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Three ways to read the market: Daily updates keep you current in two minutes, Briefings dig into the numbers behind the week's moves, and Editorials tell the long stories of how Europe's power system really behaves. Combine the filters below to narrow what you see. Pick as many as you want at each level.
Daily updatesSolarQair wins consent for 98 MW Scottish solar site with 100 MW BESS
The South Lanarkshire project is Scotland's largest permitted PV development and pairs generation with grid-scale storage.
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Daily updatesRegulationGerman EEG overhaul back on the agenda at Hamburg 2026
A trade group is pushing for a southern quota in onshore wind auctions as Ming Yang backs a parallel offshore rules rewrite.
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Daily updatesWindSiemens Energy CEO warns German offshore stall is costing real investment
Christian Bruch says uncertainty over 16 GW of stalled capacity is now actively holding back capital deployment.
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Daily updatesMarketsHigh gas prices drive European power producers back to coal
Elevated TTF levels are shifting the merit order, making coal competitive again across multiple European bidding zones.
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Daily updatesData centersEU proposes efficiency standards as data center load heads to 114 TWh
The European Commission has launched a consultation on minimum energy-efficiency standards and a classification system for data centers.
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Daily updatesWindEnvision enters European offshore wind as Vestas unveils new onshore turbine
Vestas's turbine debut at Hamburg 2026 and Envision's separate offshore launch signal a more competitive European wind supply chain.
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Daily updatesPPAsAmazon backs 156MW Sicilian agrivoltaic PPA as CWG locks in 10-year solar deal
Two PPA signings signal continued corporate appetite for long-term renewable offtake in Europe.
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Daily updatesRegulationPortugal delays renewables-plus-storage auctions after consultation
Tenders covering 1,050 MVA of grid injection capacity are pushed back following a public consultation process.
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Daily updatesBESSGreece's Go Beyond Solar Battery program awards just 5% of budget
Athens provisionally approved €8.15 million for 49.3 MWh of C&I-linked storage, far short of the program's €153.7 million target.
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Daily updatesWindØrsted inaugurates 913MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 as Hamburg WindEnergy opens
The North Sea project, co-owned with Nuveen, sits 72km off Germany's coast and marks one of Europe's largest offshore completions this year.
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Daily updatesPolicyNorth Sea transition risks workforce losses without faster action
A taskforce warns that emerging energy industries are not scaling fast enough to absorb workers leaving fossil-fuel roles in the North Sea.
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Daily updatesWindVestas and Nordex unveil larger onshore turbines at Hamburg 2026
Two major OEMs launch next-generation onshore models as the industry pushes for higher energy yields per site.
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Daily updatesData centersEU mandates data centre energy and water efficiency disclosures
The European Commission published rules requiring data centres to report energy and water efficiency under a common EU rating scheme.
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Daily updatesGridIreland and Finland tackle grid bottlenecks with separate policy moves
Dublin's 15-measure action plan and Helsinki's proposed connection priority system both target congestion blocking new capacity.
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Daily updatesWindEuropean Energy wins 90 MW of German onshore wind auction capacity
Four projects secured long-term remuneration in the latest German onshore wind tender, per Renews.biz.
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Daily updatesBESSDutch BESS revenues in 2026: volatility helps, congestion hurts
Aurora Energy Research flags price volatility as a revenue driver for Dutch BESS while grid congestion limits returns.
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Daily updatesSolarGülermak acquires 69 MW Powidz 2 solar project in Poland
The ready-to-build site is slated for construction in 2027, expanding Gülermak's renewable footprint in Central Europe.
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Daily updatesGridTerna releases 2025 grid development plan overview
Italy's TSO has published its 2025 Development Plan, setting out the investment roadmap for the Italian transmission grid.
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Daily updatesPolicyEDF targets 10 small nuclear plants across Europe by 2035
The French utility is pushing SMR deployment continent-wide as nuclear policy momentum builds in several European zones.
