Wind and solar overtook fossil fuels across Europe in 2025

  • January 21, 2026
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EnBW He Dreiht offshore wind farm (Photographer: Rolf Otzipka) Europe’s power mix hit a tipping point in 2025. Wind and solar generated more electricity across the European Union than fossil fuels for the first time last year, according to Ember’s newly released European Electricity Review. Wind and solar supplied a record 30% of EU power, […]

Noon Energy proves 100+ hour battery for clean energy storage

  • January 21, 2026
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Photo: Noon Energy With data centers projected to consume as much as 12% of total US electricity by 2028, Noon Energy says it has hit a key milestone: successfully operating a scaled-up, ultra-long-duration energy storage system for thousands of hours, capable of delivering clean power continuously for more than 100 hours at a time. The […]

Introducing Electrek Forums: A new hub for the EV and green energy community

  • January 21, 2026
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Electrek Forums We are excited to announce a major addition to the site today: the launch of Electrek Forums. Electrek has long been home to one of the most active and passionate commenter communities on the web. From breaking Tesla news to the latest in solar technology and electric transport, our comment sections are always […]

FERC: US utility-scale solar capacity overtook wind in 2025 – a first

  • January 21, 2026
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Photo: Ampion Solar continues to dominate new capacity additions and has held the lead among all energy sources for 26 consecutive months. As a result, installed utility-scale solar capacity now exceeds wind capacity for the first time, according to data released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and reviewed by the SUN DAY Campaign. […]

Tesla patents ‘clever math trick’ for HW3, but nothing points to delivering promised self-driving

  • January 21, 2026
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Tesla has published a new patent that describes a way to squeeze more performance out of its aging HW3 self-driving computers. While the technology is interesting, nothing points to it actually enabling Tesla to deliver on its long-standing promise of unsupervised self-driving on HW3 vehicles. In 2016, Tesla announced that all vehicles produced thereafter would […]

Trump says Greenland framework with NATO involves mineral rights for U.S.

  • January 21, 2026
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President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the framework he reached with NATO on Greenland involves access to mineral rights for the U.S. and its European allies as well as collaboration on the Golden Dome. “They’re going to be involved in the Golden Dome, and they’re going to be involved in mineral rights, and so are […]