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America is installing enough new solar panels and batteries in 2026 to power millions of homes, marking the biggest single-year energy expansion in over two decades. Clean energy now accounts for 93% of all new power projects breaking ground this year.
New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia are launching massive solar and battery programs to lower electricity bills and boost grid reliability. The coordinated push could add thousands of megawatts of clean power across the region.
The European Union just awarded €650 million to 14 countries to upgrade aging power grids and build hydrogen infrastructure that will make clean energy faster, cheaper, and more reliable. Spain is getting the biggest boost with €180 million to power millions of homes with renewable energy.
Germany just became the first country to let battery systems help stabilize its power grid, ending the decades-long dominance of coal and gas plants. The shift opens a major new revenue stream for clean energy storage.