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Lithuania Powers Ahead: Renewables, Storage, and Grid Upgrades Transform Energy Future
In October 2025, Lithuania continued to make significant strides in its energy transition, focusing on expanding renewable generation, energy storage, and grid resilience. The country has been actively developing large-scale battery energy storage systems, with projects such as the 291 MW installations at Kelmė, Mažeikiai, and Kruonis, alongside private initiatives like the 70 MW project in Šalčininkai.…
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Lithuania’s Renewable Energy Boom: Record Growth and the Path to Unlocking Its Full Potential
Written for The Voice of Renewables by Renwise. Lithuania’s renewable energy capacity is growing impressively, but faces a reality that is holding back projects: only a fifth of the projects that reserved the grid have reached FID Recently, Litgrid announced that more than 5,400 MW of installed capacity of solar (2,936 MW) and wind (2,467…
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RWE is constructing Germany’s largest battery storage facility in Gundremmingen, Bavaria
RWE is building Germany’s largest battery storage facility to date at the Gundremmingen energy site. The 400-megawatt plant will have a storage capacity of 700 megawatt hours and will use the nuclear power plant’s existing grid connection, which is currently being decommissioned. RWE is investing around €230 million in the construction of the new facility.…
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Greenvolt secures €35 Million financing for Large-Scale hybrid project of over 150 MW in Denmark
The Greenvolt Group, through Greenvolt Power, has signed a €35 million project finance agreement with Ringkjøbing Landbobank to finance the construction and operation of a large-scale hybrid project in Høegholm, Denmark, combining solar photovoltaic generation and battery energy storage (BESS). The project integrates 97.36 MW of solar generation with a 55–60 MW / 110–120 MWh battery energy storage system, designed to…
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Axpo and Energix join forces to optimise Poland’s first utility-scale battery energy storage system
Axpo and Energix, a leading renewable energy developer and independent power producer, have signed an agreement to optimise the largest battery energy storage system (BESS) in Poland. This is yet another such contract to be signed by Axpo in Poland this year. Under the agreement, Axpo is responsible for full revenue optimisation of the energy…
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Wärtsilä to deliver Australia’s largest DC-coupled hybrid battery system
Technology group Wärtsilä will deliver a large energy storage system in Australia, which will be Wärtsilä’s second DC-coupled project in the country. Significantly, this will be the largest DC-coupled hybrid battery system in the National Electricity Market (NEM), reflecting a growing trend toward hybridisation of storage assets with co-located renewable generation. Once operational, the battery…
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European Energy divests combined solar and battery park in Latvia to Sampension
European Energy sells 50% of its 111 MW Saldus solar and battery project in Latvia to Sampension, one of Denmark’s largest pension funds. The project combines a 65 MW solar PV plant and a 46 MW battery energy storage system, supporting Latvia’s renewable energy and grid flexibility goals. The transaction strengthens the partnership between European…
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EBRD backs Croatia’s first grid-scale battery storage and virtual power plant
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a direct equity investment of up to €16.8 million in IE‑Energy Projekt, a newly established joint‑stock company developing a greenfield battery energy storage system (BESS) and virtual power plant (VPP) in Šibenik, Croatia. EBRD’s investment is approved under the EBRD Direct Finance Framework non-SME. The Project also envisages…
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Cybersecurity challenges for the renewable energy sector
Author: Davide Barbieri, PhD As renewable energy becomes the backbone of global decarbonisation, the sector faces a rapidly growing but often underestimated risk: cyberthreats. Solar farms, wind turbines, and energy storage systems are now deeply digitalized and connected, and this connectivity, while enabling efficiency and smart management, also exposes critical vulnerabilities. Digital Risk The renewable…
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Renalfa IPP Completes Repowering of Kaolinovo Solar Park in Bulgaria
Renalfa IPP has completed the repowering of its Kaolinovo photovoltaic (PV) park in Northeast Bulgaria, which is now fully operational. Originally commissioned in 2012 with a capacity of 10 MWp, the Kaolinovo project has been expanded to an installed capacity of 33 MWp and now includes a co-located battery energy storage system (BESS) with 33 MW/110 MWh capacity. The project’s EPC…
