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Battery-as-a-subscription: a low- or no-money-down VPP model for US distribution grids

How do you turn a home battery into a full distribution-grid asset when the homeowner will not pay thousands of dollars up front to install one? Several US energy companies have launched subscription models for home storage that remove the upfront barrier. Startup Base Power offers Texas households a backup subscription for a single upfront […]

Four banks put €234 million behind a Sicilian agrivoltaics project

€234.1 million, four major lenders and one Sicilian site: European Energy says its Vizzini project shows agrivoltaics can move from development into large-scale construction and financing. The company reached financial close on the 225 MW plant with financing secured for borrower Sun Project s.r.l. The money came from NORD/LB, Societe Generale, Crédit Agricole CIB and […]

US solar shifts from tax breaks to long-term contracts to fund new capacity

Who pays for new generating capacity once the federal investment tax credit winds down? Increasingly the answer is market discipline: power purchase agreements are taking over from state support and moving the financial burden onto corporate buyers. The phase-out is reshaping developers’ financial models. Research firm Enverus Intelligence Research reviewed more than three thousand US […]

Pledged investment in European biomethane reaches €36 billion

Financial commitments to new renewable-gas projects across Europe have grown by €8 billion in a year, according to the European Biogas Association, which records a rise of nearly thirty percent in planned investment against the previous period. If every announced project is built, they would add about nine billion cubic metres of new annual capacity […]

Greece’s PPC picks up a 2 GW renewables pipeline in Poland and Hungary

Greek state-owned power company PPC is buying ABO Energy’s Hungarian and Polish subsidiaries, taking on the project pipeline, operating assets and 38 staff. The deal hands PPC control of a portfolio of roughly two gigawatts. It covers five operating solar plants totalling 82 MW plus one 17 MW project nearing completion. Financial terms were not […]

Norway moves to halve the time it takes to build new power grids

Norway has unveiled a package of measures aimed at speeding up both renewable build-out and grid expansion. The plan streamlines project assessment and caps the handling of applications to connect to the grid at two years, the bet being that thinner bureaucracy and shorter approvals move projects along. The stated aim is to halve how […]

August 12 eclipse puts high-solar grids in Europe and the US to a live stress test

A solar eclipse on August 12 will briefly pull thousands of megawatt-hours of generation off the grid and push balancing reserves hard. For system operators running high shares of renewables, the natural event doubles as a real-world drill in how fast reserve capacity can respond. The shadow travels from Siberia across the Arctic toward Spain […]

Ireland’s LEAP: data centers from 10 MW must self-generate 80% of their power

Data centers in Ireland of 10 MW and above now have to cover 80% of their own demand from newly built renewable capacity. Under a scheme called the Large Energy User Action Plan, or LEAP, facilities of 10 MW and above must meet the bulk of their load through new local clean generation and storage. […]

A 35,000-acre Greek wildfire triggers a nationwide review of wind farms

A fire that burned through 35,000 acres, ignited by a private overhead power line, has led Greek prosecutors to arrest three people and order a sweeping inspection of every comparable site in the country. The disaster in western Attica was traced to the private grid of a wind station whose construction was completed only in […]

Germany’s 6 GW of hydrogen reservations: real demand or hype?

What do 6 GW of reserved capacity in Germany’s future hydrogen network actually mean, if the reservations themselves are not long-term contracts? Germany’s gas industry reported nearly 6 GW of paid bookings in the planned grid and framed it as a sign of a fast-developing market. The figure breaks down into 2.7 GW of entry […]

Aravana Energy Proposes 22 MW Wind Farm and Battery Complex in Southern Ukraine

Aravana Energy LLC is at the public consultation stage for a hybrid renewable energy facility in Ukraine’s southern Mykolaiv region. According to documentation filed with the national Environmental Impact Assessment registry and reported by ExPro, the developer intends to construct a 22 MW wind farm paired with a 120 MWh battery energy storage system within […]

Natural Gas Dominates PJM Interconnection Queue Amid Data Center Boom

Recent reforms to the interconnection queue at PJM, the largest grid operator in the United States, have resulted in a pronounced shift toward fossil fuel generation. While the procedural overhaul was designed to eliminate speculative applications through stricter financial requirements, natural gas proposals now make up roughly 50 percent of the 201.5 GW qualified for […]

Execution Lags Ambition in Global Grid Flexibility Deployments

A growing disconnect has emerged between the institutional planning for grid flexibility and the physical commissioning of new assets. An analysis of 25 major power systems, including Australia, Brazil, and China, reveals that while market mechanisms are being established, the conversion of announced projects into operational resources remains a systemic vulnerability. According to CleanTechnica, the […]

North Macedonia Introduces First Dedicated Renewable Energy Law With CfD Framework

North Macedonia has officially adopted its first dedicated renewable energy law, establishing a comprehensive regulatory framework aimed at attracting long-term capital to the sector. The legislation formally aligns the national legal structure with the European Union’s Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) and introduces three primary market mechanisms: two-way CfDs, competitive capacity auctions, and corporate power […]

US Battery Storage Pipeline Matches Current Total Operating Capacity

The United States is on track to more than double its utility-scale battery storage fleet over the next 30 months. According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), developers plan to add 54 GW of new energy storage capacity, a figure that exceeds the country’s current operational total of nearly 52 GW. The sector has […]

INTERVIEW: I Regret That We Didn’t Start Scaling Up Renewable Energy 5 Years Ago

The biggest mistake is waiting for better times. This was exactly how Nizhyn Mayor Oleksandr Kodola responded when asked about the strategic mistakes communities make regarding energy transformation. According to him, many projects focused on developing solar generation and local energy sources should have been launched several years ago. Today, the energy resilience of communities […]

INTERVIEW: When the Energy Manager is a Key Player in the Community

Who is the second most important person in a community after the mayor? The answer from the Mayor of Nizhyn might surprise you: the energy manager. Why? Because it is energy management that allows a community to understand where resources are being lost, how budget funds are being utilized, and which solutions truly deliver results. […]

Oleksandr Dombrovskyi: The agricultural sector can become one of the largest clean energy producers in Europe

Oleksandr Dombrovskyi, Chairman of the Board of Global 100% RE Ukraine, was a keynote speaker at the training session “Cogeneration and Bioenergy for Agricultural Business.” The event was organized under the USAID Agriculture Growing Rural Opportunities Activity (AGRO Program) with the support of the US Government and Chemonics International. During the presentation, participants discussed the […]

Agribusiness can become one of the drivers of Ukraine’s new energy sector — Oleksandr Dombrovskyi

Oleksandr Dombrovskyi, Chairman of the Board of Global 100% RE Ukraine, participated as a keynote speaker in the training session “Cogeneration and Bioenergy for Agribusiness,” organized within the USAID AGRO Program with the support of the US Government and Chemonics. During his speech, he emphasized that the Ukrainian agricultural sector possesses significant potential for developing […]

Community energy resilience requires partnership between government, business, and investors — Oleksandr Dombrovskyi

The energy transformation of Ukrainian communities is impossible without effective interaction between local governments, business, and investors. This was emphasized by Oleksandr Dombrovskyi, Chairman of the Board of Global 100% RE Ukraine, during the Public-Private Partnership Development Forum organized by the Association of Small Towns of Ukraine. During his speech, he stressed that the modern […]