Summit Carbon Transport, an affiliate of Summit Carbon Solutions leading the second phase, has asked the commission to expedite its draft schedule and reach a decision on the dockets by the end of the year, rather than hold the currently scheduled final hearing in late February, Inside Climate News reported.

The original design aimed to move CO2 from ethanol plants across the Corn Belt to North Dakota for underground storage, per Inside Climate News, but court challenges over the company's plan to use eminent domain to acquire land have derailed that route. South Dakota has since banned the use of eminent domain for carbon pipelines, and a North Dakota judge revoked Summit's permit to store CO2 underground in the state, according to the outlet.

Summit has said it is now considering destinations in Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado and Kansas, Inside Climate News reported. In September 2025, the company petitioned the Iowa Utilities Commission for permission to amend its permit and strip out language specifying a route or destination for the pipeline.

Toyota has pushed back production of the Highlander EV to at least the first quarter of 2027, with the vehicle now set to arrive as a 2028 model, according to Electrek.

The Subaru Getaway, which shares underpinnings with the Highlander EV and is slated to be built alongside it in Kentucky, faces the same delay to at least the first quarter of 2027, Electrek reported.

A Toyota spokesperson said the company needed more time to make additional adjustments to the vehicle prior to launch, per Electrek.

On specifications, Electrek reported the 2028 Highlander EV will be offered with two battery packs of 77 kWh or 95.8 kWh. The smaller pack provides up to 287 miles of range, while the larger pack delivers up to 320 miles in front-wheel-drive configuration.

The delay lands as inventory of the current gasoline Highlander runs thin. Toyota dealers had around a 20-day supply of Highlanders nationwide as of September 10, Electrek said, citing Automotive News. Toyota's US sales are up 0.4% through August, according to Electrek.

California's state Legislature has passed two bills to streamline permitting and inspections for clean energy home installations, according to Canary Media. The outlet describes the measures as first-in-the-nation.

The legislation covers rooftop solar, home batteries, and heat pumps, and is intended to cut red tape around residential clean energy projects, Canary Media reported.

According to the same report, the bills aim to make it easier and cheaper for Californians to install rooftop solar, home batteries, and energy-saving heat pumps and heat-pump water heaters.

UL Solutions has opened a certification program for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, according to Solar Builder. Testing and certification services for the V2G equipment are available at the company's laboratories in Fremont, California and Northbrook, Illinois, as of September 2026.

The program enables testing of products covered under UL 1741 Supplement SC, an offshoot of UL 1741 that governs inverters, converters, controllers, and interconnection system equipment for distributed energy resources, and it addresses bidirectional EV charging equipment, Solar Builder reported.

EPRI expects a pool of 130 million vehicles by 2030, per the same report.

The 2027 Chevy Silverado EV Work Truck will start at $53,200, according to Electrek, a $400 increase over the prior model year.

Electrek reports that the Trail Boss trim is returning to the Silverado EV lineup. The variant is lifted by 2 inches and offers 24% higher ground clearance.

On a competing nameplate, Electrek notes that Ford no longer lists the F-150 Lightning on its website. The automaker is preparing to introduce a $30,000 Fathom and an extended-range electric truck that will carry the F-150 Lightning name.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright delivered the U.S. National Statement at the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria, according to the Department of Energy.

Wright said the administration's actions advance President Trump's goal of adding 300 gigawatts of new nuclear capacity in the United States by 2050.

On deployment, Wright said the Department of Energy's advanced reactor pilot program has led to five distinct reactors achieving criticality in rapid succession.

On nonproliferation, Wright described a joint operation between the United States, United Kingdom, and Venezuela, carried out with IAEA technical support, to remove 13.5 kilograms of enriched uranium from the shutdown RV-1 research reactor.

Wright said the United States is the largest contributor to the IAEA, and congratulated Timor Leste on becoming the newest member of the agency.

East Point Energy has completed its Citrus Flatts energy center and storage project in Harlingen, Texas, according to Solar Builder.

The site sits just less than 30 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, Solar Builder reported.

Solar Builder described East Point Energy as a Charlottesville, Virginia-based renewable energy project developer. The developer recently donated $175,000 for improvements to the Harlingen Soccer Complex, per the same report.

ABB E-mobility and Elexon have formed a strategic collaboration to help logistics operators and commercial vehicle fleets electrify their depots, unveiled at the IAA Transportation show in Hannover, according to electrive.

Under the arrangement, ABB E-mobility supplies the DC charging technology, while Elexon takes on analysis, consulting, technical planning, implementation, and later operation of the sites, electrive reported. Elexon is a certified partner of ABB E-mobility, qualified to install, commission, and service the charging solutions, giving fleet operators a single point of contact for their depot.

