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Statkraft and Sunvest signed 10 year PPAs for four Dutch solar parks totalling 82.3 MW, and Statkraft will optimise a 10 MW, 20 MWh battery.
RWE started building its first Italian battery, the 62.5 MW, 262.5 MWh Ragusa battery in Sicily, with commissioning planned for the end of 2027.
An IEA special report launched at COP31 says better resource efficiency and waste recovery could cut emissions by more than 1.5 Gt a year by 2035.
The IEA says Belém Pledge countries are growing faster, but 2030 sustainable fuel demand is still about 30% below the needed path. 32 countries signed.
The IEA Global Observatory launched on 10 November 2026 with 3,000 tracked outages since 2022, an exposure atlas and more than 130 resilience measures.
Fervo Cape Station had 36 MW operating against 1,054 MW contracted at 30 September 2026, with $1.9 billion in cash and a 396 MW Google PPA.
The Long Mott permit lets Dow and X-energy proceed with four Xe-100 reactors, 320 MWe, at Seadrift. No investment decision is due before 2027.
Battery Storage Moves to the Center of Renewable Energy Growth as Energy Security Concerns Intensify
The International Energy Agency (IEA), in its Renewables 2026 report, identifies energy security as a major driver of renewable deployment, while highlighting the growing need for storage and flexibility as solar and wind take a larger share of electricity generation.
Germany’s 30 MW Bad Lauchstädt energy park has produced its first green hydrogen, marking the start of integrated testing across a value chain designed to connect renewable electricity generation with industrial demand.
HyTerra is withdrawing from its natural hydrogen project in Nebraska and concentrating its exploration budget on the wholly owned Kansas Rift Play, while postponing its next planned well until 2027.
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