UK energy supplier Octopus Energy has announced a joint venture (JV) with Chinese company PCG Power to trade renewable energy across China, the world’s largest clean energy market.

OX2 has made the decision to invest in an onshore wind farm with a total capacity of 189 MW, in Malung-Sälen, Sweden. The investment amounts to approximately 3 billion SEK. The Fageråsen wind farm will remain under­ OX2 ownership after completion. 

Renewable energy company Zelestra has announced a new long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with AEP Energy Partners, a subsidiary of American Electric Power, for the total electricity generated by the proposed 49.9 MW Gem City Solar Project in Dayton, Ohio.

Viking Line is starting 2026 by renewing its offer of travel and transport powered by a high share of renewable European biogas. After multiplying the use of biofuel tenfold last year, the Åland-based shipping company has now secured another year at the same ambitious level.

FirstLight has announced the expansion of the company’s landmark municipal utility power purchase agreement (PPA) with Energy New England. As part of the agreement, 21 New England municipal public power entities have agreed to purchase 197 gigawatt hours per year of clean, local, cost-competitive hydropower produced by two of FirstLight’s hydroelectric facilities in Massachusetts. 

SN Aboitiz Power (SNAP), Scatec ASA’s joint venture with Aboitiz Renewables, has reached financial close and is preparing for construction start of the 40 MW Binga (phase 2) and 40 MW Ambuklao battery energy storage systems (BESS).

Corvias has announced a $200 million Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) that extends energy modernization across all Corvias-managed Army housing communities. Corvias will upgrade HVAC and other systems in an estimated 5,000 homes at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, Fort Riley, Kansas, and Fort Rucker, Alabama. The four-year project is expected to generate $27 million in annual savings and over $75 million in local economic impact. 

Following the development and successful testing program with prototypes of its first-generation fuel cell trucks, Daimler Truck presents the Mercedes-Benz NextGenH2 Truck. In a small-series production run at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth, 100 units of these further developed semi-trailer tractors will be manufactured and deployed with various customers from the end of 2026 onwards.

European high-power EV charging network Ionity has announced the opening of a new urban charging site in the UK, located on the A4540 at Aston, Birmingham, just 20 minutes’ walk from Birmingham New Street station.

The GHG Protocol is moving from annual to hourly accounting for Scope 2 emissions for more accurate reporting, aiming to make the matching of purchased clean energy with consumption more effective.

REM discussed with JP Cerda, CEO of Renewabl how the proposed hourly accounting requirements impact PPAs, developer confidence and the UK clean energy market generally.

Roxtec, líder mundial en soluciones de sellado para cables y tuberías, ha colaborado con Sarpel Ingeniería, empresa del Grupo Energy Solar Tech, en la protección de subestaciones eléctricas para proyectos eólicos y fotovoltaicos en toda España.