1 GW of Continuous Baseload Power: The World’s Largest Combined Solar PV and BESS Project

EU’s Clean Industrial Deal: Will €100 Billion Be Enough? The European Union has just launched its Clean Industrial Deal, aiming to secure Europe’s leadership in net-zero industries. With the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and China’s clean tech dominance, the EU is stepping up with a €100 billion+ financial boost to strengthen its renewable energy,…

Saudi Arabia’s Shuaibah 1 came in at 1.04 US cents per kWh. Abu Dhabi’s Al Dhafra at 1.32 cents. On tariff alone, the Gulf builds the cheapest solar on earth. https://www.agbi.com/opinion/renewable-energy/2026/08/the-gulfs-solar-revolution-is-running-late/ But a record tariff is a promise, not a plant. Gulf solar panel imports fell sharply against 2025 averages this year, and delivery delays…

Why commit to 15+ years, billions over budget, and radioactive risk — when clean baseload power is already here? Let’s compare: Flamanville 3 (France): Started: 2007 Output: 1,650 MW Commissioning: 2025 (17 years later) Final Cost: €19.1B Delay: 12 years Olkiluoto 3 (Finland): Started: 2005 Output: 1,600 MW Commissioning: 2023 Delay: 14 years Final Cost:…

Abu Dhabi’s grid operator opened registration this month for its 20th Clean Energy Certificates auction, with results due 5 August under a pay-as-bid clearing process. Certificates like these are easy to dismiss as a compliance footnote. They aren’t. For a lender or an equity partner underwriting a Gulf solar or storage asset, a credible certificate…

Masdar closed $6.1bn in financing this week for the world’s first gigascale round-the-clock renewable plant: 5.2 GW of solar paired with 19 GWh of battery storage in Abu Dhabi. The financing is the headline. The more useful number, for anyone designing these systems, is the ratio behind it — just under four hours of storage…

SSE Renewables just took final investment decision on new onshore wind capacity in Aragón, Spain — bringing its southern European onshore pipeline under construction past 130 MW. https://renews.biz/105204/sse-backs-52mw-onshore-wind-build-out-in-europe/ An FID headline reads like a single moment, but from a developer’s chair it’s the finish line of years of unglamorous technical work: wind resource measurement, layout…