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Solar supplied over one-fifth of EU demand for three months. Germany remained above 30%, while national records strengthened the case for storage and flexible demand.
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Slovenia’s approved battery scheme targets at least 370MWh of storage. Grants will support stand-alone systems under the EU’s Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework.
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Engie is preparing bids for new European capacity generation tenders. The utility has secured land and begun turbine-supply discussions while advancing 4GW of data centre energy projects.
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Greenvolt has opened Poland’s 800MWh Turośń Kościelna battery storage facility. The 200MW transmission-connected asset combines four-hour duration, capacity market revenues, and commercial optimisation by Entrix.
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Romania has declared an August emergency after Danube output losses. One nuclear reactor is offline, hydropower is constrained, and the government is arranging water transfers and additional imports.
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Hungary will fully shut Paks as Danube cooling levels collapse. The unprecedented outage will remove almost half of national electricity supply and force heavier reliance on imports and demand reductions.
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Scottish electrical bodies are directing school leavers towards modern apprenticeships. SELECT, SJIB, and SECTT have highlighted training routes ahead of August’s exam results.
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AVK has appointed new leadership across its critical power services. Andrew Chilcott will oversee standby generation, modular PowerPods, and prime power microgrid support.
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ScottishPower has awarded five year maintenance contracts across 24 windfarms. Four service providers will support turbine reliability, engineering, logistics, and component refurbishment.
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BRUSH has expanded domestic instrument transformer manufacturing capacity through acquisition. D K Moriarty will continue designing and producing current and voltage transformers in Colchester.