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Auto-curated on November 1, 2026: 30 stories from 4 sources. In focus: grid & transmission (9), renewables & storage (9), AI (6).

Cranberry Bogs Were Unprofitable, Then Solar Saved The Day CleanTechnica

One of the things many people still don’t realize is how much solar power and wind power help farmers to be more profitable or to become profitable. Agriculture has never been the easiest industry, but it has been getting especially challenging to make ends meet in some parts of…

AI Balloon in China Deflates by Half a Trillion Dollars CleanTechnica

There’s been a lot of talk this year about a humongous AI bubble. We’ve written about that many times here on CleanTechnica, but focused on the US market. AI software companies have massive valuations/market caps based on hype and growth in AI use but without demonstrating anyth…

The Share of Solar Generation with Co-located Battery Storage Is Increasing CleanTechnica

Utility-scale solar developers are increasingly co-locating battery storage with new solar photovoltaic capacity. As of September 2026, over 16% of new utility-scale solar capacity added this year is co-located with operable battery storage, compared with 2% in 2017, according t…

HomePower 1000 Plus v2: Portable Power Put To Use CleanTechnica

I have been using the Jackery HomePower 1000 Plus v2 in a wide range of applications over the past few months around my apartment in Queens, NY. The flexibility and portability make it especially useful for people living in apartments. I had previously written about the Jackery…

Electric Hydrofoils Save Energy, But Do They Earn Their Price? CleanTechnica

Hydrofoils have an obvious appeal. Lift a boat’s hull clear of the water, reduce drag and move passengers faster while consuming less energy. I’ve written before about the proposed electric hydrofoil ferry between Vancouver, Bowen Island and Gibsons, where floating logs, coastal…

Eugene Becomes 5th Oregon City to Adopt Home Energy Score Requirement CleanTechnica

Energy Audits Support Emissions Reductions and Energy Efficiency Upgrades Eugene, Oregon — In a 6-1 vote on Wednesday, October 28th, the Eugene City Council adopted the Residential Energy Performance Disclosure Requirement ordinance, a policy commonly referred to as a Home Energ…

It’s Not Enough To Electrify More. We Must Electrify Better. CleanTechnica

EVs and other electric products are emerging not only as a climate strategy but also as a question of affordability, economic competitiveness, public health, consumer experience, energy security, and resilience to volatile fuel markets. At 5 a.m., an electric bus glides out of i…

Ireland’s Grid Flexibility Assessment Shows Why Location Matters CleanTechnica

Ireland's Naas substation shows why flexible batteries and loads must match the location, timing and operating conditions of grid constraints. The post Ireland’s Grid Flexibility Assessment Shows Why Location Matters appeared first on CleanTechnica .

Sure Looks Like Trump Loves EVs After All CleanTechnica

Despite Trump's war on EVs, the US Department of Energy has launched the new "BattMan" battery innovation accelerator led by experts at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The post Sure Looks Like Trump Loves EVs After All appeared first on CleanTechnica .

Scaling European Battery Recycling via the Circular Economy Act CleanTechnica

Ahead of the Circular Economy Act, a joint letter from T&E, Recharge, Clean Tech for Europe and EIES calls for concrete measures to support the effective scaling of Europe’s material recovery and recycling capacity. Recovering materials from end-of-life batteries is a key means…

The Download: AI agent tracking and climate feedback loops MIT Tech Review

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Opinion: We urgently need to monitor AI agents’ actions in real time —Madhulika Srikumar and Claire Leibowicz from the Partnership on AI, a n…

We urgently need to monitor AI agents’ actions in real time MIT Tech Review

This summer, hundreds of OpenAI agents tried to cheat on a cybersecurity test. They broke out of their test environment and successfully hacked Hugging Face, a site that they believed held clues about how they’d be graded. Around the same time, another OpenAI agent accessed priv…

The Truth About Renewable Electricity: Your Questions, Answered CleanTechnica

Reliable, affordable electricity is essential for many of the products and services that underpin the modern economy. But the sources of that electricity—and their respective merits and risks—are increasingly the subject of debate and polarization. A flood of narratives and coun…

Creating AI value with enterprise context MIT Tech Review

Across a business, any number of AI platforms, systems, and tools may be at work simultaneously—for example, AI-powered customer platforms, conversational assistants, and workflow and process automation tools. Each one is sophisticated, advanced, and quick to respond. But, when…

The Download: dead startups fueling AI and interspecies communication MIT Tech Review

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. AI labs are buying data from dead startups to train their models When Keelan Miskell began winding down his crypto startup, he didn’t think i…

The Download: Anthropic’s IPO, smarter power grids, and exercise pills MIT Tech Review

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Will the real Anthropic please stand up? After weeks of frenzied speculation, Anthropic has filed its IPO prospectus. The 335-page document (…

EU and U.S. Power Firms Scrutinize Supply Chains for Chinese Parts IEEE Spectrum

On 1 November, it’s lights-out for power inverters from “high-risk” suppliers to European Union-funded grid projects . The EU will no longer pay for Chinese inverters for these projects, although member nations still can if they so choose. As a result, companies across the EU ar…

This Hidden Device Could Free Up Gigawatts of Grid Power IEEE Spectrum

This article was originally published by Canary Media . America’s energy supply crunch is driving a surge of federal and private investment in new electricity generation —from polluting gas turbines to cleaner developments like solar farms and geothermal plants . But gigawatts o…

First Utility-Scale Enhanced Geothermal Plant Goes Live IEEE Spectrum

This article was originally published by Canary Media . The geothermal startup Fervo Energy is now selling power to the grid from its Cape Station project in Utah—marking the first time a utility-scale, next-generation geothermal facility has achieved such a feat worldwide. The…

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