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A Bavarian electricity network company is deploying large-scale battery storage to sidestep a planned substation reinforcement, illustrating how flexibility assets can substitute for conventional grid investment. E.ON subsidiary Bayernwerk Netz is running a procurement for a 20 MW battery with a minimum capacity of 80 MWh to serve the Bayreuth area. The system will connect […]

The seasonal gap in solar output is sharper than many homeowners expect. A 5.9 kW rooftop installation in Ukraine’s Odesa region can generate close to 900 kWh in peak summer but drops to roughly 130 kWh in December — a decline of 77 to 85 percent. Cold itself is not the culprit: panels actually convert […]

Greek energy group HELLENiQ ENERGY is making Romania a cornerstone of its clean-power expansion in Southeast Europe, unveiling plans for a renewables and storage portfolio of up to 1.3 gigawatts backed by more than one billion euros in investment. The company’s renewables arm, HELLENiQ Renewables, presented the program at a formal launch event in Bucharest. […]

What began as a climate goal has become a trade strategy. Turkey has sharply expanded electricity exports while reducing imports, reshaping its position in the regional power market — most notably reversing its trade balance with Bulgaria, where it had previously been a net importer. According to Ember, Turkish electricity exports generated $359.1 million in […]

Britain’s government has refused planning consent for one of the country’s largest proposed solar projects, citing an array of environmental, heritage and aviation concerns that it concluded outweighed the scheme’s energy benefits. Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh rejected Photovolt Development Partners’ application for a Development Consent Order for the Botley West solar farm in Oxfordshire, acting […]

Global 100 RE Ukraine has published an article outlining Odesa’s plans to build a combined heat and power (CHP) plant fueled by RDF and SRF — specially processed fuels derived from sorted municipal solid waste. The project’s preliminary cost is estimated at UAH 4.5 billion, with a waste sorting facility also planned adjacent to the […]

On 6 November, Global 100 RE Ukraine held a Board meeting in Kyiv to discuss the organisation’s key priorities for the coming period, strategic objectives and preparations for new initiatives. One of the central topics was the preparation of 100 gREen AWARDS 2026 — the annual recognition programme for implemented projects that demonstrate tangible results […]

The United States is on track to add more than one terawatt of new solar, wind and energy storage capacity between 2026 and 2036 — a build-out that would more than double the country’s combined fleet of those three technologies from its level at the end of 2025, according to a forecast by BloombergNEF. The […]

More than one hundred European companies from energy-intensive sectors have issued a joint letter warning that proposed changes to the EU’s emissions trading rules could speed up factory closures and the relocation of production beyond the bloc’s borders. Among the signatories are Covestro, Evonik, Wacker Chemie, Voestalpine, and Thyssenkrupp’s steel division. The companies argue that […]

Corporate power purchase agreements for renewable energy in Europe totalled 5.9 GW through October 2026, a 9.7% decline from the same stretch last year and on course for a second consecutive annual drop — even as Brussels adopted an electrification action plan that targets a doubling of the electrification rate, to 46%, by 2040. The […]

Ukraine has introduced a state-backed lending program that lets homeowners finance autonomous energy equipment while the government absorbs part of the cost. Launched through the єОпора platform under the “Energy Independence of Individuals” program, the scheme provides bank loans of up to 480,000 hryvnias repayable over as long as ten years. The instrument is credit […]

The 704-megawatt Revolution Wind offshore wind farm, situated off the southern New England coast, has entered full commercial service. Developer Ørsted brought the project to completion despite two stop-work orders from the Trump administration that caused construction setbacks. For Eversource Energy, the commissioning carries direct financial consequences. The utility divested its 50% stake in Revolution […]

Sodium-ion batteries carry a steeper upfront price tag than their lithium iron phosphate rivals — roughly $229 per kilowatt-hour against around $200 for LFP — yet new analysis from Wood Mackenzie suggests the gap reverses decisively over a 20-year project life. Lifecycle ownership costs for sodium chemistry could run about 21% beneath those of LFP, […]

Can electricity consumers become active participants in the energy system and help support the grid during periods of peak demand? Global 100 RE Ukraine has published an article examining Google’s decision to scale up a virtual power plant (VPP) within the US PJM power grid to more than 1 GW. The concept involves aggregating thousands […]

The city of Odesa is considering a new combined heat and power plant fired by refuse-derived fuel — RDF and SRF — produced from sorted municipal waste, with a preliminary price tag of 4.5 billion hryvnias. A waste-sorting facility is envisaged near the future plant to supply raw material. No construction timeline has been set. […]

Denmark’s transmission system operator Energinet has opened a consultation on two proposed grid connection models that would exempt generators from connection charges in exchange for accepting curtailment when network capacity runs tight. The proposals are designed separately for plants connecting to the transmission and distribution networks. Under either model, a generator agrees to have its […]

Authorities in Spain’s autonomous community of Castilla y León are considering extending an existing environmental impact tax — the Impuesto sobre la Afección Medioambiental — to photovoltaic installations. The proposed charge would range from €600 to €2,000 per hectare, covering solar parks across the region. The solar industry has responded sharply. José Donoso, head of […]

Six communities in Lviv Oblast have received solar power equipment and battery storage units under two separate German assistance programmes, bolstering critical infrastructure and vocational training across the coal-transition region. The winter aid package, delivered by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through GIZ Ukraine, provided 20 battery storage units of 61.44 […]

A Spanish engineering firm has developed a wind tower system that eliminates the need for heavy cranes — and earned formal certification to prove it. Whether independent developers and lenders will embrace it is a different question entirely. Nabrawind’s Nabralift design rests a tubular upper column on a tripod steel truss. Hydraulic jacks raise the […]

Poland’s energy regulator URE has scheduled its next renewable energy auction for November 9–10, running separate sessions for solar and onshore wind projects in two capacity bands: installations up to and including 1 MW, and those exceeding that threshold. Only newly built facilities may participate; bids are admitted through the IPA platform and then judged […]