Energy storage provider Return announced that it has secured €835 million (USD$936 million) in portfolio financing underwritten by Deutsche Bank and Rabobank, aimed at expanding its battery storage capacity in Germany. Founded in 2021, Amsterdam-based Return provides solutions that ensure…
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Deloitte announced the launch of Green Claim Navigator, a new AI-powered solution aimed at enabling companies to detect greenwashing and ensure compliance of green claims made across their websites, reports, packaging, and marketing materials with new regulations. According to Deloitte,…
Lawmakers in the European Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) adopted a position in a 48-30 vote to ease CO2 emissions reduction requirements for new cars and vans, supporting a European Commission proposal to ease regulations that would have effectively ended the…
We catch up with the CEO of Netherlands-headquartered system integrator Alfen to discuss its sodium-ion BESS partnership with CATL and plans for the technology in Europe.
Blue economy-focused investment platform Outrigger Impact announced the launch and first close of Outrigger Impact Fund I, a blended finance fund aimed at providing equity and debt financing to blue economy businesses in Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Outrigger said…
The sun hangs low over the plains of Castile and León, in the north-central region of Spain. But from a slope of the mountain Pico Trigaza, it appears that a few puffy white clouds have started to block the sun.…
Netherlands-based international food retailer Ahold Delhaize announced today that it has signed a 10-year virtual Power Purchase Agreement (vPPA) with renewable energy producer Rezolv Energy, supporting the development of new large-scale solar and wind projects in Romania. With the new agreement…
US retail giant Walmart has made a strategic investment in home battery storage firm Base Power, while Sunrun has doubled the size of its home battery VPP in Puerto Rico.
Democrats scored major victories in the US Midterm elections, taking both the House and Senate and flipping several long-held Republican strongholds, with changes likely to occur in the clean energy sector.