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As the Scottish Government reaffirms its offshore wind targets for 2040, it has announced a £1.8 million investment to support early-stage work at the Port of Stornoway, strengthening the Outer Hebrides’ role in future offshore wind projects.

Delays in grid connections and the lack of bids in the 2025 auction make it unfeasible to reach 30 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030, according to leading industry associations. They are calling for urgent political action, a reform of the auction design and increased investment in ports, among other measures.

Battery electric vehicles accounted for 17.4% of the EU market in 2025, up from 13.6% the previous year. According to ACEA data, 1,880,370 new registrations were reported, driven primarily by growth in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.

Germany has cancelled offshore wind auctions in the North Sea originally planned for 2026, postponing at least 2.5 GW of capacity by a minimum of one year. The decision follows a failed tender in August 2025 for the N-10.1 and N-10.2 sites, which received no bids.

La vicepresidenta Sara Aagesen avanzó que el Gobierno trabaja en un anteproyecto de ley para trasponer el paquete europeo del hidrógeno, adaptar progresivamente los mercados energéticos y reforzar la competitividad industrial.

In 2025, the EU installed 27.1 GWh of battery storage, a 45% increase from the previous year, according to SolarPower Europe. Most of the growth came from utility-scale projects, while residential installations fell by 6%, highlighting the shifting dynamics of the market.

Vineyard Wind can restart all construction and operational activities on its offshore lease after a federal court stayed the December 2025 suspension order issued by BOEM, following the company’s legal challenge filed on January 15, 2026.

The Danish Energy Agency has issued a 30-year electricity production licence for Thor, set to become Denmark’s largest offshore wind project. With an installed capacity exceeding 1 GW, the project is expected to deliver renewable power to around one million Danish homes once it becomes operational in 2027.

El respaldo social a la energía solar fotovoltaica en España es mayoritario. Así lo refleja el estudio de Sigma Dos para UNEF, que señala que el 84,2% de la población la considera una alternativa viable y sostenible.

Según datos del Ministerio de Minas y Energía, Colombia cuenta con más de 3.600 MW de proyectos de energías limpias en operación y pruebas, lo que representa el 15,64 % de la matriz eléctrica, con la solar liderando el crecimiento.

Ecopetrol y Frontera Energy inician la construcción de la Granja Solar Quifa de 50 MW en Puerto Gaitán, Meta, que contará con 81.800 paneles, generará 75,1 GWh al año, abastecerá campos de producción, reducirá 11.500 toneladas de CO2 al año y empleará a 122 mujeres de la comunidad local.

UK’s National Grid and TenneT Germany have joined forces to develop GriffinLink, a new multi-purpose interconnection project that could connect British and German offshore wind power to both countries. The initiative marks a step towards a more integrated, flexible and efficient energy system in Great Britain and Germany.

Diverxia ha designado a Paola Cásseres nueva CEO en sustitución de José Luis Fayos, quien deja el cargo para centrarse en el liderazgo de Axial Structural Solution, en el marco de una reorganización estratégica del grupo.

ContourGlobal enters Greece with 37 MWp of operational solar and 500 MW of battery storage. The first 100 MW of battery capacity will begin construction soon, with commercial operation expected in early 2027.

Integrating offshore wind farms located in the Danish and Swedish Exclusive Economic Zones with the German power grid could deliver significant cost savings for Germany and improve system efficiency, compared with an expansion limited to German waters.

Los coches eléctricos siguen ganando terreno en Europa: en 2025 representaron un histórico 19 % de las ventas de coches nuevos, marcando el mayor crecimiento interanual desde 2021, según el último informe del Consejo Internacional de Transporte Limpio (ICCT).

Repsol instalará su segundo electrolizador de hidrógeno renovable de 100 MW en el complejo industrial de Petronor en el País Vasco. El proyecto requerirá una inversión de 292 millones de euros y está previsto que entre en funcionamiento en 2029.

The UK and Europe have signed the Hamburg Declaration, establishing a historic clean energy security pact. The agreement ensures 100 GW of joint offshore wind projects in the North Sea, built by companies from the UK and European allies, including Germany, Norway, France, and Denmark. This deployment strengthens energy security for households and businesses across the continent.

República Dominicana proyecta un incremento de más del 50?% en la capacidad de energía base al 2028, con más de 2,000 MW instalados en los últimos tres años y 2,800 MW en renovables, mientras proyectos como Energía 2000, Manzanillo y San Felipe reforzarán la confiabilidad del SENI.

El crecimiento estuvo impulsado principalmente por el transporte electrificado, que concentró la mayor parte de la inversión, mientras que las renovables y las redes eléctricas se mantuvieron como los otros grandes motores del gasto.

According to the signatories, aligning capacity mechanisms and investment tools with the specific risk profile and lifetime of long-duration storage is critical to unlocking large-scale deployment.

The American Clean Power Association warns that without new clean energy deployment, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest states face serious reliability risks and significantly higher electricity costs over the next decade, driven by unprecedented growth in power demand in the PJM Interconnection, partly fueled by the rapid expansion of data centers.

After one year in office, the Trump administration’s energy policy has been marked by an offensive against renewables, with the suspension of major wind projects and a decisive shift towards fossil fuels and nuclear power.

El almacenamiento energético gana protagonismo en Latinoamérica, con 2026 perfilándose como un año clave para la viabilidad de las baterías (BESS) en mercados como Brasil, Chile y México. Al mismo tiempo, Europa marca un hito histórico en su transición energética: en 2025, la generación eólica y solar superó por primera vez a los combustibles fósiles. Mientras tanto, el mercado global del vehículo eléctrico entra en una fase de ajuste ante la desaceleración de China. Todo esto y más en el resumen de la semana.