⚡ Energy Week in Review: 30 Top Stories
⚡ Megawatt News Weekly
Jan 4, 2026 - Jan 11, 2026
📊 This Week's Top Stories
30 curated articles from 11 trusted sources
☀️ Solar Power
This move aims to attract foreign expertise for setting up solar plants and participating in the value chain. The govern
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Maine lawmakers are considering LD 1730, proposed by State Sen. Nicole Grohoski, to allow renters to use plug-in solar u
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The U.S. continues its transition toward a cleaner and more resilient energy system, solar batteries will play a critica
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💨 Wind Energy
For offshore wind power in the US, the new year is bringing new legal battles. On December 22, the Trump administration
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The Trump administration has repeatedly ordered work to stop on offshore wind farms along the East Coast, pushing at lea
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Envision Energy has been selected by Brazilian renewable energy developer Casa dos Ventos to supply 630 megawatts (MW) o
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The direct drive wind turbine market is set for significant growth through 2030, driven by efficiency advantages, offsho
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Envision Energy has been selected by Brazilian renewable energy developer Casa dos Ventos to supply 630 megawatts (MW) o
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⚛️ Nuclear
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On this episode of the This Week in Cleantech podcast, Ivan Penn from The New York Times, discusses surging optimism for
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A team of physicists has discovered a surprisingly simple way to build nuclear clocks using tiny amounts of rare thorium
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🔋 Electric Vehicles
The need for low cost batteries in energy storage systems, EV charging stations, and base stations will provide ample op
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🔦 Energy Storage
Thirteen innovators receive landmark funding to scale advanced engineering solutions tackling emissions, energy storage
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⚡ Grid & Transmission
Torrent Power operates across the entire power value chain-coal-based and gas-based generation, renewables, transmission
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💧 Hydrogen
OMV secured up to €123m in production funding from Austria Wirtschaftsservice for development of a 140MW green hydrogen
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OMV secured up to €123m in production funding from Austria Wirtschaftsservice for development of a 140MW green hydrogen
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🌊 Hydropower
The Hydropower Sustainability Alliance presented the Power System Plan 2025-2050 for VMKB province in Tajikistan at a mi
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🌍 Climate & Policy
Chief executive Vincent Clerc says other nations will object if they do not get decarbonisation ‘upside’
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Bodies targeted include key UN climate treaty and those promoting development, democracy and human rights
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Extreme weather events drive business disruption litigation
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📋 Policy & Regulation
A record-setting 21 thunderstorm events each caused at least $1 billion in damages, a sign that more people and property
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🛢️ Oil & Gas
Brent and WTI futures climbed, with weekly gains reflecting market jitters over potential disruptions from Iranian unres
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President Trump met with oil and gas executives on Friday in an effort to push them to invest money in Venezuela, a plan
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Amid reports that the US administration is considering a 500% tariff on countries continuing to buy Russian oil, the gov
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Indian oil executives perceive this as a tactical pressure play in ongoing trade negotiations rather than a serious ulti
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This ambitious project, with an investment of approximately ₹10,000 crore, aims to produce synthetic natural gas from hi
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🌋 Geothermal
Eavor’s Geretsried project marks the first time a closed-loop geothermal system has delivered electricity to a commercia
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🏭 Carbon Capture
Industrial groups say storage is only way to meet EU emissions targets for energy-intensive sectors
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📰 Other News
According to draft procedures for RCO compliance mechanism, issued by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, the exemption cov
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Temperatures forecast to reach 47C in some inland areas with fire risk peaking on Friday
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