What's happening in renewables

EnergyAustralia has lifted the final battery pack into position at a big battery with five hours of duration, which it is developing beside a gas-fired power station in an area known for strong wind resources. Completing the placement of the packs marks a visible construction milestone. The project is notable for its long duration and for sharing a location with existing gas generation, although the report's summary gives no capacity or completion date.

Renewable Energy World reports that Ørsted's 704-MW Revolution Wind is fully operational and is supplying new power to the New England grid. The offshore wind farm reached this point after years of delay and disputes with federal regulators. Its completion matters because it adds a large block of generation to the region and shows that a project caught in lengthy federal battles has still been brought to full output.

PV Tech's Carrie Xiao examines the scale of curtailment in China, where the solar and wind output rejected in the first half of 2026 would have been enough to supply Mexico for a year. The article presents this rise in wasted clean power as evidence of gaps in regulation. It matters because the comparison shows how much generation is being lost in the world's largest market, and raises questions about its rules.

Hexicon, the floating offshore wind specialist, has disclosed that it faces the risk of liquidation. Shareholders are due to meet later this month to vote on the company's future. The news matters to the floating wind sector because the vote will decide what happens to a dedicated specialist in that technology, and it puts a near-term date on the outcome, although the report's summary does not set out the options being put to investors.

Eversource Energy's third-quarter income fell 22% year on year to $346 million, in part because it no longer earns income from Aquarion, the water utility subsidiary it sold in June. Its chief executive says the company's financial risk has eased now that Revolution Wind has reached full commercial operations. The comment links the offshore project's completion directly to the utility's risk position, which matters for the company's investors.

Rezolv has obtained €367m of financing to support construction of the 292.5MW Dunarea East wind farm in Romania. The funding moves a large onshore project towards being built, and it comes a day after the developer's deal with Ahold Delhaize in the same country was reported. The size of the package shows lenders backing a substantial Romanian wind scheme, although the summary does not name the institutions that provided it.

The 7SeasMed project off Sicily has gained further regulatory approval for 250 MW; the report's headline calls it an offshore wind farm, while its description refers to a floating solar park. Investment in the sector is still being held back, as the FER2 incentive mechanism is under review and awaits approval from Brussels. The case shows that consent alone does not unlock Italian projects while the auctions those schemes depend on remain pending.

Windpower Monthly's latest Wind Power News Review podcast covers renewed attacks on wind in the US, the most recent Nordex results and a new turbine concept. It is hosted by senior reporter Robyn White and editor Ian Griggs, with regular panellists Sorcha Versteeg and Shashi Barla. The episode offers commentary on the week's events instead of new reporting, and the text available gives no detail on the turbine concept discussed.

DenAr Ocean Engineering Services, a Turkish marine survey specialist, has won a contract from Türkiye's Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources. The work forms part of the country's first offshore wind site investigation programme. The award matters because it marks an early practical step for offshore wind in Türkiye, with survey work going to a domestic company, although the short report does not give the contract's value or the sites covered.

Offshore WIND reports the same award: Türkiye's energy ministry has appointed DenAr Ocean Engineering Services to work on the first site investigation programme for offshore wind in the country. Site investigation comes before any development at sea, so the contract shows the national programme moving from planning into fieldwork. The appointment of a Turkish specialist also gives local marine survey expertise a part in the emerging sector.

Scout Clean Energy has brought its 183MW Nimbus Wind Farm into commercial operation in Carroll County, Arkansas. The start of commercial operation means the onshore project has moved from construction into service. It matters as a sizeable addition of wind capacity in the state, although the report's summary does not give details of the project's turbines, its buyers, its expected output or the date on which operations began.

Miguel Stilwell d'Andrade has told EDP Renewables he will leave his post as chief executive after the company's 2027 shareholders' meeting. He will also stand down as chief executive of the Portuguese utility EDP, which holds 71.4% of EDP Renewables. The double departure matters because it brings a change of leadership at both the parent and its renewables arm, one of the larger owners in the wind sector.

