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Solar leads EU renewable electricity as renewables reach 54.1% in Q2
Renewable sources supplied 54.1% of European Union electricity generation in the second quarter of 2026, according to Eurostat. Solar became the large...
Azerbaijan commissions 100 MW Gobustan solar plant from first auction
Azerbaijan has brought the 100 MW Gobustan solar power plant into operation in Baku's Garadagh district. The project is the country's first solar faci...
California solar site scales second-life EV battery storage to 28 MWh
A Lancaster, California solar site is using more than 1,300 retired electric-vehicle battery packs to provide 28 MWh of grid storage. The project demo...
Victoria backs 1.86 GWh Baranduda long-duration battery
Aware Super, Birdwood and Victoria's state-owned SEC will deliver a 400 MW, 1.86 GWh battery at Baranduda near Wodonga. The 4.65-hour system is design...
Google-backed storage pilot time-shifts 9.2 GWh of renewable energy
A three-month pilot sponsored by Google shifted 9.2 GWh of renewable electricity through esVolta battery systems. The project paired battery dispatch ...
Bangladesh launches $123 million rooftop solar fund
Bangladesh has created a $123 million fund to provide concessional financing for rooftop solar and other renewable-energy projects. The government is ...
South Korea's new agrivoltaics law sets 30-year permit ceiling
South Korea has enacted its first dedicated agrivoltaics law, replacing the previous eight-year temporary permit framework with project terms of up to...
Spain launches capacity market as grid investment rises above EUR 17 billion
Spain is launching a technology-neutral capacity market that will pay generation, battery storage and demand-side resources for firm capacity and flex...
SMA opens German inverter factory with more than 60 GW of annual capacity
SMA has inaugurated a new utility-scale inverter factory in Niestetal, Germany, with annual production capacity exceeding 60 GW at full utilization. T...
SEG Solar starts HJT module production at 4 GW Houston factory
SEG Solar has begun commercial production of heterojunction modules at its 4 GW Tomball factory in Houston. The company is already building a second 4...
Guinea prepares first 400 MW phase of solar and storage procurement program
Guinea's Ministry of Energy and clean-energy nonprofit RELP will design a competitive procurement program for solar PV and battery storage. The first ...
Poland's grid-connected solar pipeline reaches 40.6 GW
Poland's solar project pipeline with grid-connection conditions has reached 40.6 GW across 6,450 projects, according to the Instytut Energetyki Odnawi...