Energy
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France is widening renewable curtailment rules as negative prices deepen. The threshold will fall from 10MW to 1MW in two stages, extending remote shutdown requirements across a much larger share of supported solar and wind generation.
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Germany is redesigning offshore wind auctions around stronger revenue certainty. The draft retains the 70GW-by-2045 target while proposing two-sided CfDs, annual tenders of 2GW to 4.8GW, and a 35-year standard operating period.
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Enefit has commissioned its largest Polish solar farm at Strzałkowo. The 45MW plant is expected to generate around 45GWh annually and raises the group’s Polish renewable portfolio to 78MW.
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Rubix will supply MRO products for Hinkley Point C construction. The three-year EDF agreement includes managed inventory and technical support while explicitly excluding equipment used within the nuclear reactors.
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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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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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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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Romania has authorised emergency electricity controls during August system stress. Transelectrica may reduce export capacity and, as a last resort, limit specified large industrial consumers between 19:00 and 23:00.