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Ukraine Caps Rooftop Solar Payouts at Night With New Dual-Price Rule

Ukraine’s energy regulator has introduced a new billing mechanism for residential solar panel owners that limits compensation during nighttime hours and for electricity exported above a permitted hourly threshold. Under the decision by the National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Utilities (NCRECU), households will receive the lower of two values for power fed […]

European Business Coalition Presses EU to Lock In Green Hydrogen Quotas Past 2030

Some 170 companies investing in Europe’s energy sector have urged EU leadership to preserve mandatory renewable hydrogen targets beyond 2030, warning that weakening the binding requirements embedded in the RED III directive would destabilise the investment environment the sector has carefully built. In a joint letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, business […]

US Clean Energy Jobs Fall for First Time Since Pandemic as Federal Support Retreats

America’s clean energy workforce shrank for the first time since the post-COVID recovery period, shedding nearly 37,000 jobs over the past year. According to E2’s Clean Jobs America 2026 report, the reversal follows the federal government’s withdrawal of support for clean energy. The losses end four consecutive years of strong growth. Losses touched virtually every […]

Ukraine Solar Capacity Tops 9.4 GW as Association Seeks European Partners

Ukraine’s solar sector brought its scale and policy priorities to a European audience on 17 September, when Vladyslav Sokolovsky, head of the Ukrainian Solar Energy Association (USEA), addressed an international SolarPower Europe webinar attended by European business representatives, Germany’s BSW Solar association, and EU institutions. Despite generating capacity losses exceeding 27 GW, the country’s solar […]

Battery Storage Wave Sweeps Central and Eastern Europe as Poland Eyes Regional Record

Construction has begun on what is set to become Poland’s largest battery storage facility — a 600 MW, 2.4 GWh project in Siedlce being developed by Greenvolt Power with construction contractors P&Q and ONDE, and commercial operations targeted for late 2027. Equipment will be supplied by BYD. The project’s economics rest on a 17-year capacity […]

Nvidia Launches Battery Storage Qualification Program for AI Data Centres

Nvidia has introduced a dedicated energy storage certification scheme for its AI infrastructure buildout, selecting three vendors in the programme’s opening phase. Known as DSX Ready, the programme certifies products that meet category-specific qualification requirements for AI factory infrastructure. The first certification tier focuses on battery energy storage and liquid cooling systems. Three suppliers qualified: […]

Spain Opens Consultations on 11 GW Grid Allocation for Renewables and Storage

Spain’s Ministry of Ecological Transition (MITECO) has launched a two-week public consultation on how to distribute up to 11 gigawatts of grid capacity earmarked for renewable energy and storage projects in just transition zones. The proposed framework splits the quota between two tracks. Fifteen designated nodes — spread across northern and southern Spanish provinces — […]