Germany's Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has awarded Fugro a framework agreement lasting several years for geotechnical site work connected with offshore wind. A multi-year arrangement gives the contractor a continuing role instead of a single campaign. It matters because this kind of ground investigation supports the country's offshore wind programme, although the short report available does not give the agreement's value, its length or the sites that it will cover.

Vattenfall and the Danish Energy Agency have signed the final agreements for two offshore wind projects, Hesselø and Holmsland. The signing completes the formal step between the company and the state for both sites. It matters because it gives the developer a firm contractual footing for new Danish capacity and moves the projects forward, although the short report available does not state their capacity or their expected timetables.

A new International Energy Agency report says concern over energy security is speeding up the growth of renewables, and it highlights the effect of the Hormuz crisis on investment in solar and wind. The finding matters because it presents supply security, as well as climate policy, as a driver of spending. The summary available does not give the figures behind the conclusion or say which regions are affected most.

Alternergy has energised the 64MW Alabat wind farm in Quezon in the Philippines, according to the Asian Power report, whose web address carries those details. The project is expected to supply 218,500 households. Energisation is a milestone for the wind farm, although the report's brief text gives no further detail on its timing, turbines or the other parties involved in building it.

CanREA has welcomed Canada's Budget 2026, saying it takes up key recommendations from its Clean Power Nation work. Clean electricity tax credits will run until 2040 and will also cover high-voltage transmission, and a bonus is added for components made in Canada. The industry body says these steps give investors the certainty they need to build affordable wind, solar and energy storage for reliable electricity supply.

Finland has set out how it plans to auction offshore wind, reNEWS reports, and has designated four sites for development. The first tender is scheduled for 2027. The plan matters to developers because it gives the country's offshore programme defined locations and a starting date, although the report's summary does not give capacities for the four sites or say when later tenders would follow.

RWE has commissioned a third wind farm at Bedburg. The 60MW project takes the combined wind capacity of the partners involved to 156MW, so this latest addition accounts for a large share of the total. The milestone shows the Bedburg wind farms growing in stages, although the report's summary does not name the partners working with RWE or give the location in more detail.

Ørsted said on Thursday that its 704-megawatt Revolution Wind, near Connecticut and Rhode Island, is now completely operational. Canary Media says the $6.2 billion project got there despite the Trump administration's repeated and continuing efforts to halt its development, and counts it as the third major US offshore wind farm to reach full operation. The result matters because a project that faced sustained federal opposition has still been finished.

The Government of the Netherlands regards the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference as the leading event for the offshore energy sector, and it is taking part in OEEC 2026 to share knowledge and expertise. The report sets out that view of the event in brief. It shows the Dutch state treating an industry exhibition as a place to exchange what it has learned with the offshore energy business.

HEA Energy has reached an agreement to buy Seaway7 Heavy Transport, the heavy transportation arm of Seaway7, which belongs to the Subsea7 Group. The deal moves this vessel business to a new owner and takes the activity out of the Subsea7 Group. It matters for the offshore wind supply chain because it changes who controls a specialist heavy transport operation, though the summary gives no price.

Vard has cut first steel for NB 1004, the second of two commissioning service operation vessels ordered by UPO, a joint venture. Starting construction moves the two-ship order forward at the yard, with the second hull now under way. The step shows that building work on this pair of CSOVs is continuing, and it brings UPO closer to having both ships it ordered.

Windpower Monthly reports that Ørsted has confirmed the commissioning of Revolution Wind. The item carries no further text, so it gives no capacity, date or other project detail of its own. Its importance lies in the confirmation itself, which comes from Ørsted and establishes that the offshore wind farm has passed this milestone. Fuller details of the project appear in other reports in today's briefing.

