In a first for the United States, power from the ocean was harnessed and fed into the electrical grid late last week.

FORBES: Ocean Power Finally Comes Online

The three Baltic states, all former members of the Soviet Union, had no connections to the wider European energy grid until this week.

BBC: NEWS | Europe | Baltic states in EU energy tie-up

In a bid to help the struggling solar companies, the grid operator unveiled a number of measures last week to ease pressures facing solar project operators in connecting power plants to the electric grid.

FORBES: China's Government To the Rescue As Solar Crisis Deepens