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The BrightVolt Take: Heat Pumps Sell on the Price Ratio

The BrightVolt Take: Heat Pumps Sell on the Price Ratio

Aug 3, 2026 | Home Electrification, Policy & Regulations, Renewable Energy

Norway installs roughly fourteen times more heat pumps per household than Britain does. Not because Norwegians care more about the climate, and not because Oslo writes bigger cheques. It is because in Norway a kilowatt-hour of electricity costs little more than a...
Europe Sold 4,991 Electric Trucks. China Sold 231,100.

Europe Sold 4,991 Electric Trucks. China Sold 231,100.

Aug 2, 2026 | Electric Vehicles, Policy & Regulations, Trucks

The European Union registered 4,991 battery-electric heavy trucks in all of 2025. China registered 231,100 new-energy heavy trucks — a category that is about 97% battery-electric, the remainder fuel cell. In the first half of 2026 China added another 126,200, up 85%...
The BrightVolt Take: Europe’s Solar Problem Is Value

The BrightVolt Take: Europe’s Solar Problem Is Value

Aug 2, 2026 | Policy & Regulations, Renewable Energy, Solar

Solar supplied 25% of EU electricity in June 2026 — 52 TWh, the largest single source, ahead of nuclear, gas, wind, hydro and coal. In the same year, European solar farms captured the lowest share of the wholesale price ever recorded: an average of 38% in spring, down...