RenewaNews Briefing — September 26, 2026

OMV Petrom is adding electrolyzer capacity at its Petrobrazi refinery, a concrete step toward supplying more green hydrogen for industrial use. The move points to continuing investment in refinery decarbonization and a larger role for hydrogen where direct electrification is harder to apply.

Hydrogen Central

China’s Kubuqi renewable energy base has cleared a visible construction milestone, signaling continued progress on a large utility-scale clean power complex. The topping out of cooling towers points to an integrated project that will likely matter for grid supply, buildout pace, and the economics of very large renewable-energy infrastructure in China.

news.cgtn.com

Exus Renewables North America has finished repowering two wind projects in Pennsylvania, which points to continued investment in extending the life and output of existing wind assets. Repowering is an important route for adding clean capacity without starting from scratch, and it can improve project economics and grid value where land and interconnection are already in place.

megaproject.com

European Energy has brought a 27 MW wind park in Greece into commercial operation. It adds another utility-scale wind asset to Europe’s buildout and supports the steady replacement of fossil generation with domestic renewables.

Energy Global

Construction has started on a utility-scale battery storage project in Ovid Township. It adds flexible capacity to the local grid and shows storage moving from planning into physical deployment.

WTVB

The approval keeps the project moving despite local opposition, which is the main hurdle for many battery storage sites. It points to continued buildout of grid-scale storage as a way to add flexibility and support renewable power in the UK.

BBC

A long-term wind power partnership suggests another step toward locking in clean electricity supply through a commercial deal rather than a policy announcement. The main market signal is that wind remains bankable for multi-year contracting, which supports project revenue certainty and further buildout.

machinery-market.co.uk

The financing points to a port conversion that links clean-energy infrastructure with broader industrial and security uses. For the clean-energy market, the key question is whether the port’s upgrades can support real deployment activity rather than remain a planning exercise.

megaproject.com

Samudera Logistics Services has added solar power at a warehouse site, which is a practical sign of commercial-property owners using onsite generation to cut electricity costs and emissions. These smaller deployments matter because they can lower grid demand and normalize clean energy use in day-to-day logistics operations.

Logistics Manager

Blacksburg has added a small municipal solar installation, a practical step that lowers local grid demand and trims the town’s exposure to volatile power costs. It is a modest project, but it still reflects the continued spread of distributed solar across U.S. public facilities.

New River Valley News