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RenewaNews
RenewaNews Briefing — September 18, 2026
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Today's briefing brings you 28 stories across green hydrogen, clean energy, renewable energy and battery storage from the Global Renewables Market. Leading today: Odisha's Gopalpur Park Draws ₹65,400 Crore Pipeline in Solar and Green Ammonia Projects.
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Power Capital rolls out 290-MWp Irish solar portfolio
Power Capital is moving an Irish solar portfolio into execution, which points to continued utility-scale buildout in a European market that still has room for more low-cost generation. The size suggests a meaningful addition to local supply and another step in scaling solar deployment in Ireland.
Renewables Now
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£561m renewable energy portfolio acquisition completed
A renewable energy portfolio sale has been completed, which points to continued investor appetite for operating clean-power assets. Deals like this can help recycle capital into new projects and signal that renewable platforms remain liquid even as financing conditions tighten.
TheBusinessDesk.com
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Engie to supply 568 MW of wind power for Oracle's Texas operations
Engie is supplying wind power to support Oracle’s Texas operations, which shows another corporate buyer locking in renewable electricity for its U.S. footprint. Deals like this help wind developers secure long-term demand and give large power users a clearer path to lower-emissions operations.
Renewables Now
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Global Spotlight: Morocco Powers the Clean Energy Future
Morocco’s clean-energy push signals how North African markets are using solar and wind to cut emissions while building a larger domestic power system. For investors and developers, it points to continuing project activity in a region that matters for both local supply and export-oriented energy planning.
WJLA
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Sponsored
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Oracle Signs Over 1.7GW of Clean Energy Deals in Bid to Match Data Centers with 100% Carbon-Free Energy
Oracle is tying a large volume of clean-energy procurement to its data-center expansion, which shows how hyperscale power buyers are using renewables and other carbon-free supply to manage emissions claims and long-term electricity needs. Deals of this size can help bring new projects to market, but they also underline the challenge of matching intermittent supply with round-the-clock data-center demand.
ESG Today
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NIB lends EUR 78m for Norwegian grid upgrades
The Nordic Investment Bank is providing debt for grid work in Norway. This points to continued spending on transmission and distribution capacity, which is necessary to connect more renewable generation and keep the power system reliable as electrification grows.
Renewables Now
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IDB approves USD-23.75m package for rural electrification in Belize
The IDB is backing rural electrification in Belize with a financing package. The deal points to continued investment in basic grid access and infrastructure rather than a headline-grabbing generation project, but it still matters for extending clean-power reach and improving reliability in underserved areas.
Renewables Now
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MPC Caribbean Clean Energy Limited (“MPCCEL”...
MPCCEL is selling its stake in a solar project company in the Caribbean region. The deal points to continued portfolio reshuffling in Latin American clean energy, with assets changing hands as developers and investors refocus capital.
BNamericas
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Azerbaijan Opens First Solar Project Awarded By Auction
Azerbaijan has brought online its first solar project awarded through auction. That is a useful marker for how the country is trying to move from policy ambition to competitive project delivery, with direct implications for solar buildout and future tariff-setting.
TaiyangNews
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SMA Solar opens gigawatt factory in Germany
SMA Solar has opened a manufacturing site in Germany, adding domestic inverter capacity to the European solar supply chain. The move points to continued investment in local production as solar deployment scales and equipment makers look to strengthen regional supply security.
Renewables Now
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Private sector to add 918MW solar power by 2028
Private developers plan to add nearly a gigawatt of solar capacity by 2028, which signals continued buildout in the market and more competition for conventional generation. The main issue is whether grid access, financing, and procurement can keep pace with the announced pipeline.
daily-sun.com
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US perovskite glass firm Caelux signs 4-GW partnership in India
Caelux’s partnership points to growing demand in India for higher-efficiency solar modules and for technologies that can help developers squeeze more output from constrained land and grid connections. For the market, the key question is whether perovskite glass can move from pilot interest to bankable, large-scale deployment.
Renewables Now
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Emerge, Abu Dhabi University explore solar at UAE campuses
Emerge and Abu Dhabi University are looking at solar installations across UAE campuses, which points to more on-site clean power for institutional loads. If advanced, it would add another practical use case for distributed solar in a high-sun market and could reduce electricity costs and emissions for the university.
Renewables Now
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Hysata Raises A$49m for 50MW Electrolyser Plant Expansion
Hysata has raised capital to expand electrolyser production in Australia. The funding points to growing investor support for green-hydrogen manufacturing capacity, not just project development, and it could help ease a supply bottleneck as more hydrogen projects seek bankable equipment.
Fuel Cells Works
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Commercial production of green hydrogen started at port of Antwerp
Commercial green hydrogen production has begun at the port of Antwerp, adding another industrial supply point in Europe for a fuel aimed at cutting emissions in hard-to-abate sectors. The main signal is that hydrogen is moving from project announcements to real output, which matters for bankability, logistics, and offtake confidence.
Belga English
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Shell, partners to develop e-SAF production process
Shell and its partners are working on a production process for e-SAF, a synthetic aviation fuel made with renewable electricity and captured carbon. The effort points to growing interest in low-carbon fuels for sectors that are harder to electrify, but it remains an early-stage technology story rather than a deployment milestone.
Renewables Now
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Argus – EU may drop binding green hydrogen targets in next RED
The EU is considering easing or dropping binding green hydrogen targets in the next revision of its renewable energy rules. That would reduce near-term compliance pressure on fuel suppliers and slow one of the policy levers supporting electrolyzer demand, although broader hydrogen deployment would still depend on costs and project economics.
Hydrogen Central
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Actis Launches 2 GW+ Renewables & Storage Platform In Mexico
Actis is building a large renewables and storage platform in Mexico, which points to continued private capital flowing into utility-scale clean power in Latin America. The inclusion of storage suggests a focus on making variable generation easier to integrate and more valuable to the grid.
TaiyangNews
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