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Poland is rewriting the rules for home energy storage, with legislation passed by the Sejm set to take effect on December 1, 2026. Under the new framework, a residential battery’s installed power no longer counts against the microinstallation capacity limit — so long as its power rating does not exceed the paired solar array’s output […]

German distribution network operator Netze BW has put into commercial operation an automated grid-connection service for residential solar installations, cutting what previously required nearly two weeks of manual engineering review down to an instant digital decision for a significant share of applicants. Of more than 16,000 online applications received, over 5,000 households gained a legally […]

Ukraine has overhauled its renewable energy support framework after pilot state tenders in 2024 and 2025 drew insufficient investor interest, prompting lawmakers to convert the previous bilateral contract-for-difference into a one-way financial support mechanism under Law №4777. Two separate conditions had dampened developer appetite under the old rules: strict requirements for confirming project financing, and […]

A coalition of 270 signatories has called on the European Commission to preserve the existing RFNBO targets established under the RED III directive, pushing back against any relaxation of green hydrogen mandates. The joint letter was first submitted on 24 September. Since that date the coalition has expanded as new participants joined, bringing the total […]

Battery electric vehicles lost significant ground in the United States following the expiration of federal tax credits, with their share of new car sales falling from 10% to 6%. Conventional gasoline-electric hybrids — vehicles that do not charge from the grid — picked up much of that slack, reaching 16% of new vehicle sales in […]

Governments’ combined storage targets add up to just 822 GW by 2030 — roughly 678 GW below the 1,500 GW goal that 74 countries endorsed at the COP29 climate summit in Baku. A new Ember report shows that although national plans have nearly tripled since 2024, they remain well below even BloombergNEF’s projection of 1,200 […]

Solar installations across Europe avoided roughly €40 billion in gas import expenditure between March and mid-October, according to industry association SolarPower Europe. The calculations surfaced as European Council leaders held their October 15–16 summit, where the conclusions echoed the sector’s priorities. The savings, however, have not resolved a deeper structural problem: when electricity demand peaks, […]

Ukraine’s state energy company Naftogaz has secured a quota to develop 300 MW of wind power through a state support auction, according to Serhiy Fedorenko, who published the results on Facebook. The tender drew notable market interest: nine companies participated and collectively submitted 93 competitive bids. Combined demand for capacity came in at nearly double […]

For Ukrainian lenders evaluating renewable energy projects, the manufacturer of turbines or panels matters far less than predictable revenue and a developer’s own stake in the deal, according to Dmytro Lukomsky, head of the Investment Committee of the Ukrainian Solar Energy Association (ASEU). Equity thresholds set the baseline. New development teams typically need to contribute […]

Europe’s rapid expansion of residential energy storage has created a cybersecurity blind spot that existing regulations were not designed to address, according to a report from the Netherlands’ digital infrastructure inspectorate. The core problem lies in how current EU rules determine oversight. Whether an aggregator falls under the NIS2 cybersecurity directive depends on company size […]

France is preparing to ease network connection rules for solar projects paired with battery storage, allowing facilities that generate well beyond the existing threshold to connect — provided they never export more than 17 megawatts at once. Government spokesperson Maud Brejon announced the change, expected before the end of 2026, as reported by PV Magazine. […]

Oil- and gas-rich states are often assumed to have the least incentive to develop clean energy, yet a new study from LUT University in Finland turns that logic around. When solar and wind generation displaces hydrocarbons across domestic energy consumption, the volumes freed up can reach international markets instead — making renewables a complement to, […]

The University of Maine’s research centre has published steel platform design parameters for its floating wind prototype and is testing a motion-damping system supplied by Irish firm Dublin Offshore — a transatlantic effort that shows how far the technology has advanced while underscoring how far it remains from market. The quarter-scale model, housing a 33-metre […]

China is proposing to block foreign access to a range of cutting-edge solar cell manufacturing technologies, citing national security grounds tied to the use of photovoltaic systems in aerospace and defence applications. The joint proposal from China’s Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Science and Technology would place 12 solar industry segments under tighter export […]

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 […]