Japan’s Jera has announced that it intends to acquire the Belgian offshore wind power generation firm Parkwind for €1.55 billion.
Drax has announced that it has put its investment programme into the bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) project at Drax Power Station on hold.
GE has won an order from Damco Energy of Greece to provide power generation equipment for Damco’s 840 MW natural gas-fired power plant to be built in Alexandroupolis, Greece.
Britain’s grid operator, National Grid, has said that consideration is being given to keeping some coal-fired power plants available for back-up power to ensure sufficient electricity supplies for next winter.
Octopus Energy has announced it will invest €1 billion into France’s renewable energy sector over the next two years.
Ukraine is expecting to add around 300 MW of new wind capacity in 2023 and export renewable electricity to the EU, despite difficult conditions resulting from Russia’s illegal full-scale invasion, according to the country’s State Enterprise Guaranteed Buyer.
EDF has announced plans to extend the lives of Heysham 1 and Hartlepool, two of the UK’s five remaining nuclear power stations.
Siemens Energy has signed a contract with the IPP Mass Global Energy Rom to supply HL-class gas turbine technology for the Mintia CCGT in Romania.
CBS, the national statistics agency for the Netherlands, said that over 2022, around 40 per cent of electricity generated in the country came from renewable sources, up from 33 per cent in 2021.
Wärtsilä has released a study stating that the European Commission needs to reform its electricity market design to encourage flexible balancing power capacity if the EU is to achieve its net zero targets and improve energy security.