Rompetrol Rafinare to build solar power plant and energy storage system at Vega refinery in Romania

24 August 2026 Rompetrol Rafinare plans to develop a 4.8 MW photovoltaic power plant and an energy storage system of approximately 9 MWh at its Vega refinery in Ploiești. The investment is valued at nearly RON 27 million and is scheduled for completion by December 31, 2028. According to the announcement, around RON 7 m

Chinese scientists have created an AI-guided platform to engineer custom plant immune receptors to rapidly combat emerging diseases that threaten plants, including commercial crops vulnerable to devastating outbreaks. Their programmable synthetic immune receptors can be introduced into plants to help them detect protei

The agrivoltaic plant is expected to have a capacity of 80 to 90 megawatts.

Decentralised power can give communities the means to sustain themselves rather than wait for change to come from above.