Saturday, 19 September 2026

Renewables supplied nearly 80% of Australia's main grid on a spring Friday afternoon, a record share driven by rooftop solar, according to RenewEconomy.

OpenElectricity.org data cited by RenewEconomy put the renewable share of the National Electricity Market at 79.5% at 1.30 pm on Friday September 18, above the previous high of 78.6% recorded at 11.30 am the same day.

RenewEconomy attributed the record to an abundance of rooftop solar generation on the NEM.

Skyborn Renewables has reached financial close on the 976.5-MW Gennaker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea, according to Offshore Magazine.

The milestone locks in the project's debt and equity financing, power purchase arrangements, and its key supply and installation contracts, the outlet reported.

Gennaker is now moving into the execution phase, with commercial operations expected by the end of 2028, per Offshore Magazine.

Egypt is coupling a planned 2,000 MW wind power project in the Gulf of Suez with the country's first wind turbine manufacturing plant, linking renewable capacity growth to domestic industrial build-out.

The development is being carried out in partnership with China's SANY Renewable Energy. Grid connection to Egypt's national electricity network is targeted within about 23 months of the completion of final agreements.

The planned factory is expected to supply turbines for Egyptian renewable energy projects, with potential to serve markets across Africa and the Middle East.

Telangana is weighing floating solar projects as part of its response to rising power demand, according to Construction World. Minister Vikramarka said such projects would be taken up wherever they were technically and economically viable.

The state government plans to provide 2,000 MW of solar power to farmers under the PM-KUSUM scheme, Construction World reported.

Authorities are also examining a pilot to solarise about 80 villages in the Amrabad tribal region, using household solar panels feeding a micro-grid, per the same outlet.

Rescue crews in Nepal pulled four bodies from a hydropower plant tunnel as searchers continue looking for people still missing after a flash flood, according to Event Registry.

Nepal's army said the remains were recovered from the Chilime Hydropower plant on the Trishuli River, which was inundated on August 26. The army also reported recovering a body part alongside the four bodies.

Access to the tunnels has been slowed by thick mud, debris and damaged infrastructure, per the same reporting.

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved the Starlight Solar power and battery storage project for the unincorporated East County community of Boulevard, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. The paper reported the vote proceeded despite objections from residents who argued the clean energy project raised safety concerns.

Starlight Solar pairs a solar farm with up to 100 MW of generating capacity and a 217 MW battery energy storage system, per the Union-Tribune.

Separately, oilprice.com reported that MOL opened a project combining a 37.4 MWp solar park with a battery energy storage system rated at 20 MW and 40 MWh, which the outlet said would allow MOL to store surplus renewable electricity and help manage fluctuations in power generation.