News about Renewable energy
On May 4, the Asian Development Bank announced a project that could change the way we use technology forever. It’s about creating a giant network that connects energy and the Internet across the continent, from Tokyo to the remote corners of Southeast Asia. This is not just a construction project, but an attempt to turn the entire region into a single supercomputer. The bank is ready to allocate $70 billion for this by 2035.
In the Republic of Moldova, the country’s largest electricity storage system with a total capacity of 60 MWh was put into operation in Radeni.
The energy crisis has sharply spurred interest in biofuels. Against the backdrop of oil supply disruptions, countries are urgently increasing the share of vegetable components in gasoline and diesel, hoping to reduce their dependence on imports.
The development of a functional and liquid wholesale market implies a gradual redirection of locally produced electricity volumes to organized markets, especially from renewable sources. This is important for the establishment of a competitive and transparent pricing mechanism, given that reliance on bilateral contracts and a limited number of counterparties limit market efficiency.
German power prices collapsed to record lows on Sunday amid a surge in solar generation and mild weather that reduced demand over the weekend.
Fears of a “return of coal” caused by the crisis over the war in Iran are not borne out by data from the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).
The Romanian company MS Projects, specializing in oversized transportation and logistics management for industrial projects, has opened an office in Chisinau.
Energy production from renewable energy sources (RES) is actively developing in Moldova. In April, the installed capacity of all operators in this market exceeded 1 GW. On March 31, the deadline for accepting documents for a new tender for the construction of wind farms with a total capacity of 170 MW, with the obligation to install energy storage systems with a capacity of 44 MWh, expired, and the results will be announced in June.
In March, the government allocated more than 87 million lei through the National Fund for Regional and Local Development (FNDRL) for the implementation of the programs “European Village” (II edition) and “Europe Nearby”. The total volume of investments amounted to 65.24 million lei.
The National Center for Sustainable Energy (CNED) announced the development of a digital platform designed to monitor and analyze the development of renewable energy production capacity in Moldova.
The zero customs duty on equipment for generating electricity from solar energy can be extended to wind installations as well as electricity storage devices.
Vancouver has unveiled an ambitious skyscraper project inspired by… sea sponges. Despite the unusual source of the idea, it is a very real architecture of the future: a super-tall tower with an expressive structure and a public park on the roof.
Guarantees on loans taken out by homeowners’ associations for energy saving projects can cover more than 90% of their cost.
The UK has recorded one of the earliest onset of spring on record, with plants blooming, birds starting to nest and insects appearing weeks earlier than usual.
The renewable energy capacity and storage tender received 16 bids for a total installed capacity of 423.85 MW of wind power generation and 305.29 MWh of storage capacity.
Moldova needs to reduce energy consumption, as the country does not have its own energy resources and the only sustainable way is to reduce it. This was stated by Caroline Novak, State Secretary of the Ministry of Energy, at the Smart Cities Moldova 2026 conference.
The Republic of Moldova has crossed the threshold of 1 GW of installed renewable energy (RE) capacity, reaching 1,023.42 MW. This achievement reflects the accelerated development of domestic renewable electricity generation capacity.
Beijing Betavolt, a Chinese company, said it has created a compact battery that runs on nuclear power, according to Logos Press.
In early March, the National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) extended until the end of June the decision to appoint Moldovagaz JSC responsible for ensuring gas supply to the Transnistrian region. Earlier, in 2023, ANRE revoked the license for natural gas transportation from the Moldovan-Russian company, giving this function to a subsidiary of the Romanian state operator Transgaz. And in 2025 – the license for supply, which is now handled by the Moldovan state-owned company Energocom.
The Ministry of Energy reminded that the deadline to submit bids for the tender for the construction of wind farms with a total capacity of 170 MW, as well as with the obligation to install energy storage systems with a capacity of 44 MWh, expires on March 31.
