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Greek Energy Giants PPC and METLEN Form Joint Venture to Target 1.5 GW Battery Storage in Southeast Europe

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:39:53 -0700

Athens, Greece – March 5, 2026 – In a major step toward bolstering energy storage across Southeast Europe, Greece's leading power utility Public Power Corporation (PPC Group) and industrial powerhouse METLEN Energy & Metals (formerly Mytilineos) have signed a joint venture agreement (JVA) to develop, construct, and operate large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects.

The partnership establishes a new equally owned company, with each partner holding a 50% stake. The venture focuses on a portfolio of BESS projects totaling up to 1,500 MW in power capacity and 3,000 MWh (3 GWh) in energy storage. This makes it one of the most ambitious storage platforms in the region, particularly in Romania, Bulgaria, and Italy.

Under the agreement, the partners aim to fast-track implementation, with approximately 1,000 MW(two-thirds of the total) expected to break ground and move toward construction within the next 12 months—an aggressive timeline that underscores the urgency of addressing grid flexibility needs amid rapid renewable energy growth.

The projects will primarily deploy two-hour duration, liquid-cooled lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery systems, a technology widely favored for its safety, longevity, and cost-effectiveness in grid-scale applications. These systems are designed to store excess renewable energy from solar and wind sources and release it during peak demand or low generation periods, helping to reduce curtailment, stabilize grids, and capture revenue from energy arbitrage, frequency regulation, and ancillary services.

PPC Group, Greece's dominant electricity provider...Read More

Indian Firm Yotta to Invest Over $2 Billion in Nvidia-Powered AI Supercluster, Boosting National AI Ambitions

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 04:10:23 -0800

New Delhi/Singapore, March 4, 2026 — Indian data center and cloud services provider Yotta Data Services has unveiled plans to invest more than $2 billion in deploying 20,736 liquid-cooled Nvidia Blackwell Ultra GPUs, creating one of Asia’s largest AI computing superclusters. The ambitious project, announced during the India AI Impact Summit in February, is set to go live by August 2026 and marks a major step in addressing India’s surging demand for high-performance AI infrastructure.

The supercluster will be hosted primarily at Yotta’s 60 MW D2 hyperscale data center in Greater Noida (near New Delhi), with the campus scalable to 250 MW. Additional capacity will come from Yotta’s Navi Mumbai facility, which has potential to expand to 2 GW. The deployment features Nvidia’s latest HGX B300 Blackwell Ultra architecture with high-speed 800 Gbps Quantum-X800 InfiniBand interconnects, optimized for training and inference of frontier-scale AI models.

As part of a multi-year strategic partnership valued at over $1 billion, Nvidia will establish one of the Asia-Pacific region’s largest DGX Cloud clusters within Yotta’s infrastructure. Nvidia DGX Cloud has already been leveraging Yotta’s GPU resources over the past year, and this expansion significantly scales the collaboration to meet growing regional and global demand.

Yotta CEO Sunil Gupta, speaking to Reuters on the sidelines of the summit, highlighted the acute GPU shortage in India: “Demand for GPUs far exceeds supply as domestic AI models scale and enterprise adoption accelerates. This Blackwell Ultra deployment will help position India among a select group of countries capable of hosting frontier-scale AI infrastructure.”

The initiative directly supports India’s national IndiaAI Mission, with expectations...Read More

Comparative Report on Dominant New Energy Development Models in the U.S. and China: Wind-Power-Driven vs. Hydro-Coordinated

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 06:23:43 -0800

Abstract: In the global practice of addressing the intermittency challenges of renewable energy, the United States and China, based on their respective resource endowments, industrial foundations, and grid structures, have embarked on two distinct leading pathways. The United States leverages its vast plains and technological advancements to establish a core model centered on "large-scale wind power development + battery energy storage support." China, relying on its world-leading hydropower infrastructure and centralized planning capabilities, has pioneered the river-basin coordination model represented by "hydro-solar complementarity." This report provides an in-depth analysis of the core concepts, technological pathways, development status, and underlying logic of these two models.

1. Core Philosophy of the Models: Market-Driven vs. System Optimization

1.1 The U.S. Model: "Wind-Power-Driven" with Decentralized Layout and Technological Integration

The core of the U.S. model is "

wind power first, storage follows." Its development is primarily driven by market mechanisms and technological progress, emphasizing concentrated wind power development in...Read More