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The IEA's World Energy Investment 2026 report finds $2.2 trillion flowing to clean energy against $1.2 trillion for fossil fuels, with solar alone attracting nearly $365 billion — close to $1 billion per day.
The US installed 9.7 GWh of new battery storage in Q1 2026—a 32% year-over-year jump and the highest first quarter ever recorded—as data center expansion and global gas disruptions outweigh federal permitting headwinds.
A new IRENA report introduces firm levelised cost of electricity for hybrid solar/wind-plus-battery systems and finds round-the-clock renewable power now beats new coal in China and new gas globally.
Ford on May 11 announced Ford Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary backed by roughly $2 billion that will build a 20-foot containerized BESS at a repurposed Kentucky plant, with first customer deliveries in late 2027.
California batteries discharged 12,000+ MW in late March 2026, equal to 12 nuclear plants and over 40% of state demand, as installed capacity climbs past 16 GW.
Meta signed a reservation deal for up to 100 GWh of ultra-long-duration storage from Noon Energy, a startup whose reversible fuel cell borrows chemistry from NASA's MOXIE Mars experiment.
Minnesota PUC approves Xcel Energy's $430 million Capacity*Connect program to deploy up to 200 MW of utility-owned batteries, sparking a national debate over who should control distributed energy storage.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects developers will add 86 gigawatts of utility-scale generating capacity this year — nearly double 2025's total — with solar and battery storage accounting for nearly four-fifths of new installations.