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RenewaNews Briefing — September 25, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 24 stories across energy storage, battery storage, green hydrogen and clean energy from the Global Renewables Market. Leading today: Power Electronics building 40 GW manufacturing campus in Houston - Solar Power World.

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Renewable Energy

UN Secretary-General Launches Global Grids Accelerator to Power Growth and Clean Energy in Africa and South-East Asia

The launch points to a push for stronger power grids as a prerequisite for more renewable buildout in Africa and South-East Asia. That kind of infrastructure focus matters because transmission and grid upgrades often determine whether new solar and wind capacity can actually reach customers at scale.

nextbillion.net

Masdar ends 2025 with 45.8 GW in operation, construction

Masdar’s operating and under-construction portfolio underscores how large developers are scaling across multiple markets at once. For investors and utilities, the headline signals continued expansion in utility-scale renewables and a broader pipeline that can support long-term decarbonization and power supply growth.

Renewables Now

India's Nava opens 100-MW solar power plant in Zambia

Nava has brought a utility-scale solar plant online in Zambia, adding new zero-carbon generation to a market that still needs more affordable power. The project also points to cross-border capital and project execution in Africa’s growing renewables buildout.

Renewables Now

Haiti - CARACOL : 13.4 MW, Haiti’s largest solar power plant, to be operational next month.

The CARACOL solar plant would add utility-scale solar capacity in Haiti and becomes a reference point for the country’s power mix if it starts operating as planned. Even at 13.4 MW, the project matters in a market where new generation can improve local reliability and reduce dependence on more expensive power sources.

HaitiLibre.com

Q ENERGY Inaugurates 11 MWp Chênet Solar Farm on Former Quarry Site in France

This is a straightforward project-completion story. A solar developer has brought a mid-sized plant into service on repurposed industrial land, which points to continued buildout using degraded sites instead of greenfield acreage.

SolarQuarter

California Governor Signs into Law Bill to Expand Species Take Authorizations for Renewable Energy Projects

California is easing the permitting path for renewable-energy projects by expanding species take authorizations. That should reduce one source of delay and legal uncertainty for project developers, although it does not remove the wider siting and interconnection hurdles that still slow buildout.

JD Supra

Ethiopia’s Clean Energy Ambition Extends Beyond Borders, With GERD at Its Core — President Taye

Ethiopia is framing GERD as more than a domestic power project, tying it to a wider clean-energy strategy and regional influence. That points to hydropower as a tool for electrification, export potential, and energy diplomacy, even as the project remains politically sensitive.

Fana Media Corporation S.C

Finnfund and Proparco invest USD 33 million in ERCO to accelerate Colombia's clean energy transition with support from the European Union

Finnfund and Proparco are putting new capital into ERCO to support clean-energy expansion in Colombia, with EU backing adding institutional credibility to the deal. The investment points to continued financing for renewable deployment in Latin America, where access to capital remains a key constraint on scale-up.

news.cision.com

California Waste Solutions plans new renewable energy facility to help Vietnam achieve national net zero target

A waste-to-energy project aimed at Vietnam’s net-zero target points to the growing role of alternative renewable pathways beyond solar and wind. If the facility advances, it could add dispatchable clean power while helping manage waste and cut emissions in a market still expanding its low-carbon infrastructure.

Biomass Magazine

Oil giants defeat Michigan federal renewable-energy cartel claim over remote causation

A federal court decision in Michigan has knocked down a renewable-energy cartel theory tied to oil companies, which keeps the case from becoming a broader legal threat to clean-power markets. The headline points to litigation risk around how far renewable-energy claims can be stretched in antitrust disputes, rather than to a project or policy change.

ICLG

Clean Energy

CleanMax’s AI, data center power portfolio surges 10x in two years as AI hyperscaler demand booms: Analyst..

CleanMax’s growing power portfolio for AI and data centers shows how hyperscaler load is reshaping demand for renewable-backed electricity supply in India. It points to a market where clean power developers can win larger contracts by pairing generation with the reliability and scale data-center customers need.

