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Calibrant to deploy 31-MW battery at Pacific Northwest data campus
Calibrant Energy will install a 31-MW/62-MWh battery at Aligned Data Centers’ Pacific Northwest site to enhance reliability and grid services.
Oct 27, 2025 // Storage, Battery Storage, data centers, Pacific Northwest, Calibrant Energy, resilience
South Australia launches tender for 700 MW dispatchable clean capacity
South Australia opened a tender to contract 700 MW of long-duration, dispatchable capacity—likely batteries and other storage—to strengthen grid resilience and reliability
Oct 27, 2025 // Plants, Battery Storage, tender, South Australia, grid resilience, dispatchable capacity
Dracula Technologies Raises €30 Million for Battery-Free IoT
raises €30M to turbocharge OPV production, powering battery-free IoT at scale; quadrupling output to meet surging demand for sustainable sensors, trackers and low-maintenance energy harvesting.
Oct 27, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, France, Europe, Dracula Technologies
Helios Wins Consent for 400MW NZ Solar Parks
Helios Energy secures resource consents for 400 MW of utility-scale solar in New Zealand, propelling grid decarbonization as projects advance toward design, grid tie, financing and build.
Oct 27, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, New Zealand, Oceania, Helios Energy, PV Power Plant
Waaree Wins 692MW Solar Orders in India, US
Waaree Energies bags 692 MW in new solar module orders across India and the U.S., bolstering utility and commercial builds amid rising clean‑energy demand.
Oct 27, 2025 // Manufacturing News, USA, India, Asia, North America, Waaree Energies
Apple, Engie Sign 10-Year Italian Clean Power Deal
Apple inks 10-year Engie deal for 173 MW of new Italian wind and solar, powering regional operations, stabilizing costs, and accelerating Europe-wide supply-chain decarbonization.
Oct 27, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Engie, Apple, Europe
Electrica commissions 27-MW Botiz solar farm in northwestern Romania today
Romania’s Electrica switched on a 27.056-MW solar farm near Botiz, adding daytime capacity and future storage optionality to the local grid.
Oct 24, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Europe, Romania, Electrica, commissioning, Botiz
Stonestreet Green Solar gains UK consent for co-located storage project
The UK approved Evolution Power’s 99.9-MW Stonestreet Green Solar project, which includes battery storage to shift energy into evening peaks.
Oct 24, 2025 // Storage, United Kingdom, Battery Storage, Europe, Evolution Power, Kent, planning consent
Altano Energy secures €81m to build Spanish renewables pipeline
Altano Energy raised €81 million to construct a southern Spain portfolio combining two wind farms and three solar plants.
Oct 24, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, wind and solar, project finance, Altano Energy, portfolio
OPES Solar Mobility opens Europe’s first vehicle solar panel factory
OPES Solar Mobility inaugurated a Zwenkau, Germany factory for flexible vehicle-integrated solar panels, calling it Europe’s first dedicated plant of its kind.
Oct 24, 2025 // Manufacturing News, Germany, Europe, decarbonization, vehicle-integrated solar
Simulation predicts efficient DJ–Cs₂CrI₆ tandem perovskite solar cells achieving 26.1%
Indian researchers simulated a tandem perovskite cell pairing a 2D DJ top absorber with a lead-free Cs₂CrI₆ bottom cell, projecting 26.1% efficiency.
Oct 23, 2025 // Technology, solar efficiency, perovskite tandems, simulation, DJ perovskite
CIP provides loan backing Ampliform’s expanding United States solar pipeline
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners will lend up to USD 165 million to Ampliform, accelerating procurement and delivery across a U.S. utility-scale solar and storage pipeline.
Oct 23, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, North America, CIP, project finance, Ampliform
Sizable Energy secures funding for ocean-based long-duration storage technology commercialization
Italy’s Sizable Energy raised USD 8 million to commercialize long-duration ocean energy storage, targeting affordable, safe multi-hour to multi-day capacity.
Oct 23, 2025 // Storage, Italy, Europe, long-duration storage, ocean energy, grid resilience, clean tech
Electrica begins permitting for nationwide one-gigawatt battery portfolio in Romania
Romania’s Electrica started permitting 15 BESS projects totaling ~1 GWh, advancing grid flexibility and renewables integration.
Oct 23, 2025 // Storage, Battery Storage, Europe, renewable integration, Romania, Electrica, grid flexibility
SMFL Mirai to Buy 5 MWdc Japan Solar
Sumitomo Mitsui affiliate SMFL Mirai to acquire ~5 MWdc of Japanese solar from GreenEnergy Plus, signaling consolidation and funding new development via stable, long-term returns.
Oct 23, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, Asia, sumitomo mitsui