WindEnergy Hamburg Reaches 100 GW Offshore Milestone as EU Ties Renewables to Ukraine War
The world’s largest wind energy trade fair, WindEnergy Hamburg, drew more than 43,000 attendees from over a hundred countries this year — convening at a landmark moment for the industry. According to the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association (UWEA), offshore wind globally surpassed 100 gigawatts of installed capacity for the first time ever. At the opening […]
Austria’s Kelag Acquires Eight Agrivoltaic Projects in Northern Italy
Austrian energy company Kelag has purchased a portfolio of eight solar parks in Italy with a combined planned capacity of 64.4 megawatts, deepening its push into Southern European renewables through a format that combines agriculture and power generation on the same land. The sites are located primarily in Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna, two of northern Italy’s […]
US Solar Tax Credits May Reward Assembly as Much as Full Manufacturing, Industry Warns
Federal incentives designed to grow American solar manufacturing may inadvertently treat finishing operations on par with fully domestic production, according to a technology executive in the industry. Sekhar Tatineni, vice president of technology at ES Foundry, made the argument in an op-ed published by PV Magazine USA. The concern centers on a technical distinction that […]
Global Battery Storage Hits 177 GWh Year-to-Date as Europe Triples Deployments and Saudi Arabia Surges
The world added 20.9 GWh (6,516 MW) of battery storage in August, bringing the year-to-date total to 177 GWh — a 35 percent increase over the same stretch last year, according to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence data. China accounted for 12,757 MWh of August’s figure, cementing its absolute dominance of the global market. The month’s largest […]
Shippers Pool Buying Power to Accelerate US Electric Truck Uptake
A newly formed corporate coalition has placed an order for 2,500 Class 8 electric heavy-duty trucks — a volume large enough to nearly double the total number of such vehicles currently operating on US roads. The initiative, called ZET SCALE, was launched by Catalyst Mobility and Smart Freight Centre. Among its first corporate shippers are […]
