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European manufacturers shipped €3.1 billion worth of wind turbines to markets outside the EU in 2025, while imports reached only €0.7 billion — meaning exports were more than four times the value of inbound equipment. The figures, published by Eurostat, place wind turbines at the top of the EU’s green-equipment export rankings for the year. […]

Vodafone Ukraine is installing solar panels at 400 additional base stations, which will bring the operator’s total solar-equipped sites to 500 — a fivefold increase. The expansion follows a pilot program of 100 micro-solar installations completed in June 2026 across 14 regions, the results of which prompted the decision to scale up, according to business […]

Long-term solar power purchase agreement prices in the United States increased 4.9% over the three summer months, with anticipated import tariffs emerging as the primary driver, according to analytics platform LevelTen Energy. The average solar PPA rate reached $64.23 per megawatt-hour — a 6% annual gain and 12.7% above Q3 2024 levels. Corporate buyers moved […]

Canada is stepping into offshore wind with a $100 million federal commitment to launch the Wind West initiative off Nova Scotia’s coast, according to CleanTechnica. The program’s first practical steps are scheduled for 2027, with $5 million set aside for measurement buoys to gather wind speed data ahead of an investor competition, and $3 million […]

Installing a heat pump can cut heating bills for the household that buys one — but researchers at RMI argue the benefits extend further, reaching customers who have no intention of electrifying their own heating at all. The explanation lies in grid economics rather than individual budgets. Power networks are typically engineered around summer air-conditioning […]

Rome’s national environment and energy authority — MASE — has signed off on eight unified construction permits covering more than 1.7 gigawatts of battery energy storage systems. Combined with 954 MW authorized in early October, the country’s total approved battery capacity for the month now approaches 2.7 GW. Four of the eight newly permitted projects […]

Danish energy company Ørsted has finished construction of the Iceni battery energy storage system near Norwich in Norfolk, England, marking the company’s first large battery project in the United Kingdom. The 300 MW, 600 MWh facility incorporates 170 Tesla Megapack units installed alongside the onshore infrastructure of the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm. Work began […]

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 […]