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MediaFaro Analysis @mf_analysis@mastodon.mediafaro.org
· 1mo ago
Europe’s new renewable-energy champion is a surprise. Europe likes to think of itself as a champion of renewable energy. In fact the rate of solar-power installation on the continent is plateauing. In 2025 the European Union added 67.2 gigawatts (GW) of new generating capacity, scarcely more than in the previous year. Romania, however, is leading the EU in combining solar power and batteries. https://mediafaro.org/article/20260827-europes-new-renewable-energy-champion-is-a-surprise?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward #RenewableEnergy #Europe #Romania #SolarPower #Batteries #Energy
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pv magazine @pvmagazine@friendica.helvetet.eu
· 2mo ago
Preliminary market data suggests residential PV sales have slowed in the Netherlands this year, while high energy prices, grid congestion and the forthcoming end of net-metering are accelerating demand for batteries.#Batteries #Commercial&industrial #EnergyStorage #Europe #Highlights #Netherlands #Residential #Utility-scale High energy prices reshape Dutch solar market ahead of net-metering phaseout - pv magazine Global
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pv magazine @pvmagazine@friendica.helvetet.eu
· 2mo ago
Australia’s remote mining operations are emerging as the proving ground for high-renewable energy systems with operational data showing several off-grid industrial sites are now consistently operating at renewable energy penetration rates above 80%.#Australia #Batteries #Commercial&industrial #Highlights #Utility-scale Australia’s remote mining companies turn to renewable hybrid power systems - pv magazine Global
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Miguel Afonso Caetano 🦾 🌹 @remixtures@tldr.nettime.org
· 2mo ago
"A small town in southern Finland has turned to the world’s largest commercial sand battery to fix what many see as the most critical problem facing renewable energy: intermittency. Standing at 13 meters tall and 15 meters wide, the eye-catching facility uses 2,000 metric tons of crushed soapstone to store clean energy in the form of heat to provide 100 megawatt-hours of thermal energy. That’s enough to provide the 5,000 residents of Pornainen with nearly one month of heat demand through the summer — and roughly one week of demand in the winter. Commissioned by Finnish district heating company Loviisan Lämpö and developed by Polar Night Energy, the giant sand battery launched last year as part of a push to introduce a flexible heat production technology and reduce carbon emissions generated by the local district heating network. Polar Night Energy said the project is estimated to have slashed greenhouse gas emissions from the heating network by almost 70% and reduced the use of wood chips by about 60%. An existing wood-chip power plant remains in operation as a backup and peak-load facility. Tommi Eronen, CEO of Polar Night Energy, said Pornainen had previously relied on burning oil and wood chips for its heating needs — but the town’s sand battery was now able to provide combustion-free heating for the majority of the year." https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/25/finland-sand-battery-renewable-energy-storage.html #EU #Finland #RenewableEnergy #Batteries
Finland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand battery
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Finland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand battery

A small Finnish town has turned to the world's largest commercial sand battery to tackle a major hurdle in the energy transition: intermittency.

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