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The global electricity system is shifting away from large centralized grids toward smaller, locally controlled networks that can operate independently when the main grid fails. Updated analysis from GlobalData points to sustained microgrid market growth through 2030, building on an earlier projection that had placed the sector’s value at $60.61 billion by 2027. The Americas […]

Flexible connection agreements are dividing opinion among battery storage developers in Germany, as operators navigate a system where faster grid access often comes at the cost of reduced participation in ancillary services markets. At the Energy Storage Summit Germany, industry figures debated whether the speed-versus-revenue trade-off embedded in these contracts is workable. A recurring theme […]

Kosovo received three competing bids in its inaugural wind power tender, with the award going to whichever bidder offers the lowest price per megawatt-hour — subject to a ceiling of 80.2 euros per MWh. The Ministry of Economy is offering 15-year contracts for difference covering projects in the 50–100 MW range. The three contenders are […]

The cement sector accounts for roughly 8% of global carbon emissions, and technology developed at MIT is now moving from demonstration to industrial deployment. Electrified Thermal Solutions (ETS) has announced the completed installation of two Joule Hive electric thermal battery units at a Holcim cement plant, with Holcim becoming the company’s third global industrial partner. […]

Europe’s flagship green industry law is falling short of its ambition to rebuild domestic solar manufacturing, with industry groups warning that slow and uneven rollout leaves the continent exposed to import dependence. Since the start of 2026, just six EU member states have embedded the Net Zero Industry Act’s sustainability criteria into their public renewable […]

Spain installed 10.1 gigawatts of solar capacity in 2025, with ground-mounted plants accounting for 8,966 MW of that total — a 31 percent year-on-year rise — lifting solar to the leading position in national electricity generation at nearly 23 percent of total output, according to industry association UNEF’s annual report. The rapid build-out is squeezing […]

A White House executive order signed in late August threatens to slow the United States’ own renewable energy expansion in the name of protecting critical grid infrastructure from foreign adversaries. The order, dated August 26, restricts procurement of specific power-system hardware for installations operating at 69 kilovolts and above. It covers equipment from 24 nations […]

Greece’s independent power transmission operator IPTO has published a ten-year infrastructure programme worth €9 billion — €2 billion more than its previous plan — that covers the period from 2027 to 2036. The draft was recently opened for public consultation, with roughly 80 percent of the total budget earmarked for projects to be completed before […]

Governor Gavin Newsom has until September 30 to sign two bills that could substantially lower the cost of installing heat pumps, rooftop solar panels, and home batteries across California. If enacted, the legislation would streamline a permitting landscape that analysts say routinely adds hundreds — sometimes more than $1,000 — to household clean-energy projects. The […]

Roughly 1,700 gigawatts of renewable energy projects are waiting for grid connection slots across sixteen EU member states and the United Kingdom — a backlog that exceeds Germany’s entire installed generating capacity more than sixfold. The figure captures a fundamental shift in European clean energy policy: after a quarter-century of building new capacity, the central […]

In a new interview on 100GREEN, featuring Serhii Kondratiuk, Deputy Mayor of Zhytomyr, and Olha Kruhliak, Chief Specialist at the Municipal Institution “City Development Agency” of the Zhytomyr City Council, we discuss how Zhytomyr is transforming its energy strategy amid the ongoing war — shifting from a traditional focus on energy conservation and consumption reduction […]

Slovenia’s electricity and gas transmission operators have joined forces with a Japanese industrial technology company to advance the country’s hydrogen ambitions. ELES, which manages the national power grid, and Plinovodi, the gas network operator, signed a memorandum of understanding with Yokogawa Electric Corporation at the 2026 Hydrogen Energy Ministerial Meeting in Chiba, Japan. The agreement […]

The Trump administration has quietly become a supporter of geothermal power, backing a technology that currently supplies just one percent of US electricity capacity — and whose growth could undercut coal, another White House priority. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who built his career running an oilfield services company, frames geothermal expansion as an opportunity for […]

Amazon has put 26 of 50 ordered Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 electric semi-trucks to work across its German logistics network, with the rest of the batch due to join the fleet before the close of 2026. The roll-out sits within a larger procurement agreement covering more than 200 electric heavy trucks. Each eActros 600 carries a […]

A pipeline attack that removed roughly five million barrels of oil per day from global markets — around five percent of world supply — has pushed Brent crude above $104 a barrel. The disruption struck infrastructure that had enabled tankers to avoid the Strait of Hormuz, adding a sharp geopolitical dimension to energy markets already […]

Energy company Moeve and steel giant ArcelorMittal are establishing a jointly owned innovation platform under the Green Molecules to Green Steel alliance, directing shared research capacity toward low-carbon energy carriers for the European steel industry. The 50/50 venture will bring together both companies’ research centres to develop and scale solutions built around biogas, biomethane, renewable […]

Electric vehicle sales in August revealed a widening regional divide, with Europe and North America moving in sharply opposite directions while China extended its dominance, according to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence data. European buyers purchased roughly 380,000 electric vehicles during the month — a 36 percent increase on the same period a year earlier. Continuing state […]

Energy Vault’s gravity-based storage facility in Rudong, China, has failed to match the economics of lithium-ion batteries even under near-ideal conditions, according to an assessment by TFIE Strategy Briefing and CleanTechnica analysts. The tower stands roughly 148 metres tall and uses more than 12,000 mineral-composite blocks weighing 25 tonnes each, raised and lowered by 96 […]

Denmark’s wind farms briefly covered the country’s entire domestic electricity demand during the early hours of last Friday, with a 40 percent surplus channeled into interconnectors serving neighboring markets — a fleeting milestone that the Danish Energy Agency wants to make routine. The agency is drawing up plans for two offshore “energy islands,” one in […]