Rafeal Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said that his inspectors are being denied access to parts of Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaprizhzhia nuclear power plant and had yet to receive 2024 maintenance plans for the facility.
REN, Portugal’s national grid operator, said that the country obtained a record amount of its power from clean energy sources in 2023, with renewables accounting for 61 per cent of power use.
Spain’s government has confirmed that it will close all of its remaining nuclear power plants by 2035.
Six EU countries (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands), along with Switzerland, have signed a commitment to end carbon emissions in power generation by 2035.
GE Vernova and Forestalia have signed an agreement to install up to 693 MW of onshore wind turbines across 16 future project sites throughout the Aragon region in Spain.
GE Vernova’s Gas Power business will invest over $5 million in new technology and increased services capabilities at the Fierro Service Centre in Andoian, Spain to meet the growing need for services maintenance for ageing gas power plants.
Statera Energy of the UK has secured up to £300 million of debt financing from Lloyd’s Bank for a 300 MW/600 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS).
A consortium led by Siemens Energy has entered an agreement with Polish power producer ZE PAK to build a CCGT in Poland.
GE Vernova’s Financial Services business and Alfanar Energia España (Alfanar) have established a joint venture to develop renewable energy projects in Spain.
Redes Energéticas Nacionais (REN), Portugal’s network manager, announced that for 149 consecutive hours, renewable energy production in the country exceeding consumption.