An opinion put forward by European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) member Christophe Béguinet, adopted at the EESC’s February plenary session has pointed out that the European Union will only be able to secure a stable, low-carbon and affordable energy supply by adopting a comprehensive forward-looking approach that prioritises the security of the electricity system.

EDF power solutions has announced the commissioning of the 420 MW Koruson 1 cluster, including three wind farms, on the border of the Northern and Eastern Cape of South Africa.

Global multi-technology renewable energy company Zelestra has progressed with the construction of the 27.5 MWdc Klevenow solar project in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, with most of the ground mounting posts now in place, half of the low-voltage cables laid and the HV transformer installed in the substation area.

Taurus Canada Renewable Natural Gas Corp. has been awarded $10 million in funding through the Government of Alberta’s Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction program to construct a fully integrated anaerobic digestion and carbon sequestration facility that will produce natural gas exclusively from livestock manure in partnership with with KCL Cattle Company and Kasko Cattle Co.

Fifteen million pounds has been awarded to the European Marine Energy Center (EMEC) in Orkney to help it take advantage of one of the UK’s greatest natural assets – the seas around the coasts.

Energy trading company Danske Commodities has announced it has signed a ten-year optimisation agreement for the 400 MWh Windyhill battery energy storage system (BESS), marking the company’s biggest battery storage asset yet.

Scottish energy technology firm IR Power, a subsidiary of MWNW Group, has introduced a solution to the problem of industrial energy being wasted when factory machines slow down.

Ruhrbahn GmbH is among the selected transport companies to benefit from a funding program supporting alternative drive systems in bus transport. Managing Director Ahmet Avsar accepted the funding certificate in person. Ruhrbahn will receive a grant of approximately €11.6 million to purchase 52 modern fuel cell buses.

Analysis produced by the UK Department for Transport (DfT) has found that there are now considerably more electric vehicle (EV) public chargers than fuel pumps across the UK, based on official statistics, a report from the Petrol Retailers Association and research by Deloitte on behalf of the RAC.

The UK Government finally announced the £15 billion Warm Homes Plan late last month, aiming to provide funding for solar, heat pumps and home batteries. This has generated fresh attention with regard to whether this investment will genuinely bring down energy bills or merely risk adding to system costs without the right coordination.

Chris Bernkopf, CEO of Austrian software company Podero, believes that without the use of home energy devices, consumers will continue to foot the bill for expensive grid upgrades, even as the adoption of low-carbon tech accelerates.

REM talked to Chris about how homes can actively support the energy system, easing pressure on the grid, reducing infrastructure costs and helping households to achieve faster and more meaningful savings.

No todos los relieves permiten montar centrales de bombeo. Según datos de la red global REN21, en 2023 solo había 6,5 gigavatios de bombeos instalados en todo el mundo, muy lejos de los 100 GW que instaló ese año el sector eólico o los 345 GW aportados por el fotovoltaico. La irregular orografía de España, con sus marcadas diferencias de altura, ofrece, sin embargo, una buena oportunidad para instalar estas “gigabaterías recargables”.