France’s financial markets regulator has approved the French Government’s plan to fully control heavily indebted EDF, which it intends to lead efforts to relaunch the nuclear power industry in the country.
Canadian renewable energy company NeoGreen Hydrogen and Portuguese developer of solar PV parks Frequent Summer have announced that they plan to invest €1 billion in a green hydrogen plant in Portugal.
The USA and Ukraine have announced the launch of a project to construct an SMR in Ukraine.
Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca has announced that two new reactors will be built at Cernavoda nuclear power plant in the southeast of the country after Romania arranged two loans from the US.
GE and EDF have signed an agreement regarding EDF’s acquisition of GE Steam Power’s nuclear activities.
The German Government has approved a draft law to phase out coal-fired power plants in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia by 2030 instead of a previous date of 2038.
The UK set a new national record for wind generation, with windfarms generating nearly 20 GW during a 30-minute period on 26 October.
Ørsted and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have announced plans to set up a joint venture for the independent development of four offshore wind farm sites that will generate a combined 5.2 GW, more than doubling Denmark’s current installed offshore wind capacity.
Centrica is planning to inject hydrogen into its 49 MW gas-fired Brigg peaking plant in Lincolnshire, UK, as part of a trial to understand the role of hydrogen in power production.
Over 1.4 million Ukrainian households have lost electricity temporarily following a series of Russian air strikes using cruise missiles and Iranian-made drones, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.