Industrial Demand Flexibility Could Save EU Power System €300 Billion a Year, Report Finds
Europe’s heavy industries are sitting on an underused flexibility resource that could reshape the continent’s electricity system — but sector economics vary widely, according to a Solar Promotion report drawing on smartEn research covering steel, aluminium, paper, glass and cement. The gap between sectors is striking. Pulp and paper plants earn around €340,000 per megawatt […]
BW ESS Enters French Battery Storage Market with 800 MWh Acquisition
BW ESS has moved into France’s battery storage market, buying two advanced-stage standalone projects from developer Recurrent Energy totalling 800 MWh in combined capacity. The two facilities — each rated at 100 MW and 400 MWh — are located in the Calvados and Pyrénées-Orientales departments. BW ESS will develop both sites through construction and into […]
Ukrainian Food Producer Gets 375 kW Solar Plant at Zero Upfront Cost Under PPA Deal
A Ukrainian food industry company has commissioned a 375 kW solar power system without spending its own capital. The installation, valued at nearly 9 million hryvnias, was fully financed by energy company Yasno — through its D.Solutions subsidiary — under a power purchase agreement completed in October 2026. Under the PPA model, the investor first […]
Dubrovnik Firm Files to Repower Šibenik Wind Farm After Two Decades
Vjetroelektrana Trtar Krtolin, a Dubrovnik-registered company, has submitted a formal environmental impact assessment request to the relevant Croatian ministry to repower the Trtar-Krtolin wind farm near Šibenik. Erected by wpd in 2006, the site runs 14 Enercon E-48 turbines rated at 800 kW each, with 48-metre rotors on 50-metre towers and a combined output of […]
France’s Solar Canopy Push: Progress, But Most Parking Lots Still Bare
A survey of nearly 17,000 French retail sites found solar canopies on just 8 to 10 percent of store parking areas, according to mapping service Parksun, which reviewed aerial imagery from 2023 to 2026 across 16,790 locations. The figures reflect canopies visible in photographs rather than a measure of legal compliance; some sites may hold […]
European Gas Prices Break €100 for First Time Since 2022 Energy Crisis
European natural gas futures briefly crossed €100 per megawatt-hour at the Dutch TTF hub on October 28, rising roughly four percent above the previous session. The threshold had not been breached since the 2022 energy crisis, when prices reached a record of around €340 per megawatt-hour in August of that year. The surge is driven […]
GE Vernova to Buy Trench Group for $9 Billion to Tighten Supply Chain Control
GE Vernova has agreed to buy Trench Group, a high-voltage equipment supplier, for $9 billion, with the transaction expected to close in late 2027. The announcement came as the energy technology company reported that its gas turbine backlog grew by just 6 gigawatts in the most recent quarter, down from double-digit quarterly increases earlier in […]
€22 Billion Green Energy Corridor Plans Undersea Cable Route from the Caucasus to Europe
A joint venture is advancing plans to connect Azerbaijan’s grid with Central Europe via a €22.1 billion infrastructure corridor crossing the Black Sea and the Caucasus. GECO, a joint venture registered in Bucharest, was founded on equal terms by four parties: Azerbaijani system operator AzerEnerji, Georgia’s grid operator GSE, Romania’s Transelectrica, and Hungary’s state energy […]
