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This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. Last year was a huge one for renewable energy around the globe — but nothing showed up quite like solar power. This week, energy think tank Ember released its review of where the world’s electricity came…

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This week Women in Solar+ Europe gives voice to Sara Kapeller, CEO of Germany's Twistor GmbH. She says building impactful careers in the renewable energy landscape requires courage, curiosity, and inclusion, turning setbacks into growth and empowering more women to lead technical innovation and shape the future.

The European Commission's AccelerateEU energy crisis plan endorses a 200 GW battery storage target for 2030 but proposes no dedicated financing mechanism to reach it, according to SolarPower Europe (SPE), which is calling for a separate EU-wide auction funded by emissions trading revenues.

Saudi Arabia's state-owned Saudi Power Procurement Company has started the qualification process for its second large-scale build-own-operate BESS tender.

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The Dated Brent spot price increased to a premium of more than $25 per barrel (b) compared with the front-month Brent futures contract in early April. Brent crude oil price benchmarks are widely used by commodities traders, financial market participants, economists, and others to assess changes in global petroleum prices more broadly.

Developer-operator Plus Power and utility Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) announced a 20-year energy storage agreement (ESA) for the 200MW/800MWh Crawfish Creek battery energy storage system (BESS) in Alabama, US.

The rapid digitisation of energy infrastructure represents a big challenge, says Michael Hudson, cybersecurity strategy director at Sungrow North America.

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Airengy Ltd., listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, has signed a memorandum of understanding to acquire a 51% stake in Green-Go, an Israeli PV developer and engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor with expertise in agrivoltaics.

How can energy storage capitalise on energy price volatility in European markets, and how do investors need to think about future opportunities and challenges? An expert panel at the Energy Storage Summit 2026 in London in February dived into the topic.

<p>Community solar company Chaberton Energy is hoping to engage Maryland farmers to co-locate agricultural activities on PV project sites. Chaberton is issuing two requests for proposal (RFPs) for 27 acres of land for agrivoltaic purposes in Montgomery County. The farmers will have access to the land at no cost and will be compensated for vegetation&#8230;</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/04/chaberton-energy-seeks-farmers-for-agrivoltaic-projects-in-maryland/">Chaberton Energy seeks farmers for agrivoltaic projects in Maryland</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com">Solar Power World</a>.</p>

Atome PLC has taken Final Investment Decision on a 60,000 tpa green hydrogen-based fertilizer plant in Villeta, Paraguay. The $665 million project is financed by DFIs and equity partners and is targeting production by 2029.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate of the Netherlands has identified a planned polysilicon factory in the country as of strategic importance under the Net Zero Industry Act.

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<p>UL Solutions announced it has enhanced large-scale fire testing for battery energy storage systems (BESS) to provide code authorities and fire service professionals clearer information on how battery fires may start, grow and spread. The new testing is conducted according to the sixth edition of ANSI/CAN/UL 9540A, the Standard for the Test Method for Evaluating&#8230;</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/04/ul-solutions-enhances-fire-testing-for-large-scale-battery-projects/">UL Solutions enhances fire testing for large-scale battery projects</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com">Solar Power World</a>.</p>

Enviromena announces a £825 million ($1.1 billion) senior portfolio financing package, providing immediate capital to support the buildout of a 1 GW pipeline. The credit facility was underwritten by a group of institutional investors.

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La Confederación Hidrográfica del Guadalquivir desarrolla un proyecto para mejorar la eficiencia energética del sistema de bombeo de la Balsa del Cadimo, un embalse regulador con una capacidad aproximada de 1 hm³ que abastece a la comunidad de regantes del Guadalbullón.

Solar set a new generation record on Great Britain’s electricity grid during a week that also saw zero-carbon supply reach an all-time high. The new records come as the grid operator expands demand-side flexibility markets in anticipation of lower summer demand driven by strong solar irradiance.

In a new weekly update for <b>pv magazine</b>, Solcast, a DNV company, provides a June–August 2026 outlook indicating mostly neutral to positive solar irradiance globally, with stronger gains in regions like Australasia, South Asia, West Africa, and Central America—patterns consistent with a developing El Niño. Negative anomalies are limited and mostly early-season, while Europe and the U.S. show modest or mixed signals, with improvements or neutrality dominating as the season progresses.

Colombia has launched a 15-year auction scheme to procure solar, storage, and hybrid capacity, with delivery starting in 2030. The mechanism introduces time-of-use products and aims to improve reliability while expanding renewable energy uptake.

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<b>pv magazine</b> resume los nuevos productos anunciados esta semana: módulos ligeros, bombas de calor, inversores y baterías, algunos lanzados al mercado, otros lo harán el próximo año.