The British power system, normally a net importer of electricity from mainland Europe, has been exporting power for the first time since 2017.
Drax has submitted plans for two large-scale bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) units at its Selby power station in Yorkshire, UK.
Spanish utility Iberdrola has installed a substation for its 500 MW Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm in Brittany, France.
UK’s National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) has published details of a £54 billion plan, “Pathway to 2030 including the Holistic Network Design (HND)”, to upgrade the country’s electricity network to handle rapid expansion in offshore wind energy.
In response to increased pressure on European gas markets and concerns about UK supply of electricity this winter, the UK Government has asked Drax to extend the life of its two coal-fired units to March 2023.
France’s EDF may be forced to reduce nuclear output because of expected prolonged high temperatures over the summer months.
Vattenfall is undertaking a pilot study to examine construction of SMRs in Sweden to meet increased demand for electricity.
Equinor and SSE Thermal have announced their intention to buy Triton Power from Energy Capital Partners (ECP) and are starting preparations to use hydrogen in Triton’s Saltend Power Station in the UK.
Germany has decided, in the light of Russia reducing supplies of natural gas, to restart idle coal-fired power plants.
Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO), operator of the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear power plant, has announced that the start of commercial operations has been delayed by three months to the end of December.