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Agri-PV with Battery Storage: Ylektra Develops 50 MW Hybrid Project in Rheinhessen
17 Jul 2026 08:27 | Armsheim (Germany) – The combination of agri-photovoltaics (agri-PV) and battery storage is emerging as an important building block of the energy transition. Agri-PV allows agricultural land to be used simultaneously for crop farming and solar power generation, while battery storage increases the flexibility of power supply and can relieve strain on electricity grids. read more...
Curbing Nighttime Blinking: Lanthan Safe Sky Bundles Wind Turbine ADLS Business Under New Brand NOLITE
17 Jul 2026 08:01 | Walldorf - Lanthan Safe Sky, a provider of demand-controlled aircraft warning lighting systems (ADLS) for wind turbines, is relaunching its business under the new brand name NOLITE. read more...
EU Approves Expansion of Germany's Electricity Price Compensation Scheme – 20 Additional Sectors to Benefit
16 Jul 2026 09:58 | Berlin — The European Commission has approved a significant expansion of Germany's electricity price compensation scheme for energy- and trade-intensive companies, which has been in place since 2013. The number of sectors eligible for the scheme will grow from 11 to 31. read more...
Battery Storage Financing: Capcora, Suena Energy Publish Whitepaper on Bankability
16 Jul 2026 09:39 | Frankfurt am Main — Battery storage systems are emerging as a cornerstone of Europe's energy transition. As the market matures and project pipelines grow, the financing of storage projects is becoming a central concern for developers, investors and lenders. Financial advisory boutique Capcora and trading optimization specialist Suena Energy have published a joint whitepaper on the bankability of such projects. read more...
Weltec Biopower Enters Australian Market, Builds First Agricultural Biogas Plant for Vegetable Producer Kalfresh
16 Jul 2026 09:14 | Vechta — Biogas technology for the utilization of agricultural residues is gaining international traction. Lower Saxony-based plant manufacturer Weltec Biopower has signed a contract with Australian vegetable producer Kalfresh and will build the first stage of a bioenergy facility in Kalbar, Queensland. read more...
China Rejects Russia's Price Demands for Gas Deliveries – Power of Siberia 2 Stuck in Deadlock
15 Jul 2026 10:27 | Beijing/Moscow — Russia wants to expand gas deliveries to China, but the planned Power of Siberia 2 pipeline project between Russia and China remains stuck in a deadlock, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. read more...
Sunrun Combines Tens of Thousands of Home Batteries into One of California's Largest Distributed Power Plants
15 Jul 2026 10:14 | San Francisco — Rising power demand from AI data centers and electrification is putting growing pressure on California's power grid. US storage provider Sunrun will therefore make up to 425 megawatts of dispatchable capacity available this summer from a distributed power plant of networked home battery systems. read more...
Trend Toward Long-Duration Storage: Eku Energy Enters German Market with 4-Hour Battery Storage System
15 Jul 2026 09:56 | London — Germany's battery storage market is shifting toward longer discharge durations, with new projects increasingly moving from the roughly two-hour standard toward four hours. The "Dion" battery storage project in Lamspringe is following this trend, marking the entry of British storage developer Eku Energy into the German market. read more...
Wind Market Consolidation: Project Developers Turn to UKA for Partnerships
14 Jul 2026 10:42 | Meißen — Rising costs, stricter bank financing conditions and declining auction proceeds are putting increasing pressure on wind project developers in Germany. Against this backdrop, cooperations and project sales to financially strong partners are gaining importance. In the first half of 2026, developers holding projects totaling around 900 megawatts (MW) opted to partner with the UKA Group. read more...
Sunrun Taps New Business Field: Distributed Solar Systems to Provide AI Computing Power
13 Jul 2026 11:08 | San Francisco — The booming market for artificial intelligence (AI) is opening up new business opportunities. US solar and storage specialist Sunrun Inc. plans to use its distributed energy infrastructure for AI computing capacity going forward. read more...
Poland Achieves Historic Milestone as First Power Flows from Baltic Power Offshore Wind Farm
13 Jul 2026 10:48 | Toronto, Canada — Poland's offshore wind sector has reached a historic milestone: the 1.1 GW Baltic Power offshore wind project has fed power into the Polish grid for the first time. read more...
Stock Week 28/26: RENIXX Falls Sharply – Plug Power, Ballard Power, Bloom Energy, CATL and Nordex Post Double-Digit Losses
13 Jul 2026 10:09 | Münster — The RENIXX World gave up significant ground over the past trading week after touching an interim high at the start of the period. Having stood at 1,360.07 points on Monday, July 6, 2026, the index fell to a weekly low of 1,282.48 points (closing price) by Wednesday, July 8, 2026 — a decline of around 5.7 percent within two trading days. read more...
Major Hydrogen Project in Australia: Plug Power to Supply Electrolyser for Orica's Hunter Valley Hydrogen Hub
10 Jul 2026 15:19 | Slingerlands — Australia's hydrogen sector has reached a key milestone as the first project under the Hydrogen Headstart program advances to construction. Mining and explosives group Orica has taken a final investment decision (FID) for the Hunter Valley Hydrogen Hub. US company Plug Power will supply a PEM electrolyser for the project. read more...
Agri-PV Growth in Saxony-Anhalt: Tion Renewables Acquires 69 MWp Solar Park from FEFA
10 Jul 2026 12:14 | Munich – Agri-PV combines solar power generation with agricultural use of the same land, easing potential land-use conflicts in solar deployment. Tion Renewables GmbH has acquired an already operational Agri-PV park in Saxony-Anhalt from FEFA Projekt GmbH. read more...
Nordex Group Lifts Q2 Order Intake 32 Percent to 3.1 GW on Stable Prices, Shares Rise
10 Jul 2026 09:17 | Hamburg – German wind turbine manufacturer Nordex continues to see strong demand driven by the international expansion of wind energy. The Nordex Group recorded a significantly higher order intake in the second quarter of 2026 than in the same period last year, further strengthening its position in its core markets of Germany, the United States and Turkey. Price levels remained stable over the period. read more...
