In 2024, Germany added 3.8GW/5.7GWh of battery energy storage, though residential storage (3.2GW/4.7GWh) saw an 11.11% year-on-year decline due to slower rooftop solar growth. However, the utility-scale segment surged—new installations reached 733.6MWh, up 83.4% YoY—fueled by the need to integrate renewable energy and stabilize the grid.

Defined as the deliberate reduction or cessation of electricity generation from renewables, even when plants are technically capable of producing, curtailment represents a stark irony in our clean energy journey.

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission is considering further changes to how the gap between scheduled and actual power generation is calculated, according to a document posted on its website. The move follows last year’s decision to narrow the allowed limits for such deviations.

The administration said in May it was reviewing some $15 billion in projects awarded under President Joe Biden.

Germany risks falling behind on its shift to cleaner energy amid counterproductive regulations and “vague” political pledges

Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco) and Vietnam’s state-owned energy company, Petrovietnam (PVN), also signed an MOU to develop a workforce for the nuclear power industry in the Vietnam, which plans to build four nuclear reactors by 2035.

Meanwhile, the US Department of the Interior (DOI) has announced the end of special treatment for “unreliable” energy sources such as wind.

The projects will be developed by Bundelkhand Saur Urja, its joint venture with the Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency, as four 300 MW subprojects and will have to be commissioned within 18 months from the effective date of the signing of the power purchase agreement (PPA). The minimum bid capacity is 300 MW and the maximum capacity is 600 MW.

The Kyrgyz Ministry of Energy has signed an investment agreement with RECA and Rox Energy Global, two Vietnamese companies, to build and operate a 1.9 GW solar plant in the Kyzyl-Oruk village of the Toru-Aigyr rural district of the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan.

Global primary energy demand is set to rise from 308 million barrels of oil equivalent (mboe/d) in 2024 to 378 mboe/d in 2050.