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The world’s largest wind energy trade fair, WindEnergy Hamburg, drew more than 43,000 attendees from over a hundred countries this year — convening at a landmark moment for the industry. According to the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association (UWEA), offshore wind globally surpassed 100 gigawatts of installed capacity for the first time ever. At the opening […]

Austrian energy company Kelag has purchased a portfolio of eight solar parks in Italy with a combined planned capacity of 64.4 megawatts, deepening its push into Southern European renewables through a format that combines agriculture and power generation on the same land. The sites are located primarily in Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna, two of northern Italy’s […]

Federal incentives designed to grow American solar manufacturing may inadvertently treat finishing operations on par with fully domestic production, according to a technology executive in the industry. Sekhar Tatineni, vice president of technology at ES Foundry, made the argument in an op-ed published by PV Magazine USA. The concern centers on a technical distinction that […]

The world added 20.9 GWh (6,516 MW) of battery storage in August, bringing the year-to-date total to 177 GWh — a 35 percent increase over the same stretch last year, according to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence data. China accounted for 12,757 MWh of August’s figure, cementing its absolute dominance of the global market. The month’s largest […]

A newly formed corporate coalition has placed an order for 2,500 Class 8 electric heavy-duty trucks — a volume large enough to nearly double the total number of such vehicles currently operating on US roads. The initiative, called ZET SCALE, was launched by Catalyst Mobility and Smart Freight Centre. Among its first corporate shippers are […]

Finland is moving to overhaul how electricity grid capacity is allocated among competing applicants, proposing a tiered priority system that ranks new consumers and standalone battery storage against each other rather than against conventional generation. The government’s proposed amendments to the Electricity Market Act would divide all new connection requests into four categories. The first […]

On the evening of September 9, a coordinated fleet of residential battery systems across California simultaneously discharged 580 megawatts into the state grid — more than double the upper end of what a single gas peaking plant typically produces (50–250 MW). The event is the largest on record for a distributed residential virtual power plant, […]

A federal judge appointed by Donald Trump has handed his own administration an unexpected legal defeat, striking down the Environmental Protection Agency’s attempt to terminate a multibillion-dollar clean energy programme and rescind grants that had already been awarded. The Solar for All programme, backed by $7 billion in funding, was established to accelerate the energy […]

Four decades after the catastrophic meltdown sealed off vast swaths of northern Ukraine, the Chernobyl exclusion zone is being assessed as a potential site for large-scale clean energy development. Polish developer ELQ, operating through a Ukrainian subsidiary, has reached a framework agreement with Ukrainian authorities to study green power generation on the formerly restricted territory, […]

Three technology companies have joined forces to accelerate grid access for data centers that can actively manage their electricity consumption — a push that comes as public anxiety over AI’s power appetite reaches a new high. Google, NVIDIA and Emerald AI are founding members of the newly launched AI Energy Management Alliance (AEMA), which opened […]

The $6.2 billion Revolution Wind offshore wind farm has installed all 65 of its turbines, finishing construction despite two rounds of federal stop-work orders from the Trump administration. The 704-megawatt project has been feeding carbon-free electricity to Rhode Island and Connecticut at partial capacity since March. Full-power operation is expected before the end of the […]

A second fire broke out at the Moss Landing battery storage facility in California while crews were dismantling it, reviving public worry about a site already hit by a major blaze in January 2025. The new incident, reported by Canary Media, involved batteries that had been damaged in the earlier fire. At the time of […]

Tesla is weighing a major bet on domestic solar manufacturing, with planning documents outlining a vertically integrated factory in Fort Bend County near Richmond, Texas. Internally called Project Crystal Sun, the proposed facility would occupy roughly 1,234 hectares and, if built, would represent the first large-scale US plant to produce solar panels through a complete […]

European natural gas futures have broken above €80 per megawatt-hour for the first time since 2023, as thin storage reserves and converging supply pressures push prices higher ahead of the heating season. October contracts on the ICE exchange reached €82.52/MWh on September 14, extending a rally that gathered pace through August and September. European gas […]

More than 65,000 Massachusetts households with heat pumps will pay less for electricity starting November 1, after state regulators approved rate proposals from National Grid and Unitil. The new measures reduce transmission charges on top of existing distribution discounts, pushing rates below last year’s already-reduced levels. A household consuming 600 kilowatt-hours of electricity per month […]

The Solar Energy Industries Association and the Coalition for Community Solar Access have agreed to combine into a single organization, with the formal merger set to take effect in early October. The two groups say the consolidation will allow the broader solar and energy storage sector to speak with one voice across both state and […]

French hydrogen producer Lhyfe and German green hydrogen developer H2APEX have announced an expanded commercial agreement, committing to supply up to 100 tonnes of certified renewable hydrogen annually over the next two years. The deal extends an earlier working relationship between the two companies. Under the new terms, Lhyfe will deliver hydrogen that meets RFNBO […]

The global residential energy storage market is on track to add 46.1 GWh of new capacity this year, according to forecasts from InfoLink Consulting, with Europe remaining a central pillar of demand at an expected 15.4 GWh. Within Europe, established markets in Germany, Italy and Austria are holding steady, but Eastern Europe is drawing increasing […]

Poland’s solar sector is sitting on a record pipeline: more than 40 gigawatts of projects are waiting to connect to the national grid, nearly double the country’s installed solar capacity of 21.8 GW recorded in the first quarter of 2025. August data from Warsaw-based research institute Instytut Energetyki Odnawialnej (IEO) put the number of projects […]

The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has approved financing of up to $185 million for a large-scale battery energy storage system in Ukraine, covering six installation sites across the country. The system will deliver 200 MW of capacity and 400 MWh of storage, developed jointly by Ukrainian energy company DTEK and American firm Fluence. […]