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Alberta federal government offers financial support for energy storage projects alongside oil as well as gas
The government of Alberta, Canada, has introduced that CA$ 25 million (US$ 20.1 million) in financial backing has been offered for solar-plus-storage and also pumped hydro energy storage as part of a CA$ 176 million bundle that will additionally offer funding to oil and gas industry projects.
Nov 5, 2021 // Technology, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Canada, solar-plus-storage, North America, flow battery, dc-coupling
DNV GL confirms cutting-edge floating solar layout method for Ocean Sun
DNV GL, the globe's biggest source of independent power professionals, has actually granted a consistency declaration to Norwegian Solar Energy business Ocean Sun for its floating solar style technique.
Mar 10, 2020 // Technology, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, floating PV, Europe, DNV GL, Norway, Borge Bjorneklett, Prajeev Rasiah
Solar, wind reach record 10% of global electricity but power sector emissions hit an all-time high
Solar as well as wind power got to a record 10% of global electricity in 2021. That milestone has actually now been reached by 50 nations across the world consisting of all 5 of the world's biggest economies, although power sector emissions have reached an all-time high, according to energy thinktank Ember.
Mar 31, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Renewable Electricity, Ember, solar power generation, power generation, power sector emissions
Vietnam slashes 2030 capacity target yet makes more room for renewables under new power strategy
Vietnam has actually cut its 2030 power capacity target by 35GW under its recently set draft Power Master Plan VIII (PMP8) but is making more room for renewables as it looks for to reduce its reliance on coal.
Apr 27, 2022 // Grids, Policy, Asia, fitch solutions, Vietnam, renewable energy targets, grid capacity, coal retirement, power master plan, renewable target
Australian City Turns To Compressed Air Project For Storage Of 1.5 GWh
Unlike pumped hydro energy storage (PHES), progressed compressed air energy storage is fairly easy to site and construct, requiring far less space as well as water.
May 31, 2022 // Storage, Hydrostor, Australia, Oceania, transgrid, Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage, A-CAES, Broken Hill, Van Walleghem
SSE gets very first solar project
30MW site forms part of a ₤ 12.5 bn financial investment programme towards net zero
Jan 20, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, solar farm, SSE, Richard Cave-Bigley, Anthony Brindle
United States nonrenewable fuel source developer goes solar with 350 MW project
The business economics of a solar project in Texas are so engaging coal as well as gas developer J-Power desires a piece of the action.
May 5, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Texas, North America, Solar Project, J-Power, Mark Condon
Siemens as well as Fluence to Develop 15 MW Storage System on Portuguese Island
Siemens Smart Infrastructure, in partnership with Fluence, was granted an agreement by the Portuguese power service provider EDA-- Electricidade dos Açores to develop a battery-based energy storage space system on Terceira, the second most significant island in regards to electrical usage of the Azores island chain in the Atlantic Ocean. The project intends to make the island a lot more sustainable as well as is scheduled for completion in 2021.
Sep 7, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, ENERGY STORAGE, Portugal, Europe, BESS, Siemens, Fluence, Duarte José Botelho da Ponte, Fernando Silva
Gravitricty plans 4MW storage in former Czech mine
Scottish company indications MoU with DIAMO to seek EU funds to convert Darkov site
Feb 22, 2023 // Storage, Europe, Czech Republic, Gravitricty
World Bank Inks Project to Scale up Renewable Energy Technologies in India
The World Bank, with the project, offers to India $150 million IBRD loan, a $28 million Clean Technology Fund (CTF) loan and a $22 million CTF grant.
The project will certainly support SECI with human resource as well as company planning, project monitoring, procurement, economic and also contract management, environmental and also social safeguards as well as economic management, among others.
Dec 20, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, India, SECI, Asia, world bank, Renewable Energy, Hideki Mori, Surbhi Goyal
EBRD baits financing for landmark solar plant in Albania
EBRD leads syndicate of IFC, Intesa Sanpaolo Bank Albania, Privredna Banka Zagreb in co-financing Karavasta solar plant in Albania
First big utility-scale solar PV plant in the country
Financial investment stems from EBRD Renewable Energy Auctions Programme
Apr 24, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, EBRD, Europe, PV Power Plant, Albania
China Activates World’s Largest Compressed-Air Battery
China flips the switch on the world’s largest CAES—600 MW/2,400 MWh—signaling long‑duration storage’s rise from niche to core grid muscle for multi‑hour renewable smoothing.
Mar 4, 2026 // Plants, ENERGY STORAGE, China, Asia, grid, CAES, long-duration
Prime Capital Buys 170-MWh Pyhasalmi Battery Project
Prime Capital snaps up 85‑MW/170‑MWh Pyhäsalmi BESS for €5.5m, with profit‑share to July 2027, bolstering SENS’s big‑battery strategy for Finland’s grid services.
Mar 11, 2026 // Storage, Europe, Finland, Prime Capital
Transpower Draft Approval for Inter-Island Grid Upgrade
Transpower’s draft approval clears the way for a stronger North–South inter-island power link—cutting bottlenecks, boosting resilience in dry years, and enabling more wind and solar.
Apr 2, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, New Zealand, Oceania, Transpower, transmission, interconnectiongrid upgrade
China Three Gorges Hits COD on Colombia Solar
China Three Gorges hits COD for a 19.9-MW Colombia solar farm—unlocking stable revenue, expanding utility-scale and corporate offtakes, and diversifying daytime power as hydro tightens.
Apr 14, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, South america, Latin america, Colombia, solar farm, china three gorges, commissioning








