Energy
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Italy has moved closer to a larger MACSE storage auction. ARERA has backed Terna’s proposal for a 16GWh requirement in 2029, with later auction volumes to be refined as storage costs, gas prices, and capacity market outcomes evolve.
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Accepted energy complaints retreated from 2024 peaks across the market. Billing disputes still dominated, late-year volumes turned higher, and redress reform remains live.
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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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ENTSO-E’s verdict exposes Europe’s lagging voltage control architecture. Iberia’s outage was triggered by overvoltage, but the deeper failure lay in weak reactive-power discipline, soft plant obligations, and tools built for a slower grid.
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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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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.