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Fingrid CEO Says Batteries and Data Centres Are Saturating Finland's Grid

Ofgem Raises October Price Cap 4% as Scottish Government Demands UK Action

Solar's 87% Cost Collapse Reshapes Generation Economics From Egypt to Brussels

NVE Eyes Hydropower Reporting Mandate as Norway Reservoirs Sink to 30-Year Low

Green Power Denmark Warns Nordic Cable Limits Risk European Supply Bottlenecks

France Lost 18% of Nuclear Capacity to Summer Heat as Europe Faces Growing Adaptation Costs

Heatwave and Drought Lay Bare Southeast Europe's Grid Flexibility Shortfall

German Power 29 Aug

French Nuclear Faces Fresh September Curtailment Risk as Forecasters Warn of Persistent Heat

Spain mandates 80% green energy for data centres, pressuring PPA market

Turkey's Ascent Gives Ankara Energy Corridor Leverage Israel Cannot Match

Southeastern Europe's Summer Stress Tests Revealed a Fast-Response Capacity Gap

German Power 29 Aug

Opinion: Fortum Files for Swedish Nuclear State Aid as Project Scope Spans up to 3,400 MW

Flow-Based Market Mechanics Drive Central Norway Power Surge as Hydro Deficit Persists

Nordic grid permits emerge as bottleneck as data centre demand outpaces connection timelines

TotalEnergies Holds 62% of EACOP as UK Court Targets East Africa Pipeline

TotalEnergies 28 Aug

Alpiq CEO Calls Europe's Summer Heat a "New Dimension" as Power and Gas Markets Rally

UK rewilding push tests food security as soil carbon gains cluster on marginal land

United Kingdom 27 Aug

Spain Orders Data Centres to Source 80% of Power from Renewables

EDF Moves 3.2 GW EPR2 Plan Into Concrete Phase With Financing Unresolved

Norwegian Hydro Producers Push Back on NVE Caution as Reservoirs Hit Two-Decade Lows

Nuclear M&A Hits Seven-Year High but Reactor Delivery Lags by a Decade

Saharan dust set to cut Italian solar output up to 37%, lifting day-ahead power prices

Terna Urges Italy to Prioritise Grid Integration Over New Renewable Capacity

Europe's Gas-Fired Output Rose 6.59 GW This Summer as Nuclear and Hydro Fell Short

Netherlands 26 Aug

Sweden's Net Power Exports Hit Five-Year Low on Nuclear and Hydro Shortfall

Hungary Lifts Emergency Power Measures as Paks Approaches Full 2 GW Output

German Power 26 Aug

Italy's Hydro Deficit Persists as Approaching Rains Offer Limited Relief

Hourly matching dropped from EU PPAs as market adapts to 15-minute trading

German Power 26 Aug

Solar's heat weakness emerges as Europe's thermal fleet strains under drought

United Kingdom 26 Aug

Equinor and Chevron Pour Billions Into Nuclear Fusion Startups

TenneT Germany declares grid "completely overwhelmed" as connection requests pile up

Fingrid Calls for Engine Power Plants as Finnish Grid Strains Under Data Centre Surge

EDF Warns UK Energy Bills Face 13% Rise by 2030 Without Policy Action

Iran-Linked Hackers Shut British Energy Generator for Four Days in July

Hungary's Paks Returns to Full Output as MVM Brings Forward Final Unit Restart

German Power 25 Aug

Italy power stays cushioned by weak summer demand despite drought-hit hydro

Italian Power 25 Aug

Sumitomo Takes First Floating Wind Stake in EDF-ESB Celtic Sea Project

Santander Backs Immingham BESS With £42.7m as UK Storage Finance Gathers Pace

United Kingdom 25 Aug

Equinor Ties UK Investment Confidence to Rosebank Approval

Hungarian Solar Sets Record as Paks Plant Goes Dark in Danube Drought

German Power 25 Aug

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