Ukraine’s GreenDIM Program Offers Homeowner Associations Up to 7 Million Hryvnias for Clean Energy Upgrades
Ukrainian homeowner associations can receive state grants covering up to 70 percent of their clean energy investment costs under the GreenDIM program administered by the Energy Efficiency Fund, with combined payouts reaching as high as seven million hryvnias per building. The program is open exclusively to officially registered homeowners associations and housing cooperatives throughout Ukraine, […]
Verbund Set to Begin Albania’s First Wind Farm Construction
Austria’s Verbund is moving to construction at Albania’s first wind farm, marking a concrete advance in the country’s renewable energy programme. The company’s subsidiary Verbund Green Power will develop the 72.6 MW Spille project in the Rrogozhina municipality near the Adriatic coast, targeting commercial operations in the first quarter of 2028. Albania’s Minister of Infrastructure […]
Grid Investment Could Reach $25 Trillion by 2050 as Renewables Reshape Network Demands
Global electricity grid spending is set to become a permanent feature of the energy transition — not a one-time investment surge — according to BloombergNEF’s NEO Grids 2026 report. Under an economic transition scenario, the world will require $16.5 trillion in grid infrastructure through 2050; a Net Zero scenario raises that total to $25 trillion, […]
UK Battery Coalition Warns Over-Extended Storage Guarantees Could Add £1.6bn to Consumer Costs
A group of eight UK battery operators is challenging proposals to over-extend state support for long-duration energy storage, arguing that an oversized initial guarantee round could add £1.6 billion to consumer bills. The coalition, known as CDAES, includes Zenobe, Fidra Energy, Voltwise Power and Pulse Clean Energy alongside four others — Constantine Energy Storage, Revera […]
Wind Farm Delivers Budget Windfall to Zakarpattia Community
A wind energy project in Ukraine’s Zakarpattia region has channelled more than 20 million hryvnias into the budget of Nyzhniy Vorota territorial community — a figure that matches the community’s entire annual budget from just five years ago. The first turbine began operating within the community’s territory in August 2024. Under a social partnership agreement, […]
Europe’s Inverter Security Debate Is Under Way but Far From Settled, SolarEdge Says
Cybersecurity has become what Pascal de Boor, SolarEdge’s European director, calls the “most interesting driver of change” shaping the continent’s solar supply chain politics. Speaking to pv Europe, de Boor described a clear European trend toward scrutinising suppliers from high-risk countries — China chief among them — over concerns that critical infrastructure could be compromised […]
EU Power Prices Decouple from Gas as Clean Generation Reaches 72%
European wholesale gas prices surged 88.4 percent between February and August 2026, yet electricity costs rose only 22.8 percent, a divergence the report attributes to the growth of clean generation. Between February and May alone, gas climbed 41 percent while electricity actually fell 7 percent. The Power Barometer 2026 attributes this decoupling to clean generation […]
