⚡ Energy Week in Review: 30 Top Stories
⚡ Megawatt News Weekly
Jan 11, 2026 - Jan 18, 2026
📊 This Week's Top Stories
30 curated articles from 13 trusted sources
☀️ Solar Power
Global leader in next-generation solar recognised for unlocking unprecedented efficiency in solar technology
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💨 Wind Energy
Subsidiary JSW Thermal signs contract with Toshiba JSW Power Systems for two 800 MW units in West Bengal.
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⚛️ Nuclear
Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive material split, emitting neutrons. Those bump into other atoms, splitting them and causing them to emit more neutr...
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🔋 Electric Vehicles
TORONTO — Rachel Doran, executive director of Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the federal government’s deal to allow the annual sale of 49,000 Chinese EVs in Canada an...
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For decades, lithium-ion batteries have powered our phones, laptops, and electric vehicles. But lithium’s limited supply and volatile price have led the industry to seek more resilient alternatives. A...
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🔦 Energy Storage
Industry expects the Budget to align clean energy expansion with manufacturing scale-up and investment certainty; eyes PLI push for polysilicon, wafers, and nil GST on battery storage
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⚡ Grid & Transmission
During the exhibition, Sungrow showcased a next-generation utility-scale inverter and an integrated hybrid PV and energy storage solution for C&I applications. The latest technologies reflect Sungrow'...
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This transition will boost electricity generation, transmission, distribution, and energy storage. The focus is on long-term growth, grid resilience, and clean energy integration. This marks a signifi...
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We're sleepwalking into a future where our electric grid depends on the voluntary cooperation of private technology companies because the short-term benefits are too attractive to resist, writes Mothu...
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Nuclear power has been a critical part of the electricity grid for decades, but old reactor designs—which often come in years behind schedule and billions over budget—could soon get a big refresh. Nex...
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On this episode of the This Week in Cleantech podcast, Nico Rivero from the Washington Post discusses how the rapid growth of grid-scale batteries in the U.S. is likely to pause in 2026.
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The booming global off-grid inverter market (10.4% CAGR, $2.9B by 2032) sees the 16KW model as a game-changer. It outperforms parallel systems by cutting costs and faults, with global voltage compatib...
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The South African energy utility is seeking applicants to provide design and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services, as well as operations and maintenance services for a solar PV pla...
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💧 Hydrogen
India’s first large-scale green ammonia export complex in Kakinada will see the installation of its first major equipment scheduled for Saturday.
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🌊 Hydropower
Renewables have crossed into a mature, capital-driven phase, with solar, wind and hydropower now central to national strategies and grid expansions. Global clean energy investment reached approximatel...
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Simple, Accurate Measuring and Data Storage for Hydroelectric Turbines
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Whether it’s the financial crash, the climate emergency or the breakdown of the international order, historian Adam Tooze has become the go-to guide to the radical new world we’ve enteredIn late Janua...
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🌍 Climate & Policy
The FT’s business columnist Pilita Clark, and climate correspondent Attracta Mooney answered reader questions
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📋 Policy & Regulation
Physicists have long relied on the idea that electrons behave like tiny particles zipping through materials, even though quantum physics says their exact position is fundamentally uncertain. Now, rese...
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🛢️ Oil & Gas
Indian Oil and Nayara Energy are now the main purchasers, boosting their intake. Reliance Industries has stopped all Russian crude supplies. This shift is prompting Russian suppliers to offer deeper d...
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Revenue rose 10% year-on-year to ₹2.94 lakh crore, supported by stronger oil-to-chemicals margins and volumes, while lower production and realisations weighed on the oil and gas segment.
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Brent crude and West Texas Intermediate saw gains. A US Navy carrier group moved to the Persian Gulf. Potential supply increases from Venezuela are also a factor. Geopolitical risks and speculation ar...
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The induction of ONGC as a partner will “slightly alter” the equity structure of the soon-to-be-incorporated joint venture company in which Shipping Corporation will hold the majority stake of 50% as ...
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🌋 Geothermal
Eavor is a next-generation geothermal energy company that set out to solve one of the long-standing limits of geothermal power. Conventional geothermal electrical generation only works where naturally...
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🏭 Carbon Capture
An independent conducted by Synapse Energy Economics for the Coalition of Community Solar Access (CCSA) finds that expanding distributed solar and energy storage across New York could deliver $1 billi...
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📰 Other News
Vast majority of 104 electricity-generating units set to start operation worldwide this year are in China
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High-Power, Versatile, and Smart Hybrid Inverters Built for Today’s Residential and Light Commercial Energy Needs
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Engineers have created a device that generates incredibly tiny, earthquake-like vibrations on a microchip—and it could transform future electronics. Using a new kind of “phonon laser,” the team can pr...
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A report from International Labor Organization and IRENA says the ‘human side’ of the energy transition is being overlooked.
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The announcement comes amid a surge in power sector consolidation, as generators jockey to meet growing demand from data centers and electrification efforts.
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