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Daily updatesData centersScotland tightens data centre planning rules amid AI grid pressure
New restrictions target data centre connections as AI-driven load growth strains the Scottish transmission system.
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Daily updatesGridSpain-Portugal 400 kV northern link opens, adding 1,000 MW capacity
The Pontevedra–Viana do Castelo interconnection raises cross-border transfer capacity to 4,200 MW westbound and 3,500 MW eastbound.
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Daily updatesRegulationRegulatory uncertainty threatens German PV deployment in 2027
Proposed feed-in limits and tighter financing could trigger insolvencies and a sharp market contraction across the German zone next year.
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Daily updatesBESSGrid operator dispute blocks full battery use at 76.5 MWh German hybrid plant
Eon Edis withdrew previously agreed import capacity, confining the battery to on-site solar storage only.
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Daily updatesWindGerman onshore wind tender clears 2.5 GW at 4.79 ct/kWh
The August 2026 EEG auction was greatly oversubscribed, pushing the average award price down to 4.79 ct/kWh.
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Daily updatesBalancingNordic frequency control overview published by Energinet
Energinet has released a structured overview of frequency control arrangements across the Nordic power system.
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Daily updatesGridSpain's August electricity demand rises 2.4% on adjusted basis
Renewables covered 53.6% of Spanish generation in August, with solar PV leading for a fifth straight month.
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Daily updatesWindEnBW opens 960 MW He Dreiht as North Sea pipeline fills
Three major European offshore wind projects hit milestones, adding capacity from Germany to the Netherlands and the UK.
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Daily updatesRegulationSpain launches capacity market with €17bn grid investment plan
A new remuneration mechanism for generation, storage, and demand flexibility anchors Spain's electricity grid overhaul through 2030.
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Daily updatesRegulationBNetzA rules on renewable grid cost allocation in Germany
Germany's network regulator has decided how integration costs for renewables will be distributed across network users.
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Daily updatesWindVestas secures European onshore orders across four zones in one day
Italy, Netherlands, Belgium and Poland awards totalling 289MW, with installation targeted from 2027.
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Daily updatesData centersFront-of-meter netting construct could ease datacenter grid access
Aurora Energy Research says a new netting model may let co-located datacenters interconnect without adding reliability risk.
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Daily updatesGridSpain raises planned grid investment to over €17 bln through 2030
The revised figure marks an increase on prior plans and signals accelerating Spanish transmission build-out to 2030.
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Daily updatesSolarSpain added 10.1 GW of solar in 2025 as capture prices weigh on pipeline
UNEF data shows ground-mounted PV led with 8.97 GW, but falling captured prices are raising pressure on new project economics.
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Daily updatesPerformanceFrench power sector strike pulls 6.5 GW offline overnight
Industrial action across the French zone removed 6.5 GW of generation capacity in a single overnight window, per Reuters.
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Daily updatesGridBelgian energy island construction begins in North Sea
Elia places first structural elements of the Princess Elisabeth Island, a hub linking future offshore wind capacity to shore.
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Daily updatesRegulationEU mandates 24-hour electricity supplier switching by end of 2026
New implementing rules from the European Commission set a hard deadline for member states to cut supplier switching times to one day.
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Daily updatesWindWindEurope installs new leadership as Europe tracks record 24 GW in 2026
Ørsted CEO Rasmus Errboe takes the chair as the industry aims to lock in a record installation year.
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Daily updatesBalancingEnerginet opens aFRR procurement for Q4/2026
Denmark's TSO has launched the tender process for automatic Frequency Restoration Reserve capacity covering the fourth quarter of 2026.
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Daily updatesMarketsNord Pool day-ahead prices fall to record low
Electricity prices on the Nord Pool exchange hit a record-low level, according to Latvia's Public Utilities Commission.
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Daily updatesGridNational Grid launches local voltage flexibility service
The new service targets local voltage management, adding a demand-side tool alongside existing system-wide balancing products.
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