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Initial green hydrogen from Lingen has reached Evonik’s Marl complex. The commissioning milestone links large-scale PEM electrolysis, a 120km pipeline, and industrial offtake ahead of the planned 200MW commercial ramp-up.
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Vattenfall has secured two major offshore wind projects in Denmark. Hesselø and North Sea I Mid will provide at least 1.8GW, with grid capacity reserved and completion required by 2032.
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New Zealand’s regulator has opened consultation on a grid-frequency event. Its draft finding attributes the October 2025 incident to system-operator omissions involving outage assessment and voltage-angle conditions.
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Australia committed major financing to distribution-connected renewable energy projects nationwide. The A$100 million programme targets up to 16 solar, battery, and retrofit schemes capable of reaching construction during 2027.
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RWE and Google signed a fifteen-year Oklahoma solar power agreement. The contract covers the full output of the 155MWac Crooked Creek project, with commercial operation planned for 2028.
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Hercules has launched a dedicated UK power and energy division. It builds on Advantage NRG’s £20.8 million contracted workload and places the activity under a separate management and reporting structure.
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Invinity secured its largest battery sale to date at 43MWh. Dairyland Power Cooperative will deploy the vanadium flow systems across several Upper Midwest sites, with deliveries expected to begin in late 2027.
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Innovate UK has opened a £3 million ultra-long-duration storage competition. Development studies must support electrochemical systems capable of supplying continuous power for at least 100 hours and operating for 25 years.
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Everything-to-grid technology could turn distributed assets into coordinated grid resources. The WEF says vehicles, buildings, batteries, and industrial loads could provide flexibility, although standards, market rules, and cybersecurity remain substantial barriers.
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ADS-TEC Energy has started construction of Mühlacker’s 20MWh battery system. The four-container installation will provide 10MW at the municipal substation, with handover scheduled for October 2026.