Energy
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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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AMPECO has launched an AI operations agent for charging networks. CoOperator is designed to cut fault-resolution time by tracing session failures, hardware issues and network faults across EV charging estates.
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Battery storage secured fresh capacity market contracts across Great Britain. The combined 1.8GW haul in the T-1 and T-4 auctions underlines storage’s growing role in firming a more renewable system.
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China’s next grid cycle points to another infrastructure surge nationwide. Multi-year spending plans from the country’s state grid operators show how transmission, distribution, and renewable integration are becoming central to energy security strategy.
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Fusion plans at West Burton have moved decisively into delivery. A new government strategy and the appointment of ILIOS bring the STEP programme closer to site redevelopment, supply chain mobilisation, and a prototype fusion plant targeted for operation in 2040.
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ComAp and IBG deployed modular BESS controls for Central Europe.
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Galetech is expanding UK renewable engineering services with £3 million.
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Aypa Power has reached financial close for two Ontario battery projects. The Elora and Hedley assets add contracted storage capacity secured through the IESO’s Long-Term 1 procurement.
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Public support for rooftop solar on new-build housing is rising. New research commissioned by E.ON UK shows strong buyer preference for homes fitted with PV, while government has already confirmed the Future Homes Standard will include solar on the majority of new homes.
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Utilita is extending decarbonisation work at its headquarters. Composting, rainwater harvesting, and a possible small-wind installation are being assessed as the supplier sharpens its operational net-zero programme ahead of Global Recycling Day.