2025 set to be a record year for U.S. solar, but political turbulence threatens growth The year 2025 will go down in U.S. energy history as a record year for new solar installations. However, political turmoil in Washington could mean…
Bulgarian Ministry of Energy launches public consultation on RESTORE 2 program for 1.9 GWh of new standalone energy storage The Ministry of Energy of Bulgaria has started public consultations on the RESTORE 2 program, which aims to build and commission…
Lithuania is significantly scaling up its planned energy storage support program.Instead of the originally planned 800 MWh, the country will implement projects with a total capacity five times larger—4 GWh and 1.7 GW of power. The Ministry of Energy announced…
American company TPI Composites, the world’s largest independent manufacturer of wind turbine blades, filed for voluntary bankruptcy protection in August.“Despite recent progress, industry-wide pressures have created financial challenges that must be addressed,” admitted the company’s CEO, Bill Siwek. From stock…
Chinese company Beijing SAWES Energy Technology Company is preparing to conduct flight tests of a new energy generation system.It looks similar to an airship, but its task is to produce electricity like a wind turbine. The solution, called S1500, is…
In August 2025, the largest battery energy storage system in France was energized at the port of Nantes-Saint-Nazaire.The Cheviré project was developed by British company Harmony Energy. The installation has a total power output of 100 MW and a capacity…
Energy Vault and Astor Enerji Announce a Global Strategic Partnership The agreement foresees combining expertise in energy storage systems with experience in the production of transformers and high-voltage equipment. 2 GWh of Energy Storage for Projects in RomaniaAs part of…
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Allocates €2.8 Million for FormaPort Project on Hydrogen Storage Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania has allocated €2.8 million for the FormaPort project, which aims to develop a system for storing and transporting hydrogen in the form of safe formate salts. Research…
Two Members of the House of Representatives: Mark DeSaulnier (Democrat from California) and Greg Stanton (Democrat from Arizona), introduced last week the HOV Lane Exemption Reauthorization Act, which would extend the High Occupancy Vehicle Lane Exemption program until 2031. Current…
Scientists at the University of Münster Develop Innovative Recycling Process for Lithium-Ion Battery Production Waste Researchers at the University of Münster have presented a novel process for recycling production waste generated during so-called dry processing of lithium-ion batteries. The method…