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Renault Group and French utility EDF have agreed to launch a combined vehicle-to-grid home service in the summer of 2027, targeting private customers who drive Renault, Alpine or Dacia electric vehicles. The package will pair the car with a bidirectional home charger installed by EDF’s IZI service unit, and a software layer run by Dreev […]

A broad coalition of energy companies, NGOs and civil society groups has called on the European Commission and EU member states to stop reopening the bloc’s Renewable Energy Directive for revision. The appeal, issued ahead of the EU Energy Council meeting on 29 October, argues that four revisions in four years have outpaced member states’ […]

A major medical facility in Zaporizhzhia region is constructing a layered energy autonomy system designed to keep the hospital fully operational even when the city grid goes dark entirely — going well beyond conventional backup generators. Acting regional governor Mykhailo Semikyn reported on the preparations after inspecting work at the site. According to outlet Spravzhnie, […]

A widespread argument against large-scale heating electrification holds that mass heat pump adoption will inevitably strain power grids — but new research from RMI challenges that claim. In most US states, peak demand falls on hot summer days due to air conditioning, while winter infrastructure sits underutilized. Those same lines can carry more electricity during […]

German transmission system operator TenneT has commissioned a new 10-kilometre, 380 kV overhead line that gives one of the region’s largest industrial complexes the electrical headroom it needs to decarbonise steel production. The newly built section connects two nodal substations located near the Salzgitter AG steelmaking site, unlocking grid capacity that will allow the plant […]

Ukraine has enacted Law №4963-IX to bring its renewable energy permitting framework into line with European standards. The central shift is procedural: the Ministry of Energy must now map territories — weighing available resources, grid capacity, and demand — and designate accelerated development zones before developers submit applications, reversing the previous developer-led sequence. Within those […]

A 120 MWh battery energy storage system is approaching the construction phase in Lithuania, as AlphaESS Aster 5000 containers await shipment to the Jonava site, where installation and connection to 110 kV lines are scheduled. Once energised, the complex will be able to deliver a full 60 MW to the grid for two consecutive hours. […]

New York is launching its first pilot zero-carbon thermal networks. Can a similar model work in Ukraine? The Global 100 RE Ukraine website has published an article about New York State’s decision to allocate $111.5 million to two pilot heating projects aimed at gradually replacing fossil gas use with modern thermal technologies. One of the […]

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 […]