Welcome To 2026. Not a slow start to energy news in the new year but we’ll start you off with a recap of the publishers’ read stories of last year. Plenty of time to see how the conflict in Venezuela impacts the oil markets and if the Google acquisition is a one-off or a sign of what else could be happening.
- PV-Tech: PV Tech’s top ten stories of the year in 2025
- Canary Media: The 13 clean energy stories we wish we wrote in 2025
- Axios: U.S. oil companies will rebuild Venezuela’s industry, Trump says
- Bloomberg: Solar Panels and Heat Pumps to Be More Expensive in 2026
- New York Times: Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa
- Reuters: Five energy market trends to track in 2026, the year of the glut
- Solar Builder: New Jersey passes revised “smart solar permitting bill”
- PV-Magazine: Nofar USA wins bid to acquire solar assets of bankrupt Pine Gate Renewables
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Best, Yann