Odesa Eyes Waste-to-Energy Plant at 4.5 Billion Hryvnias, but Funding Gap Looms Large
The city of Odesa is considering a new combined heat and power plant fired by refuse-derived fuel — RDF and SRF — produced from sorted municipal waste, with a preliminary price tag of 4.5 billion hryvnias. A waste-sorting facility is envisaged near the future plant to supply raw material. No construction timeline has been set. […]
Energinet Floats Curtailment-for-Connection Agreements to Speed Grid Access
Denmark’s transmission system operator Energinet has opened a consultation on two proposed grid connection models that would exempt generators from connection charges in exchange for accepting curtailment when network capacity runs tight. The proposals are designed separately for plants connecting to the transmission and distribution networks. Under either model, a generator agrees to have its […]
Spain’s Castilla y León Proposes Solar Levy, Drawing Sharp Industry Criticism
Authorities in Spain’s autonomous community of Castilla y León are considering extending an existing environmental impact tax — the Impuesto sobre la Afección Medioambiental — to photovoltaic installations. The proposed charge would range from €600 to €2,000 per hectare, covering solar parks across the region. The solar industry has responded sharply. José Donoso, head of […]
Germany Sends Solar Equipment and Storage to Six Lviv Coal Communities Under Two Programmes
Six communities in Lviv Oblast have received solar power equipment and battery storage units under two separate German assistance programmes, bolstering critical infrastructure and vocational training across the coal-transition region. The winter aid package, delivered by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through GIZ Ukraine, provided 20 battery storage units of 61.44 […]
Crane-Free 188-Metre Wind Tower Earns Certification, But Commercial Viability Faces Its Real Test
A Spanish engineering firm has developed a wind tower system that eliminates the need for heavy cranes — and earned formal certification to prove it. Whether independent developers and lenders will embrace it is a different question entirely. Nabrawind’s Nabralift design rests a tubular upper column on a tripod steel truss. Hydraulic jacks raise the […]
Poland Sets November Auction Dates as Solar Tightens Its Grip on Renewable Contracts
Poland’s energy regulator URE has scheduled its next renewable energy auction for November 9–10, running separate sessions for solar and onshore wind projects in two capacity bands: installations up to and including 1 MW, and those exceeding that threshold. Only newly built facilities may participate; bids are admitted through the IPA platform and then judged […]
Germany’s October EV Surge Leaves Petrol and Diesel Behind
Germany registered 94,086 battery-electric vehicles in October 2026, a 79.5 percent jump from the same month a year earlier that pushed BEVs to 37 percent of an overall car market that itself grew just 1.7 percent. For the second straight month, petrol and diesel combined fell below the BEV share alone. The shift is stark. […]
Democrats Win Unified Control of Five State Governments, Likely a Sixth, and a Georgia Regulator Majority
Decisions on solar plants, batteries and climate targets now rest with state administrations. Democrats took both legislative chambers together with the governor’s seat in several states at once, and bills that sat untouched for years can be put to a vote again: barring municipalities from imposing blanket prohibitions on renewable projects, setting connection rules for […]