Rezolv has signed a 10-year virtual power purchase agreement with Ahold Delhaize for output from solar and wind projects in Romania, in a deal described as 370GWh. The contract gives the developer a long-term buyer for renewable generation in the country. It is notable for covering two technologies in a single agreement and for running for a full decade, which gives both sides a lasting commitment.

Cadeler has set up an office in Rotterdam focused on offshore wind. The new base will serve operations, engineering and technical teams across Europe. The opening shows the company placing support functions for its offshore wind activity in the Netherlands, and it gives those three groups of staff a shared European location from which to back the company's work in the region.

Energiekontor has commissioned two wind parks at Elsdorf with a combined capacity of 40MW. Completion came on schedule, and the two projects will count towards the company's 2026 earnings. The milestone matters for its financial year because finishing on time allows the wind parks to contribute to this year's results, rather than leaving that contribution to fall into a later reporting period.

Ørsted and Skyborn Renewables have completed the commissioning of their 704 MW Revolution Wind offshore wind farm in the US. The project is now delivering electricity to Rhode Island and Connecticut. Full commissioning means the two partners have brought the whole wind farm into service, so both states are now receiving output from the entire project rather than from part of it.

Nordex has reaffirmed the higher margin guidance it set out earlier, following a strong third quarter. The turbine manufacturer's income for the quarter was three times the level of a year before. Confirming the guidance tells investors that the company stands by its improved margin outlook after these results, and the sharp rise in income shows how much stronger the quarter was than the same period last year.

A judge in California has found Tesla liable for fraud in a lawsuit over a Solar Roof installation, after the company repeatedly failed to provide evidence. Tesla had already accepted that it breached the contract and its warranty and was negligent in the work. The homeowner puts the cost of repairing the damage at well over $2.5 million. The ruling matters as a legal setback for the company's residential solar roofing product and its handling of the case.

Mexico's National Energy Commission has approved six solar photovoltaic projects in the Privados II call for bids, won by Cox, Ammper and Viva el Sol. The government put the net capacity at 649 MW, although the permits cover 751 MWac of installed capacity. The report also looks at where the plants will be sited, how much battery storage they will include and when they are due to start. The awards add a sizeable block of private solar capacity to the country's pipeline.

Utility-scale solar developers in the United States are changing how they buy equipment and draft contracts to cope with several overlapping layers of regulatory uncertainty as a Section 232 deadline approaches. National module inventory rose by 126% in the second quarter of 2026 as buyers moved ahead of changing trade cut-off dates. The report matters because it shows trade policy shaping procurement timing and contract terms across the sector rather than demand alone.

Women in Solar+ Europe has set out lessons from its tour of Solar & Storage Live events in Europe. The group argues that staying silent puts projects at risk, explains what turns representation into genuine influence, and describes how leaders can leave space for challenge, learning and innovation even when under pressure. The piece matters as a contribution to debate on how decisions are made inside solar and storage companies during the energy transition.

Lighthouse, a subsidiary of Ecuador's Difare Group, has opened an 82 MW solar plant in the province of Santa Elena. It is described as the largest photovoltaic plant in Ecuador to go into operation. The inauguration matters because it sets a new scale for solar generation in a country where projects of this size have not previously been online, and it shows a company group outside the traditional power sector investing in generation.

International standards bodies are revising their frameworks because fast technological change, especially in artificial intelligence, is straining established approaches to conformity assessment and standardisation. The aim is to keep products safe, reliable and trustworthy over their whole lifecycle. The article matters for solar and other energy equipment makers because the way products are certified affects how quickly new technology can be brought to market while still keeping the confidence of buyers.

Researchers at Soochow University in China have built a portable system powered by the sun that turns salty, cloudy or contaminated water into drinking water, using an electrothermal evaporator combined with concentrated sunlight. In tests it produced 1.64 litres of clean water over eight hours. The work matters as an example of solar energy applied to off-grid water treatment, although it remains at the research stage rather than a commercial product.

