This week: a 650-MW Missouri solar project, a $4.3bn Constellation-Google nuclear uprate deal, South Korea’s $747bn green strategy, and an offshore wind setback in Maryland.
Canada’s federal government will offer rebates up to CAD 10,000 for electric heat pumps under a new CAD 2 billion, eight-year program launching early 2027.
Interconnection queues for data centers are outpacing grid planning in Texas, PJM and Europe, forcing fast-track fixes, cost-allocation fights and new equipment bottlenecks.
Atmos Renewables has hired Enerven for balance-of-plant works on the 400 MW/1,600 MWh Teebar battery in Queensland, with construction starting this month.
GWEC and over 50 companies want government help to get floating wind to commercial scale by 2030. Norway’s own flagship project shows why that is hard.
France and Germany have agreed to jointly push the EU to cut the 2035 car emissions target to 80% from 90%, reports say, their proposal due October 15.
DOE lab data show steep US solar cost declines since 2010, while new supply-chain figures reveal a global module glut and Turkey’s rise as Europe’s top manufacturer.
Thyssenkrupp Nucera will build its first company-run electrolyser cell assembly hub near Porto, Portugal, aiming to cut lead times for alkaline water electrolysis projects from 2028.
Norway’s wealth fund backs a new CIP fund, Romania gets the EU’s largest onshore renewable project, and Poland lands its biggest battery tolling deal.
Denmark’s Parliament adopted emergency grid-connection rules on 1 October 2026, ending first-come-first-served access and placing large data centres in the lowest priority tier.