The latest renewable energy news includes announcements on EIFO, Kernel, Alpiq, ACME Solar, Vestas wind turbines, and others.
EIFO Provides €100 Million Loan for 94.5 MW Vestas Wind Farm in Ukraine
The Export and Investment Fund of Denmark, EIFO, is providing a €100 million, approximately $116.6 million, loan to Ukrainian agro-industrial group Kernel for construction of a 94.5 MW wind farm in central Ukraine. The project will use Vestas wind turbines, linking Danish export financing with Ukraine’s effort to restore and diversify electricity infrastructure during the continuing war. EIFO has become a major provider of financing and guarantees for Ukrainian reconstruction projects, including renewable generation. The wind farm will add domestic electricity capacity while reducing reliance on thermal generation and vulnerable centralized power assets. International financing is particularly important for Ukrainian renewable projects because developers face elevated political, construction and war-related risks that conventional commercial lenders may be unwilling to assume independently.
Alpiq Buys 103.5 MW / 238 MWh German Battery Storage Plant From ECO STOR
Swiss utility Alpiq has acquired the operational 103.5 MW / 238 MWh Bollingstedt battery storage facility in Schleswig-Holstein from ECO STOR. The system has operated since June 2025 and becomes Alpiq’s first owned large-scale BESS in Germany and its largest operational battery asset. Alpiq also operates a 100 MW battery in France and a 30 MW system in Finland, while more than 250 MW of additional BESS capacity is under construction or nearing commissioning. The acquisition follows Alpiq’s purchase of a 90 percent stake in Harmony Energy in July, giving it exposure to a multi-gigawatt European storage pipeline. Financial terms were not disclosed. Bollingstedt strengthens Alpiq’s ability to trade and optimise flexible electricity capacity directly in Germany.
ACME Solar Wins 300 MW SECI Peak-Power Project With 1.2 GWh Battery Requirement ACME Solar Holdings has won 300 MW in Solar Energy Corporation of India’s latest firm and dispatchable renewable-energy tender at a discovered tariff of INR 6.00 per kWh. ACME must supply 1,200 MWh of electricity over a four-hour peak-demand window, implying substantial battery-storage deployment alongside renewable generation. Once the PPA is executed, the project is expected to add approximately 1.2 GWh to ACME’s storage portfolio and lift its PPA-backed BESS pipeline to around 15 GWh. ACME says it already holds the required grid-connectivity approval and has secured a substantial portion of project land. The tender demonstrates India’s accelerating shift from standalone solar procurement toward storage-backed renewable power capable of serving evening and peak demand.
