Policy

The Spanish energy agency has proposed funding for 144 energy storage sites totaling 2.61 GW and 11.14 GWh under a European Regional Development Fund program.

The shift to 15-minute spot market intervals has increased battery arbitrage revenue in Europe, while providing more accurate signals for grid efficiency, says French battery storage specialist Storio Energy.

After unlocking more than 9 GW of high-voltage grid capacity through flexible off-peak contracts, Dutch transmission system operator Tennet is set to allocate roughly two-thirds of the connection rights to battery energy storage systems.

New Zealand has exempted rooftop solar from building consent requirements, aiming to cut costs and simplify installation processes while maintaining compliance with national safety standards.

Researchers have modeled a hybrid financing scheme combining contracted and merchant components to improve the bankability of PV-battery energy storage system (PV-BESS) assets, using a Bayesian LSTM forecast integrated with a MILP optimization model to assess performance.

Energy China and PowerChina have secured $4.3 billion of engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts for gigawatt-scale wind and solar projects in Saudi Arabia.

This week, Women in Solar Europe (WiSEu) analyzes the findings of IRENA’s latest “Renewable Energy: A Gender Perspective (2025)” report, revealing that women’s representation in the renewable energy workforce remains stagnant at 32%, unchanged since 2019. Through the voices of WiSEu ambassadors and industry leaders, this article explores the persistent barriers, pay gaps, and cultural biases that continue to limit progress and the collective responsibility to build a truly inclusive and people-centric energy transition.

South Korea has announced plans to introduce legislation next year to expand the deployment of agrivoltaics, enabling broader use of solar panels on agricultural land.

At the Modules and Material Worksop in Konstanz, organized by solar manufacturing engineering company RCT Solutions and ICS Konstanz, experts from the European PV equipment production industry gathered to discuss the current and future trajectory of manufacturing costs, technology advancements and equipment and raw material capabilities. RCT Solutions CEO, Peter Fath, told pv magazine that a European 1 GW module assembly facility using the same supply chain as Chinese Tier 1 counterparts could reach module manufacturing costs of €0.11-0.12/W.

Mexico has opened a call for proposals for generation and interconnection permits to integrate new projects into the national electricity system under an accelerated evaluation mechanism aligned with binding planning.