Renewable Energy

Mühlhausen – September 08, 2026 -- LichtBlick has commissioned its largest solar park to date in Mühlhausen, Thuringia, a facility spanning approximately 37 hectares with roughly 71,000 solar modules that will generate around 45 gigawatt-hours of electricity annually, enough to supply more than 13,000 households.

New substation enables grid connection for record-scale facility

A dedicated substation was built specifically to feed the generated power into the electricity grid, supporting the scale of the installation. The project marks the second photovoltaic development LichtBlick has completed in the current fiscal year, part of an accelerated buildout of its own generation capacity.

Hamburg – September 08, 2026 -- Artificial intelligence infrastructure is poised to become the most significant growth driver for Europe's energy sector, according to a new industry report from credit insurer Allianz Trade titled "Energie & Solar."

Renewables covered 58% of German electricity consumption in first-half 2026

Germany's net electricity imports fell more than 85% year-on-year to just over 1 terawatt-hour (TWh), driven by strong domestic renewable generation. Allianz Trade CEO for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Milo Bogaerts, said the limited impact of recent Middle East tensions on European gas prices compared to the 2022 energy crisis demonstrates that each additional kilowatt-hour of wind and solar power increases Europe's resilience to price shocks.

Paris – September 08, 2026 -- The International Energy Agency estimates annual global grid investment must rise roughly 50%, from about $400 billion today to nearly $600 billion by 2030, to keep pace with surging electricity demand. The figures were central to discussions at the CIGRE Session 2026 in Paris, which drew more than 15,000 experts from 100 countries and 330 exhibitors.

Electrification of transport, industry and data centers strains existing grids

Rising demand from electric transport, industrial electrification, building conversion, renewable integration and data-center growth is pushing power systems toward their operational limits, according to CIGRE.

Xiamen – September 08, 2026 -- HiTHIUM has secured the second-largest share of global energy storage battery shipments for the second consecutive year, according to rankings released by InfoLink Consulting, Shanghai Metals Market, ICCSINO and NECI for the first half of 2026.

Global storage battery shipments surge 94.76% to 467.84 GWh in H1 2026

InfoLink's global energy storage supply chain database recorded worldwide shipments of 467.84 GWh in the first six months of 2026, nearly double the volume from the same period a year earlier. The industry-wide expansion coincides with shifting demand toward higher-capacity systems, longer storage duration, and stricter safety and reliability standards.

Houston – September 08, 2026 -- Alliant has hired Holly Paz, the former Commissioner of the IRS's Large Business & International (LB&I) Division, to co-lead its Section 48 and energy infrastructure tax practice, the consulting firm announced.

Paz oversaw IRS implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act's clean energy tax credits

During her tenure at LB&I, Paz directed the agency's rollout of the IRA's investment and production tax credits, which offer businesses, non-profits and government entities up to 50% credit value on qualifying energy projects. The credit structure includes a transferability provision allowing companies to sell credits for cash and a direct-pay option letting tax-exempt entities receive funds directly from the federal government, contingent on meeting prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements.

London – September 07, 2026 -- Global clean energy investment reached a record $2.1 trillion in 2025, yet global greenhouse gas emissions are merely plateauing rather than falling, according to the Energy Transitions Commission's (ETC) Energy Transition Monitor 2026. The world has already breached 1.5°C of global heating and remains on track for roughly 2.5°C.

Renewables supplied 99% of new electricity generation growth in 2025

Coal-fired and oil-fired generation both contracted last year as global renewable capacity nearly doubled since 2022, putting it on track to double again by 2030 -- still around 900 GW short of the tripling pledge made at COP28. Because electricity accounts for only a fifth of total final energy use, this surge covered just 40% of the rise in global energy demand, with fossil fuels supplying the remainder as data centres, cooling needs and heavy industry pushed overall consumption higher.

Chicago – September 07, 2026 -- Reactivate and The Obama Foundation have signed a multi-year agreement making the Foundation the anchor tenant for community solar projects across Illinois, a structure designed to let low-to-moderate income households and small businesses cut utility bills by up to 50%.

Obama Foundation anchors solar portfolio to unlock financing for local subscribers

Under the deal, the Foundation commits to purchasing a portion of solar output from projects developed, owned and operated by Reactivate, a move that stabilizes project economics and frees remaining capacity for subscription by residents and businesses through the Illinois Solar For All program or other regional community solar schemes.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- August 30, 2026 -- Apricus Solar AG moved its group headquarters within Dortmund, Germany, to Westfalendamm 223, ending nearly five years at its previous location. The relocation consolidates more than half of the group's over ten subsidiaries and holdings under one roof, the company announced Aug. 28. Connected Dots Holding oversees the restructured group, which now includes two newly integrated units, Wertkraft GmbH & Co. KG and RE Projektbau GmbH.

Wertkraft Becomes Group's Renewable Project Marketing Arm

Wertkraft GmbH & Co. KG, previously known as B&C Solartechnik and active in the market for roughly five years, now serves as the group's platform for marketing renewable energy projects and solutions. The unit will open new market access points across the group and support affiliated companies in selling their projects, Apricus said.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- July 22, 2026 -- HD Advanced Technologies GmbH (HDAT), a wholly owned subsidiary of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (HEIDELBERG), has signed a two-part industrial partnership with Swiss battery developer PHENOGY AG. HDAT will take over contract manufacturing of PHENOGY's sodium-ion energy storage systems, covering everything from procurement to installation and maintenance. The two companies are also preparing a joint venture to develop and mass-produce sodium-ion battery cells, combining PHENOGY's cell chemistry with a HEIDELBERG printing process. The goal is a European-based supply chain for battery storage that does not depend on manufacturing capacity outside the region.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - April 14, 2026 - JDEnergy, headquartered in Xi'an, China, has maintained its BloombergNEF Tier 1 manufacturer designation for a fourth consecutive quarter, reinforcing its standing as a qualified vendor in a competitive global energy storage supply market. The company simultaneously completed a full upgrade of its manufacturing line and continued executing large-scale deployments across industrial and utility segments in multiple geographies. Taken together, these developments reflect a company executing against an explicitly stated ambition to reach 100 GWh in energy storage service capacity, backed by more than 10 GWh of cumulative installed capacity already in operation.