Researchers in Canada have designed a pleasure boat powered by the sun, fitted with a 10.56 kW photovoltaic array and a 19.68 kWh battery. Simulations using solar conditions in Cyprus indicated that the system could cover the boat's propulsion needs with an energy surplus of 39.8%. The study matters as a design exercise showing that leisure craft could run on onboard solar and storage, though it is based on modelling rather than a vessel in service.

Italian researchers studying floating photovoltaic systems have found that leaving 0.5 metres between rows of modules gives the best cooling, because it improves the flow of air around the panels. The results underline how much row spacing affects thermal management on water. The authors say more work is needed to establish what this means for electricity output, so the study informs layout choices without yet quantifying the generation benefit.

The International Energy Agency expects India's installed solar PV capacity to pass 350 GW by 2030. It sees that growth coming from a mix of utility-scale projects, rooftop systems and procurement by companies. The agency also cautions that spending on grids and storage remains critical, so the forecast depends on more than panel deployment alone and points to where the country's next investment needs lie.

In a comment piece, Susan Taylor of S&P Global Energy argues that the rapid expansion of solar and battery storage since 2015 has not automatically improved conditions for manufacturers. Solar makers are still struggling with overcapacity, because factory capacity has grown faster than demand for years. The point matters for investors because it separates market growth from profitability, suggesting that scale and hardware alone no longer decide who does well.

Avantus, which develops, owns and operates utility-scale solar and energy storage projects, has raised the commitments under its corporate credit facility, taking it to $1.28 billion. The larger facility gives the company more financing capacity for its project business. The move indicates that lenders are willing to extend further credit to the developer, although the short report does not set out which banks took part or how the funds will be used.

pv magazine USA has published its weekly round-up, gathering five of the leading solar and storage stories of the past seven days into a single item. The piece is a digest of earlier reporting and contains no new development of its own in the summary provided. It serves as a quick way for readers to catch up on the US market, but no individual companies or projects are named in the text available.

India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has placed a further 2.13 GW of solar cell manufacturing capacity on its approved list, ALMM-II. The addition brings the capacity on the list to 47 GW. The growing total matters because it shows how much domestic cell production has now gained official approval, widening the pool of listed manufacturers available in the Indian market.

PV Tech has canvassed industry experts on what the US midterm results mean for solar, following a Democratic sweep. Their view is that the outcome offers the sector some relief, while gridlock at federal level continues. The discussion covers permitting, the effect on individual states and the appetite of investors. It matters because developers are weighing how much of the policy pressure on them may ease and how much will remain unresolved.

The Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission has adopted a tariff of ₹3.46 ($0.0366) per kWh for power from a 10 MW grid-connected solar project built along a canal bank. It also approved the draft 25-year power purchase agreement signed by the petitioner, Bihar State Power Generation Company. The decision fixes the price and term for a modest project, and it gives the canal bank scheme the regulatory clearance needed for power procurement to go ahead.

Ingeteam has won a contract to supply equipment for the rehabilitation of the Sallente pumped storage hydropower plant in Spain. The award gives the supplier a role in renewing an existing storage asset instead of a new build. It matters because pumped storage plants provide flexibility to the power system, and the work shows investment going into extending this one, though the summary does not give the contract's value or timetable.

Canada's 2026 federal budget proposes keeping two clean energy tax credits that benefit hydropower in place through to 2040, and it would also widen eligibility to cover high-voltage transmission. The extension matters to hydropower developers because such projects need long planning horizons, and a longer period of support gives greater clarity over future economics. The measures remain proposals in the budget, and the item does not give the value of the credits.

India's Supreme Court has resolved a dispute going back decades by ruling that Himachal Pradesh will receive 11,973 MU of electricity from Punjab and Haryana. The arrangement follows a 2011 verdict that settled power dues from the Bhakra Nangal and Beas hydro projects since 1966 in the state's favour, at a rate of 7.19%. The ruling matters because it brings a long-running claim over shared hydropower to a practical conclusion.

