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Three residential buildings in Kyiv can now keep their essential systems running during grid outages, following a comprehensive energy upgrade that combines solar generation with battery storage. The complex, which spans more than 30,000 square metres, is equipped to operate elevators, heating substations and common-area lighting independently for at least 15 consecutive hours. The installation […]

Norway has increased its contribution to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund by €44.6 million (500 million Norwegian kroner), lifting the country’s cumulative donation to €209.2 million and cementing its position among the fund’s largest donors. Ukraine’s Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal said the new allocation is tied directly to preparations for the coming heating season. He […]

Ukraine’s regulated household gas tariff cost the state more than two billion euros in concealed subsidies in 2024, according to a report by Berlin Economics commissioned by Greenpeace Ukraine. Domestic consumers paid approximately 7.96 hryvnias — around 0.16 euros — per cubic meter, well below wholesale market rates, while total household consumption exceeded ten billion […]

Romania’s solar sector attracted fresh cross-border investment after the country added 2.2 gigawatts of new capacity in 2025, pushing its cumulative installed base past 7 GW. Croatian developer ENNA Solar has signed a deal to purchase a full stake in CIC Green Energy Medgidia, securing rights to a 204-hectare plot in Constanța county. According to […]

Analysts at BloombergNEF have sharply revised upward their projections for US energy storage, lifting the ten-year capacity outlook by 30% within a single half-year review. The revision reflects improving economics for solar-plus-storage projects and a surge in firm commercial commitments tied to data center power demand. Under the updated forecast, cumulative US storage capacity is […]

The European Union has launched T-MED, a new investment platform targeting clean energy infrastructure across the Mediterranean basin, backed by up to €4.5 billion in guarantees channelled through the EFSD+ guarantee instrument. The initiative was unveiled in Brussels by Dubravka Šuica, the EU Commissioner for Mediterranean Affairs. The guarantees are designed to reduce investment risk […]

Ford is targeting one of the persistent barriers to vehicle-to-home energy: the cost of the extra hardware needed to convert a battery’s stored power for household use. The company’s upcoming Fathom electric pickup integrates bidirectional charging capability directly into the vehicle, eliminating the need for a separate wall-mounted inverter. According to CleanTechnica, the Fathom is […]

Fifteen solar developers working in Germany have jointly urged regulators to raise the ground-mounted solar auction price cap to at least €70 per megawatt-hour beginning in 2027, warning that the current €59/MWh ceiling could leave some projects unprofitable once a set of planned rule changes takes effect. The coalition — which includes RWE, Belectric, GP […]

Romania’s gas transmission operator Transgaz has signed a declaration of intent with Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries to jointly prepare tests of a centrifugal compressor intended to move hydrogen through Romania’s existing gas transmission pipelines. The agreement was reached in Tokyo at the fourth Romania–Japan Innovation Forum, with Transgaz chief executive Ion Sterian and Kawasaki Energy […]

OKKO Group, which operates a network of nearly 400 fuel stations, is building two wind farms in the Volyn region with a combined budget of €500 million. The first, rated at 147 MW, is expected to be completed by the end of this year or in the first quarter of 2027; work on a neighbouring […]

Maryland has launched a two-year, $200 million grant competition aimed at expanding in-state renewable generation and energy storage, as the state moves to fill a gap left by reduced federal clean energy funding. The “Megawatts for Maryland” programme, administered by the Maryland Energy Administration, can draw up to $100 million a year from Maryland’s Strategic […]

India’s rooftop solar sector has undergone a rapid transformation. Driven by the government’s PM Surya Ghar subsidy scheme, installed capacity tripled from 2024 levels to reach 30.7 GW by July 2026, according to analytics firm Ember — nearly 19 percent of the country’s total 165 GW solar fleet. Yet for the more than five million […]

Abu Dhabi’s Masdar has struck a deal to purchase a nearly complete solar facility of more than 550 MW in Greece from Lightsource bp, in a transaction announced during the visit of Abu Dhabi’s crown prince to the country. Financial terms were not disclosed, and the deal remains subject to regulatory clearance before closing. Once […]

Ukrainian legislation explicitly prohibits double network charges for energy storage systems, yet industry research by AIN found that some distribution system operators still apply grid-connection requirements designed for conventional power plants — creating a persistent gap between the legal framework and day-to-day practice. Laws №2046-IX and №4777-IX established the legal status of storage installations and […]

Ukraine’s DTEK VDE, the Poltava State Agrarian University, and the regional military administration have signed a trilateral memorandum aimed at establishing a renewable energy research and training laboratory tied to the company’s planned 650 MW wind farm in the Poltava region. Under the agreement, students will have access to a dedicated space for studying renewable […]

Portugal has made synthetic inertia a binding condition for battery energy storage systems connecting to its grid. The obligation took effect on 23 October. It covers new storage connected to the transmission grid, and separately any installation rated at 45 MW or more. State Secretary for Energy Jean Paulo Gil Barroca signed the order, which […]

Kryvyi Rih has included a 12 MW solar power plant in a draft community development action plan, with the installation intended to supply electricity to the city’s wastewater treatment infrastructure. The proposed site is the Central Aeration Station of municipal utility Kryvbasvodokanal, where the plant would power pumps and aeration systems. The draft action plan […]

Ukraine registered roughly 4,600 battery-electric vehicles in September 2026, cutting last year’s figure nearly in half, according to the Ukravtoprom industry association. The contrast with European trends is stark: European electric-car sales rose nearly 72.9 percent over the same period. The passenger segment accounted for 4,349 of September’s registrations, yet the split between new and […]

Ukraine’s energy regulator has extended access to Ukrenergo’s replacement-reserve mechanism to distributed generation facilities across the entire country, a step expected to ease electricity shortages at grid nodes where supply is under pressure. Previously, only cogeneration facilities in Kyiv and Kyiv region were eligible to participate in the tertiary-frequency and active-power reserve scheme run by […]

Europe assembles solar panels in quantity but barely makes the materials that go into them — and an industry coalition wants the bloc’s forthcoming Industrial Accelerator Act to fix that imbalance. More than 35 companies and institutions have jointly petitioned the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, urging legislators to use the IAA […]