Solar Energy Storage and Battery News

CIP Backs Novar Push to 1.4GW by 2027

Novar powers up with €160m CIP loan—expandable to €260m—to fast-track Dutch solar, storage, acquisitions, and grid works on the path to 1.4 GW by 2027.

Mar 5, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Europe, Netherlands, Novar

NSW Fast-Tracks Hunter REZ Upgrades, Unlocking 1.8GW

NSW fast-tracks 1.8 GW Hunter–Central Coast REZ, first to use existing poles—slashing delays, creating jobs, and upgrading substations and fiber as coal gives way to clean power.

Mar 2, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Australia, Oceania, new south wales, rez, transmission

EBRD Backs Virya; Poland’s Largest Solar Starts Build

EBRD backs Virya’s €85m push as 722‑MWp Sidłowo—Poland’s largest solar—connects to 400‑kV PSE, slashing curtailment and CO2, powering 666 GWh/year and scaling a platform toward 4.3 GW.

Mar 2, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Poland, EBRD, Europe, Virya Energy, Sidlowo

EBRD Weighs €40m Loan for Tunisia’s Firmed Solar

Tunisia powers ahead: STEG eyes €40m EBRD-backed solar-plus-storage to firm the grid, slash fuel imports, shift sun to peaks, and unlock bankable, reliable clean energy.

Feb 26, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, STEG, EBRD, solar-plus-storage, Tunisia, Africa, financing

GreenYellow Taps €32m for Spain C&I Solar-Storage

GreenYellow nets €32m to turbocharge Spain’s C&I solar-storage: refinancing 50 MWp across 23 PV sites plus batteries, fueling JV expansion with Enhol and blue-chip clients amid midday-saturated grids.

Feb 25, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Spain, Battery Storage, Europe, financing, c&i solar, GreenYellow

Australia Greenlights Wooderson’s 8-Hour Grid Battery

EPBC greenlight propels AUD 1.9b Wooderson: 980,000-panel solar plus 450‑MW/3,600‑MWh battery to power 235,000 homes and deliver dispatchable capacity to Queensland by 2031.

Feb 20, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Australia, queensland, Oceania, res, EnergyEstate

Boom Power’s 237.5MW Fenwick Solar Clears U.K. DCO

Boom Power secures DCO, NSIP status, for 237.5-MW Fenwick Solar Farm in South Yorkshire, with co-located battery, set to power 75,000 homes; next: design, finance, grid.

Feb 19, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, UK, Europe, Fenwick

Shell’s Savion Buys 2-GW Hanford Solar-Storage Project

Hecate sells up to 2‑GW Cereza solar-plus-storage at Washington’s Hanford Site to Shell’s Savion, which leads development; rare gigawatt project targets corporate offtake, grid services, and peak shifting.

Feb 19, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, Washington, North America, hecate, Savion

Australia Clears Tonic’s Solar Park With 440-MWh Battery

Tonic Group secures approval for an Australian solar park with 440‑MWh battery, turning sun into dispatchable power—cutting curtailment, boosting capture prices, and bolstering evening peaks and grid reliability.

Feb 18, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Battery Storage, Australia, Oceania, Solar Park, Planning Approval, Grid reliability

Clearway Powers Up $685 Million ERCOT Solar-Storage Hub

Clearway’s $685M Texas solar-plus-storage shifts sunshine to evening peaks, stacking ERCOT revenues with EMS-optimized batteries, co-location efficiencies, and sharp O&M—delivering cleaner power, grid services, and bankable resilience.

Feb 18, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, Texas, solar plus storage, North America, clearway, ERCOT, ommissioning

Swelect, FortifyGrid Forge Asia-Wide Solar-Storage Push

Asia’s grids get smarter: Swelect and FortifyGrid fast-track bankable solar-plus-storage, standardizing designs with bifacial arrays, 2–4h batteries, and EMS control to firm evenings, cut costs, and monetize flexibility.

Feb 18, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Asia, BESS, Solar Storage, Partnership, project development

Qair Secures $8.3 Million for Mauritius Solar-Storage

Qair seals $8.3M to power Mauritius with a hybrid solar-battery, displacing diesel, stabilizing evening peaks, and showcasing a bankable, grid-forming island blueprint built for harsh maritime conditions.

Feb 12, 2026 // Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, storage, hybrid, Africa, financing, Mauritius, island grids

Grenergy Nabs $355 Million for Chile Solar-Storage Fleet

Grenergy lands $355m to fast-track Chilean solar-plus-storage, linking new PV and 2–4h batteries to existing substations, slashing curtailment and shaping evening power while boosting jobs and grid stability.

Feb 12, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Chile, South america, solar-plus-storage, financing, Grenergy, portfolio

Fermi Raises $500M for Texas Private Energy Campus

Fermi raises $500M for a Texas behind‑the‑meter power-and-data campus, blending solar, grid‑forming batteries and ERCOT arbitrage to guarantee AI/industrial uptime, price certainty—and co‑site power with compute.

Feb 11, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, ENERGY STORAGE, Texas, North America, project finance, data centers, private grid

Engie, Return Seal 100MW German Battery Flex Deal

Engie and Return unite 100‑MW battery fleet in Germany, stacking FFR, reserves, congestion relief and arbitrage with grid‑forming precision—optimizer rotates duties, monetizes volatility, eases bottlenecks and de-risks financing.

Feb 6, 2026 // Storage, Germany, Battery Storage, Europe, Flexibility, ancillary services, aggregation

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