Kruger National Park to source a quarter of its electricity from renewables via the grid
A deal announced at Skukuza on 7 October matches the park’s roughly 29 million kWh annual demand with off-site wind and solar, with no new power plant inside the reserve.
Austria’s last solar grant call of 2026 draws 43,300 tickets in ten minutes
The ministry says the rush confirms its plan to scrap the first-come, first-served model from 2027. The call has €38.5 million, up from the €8 million first budgeted.
How crop and forest waste could redraw the global energy map, and who gains most
A Nature Communications study of residue-based bioenergy finds Canada could cover nearly 20 percent of its energy demand by 2060, while most poorer regions see little benefit.
DNA tests are tracing Malaysia’s green turtles back to their home beaches
ShellBank, a global turtle DNA database, can match tissue samples to nesting populations. Sabah Parks says its islands have released over 14 million hatchlings since 1977.
How a women-led team is bringing Darwin’s rheas back to Chilean Patagonia
Fewer than 20 of the flightless birds were left in the park’s valley when breeding began in 2014. This year’s releases drew residents who travelled 211 miles to watch.
Himalayas are losing the ice that climbers and villages depended on
Guides now find meltwater at Everest’s Camp 2, and a glacier collapse near Langtang Lirung this August killed at least 165 people in Nepal and Tibet.
Why India’s battery build-out will be judged by software as much as gigawatts
A draft rule would require storage at new solar and wind plants from July 2027, but an opinion piece in pv magazine says the control software decides how useful those batteries are.
China uses cost rules and efficiency limits to curb its solar price war
Polysilicon has risen from CNY 31.5/kg in July to about CNY 40/kg, but stockpiles are still growing and prices remain below full cost.
Australia backs goal of 300 million rooftop solar homes worldwide by 2030
Australia is the first country to sign the Global Rooftop Solar Declaration, which aims to double the world’s solar homes in four years. COP31 opens in Antalya next month.
Philippines plans 25 GW of renewable energy auctions through 2035
The energy department’s decade-long schedule backs a 35% renewable share by 2030, but the 2026 rounds have shifted focus to Mindanao and now require battery storage.
