Utah’s largest solar and battery storage project is now officially generating electricity.

DHL is turning to VELA for wind power to help move cargo across the Atlantic.

Octopus Energy and CATL are bringing a battery-swapping model already used at scale in China to Europe’s growing electric truck market.

Long-duration energy storage startup Ore Energy has landed what it says is the largest iron-air battery deal in continental Europe so far – and now it’s raised Series A funding. [update]

SunZia, an $11 billion wind-and-power-line project and one of the largest US clean energy transmission projects ever built, is officially online.

Volvo EX90 drivers in the US can now charge at public charging networks, including Superchargers and IONNA DC fast chargers, without opening an app or pulling out a credit card.

California’s utility-scale solar plants are generating more electricity than natural gas for most days of the year in 2026, according to new data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

An old coal mine in Illinois is now generating community solar power for hundreds of households and businesses.

Electrify America just opened a new “large-format” EV charging station in downtown Santa Barbara, California, adding 20 DC fast chargers and the company’s largest public battery energy storage system to date.

Uber, Nuro, and Lucid have picked Houston as the second city for their planned robotaxi service, with the launch in the Texas city expected in mid-2027.

Waymo has tapped fleet management company Element to help keep its robotaxis charged, maintained, and on the road as the company expands into more cities.

Rivian is partnering with ChargeScape to connect its EVs to utility-managed home charging programs across North America, giving owners new opportunities to save money while helping utilities manage electricity demand.

Global EV sales reached 1.8 million units in May 2026, according to new data from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, bringing total sales for the first five months of the year to 7.5 million vehicles.

Shell is planning to sell its offshore wind farm assets in a deal that could raise more than $1 billion, Bloomberg reports.

Solar giant Qcells has started making solar cells at its Cartersville, Georgia, factory, and it’s on track to become the largest solar cell factory in US history by Q3 2026.

Cypress Creek Energy has reached a big milestone in Arkansas for one of the largest solar-plus-storage projects in the US.

GM has partnered with Peak Energy to develop next-generation sodium-ion battery cells, but they’re not going into EVs – they’re for grid-scale energy storage projects. GM Ventures is making a strategic investment in Peak Energy.

New EV prices continued to slide in May, even as sales climbed to their strongest level since the Trump administration killed federal EV tax credits last fall.

Solar and storage made up a huge 91% of all new power capacity added to the US grid in Q1 2026, according to a new report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie.

Solar generated more US electricity than coal for the first month on record in May 2026, according to new analysis from global energy think tank Ember. Solar supplied 12.8% of US electricity during the month, while coal dropped to 12.2%.