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Japanese investment is being directed into UK floating wind. The compact supports 5.9GW across Ossian, Green Volt, and Erebus.
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Rolls-Royce SMR has secured another major European nuclear programme commitment. Videberg Kraft has selected the company for three reactors on Sweden’s west coast.
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RES has launched software for automated wind blade inspections globally. Smart Pilot uses standard DJI hardware to reduce turbine inspection downtime.
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European Energy is linking wind, storage, and hydrogen operations. The Måde hybrid park will use one balancing setup across generation, BESS, and electrolysers.
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Germany is preparing offshore wind rules for harder market conditions. The Federal Council wants new tender design, stronger certainty, and cross-border grid cooperation.
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France has opened another major offshore wind procurement round today. The AO10 tender covers 11 fixed-bottom and floating wind projects across several coastal zones.
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OMV Petrom has moved Gabare into full project development phase. The Bulgarian scheme combines large-scale solar generation with 600MWh of battery storage, adding another hybrid asset to Southeast Europe’s flexibility pipeline.
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Czech pumped-storage plans revive hydro’s role in grid flexibility nationally. ČEZ will convert part of the Orlík hydropower complex into reversible pumped storage while modernising existing turbine units.
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Romania’s compressed-air project revives focus on long-duration electricity grid storage. Airengy and Hagag Europe are targeting salt-cavern storage as Europe searches for alternatives to short-duration lithium systems.
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Nordex has secured another Eastern European onshore wind turbine order. The 100MW project will use 17 N163/5.X machines, with service support included.