The Gangwon Free Economic Zone Authority opened its eighth call for hydrogen investors in the Bukpyeong district, with applications from 19 to 21 October and priority entry to a long term lease complex for selected companies.
Parapet and MetaWealth began building the 50 MW/100 MWh Dumbrava battery in Romania, with commercial operation now targeted for April 2027 against a first plan of the fourth quarter of 2026.
The Commission opened applications on 6 October for up to 30 seats on a new investor council, against an energy investment need it puts at €660 billion a year to 2030, of which the EIB pledge and the proposed CEF budget cover about 4.5 percent.
UK ministers granted consent on 8 October for the 500 MW Green Hill Solar Farm, keeping a 60 year operating life that two councils wanted cut to 40 years, with 854.5 ha of best and most versatile land out of arable use.
A planned 220,000 tonne per year biomethanol facility in the Netherlands is being positioned around access to renewable hydrogen, highlighting how hydrogen demand could increasingly emerge from processes that combine biogenic carbon with additional low carbon hydrogen rather than from conventional hydrogen applications alone.
LNG Canada took a final investment decision on Phase 2 on 28 September 2026. At CAD 33 billion for 14 mtpa, ENB puts capital at about CAD 2,360 per tonne of annual capacity.
