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RenewaNews
RenewaNews Briefing — September 22, 2026
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Today's briefing brings you 25 stories across renewable energy, battery storage, green hydrogen and clean energy from the Global Renewables Market. Leading today: Europe's Hydro Giants Have 25 GW of Spare Grid Capacity, and Developers Are Finally Using It.
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LEAG advances GigawattFactory in Lusatia mining region
LEAG is moving forward with a large renewable-energy buildout in Lusatia, a coal-mining region that is central to Germany’s transition away from fossil fuel power. The project signals how utilities are trying to repurpose legacy industrial regions for solar, wind, storage, and related clean-power infrastructure.
renewablesnow.com
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PPC Expands Central Europe Renewables Portfolio With 2 GW-Plus ABO Deal
PPC is adding a large renewables portfolio in Central Europe, which signals continued consolidation in utility-scale clean power assets across the region. Deals like this matter because they can speed deployment, broaden operating scale, and strengthen the balance sheets behind future solar and wind buildouts.
tovima.com
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Levi’s, M&S Join Forces on Supplier Renewable Energy
Levi’s and M&S are working together on renewable electricity for their supplier base. The move points to growing pressure on apparel brands to cut emissions beyond their own operations and use purchasing power to influence factory energy use.
WWD
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US govt awards USD 99m for geothermal tests, drilling
The U.S. funding package supports early-stage geothermal work, including tests and drilling. That points to continued interest in firm clean power that can complement variable renewables and strengthen the grid, even if commercial scale is still uncertain.
renewablesnow.com
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HyOrc Finishes Porto Waste-to-Methanol Plant Project
HyOrc says it has completed the off-site modular build of its first commercial waste-to-methanol plant for Porto. The project points to growing interest in turning waste streams into low-carbon fuels, though the operating and financing details will matter for whether it scales beyond a single demonstration asset.
Fuel Cells Works
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Generate Capital sells anaerobic digestion biz in transatlantic deals
Generate Capital is exiting an anaerobic digestion business through a cross-border sale, showing continued portfolio turnover in bioenergy and waste-to-fuel assets. The deal matters mainly as an M&A signal for investors in renewable fuels and circular-economy infrastructure rather than as a new buildout story.
Renewables Now
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Sponsored
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ACEN subsidiaries give up 2 solar power contracts
ACEN’s decision to give up two solar contracts points to a setback in project execution rather than a new buildout. For the market, it suggests near-term capacity may slip and developers may be under pressure on contract terms, permitting, or economics.
Inquirer.net
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ZF Wind Power launches modular powertrain platform
ZF Wind Power is broadening its offering with a modular turbine drivetrain platform. For wind developers and manufacturers, that points to more standardized hardware that could shorten design cycles, simplify servicing, and support wider deployment across turbine models.
Wind Power Monthly
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World's tallest wind measurement tower completed in China's Xinjiang
China is adding infrastructure that supports larger and better-sited wind projects in Xinjiang, a region central to the country’s renewable buildout. A taller measurement tower improves wind resource data, which can reduce project risk and support utility-scale development.
Global Times
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Branch Energy Secures $33M to Expand Distributed Battery Storage, Grid integration
Branch Energy’s new funding supports more distributed battery storage and tighter grid integration, a combination that can make local power systems more flexible and easier to manage. For investors and utilities, the deal points to continued capital flowing into storage assets that help balance renewables and improve reliability.
citybiz
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GridStor Secures $220M Financing for Arizona Battery Storage Project
The financing signals continued capital support for battery storage as developers push projects that can firm up renewable supply and ease grid stress. In Arizona, that usually means a stronger case for flexible capacity that can improve reliability while keeping more low-cost clean power on the system.
citybiz
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Potsdam town board planning to institute moratorium on commercial battery storage facilities
Potsdam is moving to pause new commercial battery storage projects, which signals a local policy response to siting concerns around a fast-growing part of the clean-energy buildout. The moratorium could slow near-term deployment and create another permitting hurdle for developers, even as storage remains important for grid flexibility and renewable integration.
North Country Now
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Study suggests battery storage framework for power sector
The piece points to a policy or planning discussion around how battery storage could fit into the power sector. For utilities and investors, the relevant question is whether that framework would make storage easier to procure and deploy at grid scale.
The News Pakistan
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