Solar Grids News

Australia Backs Tomago Smelter With $2.5B Power Deal

AUD 2.5B backs Tomago Aluminium in NSW—protecting 1,000 direct jobs—while funding 3GW of renewables, firming power and a fully renewable supply from 2033.

Aug 13, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, Policy, Australia, Oceania, PV Power Plant

BLM Seeks Input on Clearway’s 500-MW Nevada Solar

Nevada’s proposed 500MW Mosey Solar project is open for public comment—BLM will shape its Resource Management Plan and EIS through Aug. 28, plus 850MW storage.

Aug 10, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Grids, Policy, USA, North America, PV Power Plant, BLM

ContourGlobal Taps CATL for 3 GWh Storage Deal

ContourGlobal orders 3GWh of CATL battery storage—526 liquid-cooled containers—powering Scotland, Greece and Chile projects, aligning delivery timelines with its pipeline.

Aug 10, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, Policy, Greece, UK, Chile, South america, Latin america, Europe, ContourGlobal

How Does Proper Transformer Planning Support Better Solar Projects?

Jul 24, 2026 // Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, Opinions, Transport, Press releases

Alive Capital Energises Romania’s Nanov Solar-Storage Plant

Alive Capital’s Nanov Hybrid Power Plant is now grid-connected—23.45MWac solar with 5MW/10.67MWh storage—boosting Romania’s renewable integration, grid stability, and clean power delivery.

Jun 18, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Grids, Europe, Romania, PV Power Plant, Alive Capital

Lithuania Hits 6 GW Wind-Solar Milestone

Lithuania hits 6 GW wind and solar, accelerating Baltic clean energy. Now the focus shifts to smart grid upgrades, forecasting, storage, demand response, and stronger interconnections to handle variable power.

Apr 6, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, Europe, Lithuania, wind

Samsung Ventures Backs GridBeyond in €12 Million Round

GridBeyond secures €12m with Samsung Ventures to turbocharge AI-driven demand response—aggregating industrial loads, BESS and EV fleets for instant grid flexibility, lower costs and new revenue.

Mar 18, 2026 // Storage, Grids, Flexibility, GridBeyond, demand response, Samsung Ventures

S2P Wins Grid Access for 70-MW Montenegro Solar

S2P Electric’s 70‑MW Tupan solar clinches CGES grid deal, bringing Trina Solar bifacial power to Niksic and accelerating Montenegro’s renewable push, grid upgrades, and investor confidence across the Balkans.

Mar 12, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Grids, Europe, Montenegro, S2P

Downing Snaps Up Cornwall Solar; Grid Target 2027

Downing snaps up 42.5‑MW Cornwall solar, grid‑dated for Q4 2027, de‑risking finance and boosting UK pipeline, biodiversity gains and battery upside wooing long‑term capital.

Mar 2, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, UK, Europe, acquisitions, Cornwall, Downing

Egypt’s Obelisk Brings Round-the-Clock Solar Online

Egypt’s Obelisk lights up: first-phase solar-plus-storage delivers dispatchable clean power, shaping evenings, stabilizing the grid and prices, creating jobs, and de-risking a modular path to 1 GW.

Jan 13, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Grids, Battery Storage, Asia, Africa, Egypt, hybrid solar, Grid reliability, commissioning

RWE Energizes Motorway Solar on Reclaimed German Mine

RWE fires up 74.6 MWac along the A44n, turning mine scars into grid-smart solar for 27,700 homes—and leaving room for batteries as Germany taps “difficult acres.”

Dec 15, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, Germany, Europe, rwe, recultivated land, motorway solar

China’s fossil generation dips as solar output surges in November

New data suggest China’s fossil-fuel generation will fall for the first time in a decade as large-scale solar and wind lift supply.

Dec 15, 2025 // Plants, Storage, Grids, China, Asia, solar generation, coal decline

Germany’s Solar Surge Lifts Renewables to 56%

Germany’s 2025 power turns greener: 56% renewables, solar surges, wind/hydro lag. Prices dip at noon, batteries rise at dusk. Storage, flexibility, and PPAs steer reliability-first buildout despite rooftop, grid hurdles.

Dec 12, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Grids, Germany, Europe, grid, outlook, renewables share, solar additions

Texas Solar Surpasses Coal as Batteries Rewire ERCOT

Sun beats coal in Texas: ERCOT’s 2025 grid turns solar-led, battery-boosted and evening-shaped—cheaper middays, sharper dusk ramps, and developers racing to deliver dependable nightfall megawatts.

Dec 10, 2025 // Storage, Grids, USA, Texas, North America, ERCOT, coal decline, solar milestone, grid storage

Vattenfall approved to build 254-MW/700-MWh battery at former nuclear site

Vattenfall will deploy a 254-MW/700-MWh battery at the decommissioned Brunsbüttel nuclear plant in northern Germany, adding critical flexibility to a wind-rich grid.

Dec 5, 2025 // Storage, Grids, Germany, Europe, Vattenfall, grid flexibility, Brunsbüttel

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