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Ukraine commissioned up to 1.1 GW of new solar photovoltaic capacity in the first half of 2026, according to preliminary estimates from the Solar Energy Association of Ukraine (ASEU), bringing total installed solar generation in the country to between 9.4 and 9.7 GW. Full-year additions are expected to reach around 2 GW. The majority of […]

Groupe Bellemare, a Canadian industrial group, has released interim findings from an ongoing electric heavy equipment testing program at Quebec worksites, showing battery-powered machinery reduced energy costs by more than 87% compared with diesel. The initiative, launched in 2024 under the Plug-In Fleet Heavy Equipment research program alongside IVI — Quebec’s Institut du véhicule innovant […]

HELLENiQ Renewables has completed construction of a 100 MW / 200 MWh battery energy storage system near Thessaloniki, placing it among the largest such facilities in Greece. The €50 million project was financed with support from the Greece 2.0 programme under the NextGenerationEU fund, and occupies ten hectares fitted with 56 containers of liquid-cooled lithium […]

Croatia’s electricity distribution operator HEP ODS has drawn up a ten-year infrastructure investment programme worth €1.95 billion covering 2027 to 2036, with the primary goal of adapting the country’s distribution grid to accommodate rising volumes of clean generation. The figure excludes connection costs; it covers line and substation upgrades, smart metering rollout, and preparations for […]

France and Germany have agreed to push for a weaker carbon target for new vehicles sold in the European Union, backing a proposal that would lower the emissions-cut requirement from 90 to 80 percent. The joint proposal is scheduled for review by EU governing bodies on October 15. The move would mark the third loosening […]

A structural bottleneck is slowing Europe’s energy transition: roughly 1,700 GW of renewable and hybrid projects are queued for grid connections across 16 EU member states and the United Kingdom — a backlog more than six times Germany’s entire installed generation capacity. A technically proven workaround already exists. Solar and wind plants can share a […]

Austria’s Federal Ministry for Climate and Energy has announced plans to overhaul the country’s solar subsidy system after its latest funding round was swamped with applications in the opening minutes. During the third round of Austria’s EAG-based solar grant programme, administered by agency OeMAG, roughly 43,300 applications were submitted within the first ten minutes of […]

A global registry of zero-emission bus procurement shows a sharp divide between battery-electric and hydrogen technologies. TFIE Strategy, which tracks 388 verified deals across 81 countries, recorded 13,165 firm orders for battery buses against just 65 for hydrogen — giving battery-electric models 99.5 percent of confirmed orders across both categories. Those battery orders span 55 […]

Ukraine is transforming its energy sector not just through strategies and plans for the future. Today, projects are already being implemented across the country that make local communities, businesses, and critical infrastructure more energy-independent, resilient, and technologically advanced. Green energy technologies today are about more than decarbonization and energy transition. They represent one of the […]

Battery energy storage has crossed a decisive cost threshold: a new levelized cost of energy (LCOE) report from Wood Mackenzie finds that storage systems now deliver electricity more cheaply than gas-fired peaker plants in all 43 global markets the firm analyzed. The economics of grid balancing have fundamentally changed. On a lifecycle basis, battery installations […]

High upfront costs and rigid long-term contracts have kept many building owners from installing battery storage. Finnish startup Truman Data, which is commercialising a VTT-developed technology through its Energy Coop platform, is pitching a different arrangement: it organises battery financing, operates the systems, and takes an agreed share of whatever earnings the client actually receives […]

A cross-sector gathering of government, financial, and energy stakeholders will convene in Kyiv on 5 November 2026 for the first annual UAVE forum “Ukraine Renewable Energy Agenda 2027.” The event will be held in a shelter, with support from national energy company NEC Ukrenergo. Expected participants include representatives from the government, the Verkhovna Rada, the […]

Global investment fund Actis has completed the purchase of a 112 MW / 518 MWh battery storage project in Kozienice, Poland, from DTEK Renewable International, and has separately signed a conditional agreement to acquire a second facility in Trzebinia. Actis announced both transactions on October 6, 2026, roughly three months after its Polish platform launched. […]

An advisory body to the European Commission has recommended tightening regulatory oversight of the solar sector over cybersecurity concerns, identifying inverters and their software as potential vulnerabilities in the power grid. The Solar Energy Expert Group (SEEG) published a report outlining measures to limit exposure to equipment sourced from suppliers under risk-country jurisdictions. The document […]

Three communities in western Ukraine are exploring biogas production as a dual answer to waste management and local energy needs, with a joint application now on the table for a facility worth 9.8 million euros. The initiative was discussed at a pilot project final conference organised with UABIO participation on 7 October, bringing together Truskavets, […]

The EU solar sector is heading for a net workforce reduction of 108,000 jobs by 2030, even as total installed capacity continues to climb, according to a SolarPower Europe report. The driver is a structural shift: the industry has moved from a phase of rapid year-on-year expansion into a mature market where annual build volumes […]

The global solar supply chain will remain in oversupply for the next 12 to 24 months, with excess manufacturing capacity exiting the market only gradually, Edurne Zoco said in an interview with pv magazine. China’s manufacturing base alone can produce solar cells at a capacity exceeding 900 gigawatts per year, while global demand stands at […]

A joint session of Ukraine’s solar energy association ASEU and the Ukrainian Heat Pump Association has shown how pairing solar installations with heat pumps can sharply reduce heating costs for public facilities, with a development centre in Zvyahel serving as the lead case study. At the meeting, moderated by Serhiy Ruchko, participants reviewed results from […]

A 650-megawatt wind project in Ukraine’s Poltava region has secured cross-border renewable energy status from the European Commission, qualifying it for EU funding. The facility, named WIND and developed by Ukrainian energy company DTEK, is projected to produce 2 terawatt-hours of electricity per year, with output destined in part for export to Romania. The CB […]

Bulgarian manufacturer AuroraCell has introduced a residential energy storage system built on sodium-ion chemistry with a chromium oxide (NCO) cathode — a variant the company says delivers durability and cold-weather performance that standard sodium-ion cells typically struggle to match. The AuroraCell 9.7 kWh 48V RESS Pack is designed for 48V DC hybrid inverters and carries […]