Europe

Romania

Aukera Secures €48.5 Million IFC Financing for Romania Battery Storage Project

Aukera, a pan-European battery storage and renewable energy platform backed by AtlasInvest, Reggeborgh and SFPIM, has reached financial close on a €48.5 mi…

Denmark

European Energy Connects 38 MW of Battery Storage to Denmark’s Grid

July 13, 2026 — European Energy has connected battery storage systems at two sites in Denmark, bringing a combined 38 MW/152 MWh of battery capacity into opera…

Austria

EIB Grants €450 Million Loan for OMV Green Hydrogen Plant in Austria

The European Investment Bank has granted a €450 million loan to support the construction of OMV’s green hydrogen production plant in Bruck an der Lei…

Denmark

Hy2gen announces support for renewable hydrogen project from European Hydrogen Bank

Hy2gen Nordic AS, a subsidiary of the global renewable hydrogen producer Hy2gen AG announced on June 25 that its Albatros renewable hydrogen project has been se…

China

Octopus Energy, CATL Launch Joint Venture to Bring Truck Battery Swapping to Europe

Octopus Energy and CATL announced on June 22 a joint venture called "Swaptopus" to build a network of battery-swapping hubs for electric trucks across the UK an…

United Kingdom

Nissan unit cancels UK EV powertrain production plan

Nissan Motor subsidiary JATCO has abandoned plans to manufacture electric vehicle powertrains at its Sunderland facility in the UK.The decision was prompted by …

Switzerland

ABB to invest $200 million in medium-voltage equipment production in Europe

ABB will invest about $200 million to expand production of medium-voltage grid equipment in Europe to meet ​rising power demand from data centres, electric car…

Russian

Druzhba pipeline restarts Russian oil flows to Europe

Russian oil flowed through the Ukrainian section of the Druzhba pipeline on April 22 after a halt lasting months, officials ​said.Hungarian oil group said that…

EU

EU signs off on €3.7bn Czech biomethane production subsidies

The European Commission has approved a €3.7bn ($4.36bn) Czech government funding scheme to scale sustainable biomethane production amid the net-zero emissi…

Italy

EU approves Italy’s $6.45B renewable hydrogen support scheme

The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €6 billion Italian scheme to support the production of renewable hydrogen for the transpo…

China

Volvo Cars to exclusively sell Lynk & Co electric cars in Europe

Volvo Cars has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese company Geely Auto to become the exclusive importer and distributor of Lynk & Co electric vehic…

Hydropower Plant

EU approves €144m state aid for French hydrogen plant

The European Commission has approved €144 million in French state aid to support HyforSeeds in producing renewable and low-carbon hydrogen for the fertilis…

Netherlands

Gas reserves in Netherlands storage facilities fall below 6%

Gas reserves in underground storage facilities in the Netherlands continue to update historic lows, falling below 6%, according to data from Gas Infrastructure …

Biofuel

Octopus Energy backs billion-dollar biomass-to-SAF project in Nova Scotia

Octopus Energy Generation is planning to invest up to $6 billion in a sustainable aviation fuel facility in Nova Scotia that will convert forestry waste biomass…

Germany

German energy minister calls nuclear phase-out 'huge mistake'

Katherina Reiche, Germany's economy and energy minister, discussed the likely impact on the country's economy if the Iran conflict continues - as well a…