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Romania Will Now Pay You Not to Use Electricity — Just as Its Only Nuclear Plant Runs Dry
On 19 August, Romania’s energy regulator ANRE approved a regulation that lets electricity consumers get paid for temporarily and voluntarily cutting how much power they use. It is, on paper, an unremarkable piece of market design — the kind of demand-response mechanism regulators across Europe have been rolling out for years. What makes the timing worth pausing on is what else was happening in Romania that…
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The geopolitical cost of the hydrogen molecule: how the Iran war is reshaping Europe’s hydrogen economy
Author: Derek Michalski, Editor, The Voice of Renewables The immediate market reaction to the war involving Iran has been predictable. Analysts have focused on oil prices, LNG flows, shipping insurance premiums and the possibility of disruption in the Strait of Hormuz. Within the hydrogen sector, the debate has followed familiar lines. Some have argued that higher fossil fuel prices improve the competitiveness of renewable hydrogen. Others contend that geopolitical instability merely adds another layer of uncertainty to an industry already struggling to reach commercial maturity. Both arguments have merit. Yet they miss what may ultimately prove to be the most…
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Romania Will Now Pay You Not to Use Electricity — Just as Its Only Nuclear Plant Runs Dry
On 19 August, Romania’s energy regulator ANRE approved a regulation that lets electricity consumers get paid for temporarily and voluntarily cutting how…
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Does the European CfD auction model need a fundamental redesign?
Author: Derek Michalski, Chief Editor. Until now the Contract for Difference has been treated as settled policy furniture — the mechanism that turned…
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Hungary’s Wind Market Reopens: From Stagnation to a New 4 GW Development Pipeline
Author: Derek Michalski, Chief Editor. After more than a decade of stagnation, Hungary is moving to rebuild its onshore wind market. A new…
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The Meshed Offshore Grid: a Hardware Story and a Harder, Quieter One
Author: Derek Michalski, Chief Editor. Offshore wind’s move to High Voltage Direct Current transmission is usually explained as a simple physics fix: AC…
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Europe’s Nuclear Bet Is Being Made Against an Electricity System That Does Not Yet Exist
Author: Derek Michalski, Chief Editor. Europe is committing billions to new reactors as data centres, electrification and AI drive electricity demand higher. But…
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Italy to Unlock 37.15 GW of New Renewable Capacity Under €23bn FER X Framework
Italy has put in place one of its most significant new frameworks for renewable electricity investment, opening the way for up to 37.15…
