Kryvyi Rih Eyes 12 MW Solar Plant for Wastewater Treatment — but Plans Remain Unconfirmed
Kryvyi Rih has included a 12 MW solar power plant in a draft community development action plan, with the installation intended to supply electricity to the city’s wastewater treatment infrastructure. The proposed site is the Central Aeration Station of municipal utility Kryvbasvodokanal, where the plant would power pumps and aeration systems. The draft action plan […]
Ukraine’s EV Market Shrinks as Europe Surges
Ukraine registered roughly 4,600 battery-electric vehicles in September 2026, cutting last year’s figure nearly in half, according to the Ukravtoprom industry association. The contrast with European trends is stark: European electric-car sales rose nearly 72.9 percent over the same period. The passenger segment accounted for 4,349 of September’s registrations, yet the split between new and […]
Ukraine Opens Ukrenergo’s Reserve Market to Nationwide Cogeneration
Ukraine’s energy regulator has extended access to Ukrenergo’s replacement-reserve mechanism to distributed generation facilities across the entire country, a step expected to ease electricity shortages at grid nodes where supply is under pressure. Previously, only cogeneration facilities in Kyiv and Kyiv region were eligible to participate in the tertiary-frequency and active-power reserve scheme run by […]
European Solar Industry Calls on Lawmakers to Close Glaring Supply Chain Gap
Europe assembles solar panels in quantity but barely makes the materials that go into them — and an industry coalition wants the bloc’s forthcoming Industrial Accelerator Act to fix that imbalance. More than 35 companies and institutions have jointly petitioned the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, urging legislators to use the IAA […]
US Clean Energy Announcements Fall $8.2 Billion Short of Cancellations
New clean energy investment declarations in the United States fell $8.2 billion short of cancellations in 2025, according to business group E2’s Clean Economy Works tracker. Projects cancelled, frozen or scaled back since early 2025 are valued at $86.6 billion — more than the $78.4 billion in newly declared plans. Comparison of announced and cancelled […]
Giga Storage Set to Attract €260 Million Financing for 350 MW German Battery Project
Dutch developer Giga Storage is set to attract €260 million in project financing for its Albatross battery storage facility in Germany, the company’s first large-scale BESS deployment in the country. A syndicate of seven banks — ABN Amro, Rabobank, ING, SMBC, Société Générale, Hamburg Commercial Bank and Siemens Bank — will provide the credit package. […]
US Onshore Wind Rushes to Beat Tax Credit Deadline as Offshore Faces Federal Freeze
The onshore wind sector in the United States is recording a sharp surge in equipment orders even as federal authorities move to block offshore auctions and seek court injunctions against in-progress offshore projects. The driver is a shift in how existing tax incentives are applied. Under recently enacted federal legislation, developers who broke ground before […]
