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Study finds potential for 150 GW of additional PV at substations in Germany A Fraunhofer IEE study estimates that battery storage could enable around 150 GW of additional PV capacity to connect at 1,313 rural substations in Germany. By absorbing generation peaks, storage could improve utilization of existing transformers while limiting average PV curtailment to around 1%.
Petra Hannen
Sep 21, 2026
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How grid-forming and AI technologies are helping overcome barriers to renewable growth The imbalance between rapid growth in installed renewable capacity and the grid’s ability to accommodate it has become a practical challenge to both grid security and economic performance. Huawei has positioned its products as solutions to three key barriers to renewable deployment.
Huawei
Sep 21, 2026
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Renewables share hits record high in Australia’s electricity market Renewables continue to rewrite the record books, supplying more than 80% of demand on Australia’s main grid for the first time at the weekend while rooftop solar generation also reached new highs.
David Carroll
Sep 21, 2026
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The Hydrogen Stream: Singapore researchers present artificial leaf for H2 production from contaminated seawater In other news, Power to Hydrogen started green hydrogen production in Antwerp, while Dongfeng unveiled three hydrogen-powered commercial vehicles in Hannover. Moreover, Denmark opened the EU’s first full-scale CO₂ storage site, and H2 Mobility began trial operations at a hydrogen refueling station at Hannover Airport.
Sergio Matalucci
Sep 18, 2026
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French agrivoltaic trials cut water loss, lift maize yields by 19.6% TSE’s agrivoltaic trials in France recorded barley yields of up to 96% of those in a control plot and reduced seasonal evapotranspiration by 20%. At a separate site, maize yield beneath the canopy was 19.6% higher during exceptionally hot and dry conditions.
Gwénaëlle Deboutte
Sep 18, 2026
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Dry August pushes Dallas soiling losses towards 2% as North American GHI diverges In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that August irradiance fell across the Great Lakes but rose across the Pacific Northwest, south-central United States, and Mexico amid contrasting weather patterns. Dry conditions pushed Dallas soiling losses toward a record 2%, while Hurricane Lala brought extreme rain to Hawaii but left monthly irradiance only 4% below normal.
Solcast
Sep 18, 2026
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Azerbaijan inaugurates 100 MW solar project The project was awarded under Azerbaijan’s first solar auction. Its inauguration takes the country’s operational solar capacity to 378.2 MW, according to government sources.
Patrick Jowett
Sep 18, 2026
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Spain launches capacity market as grid investment rises above €17 billion Spain is introducing a new mechanism to remunerate generation, battery storage and demand for providing firm capacity and flexibility, while increasing planned electricity grid investment through 2030 to more than €17 billion ($19.5 billion).
Pilar Sánchez Molina
Sep 17, 2026
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Poland’s solar pipeline hits 40.6 GW An independent Polish research institute says its latest database of solar projects with grid-connection conditions has grown to 40.6 GW, even as the number of tracked projects fell under a revised methodology that excludes inactive projects.
Brian Publicover
Sep 16, 2026