27 Oct 2026 10:08 | Amsterdam – Dutch storage developer Giga Storage has closed a EUR 260 million debt financing for its Albatross large-scale battery project in Lower Saxony. The 350 MW storage system with a capacity of 1,400 MWh is scheduled to start operations in early 2029. read more... 26 Oct 2026 12:51 | Hamburg – The two substation platforms Darß and Zingst have been successfully installed at the Gennaker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. The wind farm, with a planned capacity of just under 1,000 MW, is scheduled to start operations at the end of 2028. read more... 26 Oct 2026 12:00 | Vechta (Germany) – Lower Saxony-based biogas plant builder Weltec Biopower is adding battery storage solutions to its portfolio. Under the name Weltec Battery Hub, the company will offer storage technology going forward, as well as services for the planning and implementation of storage projects. read more...News of the Renewable Energy Industry
Giga Storage Secures Financing and Grid Connection for 350 MW Four-Hour Battery Project
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27 Oct 2026
| Hamburg (renewablepress) - The Nordex Group and DenkerWulf are continuing their collaboration in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, with a new wind energy project. For the Bredenbek wind farm, DenkerWulf has ordered nine N149/5.X wind turbines with a total capacity of 51.3 MW from the Nordex Group. Instal... read more...
22 Oct 2026
| Hamburg (renewablepress) - The Nordex Group has received its first order from New Zealand. Mercury, one of New Zealand’s major electricity generation and retail companies, has ordered 40 N133/4.8 wind turbines with a total capacity of 192 MW for a wind farm in the Otago region of New Zealand’s South... read more...
19 Oct 2026
| - Virtual Power Plant Enables Balancing Services in Lithuania’s Electricity Market
Vilnius/Oldenburg (renewablepress) - Lithuania’s Ignitis and Germany’s emsys VPP are expanding their Virtual Power Plant (VPP) partner-ship to strengthen the stability of the Baltic power grid. As part of expande... read more...
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Nordex Group to supply DenkerWulf with turbines for a 51 MW wind farm in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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Battery Storage Enters the Balancing Market to Strengthen Grid Stability: Ignitis and emsys VPP Expand Partnership
Power generation in Europe (MW)
Wednesday,
28.10.2026
today
yesterday
01.01. - 28.10.
202601.01. - 28.10.
2025
Electricity generation EU 27
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
Wind
0.373
1.913
376.9
352.4
Hydropower*
0.091
0.514
211.9
229.4
Solar
0.001
0.725
302.3
255.3
Biomass
0.050
0.223
64.8
63.3
Geothermal
0.004
0.002
4.4
2.7
Subtotal Renewable
0.519
3.377
960.3
903.2
Nuclear
0.350
1.386
475.1
497.9
Gas
0.279
1.098
310.7
292.9
Lignite (brown coal)
0.111
0.478
115.2
114.6
Hard coal
0.079
0.304
88.2
81.0
Waste
0.013
0.055
17.0
16.4
Oil
0.006
0.025
10.2
9.0
Subtotal Conventional
0.838
3.345
1 016.4
1 011.7
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TOTAL
1.356
6.722
1 976.7
1 914.9
Note
26 out of 27 EU countries
No data from: Malta
The data from the European transmission system operators reflect the net electricity feed-in to their national power grids. Not taken into account are electricity for the self-consumption of power plants, self-used electricity (own use), power plants without grid connection, etc.
Current Grid Status Renewables - Europe
Renewables in Europe - Records - All Time Highs
Source
Record 2026
All Time High
[MW]
[Date]
[MW]
[Date]
Wind energy total
0
01.01.1970
134 967
22.02.2024
Onshore
0
01.01.1970
121 052
22.02.2024
Offshore
0
01.01.1970
17 912
20.02.2025
Solar
0
01.01.1970
140 469
30.07.2024
Hydropower
0
01.01.1970
201 493
06.03.2024
Bioenergy
0
01.01.1970
11 209
14.02.2025
Geothermal
0
01.01.1970
717
07.02.2023
Total
0
01.01.1970
246 299
02.04.2024
Source: © IWR 2026, Data: ENTSO-E
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