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Unimot, Eco-Optima Team Up on Ukraine Renewables
Unimot and Eco-Optima team up to power Ukraine’s rebuild with solar, wind and storage—advancing decarbonization, grid resilience and Polish‑Ukrainian energy ties despite wartime risks.
Oct 21, 2025 // Plants, Poland, Ukraine, Europe, Unimot, Eco-Optima
Cypress Creek Closes $190m for Colorado Solar-Storage
Cypress Creek secures $190M for Colorado 75‑MW solar + 50‑MW/200‑MWh storage, fast‑tracking hybrid power that boosts reliability beyond daylight as demand surges and states chase resilient, lower‑carbon grids.
Oct 21, 2025 // Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, North America, cypress creek
Zenith Energy Acquires 22MWp Italian Solar Projects
Zenith Energy (LON:ZEN) to acquire 22 MWp Italian solar projects via Wesolar, accelerating its renewables push and expanding pipeline in a fast-growing European photovoltaic market.
Oct 21, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Europe, PV Power Plant, Zenith Energy
Georgia Power starts construction on 200-MW battery storage project
Georgia Power began building a 200-MW battery system, adding multi-hour flexibility to support renewables and peak demand across the state.
Oct 21, 2025 // Storage, Georgia Power, Battery Storage, utility-scale, Grid reliability, Southeast US
LichtBlick breaks ground on 100-MW battery near Chemnitz, Germany
Renewable supplier LichtBlick began building a 100-MW battery near Chemnitz, investing €100 million to add flexible capacity and stabilize the grid.
Oct 21, 2025 // Storage, Germany, Battery Storage, Europe, grid stability, Lichtblick, Chemnitz
AVESS wins grant to assess vanadium flow battery manufacturing hub
Australia’s AVESS secured AUD 2.5 million to study Indo-Pacific vanadium flow battery manufacturing, targeting long-duration storage for renewables.
Oct 21, 2025 // Storage, manufacturing, vanadium flow batteries, AVESS, long-duration storage, Indo-Pacific,
Enpal raises €700m to turbocharge residential solar and heat rollout
Germany’s Enpal secured about €700 million to accelerate home solar, batteries, and heat pump services under its subscription-based model.
Oct 21, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, residential solar, Enpal, heat pumps, virtual power plan
States sue to revive EPA’s $7bn Solar for All funding program
A multi-state coalition filed suits seeking to reinstate the EPA’s $7 billion Solar for All program supporting low-income community solar and rooftop projects.
Oct 20, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, North America, Community Solar, United States, EPA, Solar for All, low-income programs
Endesa opens Gran Canaria solar farm with four-hour battery at plant
Endesa inaugurated an 8.25-MW solar farm with a 4.2-MW battery at Barranco de Tirajana, adding flexible clean power to Gran Canaria’s island grid.
Oct 20, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, solar-plus-storage, Endesa, canary islands, island grids, hybrid project
Lantania lands €35m EPC to build 80 MWp of Italian solar
Spain’s Lantania won a €35 million EPC package for three solar farms in northern Italy, marking its entry into the country’s renewables market.
Oct 20, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, EPC, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Italy, Europe, project delivery, Lantania
New Zealand clears 179-MW solar-storage project, boosting North Island reliability
New Zealand’s EPA granted resource consents for a 179-MW solar farm with co-located battery storage on the North Island, adding flexible clean capacity.
Oct 20, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, New Zealand, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, North Island, Grid reliability, EPA consent
Gold-Perovskites Supercharge Clean Acetaldehyde from Ethanol
Gold on Cu-doped LaMnO3 converts ethanol to acetaldehyde at 95% yield, 225°C, 715 gAC gAu−1 h−1—Au–Mn–Cu synergy delivers, while excess Cu stalls activity.
Oct 20, 2025 // Technology, perovskite, Eindhoven University of Technology, efficiency, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Powerlink Seeks Approval to Connect AGL’s 500MW Battery
Powerlink seeks approval for an underground link to AGL’s 500‑MW/2,000‑MWh battery, fast-tracking Queensland grid stability, firming renewables and peak-demand support with minimal surface impact.
Oct 20, 2025 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, Powerlink
New Zealand Clears 179-MW Solar-Battery on North Island
New Zealand greenlights a 179 MW solar-plus-storage project on the North Island, boosting grid resilience and decarbonization as hybrid renewables gain nationwide momentum.
Oct 20, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, New Zealand, Oceania, North Island
Ampyr Solar Opens 45-MW Cluster in Brandenburg
Ampyr Solar Europe energizes Brandenburg with a 45-MWp Gorgast cluster, streamlining projects as investor appetite, permitting reforms and grid integration fuel Germany’s accelerating utility-scale solar buildout.
Oct 20, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Ampyr Solar Europe, Brandenburg