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An exceptional burst of renewable output raised Greece’s green energy share to 78% of its electricity balance, creating a surplus that strained grid management and drove wholesale prices to the lowest level on the continent. Strong winds powered the surge, pushing natural gas to just 13.2% of the energy mix while electricity imports shrank to […]

Germany’s rapid expansion of solar capacity is creating a recycling problem the country’s industrial infrastructure is not yet equipped to solve. By 2030, more than 600,000 tonnes of spent photovoltaic panels are projected to require disposal — but the facilities to handle them at industrial scale barely exist. A study by the Fraunhofer CSP Institute […]

The Texas Public Utility Commission has approved Southwestern Public Service Company’s plan to close the Tolk coal-fired power station near Lubbock and replace its capacity with a broad portfolio of renewable energy and battery storage. SPS operates as an Xcel Energy subsidiary. The Tolk plant is scheduled to shut down in early 2029. Under the […]

California has signed into law a measure that lets residents connect portable solar panels directly to household outlets without utility fees, permits, or interconnection paperwork. SB 868 — dubbed the “Plug Into the Sun Act” — takes effect on 1 January 2027 and sets a 1,200-watt AC ceiling per dwelling unit. The legislation defines qualifying […]

North Macedonia’s Chebren pumped-storage hydropower project — stalled for decades — may be approaching a breakthrough, with the prime minister reporting that American financial institutions have shown potential interest in funding its construction. During a recent visit to Washington, the prime minister held talks with Caroline Vick, who handles development projects at the US International […]

Governor Gavin Newsom has signed two California bills that broaden the role of virtual power plants in the state’s grid, opening wholesale market access for home battery systems and pushing regulators to plan around distributed storage rather than new infrastructure spending. SB 913 removes restrictions that had blocked customer-owned batteries from competing freely in the […]

Europe’s count of officially recognised cross-border renewable energy projects climbed to 15 following the fifth CB RES competition, as three new initiatives secured a status that grants eligibility for CEF Energy funding covering both research and construction phases, alongside strengthened support from EU member states. The total shifted after project PONTIS left the existing list […]

Battery-powered container handlers are gaining ground over hydrogen alternatives in heavy port operations, with the global fleet of electric machines now numbering around 1,500 units — roughly 15 to 16 percent of all such equipment worldwide, according to analysis by CleanTechnica. Despite a widely held assumption that hydrogen is the only viable option for heavy […]

Wärtsilä has transferred its energy storage systems business to Valo, a new 50-50 joint venture with German engineering firm RCT Solutions that became operational on 1 October following the deal’s closing. The Finnish company seeded Valo with a portfolio of more than 20 GWh spread across over 130 projects worldwide. Despite that initial scale, Wärtsilä […]

The US Department of Agriculture has quietly overhauled its main rural solar grant program, narrowing eligibility and cutting funding levels — and prompting a federal lawsuit from farmers and developers who say the changes unlawfully reach back to already-approved awards. The Rural Energy for America Program once let farmers install solar systems that produced more […]

Ukraine closed its first pilot wind energy auction on September 30, 2026, distributing 700 MW of support quota through the Prozorro.Prodazhi platform — a milestone that capped years of effort to establish a functioning renewable-energy tender system. Nine companies submitted applications totaling more than 1.2 GW against the 700 MW on offer, leaving the auction […]

Europe’s battery-electric vehicle market hit a record in August, with fully electric cars accounting for 30% of new registrations as the wider automotive industry entered its customary summer lull — a period when slower overall volumes allow high-demand models to stand out. Around 250,000 new BEVs were registered across the continent, a 51% increase on […]

German engineering company GICON has raised a pilot wind turbine to 365 metres — hub and blades — at a site in Schipkau, Germany. The structure uses a telescopic tower that climbs through a lattice frame via a specialised lifting system, replacing the conventional cranes typically required for large-scale turbine erection. At that elevation, winds […]

The U.S. regional grid operator PJM Interconnection has postponed a supplemental capacity auction meant to cover a projected power shortfall, after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gave only partial approval to the proposal and demanded revisions to its cost-sharing framework. PJM, which coordinates electricity supply across 13 states and the District of Columbia, had sought […]

Solar Markt Group has commissioned a 70 MW solar facility paired with a 40 MW, 80 MWh battery storage system in Hódmezővásárhely, which the developer says is the largest hybrid energy project in Hungary to date. What makes the plant notable is its financing: no state grants or European Union funds were involved. The project […]

Suboptimal management of solar panels and battery systems could cost Ukrainian companies up to 30 percent of potential revenue, according to energy management firm Gecko VPP. The finding comes as industrial storage gains wider adoption across the country as a tool for energy resilience — yet the financial return on those investments varies significantly. Ukraine […]

Filling a 50-litre diesel tank in Europe now costs €32 more than it did in February, and a new analysis by Transport & Environment points to refinery margins as a significant part of the explanation. Profit margins at European refineries climbed from around €0.10 per litre in February to €0.41 per litre by mid-September — […]

Ukraine’s solar industry association is urging exporters in carbon-intensive sectors to treat on-site renewable energy not merely as a cost-cutting measure but as a tool for managing liabilities under the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. ASEU board chair Vladislav Sokolovsky made the case at a Dialogue Hub event, explaining that CBAM explicitly accounts for the […]

A hybrid charging hub on Sweden’s E22 motorway near Ronneby, in Kalmar municipality, has connected two 180 kW fast chargers to an existing 63-ampere grid feed — without any network upgrade. The facility marks the first installation of ZOE-series DC terminals in Sweden and demonstrates how battery storage can work around the capacity constraints that […]

Ireland is expanding its residential clean-energy support scheme starting 6 October, adding battery storage to a programme that previously focused on solar panels alone. Households can now claim up to €600 toward the cost of a storage unit, while those in lower income brackets may receive a combined package of up to €9,000 covering both […]