Energy
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Britain’s SMR programme has moved into formal contracted delivery work. The agreement starts site-specific design, planning, and regulatory engagement for the UK’s first small modular reactor projects.
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Europe’s wind fleet is approaching a major asset-renewal cycle now. Operators are moving towards decisions on repowering, lifetime extension, and decommissioning across older sites.
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NERC is monitoring the grid after a PLC threat warning. The advisory described Iranian-affiliated activity targeting internet-exposed industrial control systems across critical infrastructure sectors, including energy.
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EDF has unveiled a €240 million electrification support programme today. The package combines truck charging, industrial connection support, and heat pump incentives under a wider French electrification push.
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March pushed Europe’s power transition into the business of delivery. Grid access, procurement, building standards, flexibility markets, and contractor competence all moved closer to the centre of the energy conversation.
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InfraVia has merged Mercia Power Response and Balance Power into Supernova Power, creating a UK flexible power platform spanning operating assets, battery development, and energy management.
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SP Energy Networks has started a five-year transmission upgrade across central and southern Scotland, combining new substations, line upgrades, cable replacement, and supply-chain contracts under its RIIO-T3 plan.
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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.