Ed Miliband, UK’s Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero, has reduced a green energy subsidy after deciding it had overcompensated solar panel owners. He said that the Government would change the payments that people who installed solar panels under the Feed-In-Tariffs (FIT) scheme between 2010 and 2019 would receive.
The UK Government has announced that its latest auction for offshore wind, Contracts for Difference AR7, has secured 8.4 GW.
EDP of Portugal has commissioned a hybrid generation project that combines a 48 MW solar power plant with the existing 41 MW Pracana Hydropower Plant in Portugal. This is the first of its type for the company.
The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems reported that in 2025, the share of renewables in Germany’s net public electricity generation amounted to 55.9 per cent.
Britain’s National Energy System Operator (NESO) has announced it is overhauling the grid connection system to prioritise viable power projects, targeting decarbonisation by 2030. This reform aims to eliminate grid bottlenecks caused by non-viable ‘zombie’ projects.
The world’s first E-STATCOM was officially commissioned in Mehrum, Germany in early December by Siemens Energy.
Following last week’s Russian attacks, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has reported that three Ukrainian nuclear power plants have resumed normal operations and are operating at full capacity. Damaged high-voltage power lines have been restored.
Ørsted has announced that the Irish government has awarded rights to develop a 900 MW offshore wind farm to a joint venture between it and Irish utility ESB.
The municipality of Kakanj in Bosnia and Herzegovina has requested that the local coal-fired power plant be restricted to supplying thermal energy for district heating only, due to recent record air pollution levels.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing €22.3 million in financing to Power One, a private Ukrainian energy company, to help strengthen Ukraine’s energy security.