Valmet will upgrade the control systems at three hydropower plants in Kajaani, Finland. Once the new equipment enters service in late 2027, all three will be monitored and operated from a single control room. The project matters because it shows operators consolidating the running of existing assets through automation, an approach that modernises older plants without adding capacity, although the item does not say what the contract is worth.

Rohit Gupta, head of RRECL, says Rajasthan wants to keep its renewable energy investment going. In the interview he points to spending on transmission infrastructure, battery storage, pumped storage and domestic manufacturing as the ways of doing so. The remarks show a state body looking beyond generation alone, towards the grid, the storage and the factories that support it, as it tries to hold on to its momentum.

Mohan Yadav, chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, says the ₹6,000 crore hydropower plant at Neemuch is finished and should start generating from March. He said it would raise the state's power generation capacity and give it a new identity in renewable energy. The statement sets out a likely timetable for a large investment, and it shows the state presenting the plant as a mark of its renewable ambitions.

India's Cabinet has cleared an INR 14,500 crore viability gap funding scheme for grid-scale energy storage totalling 92 GWh. That total breaks down into 30 GWh of battery systems, 60 GWh of pumped storage and 2 GWh based on emerging technologies. The split shows pumped storage taking the largest share of the support, which makes the scheme significant for hydropower developers as well as battery suppliers.

Austria's VERBUND reported lower earnings for the first nine months, with hydropower output down 20.2%. Reduced generation and lower electricity sales prices both weighed on the result. The figures show how closely the company's earnings follow the volume of power its hydro plants produce and the price it achieves for that electricity, with both factors moving against it during this reporting period.

Türkiye and the International Renewable Energy Agency will launch a goal called the COP31 Global Geothermal Ambition 2050 in Antalya on 10 November. It aims for a twelvefold increase in geothermal power and heat by 2050. The initiative matters because it would give geothermal a defined global growth target announced at a climate summit, setting a long-range benchmark for the sector against which governments and developers can measure progress over the coming decades.

Two geothermal exploration projects, in the Taranaki and Waikato regions of New Zealand, have been awarded government funding. The support is part of an effort to find geothermal opportunities beyond the country's established geothermal areas. It matters because public money is being used to test whether the resource can be developed in new parts of the country, which could widen the geographic base of an industry that has so far been concentrated in familiar fields.

Organisers have opened the submission of abstracts for the 2027 European Geothermal PhD Days. The event will take place in Reykjavik, Iceland, from 22 to 24 May 2027. The call gives those working on geothermal research a date and a venue to plan around, and it is the first practical step towards the programme for this edition of the European gathering, more than six months ahead of the meeting.

Exergy has won a contract to provide a 33-MW geothermal power plant for Maren Maras, a client it has worked with before. The plant will be built in Germencik, in Aydin, Türkiye, and forms part of a wider plan for 99 MW. The order shows continuing business between the supplier and the developer, and it represents one third of the capacity in the Germencik plan.

The Polish city of Kutno has obtained government money for a geothermal heating project. The scheme is designed to meet 45% of the city's heating needs. A share of that size would make geothermal a major part of how the city is heated, and the funding is an important step in moving the project ahead, although the report's summary does not state the amount awarded.

Eco Wave Power's wholly owned US subsidiary has entered a three-year memorandum of understanding with a company active in quantum cybersecurity, with the aim of bringing wave energy into AI data centres. The agreement links a marine energy developer with growing demand from computing. It matters as an attempt to find a new customer base for wave power, although a memorandum is not a firm order and the partner's name is cut off in the report.

Minesto, the Swedish ocean energy developer, has been given the European Commission's Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) Seal for a 10 MW tidal energy project. The seal recognises the scheme's contribution to energy goals. The award gives Minesto formal European recognition for the project, which matters for a developer seeking to show the value of tidal energy at this scale to the EU.