According to figures confirmed by National Grid, Britain’s electricity system operator, wind power generated 21.6 GW in the early evening of 10 January.
Belgium has agreed with French utility Engie to extend the life of two nuclear reactors by 10 years, overturning a plan to close all nuclear plants by 2025.
Britain has announced that its £75 million fund aimed at helping boost domestic production of nuclear fuel for power plants was now open for applications.
Britain’s increased electricity exports to Europe made it a net exporter in 2022 for the first time in over a decade.
The European Commission has conditionally approved the nationalisation of the German gas company Uniper, which was pushed to the brink of collapse by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Keadby 3 carbon capture power station in the Humber has become the first power and CCS project in the UK to receive planning permission.
OX2, the Swedish renewable project developer, has sold its Niinimäki wind farm in Finland to Helen and Bank of Åland’s Wind Power Fund.
The UK Government is finalising a plan to support a fleet of small modular reactors (SMRs) to help decarbonise the grid faster.
The World Bank is financing a tender to equip state-owned hydroelectric power plants in Ukraine with battery energy storage systems (BESS), as the country’s power infrastructure is being battered by missiles from Russia.
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.