Ukraine has reconnected the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine – currently occupied by Russian military invaders – to its external power supply after an outage that had left it reliant on emergency generators.
The Spanish renewable energy group Naturgy will acquire ASR Wind, a portfolio of 12 wind farms, from private investment house Ardian for an unspecified sum.
Cerulean Winds has announced plans to build the North Sea Renewables Grid (NRSG), an offshore integrated green power and transmission system powered by offshore wind, that oil and gas platforms can plug into.
Nine European countries are holding a summit to discuss scaling up wind power generation in the North Sea. The summit is being held in Belgium, and will be attended by the leaders of France, Germany, Ireland, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, with Ursula von der Leven, President of the European Commission. Norway and Britain will also be participating.
Vattenfall has announced plans to build new hydropower units in four Swedish locations that are already home to hydropower plants.
Finland’s much delayed new nuclear reactor, Olkiluoto 3, has completed a test phase lasting more than a year and has entered commercial operation.
South Korea and UK have agreed to strengthen cooperation on nuclear power and clean energy.
The European Commission is proposing new measures to help the EU power grid adapt to changes in demand, aiming to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and enable more renewables to come online.
Herman Galushchenko, Ukraine’s Energy Minister, has said that the country aims to increase the share of renewable energy in its power generation mix to 50 per cent to boost energy security.
Siemens Energy, in a consortium with FATA, part of the Danieli Group, has won €1 billion contract from the Italian transmission system operator Terna to supply four converter station for the Tyrrhenian Link project in Italy.