The International Energy Agency (IEA), in its Renewables 2026 report, identifies energy security as a major driver of renewable deployment, while highlighting the growing need for storage and flexibility as solar and wind take a larger share of electricity generation.
Germany’s 30 MW Bad Lauchstädt energy park has produced its first green hydrogen, marking the start of integrated testing across a value chain designed to connect renewable electricity generation with industrial demand.
Portugal has launched competitive procedures to allocate up to 1,050 MVA of grid connection capacity to battery energy storage projects, marking its first auctions of this kind since 2021.
Spain could require up to 75 GW of electrolyzer capacity and 301 TWh of electricity annually by 2050 to produce synthetic fuels for aviation and shipping, according to a roadmap by Transport & Environment (T&E), prepared with technical support from Comillas Pontifical University.
Germany has awarded contracts worth approximately €12 billion over 15 years for 11 gas fired power projects with a combined tender capacity of 5.16 GW.
