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Eolian advances 1 GWh battery beside Ohio data center load
Jul 30, 2026

Eolian advances 1 GWh battery beside Ohio data center load

Eolian is building the 200 MW Flint Grid battery outside Columbus, Ohio, next to New Albany data center and industrial load. The five-hour system is e...

Colombia awards 270 MW solar and 100 MW storage in clean energy auction
Jul 30, 2026

Colombia awards 270 MW solar and 100 MW storage in clean energy auction

Colombia awarded contracts for about 270 MW of solar tied to 100 MW of battery storage in the first round of its long-term clean energy auction. The 1...

Antora raises $550 million to scale US thermal battery deployment
Jul 30, 2026

Antora raises $550 million to scale US thermal battery deployment

Antora Energy has closed an oversubscribed $550 million Series C round to expand deployment of its thermal battery systems for US industrial facilitie...

Brookfield launches Lumara platform to develop 6 GW of renewables in India
Jul 30, 2026

Brookfield launches Lumara platform to develop 6 GW of renewables in India

Brookfield has launched Lumara, a new India renewable energy platform targeting about $600 million of capital deployment and a 6 GW development pipeli...

Bangladesh opens bidding for 220 MW Sonagazi solar project
Jul 30, 2026

Bangladesh opens bidding for 220 MW Sonagazi solar project

Electricity Generation Bangladesh has opened bidding for the 220 MW Sonagazi solar project in Feni district. Bids are due September 15 and the selecte...

AirTrunk urges Australia to use data centres as clean-energy anchor tenants
Jul 30, 2026

AirTrunk urges Australia to use data centres as clean-energy anchor tenants

AirTrunk says Australia should treat large data centres as anchor tenants for new renewable generation, storage, and transmission investment. The argu...

RWE starts 236 MW / 470 MWh battery build at Germany’s Hambach mine
Jul 29, 2026

RWE starts 236 MW / 470 MWh battery build at Germany’s Hambach mine

RWE has started construction of a 236 MW / 470 MWh battery energy storage system at the Hambach opencast mine in Germany. The project is expected to e...

Neoen starts 227 MW / 907 MWh grid-forming battery in South Australia
Jul 29, 2026

Neoen starts 227 MW / 907 MWh grid-forming battery in South Australia

Neoen Australia has begun construction of a 227 MW / 907 MWh grid-forming battery in South Australia. The second stage of the Goyder battery pushes Ne...

Masdar and EPCG move 150 MW Montenegro solar pipeline into development
Jul 29, 2026

Masdar and EPCG move 150 MW Montenegro solar pipeline into development

Masdar and Montenegro’s state utility EPCG have signed joint development agreements for 150 MW of solar. The projects are the first commitments under ...

Timor-Leste secures $85.7 million for first solar-storage IPP
Jul 29, 2026

Timor-Leste secures $85.7 million for first solar-storage IPP

Timor-Leste has secured an $85.7 million financing package for a 73.7 MWac solar plant paired with 80.2 MWh of battery storage. The project is the cou...

China’s solar market heads for first annual contraction since 2019
Jul 29, 2026

China’s solar market heads for first annual contraction since 2019

The China Photovoltaic Industry Association expects China’s solar market and global PV additions to decline in 2026 after last year’s policy-driven bo...

US adds foreign-produced solar inverters to FCC Covered List
Jul 29, 2026

US adds foreign-produced solar inverters to FCC Covered List

The US Federal Communications Commission has added foreign-produced power inverters to its Covered List, limiting new equipment authorizations for una...