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Battery next to Australia’s biggest solar farm nears completion
The 200 MW / 400 MWh New England battery is nearing completion beside Australia’s biggest solar project. Its progress matters because storage can help...
Clearstone’s 150 MW Axminster BESS appeal fails in Britain
Clearstone Energy has lost its appeal for a 150 MW battery storage project at Axminster in Britain. The decision matters for the wider solar-plus-stor...
Windlab and Squadron submit 500 MW Queensland solar-plus-storage project for federal assessment
Windlab and Squadron Energy have submitted a 500 MW solar PV and 500 MW battery project in Queensland for federal environmental assessment. The Bungab...
Ember warns ASEAN Power Grid delays could lock in higher costs and fuel exposure
Ember is warning that delays to the ASEAN Power Grid could raise costs, strand renewable opportunities and deepen exposure to imported fuel volatility...
Maryland signs solar energy agreement expected to save up to $515 million
Maryland has announced a solar energy agreement projected to save roughly $298 million to $515 million over 20 years. The procurement is notable becau...
Solar buildout makes the Midwest-area grid the largest in the US, BNEF says
BloombergNEF says a burst of solar additions has made the MISO Midwest-area grid the largest in the United States. The market added 7.45 GW of solar f...
EDF power solutions signs PPAs for 400 MW of Nevada solar
EDF power solutions has signed power-purchase agreements covering 400 MW of solar capacity in Nevada. The deals add contracted demand for US utility-s...
India’s model solar villages point to next phase of distributed PV growth
India’s installed solar capacity has grown from 7 GW in 2016 to more than 150 GW in 2026, and policy attention is shifting toward rural distributed ge...
China’s clean-power curtailment highlights global grid bottlenecks
China’s rising clean-power curtailment is drawing attention to grid limits that are appearing in renewable-heavy systems worldwide. Reporting based on...
Thailand rooftop solar reform targets lower gas dependence
IEEFA is calling for reform of Thailand’s rooftop solar policy framework to reduce the country’s dependence on gas-fired power. The issue is commercia...
Major developer plans $1 billion wind, solar and storage project in Oregon
A major developer is planning a $1 billion renewable energy project in Oregon combining wind, solar and storage. The project is significant because hy...
Researchers model 1,708 pathways for global PV waste recycling
Researchers have modeled 1,708 global pathways for PV waste recycling and found large climate and economic upside from optimized recycling systems. Th...