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Ukrainian businesses looking to install solar power plants or industrial battery storage can now access near-zero-rate financing under a new joint program from OTP Bank and engineering firm Unisolar. The arrangement operates within Ukraine’s state “Affordable Loans 5-7-9%” initiative. For the first seven months, borrowers pay an annual rate of just 0.01%; from the eighth […]

A 330 MW battery energy storage facility with a capacity of 790 MWh has entered commercial operation in Larissa, Thessaly. The project’s partners describe it as the largest standalone storage asset in Greece; Metlen additionally counts it among the biggest in the European Union. The site was developed through a joint venture in which Karatzis […]

A new analysis from TFIE Strategy Briefing, published by CleanTechnica, reveals a widening gap between how China and Europe are approaching electrification of inland waterway transport — and the difference is largely systemic. China’s fleet growth has been rapid: according to ICCT figures, the country’s electric cargo vessel count rose from just four in 2022 […]

Small solar installations of one megawatt or less generated close to 93,000 gigawatt-hours of electricity across the United States in 2025, up from roughly 18,800 GWh a decade earlier, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The agency links the expansion to falling equipment costs and federal support programs. Growth was not linear. Annual output […]

Ukraine’s electricity transmission system operator NEC Ukrenergo has completed a restructuring of its 2021 sustainable development Eurobonds, redirecting approximately $135 million that would otherwise have gone to creditors toward repairing war-damaged power infrastructure. Holders of 97.49% of the company’s securities backed the deal, according to First Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal. Under […]

The United States clean energy sector shed nearly 37,000 jobs in 2025, its first year-on-year decline in four years, according to an E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs) analysis of federal data published by Canary Media. Total employment stood at 3.52 million by year’s end — a drop of roughly one percent that nonetheless erased about 40 percent […]

Italy will need around 50 GWh of new industrial-scale battery storage to absorb a surge in solar power as it pursues a 63% renewable energy target by 2030, according to a joint report by grid operator Terna and gas network operator Snam. The report projects solar generation rising to 110 TWh by 2030 — up […]

A Municipal Energy Plan is not just a document “for the sake of it.” It is a roadmap that helps the community determine which energy projects to implement first, where to direct its own funds, and where to attract loans or grant financing. As Nataliia Kholodova, program manager at the NGO “Ecotclub,” explains, one of […]

Ukraine’s installed solar generation has reached between 9.4 and 9.7 GW, with roughly 2 GW of additional capacity forecast to come online by the end of 2026, according to the Ukrainian Solar Energy Association (ASEU). The solar build-out has been accompanied by sharp growth in battery storage. Developers added 2.9 GWh of energy storage capacity […]

A Frankfurt-based startup is developing a sodium-ion home battery for people who rent apartments or own units where roof access or the installation of a personal solar plant is simply not available. Revolta’s device plugs into a standard wall socket, charging when electricity prices are low and discharging during the evening peak — all without […]

A new Environmental Defense Fund report, published through Utility Dive, documents a sharp reversal in US power planning: cancellations of proposed gas generation projects fell markedly in 2024 and remained low into mid-2026, while rejection rates in the renewable energy segment trended upward over the same period. Data center demand is a key driver, with […]

During California’s October heat wave, residential battery systems collectively discharged 745 megawatts into the state’s power grid — a figure that surpasses most of the state’s gas peaker plants and, according to Sunrun, roughly matches peak-hour electricity consumption across San Francisco and San Jose combined. The record was set on October 6, when more than […]

A new network tariff regulation approved by Austria’s energy regulator E-Control will impose charges on battery storage systems based on 15-minute peak demand — and industry associations warn the change could sharply erode investment incentives and stall a portion of projects in development. The rule, known as SNE-G-V, takes effect on 1 January 2027 and […]

Ukraine has overhauled the operating procedures for its state biomethane registry, with the Cabinet of Ministers adopting Resolution No. 1242 on 7 October 2026. The new rules take effect three months after the document’s official publication. The central change is a formal separation between physical gas volumes and the legal proof of their ecological sustainability. […]

Plug-in hybrid vehicles run on electricity only 27% of the time in everyday use, according to a Transport & Environment analysis of 2024 data — raising sharp questions about whether the technology deserves the same fiscal treatment as fully electric cars. The report found that real-world carbon emissions from PHEVs diverge significantly from laboratory WLTP […]

A structural split has opened in European electricity markets: solar power effectively buffers daytime prices from gas shocks, but offers no protection after dark. That is the central finding of an analysis by WSP analyst Safa Sen, published in PV Magazine using ENTSO-E data across two 227-day crisis periods. During the spring-summer 2026 crisis, daytime […]

More solar panels do not always mean a better energy project. One of the common mistakes made by communities is trying to design a solar power plant with the maximum possible capacity, often without correlating it with the facility’s actual consumption and integration capabilities. As Nataliia Kholodova, Project Manager at the NGO Ekoclub, explains, this […]

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 […]