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Offshore Wind Power

North Seas Energy Cooperation Commits to 260GW Offshore Wind by 2050

North Seas Energy Cooperation country energy ministers have committed to reaching over 85% of the European Union’s 2050 offshore wind capacity ambition.

EU

Emergency Measures on Electricity Market: Avoid a Patchwork That Undermines Renewables Investments

The European Commission has proposed new rules that would cap the price of wind energy and other so-called inframarginal power generation at €180/MWh.

Natural Gas

EU to Propose Crisis Measures to Curb Energy Price Spike

The European Union is set to unveil plans on Wednesday to skim off windfall profits from energy companies and impose cuts in electricity usage across the bloc. …

Energy Storage Battery

EU Approves State Aid to Greece for 900 MW in Energy Storage

The European Commission has approved, under EU state aid rules, Greece’s support package of EUR 341 million for the construction and operation of storage facil…

Poland

Poland to Freeze Electricity Prices for Households in 2023

Poland plans to freeze in 2023 electricity prices at current levels for households consuming less energy, the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) leader said on Tuesda…

Smart Grid

Transgrid Interconnector Uses Smart Grid Tech to Unlock Network Capacity

Australian TSO Transgrid has announced its use of smart grid technology through an interconnector project to unlock additional renewable energy capacity.

EU

EU Approves €1.5BN Romanian Scheme to Compensate Energy-Intensive Firms

It will cover part of the higher electricity prices arising from the impact of carbon prices on power generation costs, i.e. indirect emission costs, incurred b…

Wind Power Project

Onshore Wind to Play a Key Role in Achieving India’s 2030 Target

The country has almost 41GW of onshore wind capacity.

France

Paris Plans to Turn off Eiffel Tower’s Lights Early to Save Electricity, Report Says

Paris plans to turn off the Eiffel Tower's lights earlier each night to save electricity.

Natural Gas

Czech Government Approves Electricity, Gas Price Cap

The Czech government agreed on Monday to cap electricity and gas prices next year to shield households from soaring prices on markets, Prime Minister Petr Fiala…

Smart Meter

LV Support Room Uses Smart Meter Data to Expedite Fault Detection

Transmission and distribution network operator SP Energy Networks has opened a new low voltage (LV) support room, which leverages data from smart meters and sub…

Solar Cell

EDPR Sunseap Acquires 2 Solar Projects in Vietnam

The two projects have a total capacity of 255MWp.

Smart Meter

Siemens to Equip Alexandria with ADMS, AMI and 300K Smart Meters

Siemens has been awarded a contract to upgrade Egypt’s second largest city’s distribution management system, establish advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) …

Wind Power Project

UK Onshore Wind Pipeline Grows 4GW in a Year

The overall amount of capacity under construction has risen by 1.1GW to 6.8GW

Offshore Wind Power

BlueFloat Energy and Energy Estate to Expand Greater Gippsland Offshore Wind Project

BlueFloat Energy and Energy Estate have announced that they have expanded the proposed capacity of the Greater Gippsland offshore wind project from 1.275 GW to …