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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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 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 […]

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 […]

A broad coalition of energy companies, NGOs and civil society groups has called on the European Commission and EU member states to stop reopening the bloc’s Renewable Energy Directive for revision. The appeal, issued ahead of the EU Energy Council meeting on 29 October, argues that four revisions in four years have outpaced member states’ […]

A major medical facility in Zaporizhzhia region is constructing a layered energy autonomy system designed to keep the hospital fully operational even when the city grid goes dark entirely — going well beyond conventional backup generators. Acting regional governor Mykhailo Semikyn reported on the preparations after inspecting work at the site. According to outlet Spravzhnie, […]

A widespread argument against large-scale heating electrification holds that mass heat pump adoption will inevitably strain power grids — but new research from RMI challenges that claim. In most US states, peak demand falls on hot summer days due to air conditioning, while winter infrastructure sits underutilized. Those same lines can carry more electricity during […]

German transmission system operator TenneT has commissioned a new 10-kilometre, 380 kV overhead line that gives one of the region’s largest industrial complexes the electrical headroom it needs to decarbonise steel production. The newly built section connects two nodal substations located near the Salzgitter AG steelmaking site, unlocking grid capacity that will allow the plant […]

Ukraine has enacted Law №4963-IX to bring its renewable energy permitting framework into line with European standards. The central shift is procedural: the Ministry of Energy must now map territories — weighing available resources, grid capacity, and demand — and designate accelerated development zones before developers submit applications, reversing the previous developer-led sequence. Within those […]

A 120 MWh battery energy storage system is approaching the construction phase in Lithuania, as AlphaESS Aster 5000 containers await shipment to the Jonava site, where installation and connection to 110 kV lines are scheduled. Once energised, the complex will be able to deliver a full 60 MW to the grid for two consecutive hours. […]

Renault Group and French utility EDF have agreed to launch a combined vehicle-to-grid home service in the summer of 2027, targeting private customers who drive Renault, Alpine or Dacia electric vehicles. The package will pair the car with a bidirectional home charger installed by EDF’s IZI service unit, and a software layer run by Dreev […]

New York is launching its first pilot zero-carbon thermal networks. Can a similar model work in Ukraine? The Global 100 RE Ukraine website has published an article about New York State’s decision to allocate $111.5 million to two pilot heating projects aimed at gradually replacing fossil gas use with modern thermal technologies. One of the […]

Three residential buildings in Kyiv can now keep their essential systems running during grid outages, following a comprehensive energy upgrade that combines solar generation with battery storage. The complex, which spans more than 30,000 square metres, is equipped to operate elevators, heating substations and common-area lighting independently for at least 15 consecutive hours. The installation […]

Norway has increased its contribution to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund by €44.6 million (500 million Norwegian kroner), lifting the country’s cumulative donation to €209.2 million and cementing its position among the fund’s largest donors. Ukraine’s Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal said the new allocation is tied directly to preparations for the coming heating season. He […]

Ukraine’s regulated household gas tariff cost the state more than two billion euros in concealed subsidies in 2024, according to a report by Berlin Economics commissioned by Greenpeace Ukraine. Domestic consumers paid approximately 7.96 hryvnias — around 0.16 euros — per cubic meter, well below wholesale market rates, while total household consumption exceeded ten billion […]

Romania’s solar sector attracted fresh cross-border investment after the country added 2.2 gigawatts of new capacity in 2025, pushing its cumulative installed base past 7 GW. Croatian developer ENNA Solar has signed a deal to purchase a full stake in CIC Green Energy Medgidia, securing rights to a 204-hectare plot in Constanța county. According to […]