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RenewaNews
RenewaNews Briefing — September 17, 2026
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Today's briefing brings you 34 stories across green hydrogen, clean energy, renewable energy and battery storage from the Global Renewables Market. Leading today: India's Latest Green-Hydrogen Bid Shows Power Firming, Not Electrolyser Capex, Sets the Real Price Floor.
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Weltec starts construction of 60-GWh biomethane plant in Spain
Weltec is moving a biomethane project into construction in Spain, which points to continued investment in renewable gas as a way to cut emissions in hard-to-electrify uses. The plant adds to Europe’s wider push to turn waste and biogas streams into usable fuel, although its impact will depend on how quickly it reaches operation and connects to offtake demand.
Renewables Now
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EU Commission approves €125.8M for three renewable energy projects
The European Commission’s funding decision points to continued public support for renewable buildout in Europe. The key implication is that subsidy-backed capital can still help move projects forward even as developers face tighter financing conditions and a slower permitting environment.
trend.az
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Waga Energy lands new landfill-to-RNG project in US
Waga Energy has added another U.S. landfill gas-to-renewable natural gas project, showing continued demand for projects that turn waste methane into a usable fuel. These deals support emissions cuts while creating a practical revenue stream from existing landfill sites.
Renewables Now
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Great British Energy launches £30 million fund for community-owned clean energy projects
Great British Energy is directing public money toward community-owned clean power, which points to a policy push to broaden ownership of the energy transition beyond large utilities and developers. The fund could support smaller local projects and add incremental capacity, but its bigger significance is in building public buy-in and faster deployment for distributed renewables.
Review Energy
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Rune Raises $40M to Turn Stranded Solar Power Into AI Compute
Rune’s funding points to a new way of monetizing curtailed solar output by pairing cheap excess power with flexible compute demand. The model could improve project economics for solar-heavy grids, but it also depends on data-center siting, interconnection, and workload flexibility lining up in practice.
Unite.AI
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Alternergy plans P2-B fundraising for renewable energy projects
Alternergy is seeking fresh capital to fund renewable-energy projects, which points to continued development of its pipeline rather than a completed asset sale or operating milestone. The raise matters because access to financing will shape how quickly the company can build capacity and convert plans into generating assets.
BusinessWorld Online
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Industry index identifies clean energy project risks
An industry index that tracks clean-energy project risks points to the growing importance of bankability, execution quality, and operational discipline across renewable builds. For developers, lenders, and insurers, the practical issue is whether risk scoring can improve capital allocation and reduce surprises as solar, wind, storage, and hydrogen projects scale.
Utility Magazine
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St. Luke’s makes the switch to solar power
St. Luke’s has moved to solar power, which shows even small institutions are finding ways to cut electricity costs and reduce emissions. The practical significance is local, but it still reflects steady demand for distributed solar adoption outside the utility-scale market.
catholicherald.com
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Sponsored
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Analysis: India’s power-sector emissions flat for two years due to clean-energy surge
India’s power-sector emissions have stalled even as electricity demand keeps rising, which points to cleaner generation taking a larger share of new supply. For utilities and investors, the message is that renewable buildout is beginning to cap emissions growth in one of the world’s biggest power markets, but sustained declines will still depend on faster deployment and grid integration.
Carbon Brief
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Building an equitable clean energy workforce
The piece appears to focus on building a clean-energy workforce through community colleges. That points to labor and training needs that can affect how quickly solar, wind, storage, and other projects can be built and operated.
Community College Daily
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HEXA Renewables inks solar PPA with Ebara Environmental in Japan
HEXA Renewables has secured a solar power purchase agreement in Japan, which points to continued demand from corporate buyers for long-term clean electricity supply. Deals like this help support new solar project development and give industrial customers a clearer path to lower-carbon power.
Renewables Now
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Hy24, COFIDES Acquire 29% Stake in Onuba Green Hydrogen
Hy24 and COFIDES buying a stake in the Onuba project points to continued investor interest in large green-hydrogen assets in southern Spain. The deal supports project development and helps signal that capital is still available for hydrogen schemes tied to industrial decarbonization.
Fuel Cells Works
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Mauritanian green ammonia mega project targets 2030 FID
The project is still at an early milestone, but a 2030 FID target signals a long lead time for one of the larger green ammonia ideas in Africa. For investors and potential off-takers, the key question is whether the developer can line up power supply, electrolyzer economics, and export demand well enough to turn a concept into a bankable project.
gasworld
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South Korea’s YPP eyes green hydrogen project in Kazakhstan
South Korean developer YPP is exploring a green hydrogen project in Kazakhstan. The story points to cross-border investment in hydrogen supply tied to industrial decarbonization, with Central Asia emerging as a potential production base.
gasworld
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FlexGen, Lightshift expand battery storage partnership in US
FlexGen and Lightshift are deepening a US battery storage partnership, which points to continued buildout of grid-scale storage in a market where flexibility and dispatchability matter more as renewables grow. Deals like this usually signal that storage is moving from pilot activity into repeatable project delivery and operating-scale deployment.
renewablesnow.com
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Dentons advises lenders on UK solar and battery storage financing
Dentons is advising lenders on financing for UK solar and battery storage assets. The deal points to continued lender appetite for project finance in mature renewables markets, with storage increasingly bundled alongside solar to improve grid value and revenue durability.
Legal Desire
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