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SSE has commissioned its Ferrybridge battery storage system in Yorkshire. The 150MW/300MWh asset brings large-scale, rapid-response flexibility to the UK grid from the site of the former Ferrybridge coal-fired power station.
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IMI has delivered a 2MW electrolyser for IGAT in Italy. The project adds on-site green hydrogen production to IGAT’s established industrial gas operations under Italy’s PNRR-backed Hydrogen Valley programme.
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Europe’s HVDC planning push is entering its decisive validation phase. HVDC-WISE is testing hybrid AC/DC planning tools across European, Great Britain, and offshore use cases before final recommendations on resilience, interoperability, and code updates.
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Gresham House has cleared another milestone in Britain’s queue reforms. Firm Gate 2 offers for two battery storage projects move the schemes closer to financing close, procurement, and construction under NESO’s reworked connections regime.
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Energy operators are moving autonomy from pilot stage to scale. Schneider Electric’s latest survey points to faster investment in autonomous operations as AI-linked power demand, cost pressure, and workforce attrition reshape priorities across energy and chemicals.
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RES has expanded its European services footprint with Nala Renewables. The 217 MW mandate covers operational solar and battery assets in Lithuania, Belgium, and Greece, underscoring rising demand for integrated asset management as multi-market portfolios scale.
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Opposition is intensifying around National Grid’s Norwich-to-Tilbury transmission proposal locally. Tendring District Council has escalated its challenge to the 400kV scheme, arguing that unresolved land-use, ecological, transport, and community impacts still outweigh the current mitigation package.
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Armenia has secured fresh funding for major transmission reinforcement works. A new €135 million package extends support for the Caucasus Transmission Network, backing cross-border interconnection, renewable integration, and wider regional electricity trading capacity.
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ENTSO-E has published its final Iberian blackout engineering verdict today. The report links the April 2025 collapse to oscillations, voltage-control failures, reactive-power issues, and cascading generator disconnections, while urging tighter monitoring, coordination, and rule changes for increasingly inverter-heavy grids.
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Irish solar has secured fresh EIB-backed financing for large-scale buildout. A €100 million loan to Dolmen Solar underpins a 395MWp four-project portfolio being developed by Power Capital Renewable Energy.