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Networks, interconnection, flexibility and the infrastructure behind electrification.
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TenneT Netherlands B.V. has successfully priced a dual-tranche Green Bond issuance under its funding structure supported by an irrevocable and unconditional institutional guarantee from the Dutch State. The transaction consists of a EUR 1.5…
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Europe: Network queues and permitting timelines are increasingly setting the pace of renewable deployment.
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Lithuania’s Ministry of Energy announced on 2 September 2026 that it is accelerating the replacement of overhead 10 kV power lines with underground cable in three municipalities…
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Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, adopted Draft Law No. 14271 in its second reading and in full on 2 September 2026, according to the bill’s official record…
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A protection scheme in a digital substation can be disabled two ways. One is a deliberate cyberattack: an intruder spoofs a GOOSE message or injects false Sampled…
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In May 2026, Turkish transmission operator TEİAŞ and Hitachi Energy did something unusual with a new piece of grid infrastructure: instead of simply switching it on, they…
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Global electricity demand is set to grow by an average of 3.6% a year through 2030 — roughly 50% faster than the previous decade’s pace — according…
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Grid stability used to be a byproduct nobody had to design for. Spin enough steel — the rotating mass inside coal, gas, nuclear, and hydro turbines —…
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Author: Derek Michalski, Chief Editor. Offshore wind’s move to High Voltage Direct Current transmission is usually explained as a simple physics fix: AC struggles over distance, DC doesn’t,…
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Britain’s renewable energy boom has a costly side effect: on windy, sunny days when the grid can’t absorb all the power being generated, operators pay wind and…
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Author: Derek Michalski, Chief Editor. For most of the liberalised era, European network tariffs and connection policy operated on a simple, largely unexamined premise: new demand connects in…
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Author: Derek Michalski, Chief Editor. The Netherlands has moved beyond the point at which grid congestion can be treated as a temporary infrastructure bottleneck. In significant parts of…
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Italy has put in place one of its most significant new frameworks for renewable electricity investment, opening the way for up to 37.15 GW of additional renewable capacity under…
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Croatian engineering group KONČAR has secured a €370 million financing package to accelerate the expansion of its manufacturing capacity for transformers, switchgear and other critical electricity grid equipment, reinforcing Europe’s efforts…
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Author: Derek Michalski, Chief Editor. Artificial intelligence is changing far more than the digital economy. It is rapidly becoming one of the most significant drivers of electricity demand,…
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Author: Derek Michalski, Editor. This article is the second instalment of an eight-part series, “Poland’s Electrification Decade: The Race to Build a New Energy System,” examining the market forces, infrastructure…
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Iberdrola is accelerating its expansion into regulated electricity infrastructure after agreeing to acquire Caruna, Finland’s largest electricity DSO, in a transaction that values the business at approximately €5 billion. The…
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Lithuania is bringing greater transparency to one of Europe’s fastest-moving energy transitions with the launch of a new interactive map showcasing the country’s planned electricity, gas and…
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Author: Derek Michalski, Editor. Poland has become one of Europe’s most important energy investment markets. Driven by rapid economic growth, rising electricity demand and one of the continent’s…
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Author: Derek Michalski, Editor. How a €4.2 billion subsea interconnector aims to turn the Eastern Mediterranean into a major renewable energy corridor History has a habit of finding…
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