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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, […]

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, […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]