Energy
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Coalburn 1 has entered commercial operation in South Lanarkshire today. The 500MW, two-hour system provides 1GWh of storage and anchors a three-project Scottish portfolio totalling 1.5GW/3GWh.
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ContourGlobal has ordered three gigawatt-hours of CATL battery storage systems. The 526-container framework covers four-hour projects in Scotland, Greece, and Chile and creates a common equipment platform across three large developments.
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NESO will gain faster access to rotating demand cuts nationwide. Ofgem-approved Grid and Distribution Code changes take effect on 13 August, formalising the Demand Control Rotation Protocol for short-term electricity supply shortages.
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Grid-scale solar supplied a record 9.4% of Ireland’s July electricity. Wind contributed around 22% and 614GWh, while gas supplied 43% and net electricity imports accounted for approximately 24%.
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ORLEN has commissioned a 42.2MW solar farm at Mažeikiai refinery. The 45GWh-a-year installation is expected to meet around 7% of ORLEN Lietuva’s electricity demand and reduce annual procurement costs by approximately €4 million.
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Sunotec has connected another major battery system to Bulgaria’s grid. The 150MW/379MWh Brusartsi project joins the 50MW/126MWh Byala Slatina asset under commercial management by GEN-I.
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Encavis is entering Italian storage with a four-hour battery project. The 65MW/260MWh Ceprano system is scheduled for commissioning in 2028 and extends the company’s Italian platform beyond its established solar portfolio.
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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.