ET Datacenters

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Solar Power

Just Planning sells Japanese solar business to Tokyu Land

Tokyu Land is taking over a Japanese solar business, which points to continued portfolio turnover in a market that still attracts institutional capital. The deal fits a broader pattern of asset recycling in solar, where developers and owners reshuffle projects as operating portfolios mature.

Renewables Now

Waaree Clean Energy Solutions enters specialty gases business, plans Gujarat plant for supply to semiconductor and solar cell manufacturers

Waaree Clean Energy Solutions is moving beyond solar manufacturing into specialty gases, with a Gujarat plant aimed at semiconductor and solar cell customers. The step points to deeper domestic supply-chain integration for clean-tech manufacturing, but it is still an industrial inputs story rather than a direct renewable generation project.

pv magazine India

Airborne test beamed solar power to ground using satellite hardware for space-based systems

The test points to continued work on space-based solar concepts and the hardware needed to move power from the air or orbit to the ground. It matters mainly as a technology demonstration, since any commercial use would still need to prove efficiency, cost, and safe deployment at scale.

Energies Media

Solar farms could do more than generate clean energy—they could also cut dust pollution

Solar farms are increasingly being assessed for system benefits beyond electricity output. If this effect holds up in real deployments, it could strengthen the case for building solar in dusty, arid regions where local environmental impacts matter as much as power generation.

Phys.org

Green Hydrogen

State-owned power company begins construction of $620m green hydrogen and ammonia project in northeast China

The project adds another large-scale green hydrogen and ammonia buildout in China, with a state-owned utility backing the move. It matters because it links renewable power development to industrial fuel and fertilizer supply, while testing how quickly hydrogen can move from announcement to construction.

Hydrogen Insight

India’s green hydrogen push hinges on cheaper renewable power, infrastructure, and industrial demand

India’s green hydrogen buildout is being constrained by the same basics that matter in every industrial-scale energy transition: cheap clean power, pipelines and other infrastructure, and enough demand from heavy industry to support projects. The headline suggests the market is still moving from ambition to bankable deployment.

Fortune India

INTERVIEW | Here’s why the AI boom is negatively impacting green hydrogen projects

The piece links the rapid buildout of AI infrastructure to tighter competition for power, capital, and equipment that green hydrogen developers rely on. That matters because hydrogen projects already face difficult economics, and any new demand pressure can slow financing and execution.

Hydrogen Insight

The Valencian Government grants 76 million euros to Castellón Green Hydrogen and bp Energía for the development of renewable hydrogen and sustainable fuels in the Valencian Community

Public money is being used to push a renewable-hydrogen and sustainable-fuels project in the Valencian Community. The grant points to continued government support for early-stage hydrogen infrastructure that can help industrial decarbonization if the project moves into execution.

hydrogen-central.com

Battery Storage

Burgenland Energie breaks ground on 210-MWh battery in Austria

Burgenland Energie is moving a large battery project into construction, adding utility-scale storage in Austria. The project points to more grid flexibility and better integration of renewable power, while also signaling continued investment in storage assets across Europe.

Renewables Now

How Bulgaria become a global leader in battery storage and what it means for the country's energy market?

Bulgaria’s battery buildout signals that storage is moving from a niche add-on to a market-shaping grid asset in parts of Europe. The story matters because more storage can support renewable integration, reduce price volatility, and improve balancing in a power system under pressure.

DW.com

Hyundai and LGES launch battery storage pilot using repurposed EV batteries

Hyundai and LGES are testing a second-life use case for EV batteries in stationary storage. If the pilot proves reliable, it could lower storage costs, extend battery value, and support faster deployment of flexible grid capacity.

electrive.com

Homes evacuated after fire at lithium-ion battery storage area

A lithium-ion battery storage fire led to evacuations, underscoring the safety risks that can arise around storage sites even as they support grid flexibility and renewable integration. For developers and utilities, incidents like this can slow local acceptance and increase pressure for stronger siting, fire suppression, and emergency-response standards.

WSB-TV

Energy Storage

Power Electronics building 40 GW manufacturing campus in Houston

Power Electronics is expanding its US manufacturing footprint with a large Houston campus aimed at serving the solar and storage supply chain. The project points to stronger domestic production capacity for power conversion equipment, which can support faster deployment and reduce exposure to overseas supply bottlenecks.

Solar Power World

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