The partnership will initially cover Germany and Austria, with the two companies aiming to extend it to other European markets over the longer term, per electrive.

The Global Fusion Policy Summit produced a joint statement on 14 September 2026 laying out shared priorities for international cooperation on fusion energy, according to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ).

DESNZ, which published the document, said the principal policy outcome of the summit was the joint statement itself.

The text reflects discussions held during the day on regulation, public-private collaboration, insurance and artificial intelligence, per DESNZ.

It also flags actions needed on regulatory harmonisation and standards to support the global fusion community's work on commercialisation and deployment, according to the same policy paper.

BYD unveiled the ETT 44 battery-electric tractor unit for the European market at IAA Transportation in Hanover, according to electrive.

The tractor is designed for a gross combination weight of up to 44 tonnes and carries a 651 kWh Blade Battery with LFP cell chemistry, electrive reported.

Via CCS2, the ETT 44 can charge at up to 420 kW, taking a maximum of 60 minutes to move from 20% to 80%, according to electrive. Using MCS, BYD specifies charging power of over 1.5 MW, with the same 20% to 80% session completed in a maximum of 20 minutes, per electrive.

BYD offers a ten-year or 1.2 million kilometre warranty for the Blade Battery, electrive reported.

Nova Scotia is soliciting about 350 MW of fresh renewable capacity in the second round of its Green Choice Program, PV Magazine reported. The tranche is sized to deliver roughly 1,200 GWh of power each year.

Bids opened Sept. 10 and must be submitted by Jan. 14, 2027, with winners named in May 2027. Awarded projects will lock in 25-year pricing arrangements with Nova Scotia Power.

Round one, run in 2023, awarded 262 MW across two wind projects that are due online by the close of 2028. Those bids cleared at average prices between CAD 63.62/MWh and CAD 66.43/MWh.

The province's Clean Power Plan sets an 80% renewable electricity share and exits coal by 2030. To get there, the plan pencils in close to 2,000 MW of combined wind, solar and battery build by 2030, split between more than 300 MW of larger-scale solar and about 1,000 MW of new onshore wind.

Sungrow will lift list prices on solar inverters and energy storage products by between 5% and 15% from Sept. 20, blaming higher costs for raw materials and components, pv magazine reported. It is the second time the company has repriced its lineup this year.

The steepest increases hit medium-voltage grid-connected inverters, which go up 10% to 15%, while string, modular and matrix inverters move up in a 5% to 10% band, according to pv magazine.

A manager in Sungrow's storage business separately told Chinese media that copper and aluminum inputs were behind the decision, pv magazine reported. Figures from the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association, cited by pv magazine, put the average domestic copper price 31.4% higher and aluminum 18.8% higher across the first half of 2026.

The cost pressure comes alongside a new tax line for battery makers. A 2% consumption tax on lithium-ion batteries took effect in China on Sept. 1, 2026, and is set to double to 4% on Sept. 1, 2027, pv magazine reported.

Other suppliers have taken the same route. The China Energy Storage Alliance counted more than 10 storage-related vendors that had lifted prices since July, with the increases spread across a 2% to 30% range, according to pv magazine.

Volkswagen has unveiled Mission Efficiency, a near-production electric concept car that pairs mass-production components with lightweight construction and aerodynamic optimisation, according to electrive.

On a documented long-distance run from Wolfsburg to Vienna, the car covered 1,278 kilometres and required only a single recharge of its 54.9 kWh usable battery, electrive reported. Real-world consumption came in at 6.89 kWh per 100 km, and the drag coefficient measured 0.158, which electrive described as a new benchmark for road-legal cars.

The concept is built on Volkswagen's MEB+ platform and uses the standard front-wheel-drive APP290 drive unit rated at 99 kW, drawing from a 54.9 kWh net high-voltage battery shared with other current models in the brand's line-up, according to electrive. Above 80 km/h, the aerodynamic and lightweight package cuts power consumption by more than 30 percent compared with conventional electric vehicles, electrive reported.

The coupé measures nearly 4.80 metres in length, seats four in a minimalist cabin, and offers a 481-litre boot, per electrive.

Volkswagen brand board member Thomas Schäfer said Mission Efficiency is intended to demonstrate what sets the brand apart in the electric age, framing it as technology for the masses rather than for the few, according to electrive.

The Gambia has banned protests without permits after days of unrest triggered by persistent electricity blackouts, according to Semafor Net Zero.

Semafor reported that the country's power problems intensified in recent weeks as imports from two neighbors dried up. Supply from Senegal fell, reportedly over unpaid electricity bills, while Guinea cut deliveries as a drought squeezed output from its hydropower stations.

The strain has been compounded by the expiry last year of a contract with Turkish floating power plant operator Karpowership, which at one point provided 40% of Gambia's electricity, according to Semafor.