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Mayr is adapting wind turbine brakes for stricter safety requirements. Its latest pitch, yaw, and monitoring systems combine low-temperature capability with sensorless condition monitoring for maintenance teams.
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Romania has redirected Danube flows to protect Cernavoda nuclear output. The intervention has extended the remaining reactor’s operating window as river levels continue to fall.
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Venezuela’s electricity crisis is spreading deeper into Caracas this summer. Daily outages are exposing severe generation shortages alongside transmission, maintenance, and distribution problems that require system-wide rehabilitation rather than isolated equipment repairs.
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US utility-scale battery capacity has climbed towards fifty-two gigawatts nationwide. Operators added 8.3GW during the first half of 2026, while developers report another 54GW planned through the end of 2028.
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Vistra’s second-quarter earnings strengthened as wholesale power markets tightened further. Adjusted EBITDA rose more than 30%, while the generation fleet maintained at least 97% commercial availability during recent extreme heat in Texas and PJM.
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California’s battery fleet has now exceeded twenty-one gigawatts of capacity. Utility-scale systems dominate the total, while more than 300,000 distributed batteries provide another 3GW across homes, businesses, farms, schools, and industrial facilities.
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Nvidia is reportedly preparing a major investment in Lancium’s infrastructure. The proposed deal would connect AI semiconductor capital directly with the gigawatt-scale electrical systems needed to support the Stargate data-centre programme in Texas.
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Britain restricted electricity exports during July heatwave system stress periods. NESO reduced day-ahead export capacity to zero on selected European interconnectors as domestic operating margins tightened during several morning and evening peaks.
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Aura Power and Verdant Energy have formed a combined platform. The business brings around 1GW of operating and construction-stage solar and battery assets together with a development pipeline of approximately 10GW.
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Litgrid is accelerating transmission upgrades as Lithuanian generation expands rapidly. Harmony Link design work, increased LitPol Link capacity, and LiDAR monitoring form part of a wider programme supporting renewable growth and regional power flows.