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A faster rollout of solar and storage could cut the operating costs of European energy by 49% by 2030, according to SolarPower Europe.

Australia's surging solar adoption has driven battery energy storage systems (BESS) in the National Electricity Market (NEM) to more than triple their daytime-to-evening energy shifting in the first quarter of 2026, according to AEMO's latest Quarterly Energy Dynamics report.

Pantheon Atlas will build a €50 billion (US$58.5 billion) AI data centre in Croatia, to be powered by a 500MW solar-plus-storage facility.

US utility Georgia Power filed a request with the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) seeking 2,000MW – 6,000MW of new dispatchable capacity resources in the state.

Data centres have emerged as the primary driver of electricity demand growth for utility Origin Energy in Australia.

Renalfa IPP has secured funding from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for its Szihalom 450MW solar-plus-storage project in Hungary.

New York state has granted final siting permits to the AES Corporation’s 125MW Sugar Maple solar-plus-storage project.

Independent power producer Lydian Energy has acquired a 1.5GW solar PV and battery energy storage system (BESS) portfolio in North America.

Work has begun on the 500MW Maun solar-plus-storage project in Botswana, which will be a cornerstone of the country's plan to reach 1.5GW of operational renewable energy capacity by the end of the decade.

Tech giant Amazon has announced nine new renewable energy power purchase agreements (PPAs) in Australia totalling 430MW, with eight projects featuring solar generation co-located with BESS.