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Ukraine’s gas distribution operator plans to integrate 226 distributed generation facilities into its network before the end of the year, with 140 already connected and 86 more in the pipeline. The announcement came from Lyudmyla Kinder, chair of the management board of Gas Distribution Networks of Ukraine (Hazmerezhі), in a Facebook post on Tuesday. Kinder […]

French developer Neoen has commissioned a 92 MW / 183 MWh battery storage facility in Brittany, its fourth operational storage site in France. The Breizh Big Battery, situated in the municipality of Plœber-Christ, will participate in a pilot programme led by transmission system operator RTE. The test centres on grid-forming technology, which allows a battery […]

South Korea built out hydrogen refueling infrastructure well ahead of demand — and is now paying the price. By August 2026, the country had installed 493 hydrogen fueling modules, completing nearly three-quarters of its 2030 build-out target. Yet the vehicle fleet has barely materialized: only 49,220 hydrogen vehicles are registered nationwide, against a government target […]

Ukraine’s commercial energy storage sector has reached 650 MW of installed capacity, according to Oleksandr Martyniuk, head of strategic planning and analytics at grid operator Ukrenergo, who shared the figure during an online presentation of a new industry guide by the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association (UWEA). The 650 MW total covers only standalone storage facilities […]

The Biohaus Foundation is sending a special cargo consignment from Paderborn, Germany, to Ukraine ahead of the cold season, carrying solar panels, battery systems and inverters for five institutions across the country. The shipment includes 60 kW of photovoltaic modules, battery systems with hybrid inverters rated at 40 kW, and a standalone 62 kWh powerbank […]

Europe’s long-term renewable power purchase agreement market recorded a sharp monthly rebound in September, with 25 contracts signed for a combined 1.2 gigawatts — compared with just 335 MW the previous month. Corporate buyers drove the bulk of that activity, accounting for 21 of the 25 agreements and 1.1 GW of the total volume. Across […]

The US Department of the Interior has asked a federal court to return for administrative review the 2023 construction and operations approval for a 704-megawatt offshore wind farm that has been generating power for six months and has all 65 of its turbines installed. The motion effectively places the department on the side of opponents […]

Solar Generation + Heat Pump: How Efficient Can Such a Combination Be in Ukraine? The Global 100 RE Ukraine website published an article about practical cases where solar generation works together with heat pumps and storage systems. One of the striking examples is a project in Zviahel, where the estimated cost of heat after modernization […]

Electric vehicles now account for roughly 40 percent of all new Volkswagen Group orders placed in Europe, with the manufacturer attributing the shift to elevated fossil-fuel prices and the debut of a new affordable urban EV family. According to a company report cited by CleanTechnica, battery-electric car orders across the group climbed more than 60 […]

Drinking water continues to reach homes in Mykolaiv’s eastern suburbs even during emergency electricity outages, thanks to a battery-backed solar installation that keeps an underground pump running autonomously. The compact photovoltaic system sits discreetly among residential buildings and powers the pump from its own generation — no waiting for high-voltage lines to be restored. The […]

Greece is moving to impose dedicated grid-connection rules on data centres after applications for high-voltage capacity doubled — from five to nine gigawatts — across just two summer months. Balkan Green Energy News disclosed the draft legislation, which was proposed by the Ministry of Environment and Energy to prevent data centres from exhausting available capacity […]

France is preparing its first long-term capacity auction, seeking to secure power availability for the winter of 2030-31 — four years before delivery begins. The energy regulator CRE has submitted a proposed methodology to the Ministry of Energy for conducting the auction. According to analysis by transmission system operator RTE, as reported by ESS News, […]

Ukrainian banks have approved 68.7 billion hryvnias in financing for energy projects, supporting the restoration of 2.115 gigawatts of generation capacity, according to a National Bank of Ukraine survey of the country’s largest financial institutions. Of the total committed, businesses drew 63.4 billion hryvnias and households 5.3 billion hryvnias under a sectoral memorandum. The gross […]

WindEurope has pushed back against proposals to reopen the EU’s Birds and Habitats Directives, arguing that inconsistent enforcement — not the rules themselves — is what holds back wind energy development across Europe. The call comes as Brussels moves toward a broader review of environmental legislation, with nature law among the targets. WindEurope, joined by […]

Bulgaria has substantially widened its electricity trade surplus this year, with net exports reaching 3.5 TWh from January through early October — a 62 percent increase over the 2.16 TWh recorded in the same period last year. The country has been supplying neighboring Balkan states during summer heat waves and regional capacity shortfalls, according to […]

The European Commission has approved 46 new strategic projects across 16 countries, raising the total number of supported critical raw materials initiatives to 106, including ventures outside EU borders. Selected from 102 submitted applications, the projects span mining, processing, and recycling — part of the bloc’s broader effort to reduce dependence on external suppliers. Under […]

A 4.6-million-tonne synthetic fuel requirement facing European shipping risks going unmet unless producers can secure guaranteed long-term price commitments, Transport & Environment (T&E) has warned. The EU federation’s assessment points to a gap between the ambition of FuelEU regulations and the investment signals the market is currently receiving. Under Brussels’ investment roadmap for clean transport, […]

Ukraine commissioned up to 1.1 GW of new solar photovoltaic capacity in the first half of 2026, according to preliminary estimates from the Solar Energy Association of Ukraine (ASEU), bringing total installed solar generation in the country to between 9.4 and 9.7 GW. Full-year additions are expected to reach around 2 GW. The majority of […]

Groupe Bellemare, a Canadian industrial group, has released interim findings from an ongoing electric heavy equipment testing program at Quebec worksites, showing battery-powered machinery reduced energy costs by more than 87% compared with diesel. The initiative, launched in 2024 under the Plug-In Fleet Heavy Equipment research program alongside IVI — Quebec’s Institut du véhicule innovant […]

HELLENiQ Renewables has completed construction of a 100 MW / 200 MWh battery energy storage system near Thessaloniki, placing it among the largest such facilities in Greece. The €50 million project was financed with support from the Greece 2.0 programme under the NextGenerationEU fund, and occupies ten hectares fitted with 56 containers of liquid-cooled lithium […]