Generation
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Cadeler has ordered two offshore wind installation vessels for expansion. The €805 million programme will add further heavy installation capacity in 2030 and 2031 as offshore turbine and foundation packages increase in scale.
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Romania has redirected Danube flows to protect Cernavoda nuclear output. The intervention has extended the remaining reactor’s operating window as river levels continue to fall.
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Venezuela’s electricity crisis is spreading deeper into Caracas this summer. Daily outages are exposing severe generation shortages alongside transmission, maintenance, and distribution problems that require system-wide rehabilitation rather than isolated equipment repairs.
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US utility-scale battery capacity has climbed towards fifty-two gigawatts nationwide. Operators added 8.3GW during the first half of 2026, while developers report another 54GW planned through the end of 2028.
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Vistra’s second-quarter earnings strengthened as wholesale power markets tightened further. Adjusted EBITDA rose more than 30%, while the generation fleet maintained at least 97% commercial availability during recent extreme heat in Texas and PJM.
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California’s battery fleet has now exceeded twenty-one gigawatts of capacity. Utility-scale systems dominate the total, while more than 300,000 distributed batteries provide another 3GW across homes, businesses, farms, schools, and industrial facilities.
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Aura Power and Verdant Energy have formed a combined platform. The business brings around 1GW of operating and construction-stage solar and battery assets together with a development pipeline of approximately 10GW.
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Vattenfall is tendering offshore inspection services across four European markets. The ROV and seabed-survey framework is scheduled to begin in June 2027.
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Utilitas has started building Latvia’s 117MW Lode wind farm project. A 60MW/240MWh battery will provide four hours of storage beside the turbines.
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Haizea has shipped record monopiles from Bilbao for Hornsea 3. The largest foundations exceed 105 metres in length and weigh more than 2,300 tonnes.