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Aktuell1 August 2026

Criticism of new Vienna PV requirements

1 August 2026
DataFleX tests new approaches for flexible small-scale systems
1 August 2026
St. Veit: Easy entry into the local energy community
31 July 2026
EABG: Three new steps for energy infrastructure announced
31 July 2026
ElWG 2026: New Rules for PV Systems and Storage in Force
31 July 2026
PV Subsidy Fully Booked in Seconds: Demand Significantly Exceeds Supply
30 July 2026
New Building Modernisation Act gives boost to the heating transition
30 July 2026
Germany tests neighborhood heating networks as a model for districts
30 July 2026
Battery storage worldwide on record course: Sungrow leads new market ranking
29 July 2026
Photovoltaic Systems Past Feed-In Support: Continue Operating, Retrofit, or Rebuild?
29 July 2026
Curtailment of renewable energy up 20 percent in the first half of 2026
29 July 2026
Large-scale storage without lithium: CCWPS discussed as a grid-serving system element
28 July 2026
Lower Austria and Burgenland insist on improvements to network fee rules
28 July 2026
Solar power in the fast lane: IEA sees photovoltaics overtaking wind power in 2026
28 July 2026
Why energy communities are hitting their limits despite growth
27 July 2026
Energy communities on the path to professionalization
27 July 2026
E-Control introduces new regulation for distribution network development
27 July 2026
Energy cooperatives: over 14,000 members nationwide in Austria
26 July 2026
When solar power becomes an energy donation: pilot project helps households at risk of poverty
26 July 2026
PV subsidy under discussion: Verbund CEO calls for its end, states demand other construction sites
26 July 2026
Europe bonus for PV modules to become mandatory in future
25 July 2026
New PV subsidy draft to be presented by October
25 July 2026
14,000 metering points: Energy communities continue to grow
25 July 2026
Electricity prices significantly reduced in February 2026
24 July 2026
Austria's largest carport PV system in operation at electrify
24 July 2026
Blackout in Georgia: Several major cities without power
24 July 2026
Battery storage: New providers push into the European market
23 July 2026
Großrußbach: Energy community produces more electricity than is needed
23 July 2026
Hydropower expands portfolio of two energy communities in Niederösterreich
23 July 2026
New platform aims to make cross-state founding of energy communities easier
22 July 2026
Battery storage facility in Bautzen continues to burn
22 July 2026
Strugl continues to expect fluctuating electricity prices
22 July 2026
5-Megawatt Storage System in Timelkam: Energie AG Puts Upper Austria's Largest Battery Storage System into Operation
22 July 2026
Constitutional Court: Townscape protection alone does not justify a PV ban
21 July 2026
Grätzl Energie: another local initiative in the trend toward decentralized energy
21 July 2026
Energy community Asten founded
21 July 2026
Electricity prices rise in the evening due to persistent heat
20 July 2026
Wiener Stadtwerke: Renewable Energy as an Answer to Global Crises
20 July 2026
StRegional: Energy Community Reaches One Thousand Members
20 July 2026
New network tariff regulations planned from spring 2027
19 July 2026
Photovoltaics in Transition: Small Rooftop Systems Decline, Large-Scale Projects Grow
19 July 2026
Agri-PV trifft auf urbane Dachflächen
19 July 2026
Solarförderung: Tausende Anträge bleiben unberücksichtigt
19 July 2026
Batteriespeicher sollen Strompreisspitzen abfedern
19 July 2026
Die neue Plattform der LokalKraft Energiegemeinschaften ist online
Karte der Gemeinschaften, digitale Aufnahme und eigene Auftritte für Mitglieder — die Plattform ist gestartet.