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Electric cranes make up more than 80% of MacGregor’s order intake in first half of 2026
Electric cranes accounted for more than 80% of MacGregor's crane order intake in the first half of 2026, with heavy-lift and multipurpose vessels driving most of the demand.
Electrum passes 4 GW of Polish renewables under operations and maintenance contracts
Electrum says the renewable capacity it services under O&M contracts in Poland has passed 4 GW, up from close to 3 GW less than a year ago.
From construction site to 30-year job: what Baltic Power’s operations phase means for Łeba
Baltic Power's construction ends in the second half of 2026 and the Łeba base pivots to roughly 30 years of operations. The open question is whether it becomes a single-farm service base or the anchor of a Baltic O&M cluster.
Deutsche WindGuard passes one gigawatt under technical operations management
The Varel-based services company now monitors more than 1 GW of wind, solar, hybrid and storage capacity in Germany and the Netherlands from its 24/7 control room.
The Baltic’s next bottleneck is not turbines. It is wires, cables and the pipes beneath them
Congestion cost Europe EUR 8.9bn in 2024 and 72 TWh was curtailed. From GriffinLink to Baltic cable repair modules and Finland's hydrogen roadmap, the region's binding constraint is shifting from generation to everything that carries it.
Hydrogen-iron battery and a German storage wave target wind curtailment
A hydrogen-iron battery will provide long-duration wind storage in the Netherlands, while Germany adds a 310 MW Eco Stor site and a 99 MW Zelestra battery under a Centrica tolling deal.
Vestas profit surge and Enercon refinancing point to steadier turbine makers
Vestas reported a sharp Q2 profit rise with a EUR 400m buyback and led the RENIXX that week, while Enercon closed its turnaround with new billion-euro financing.
Scatec enters Romanian onshore wind as quarterly output rises 21 per cent
Scatec is moving into Romanian onshore wind, broadening a largely solar portfolio, and reported second-quarter power production up 21 per cent year on year.
EU renewables approached 50 per cent of electricity in July 2026
Renewables neared half of EU electricity in July 2026, with solar almost level with nuclear as heat and low water constrained European reactors.
Heat and low water squeeze Europe’s nuclear fleet, Romania offline since 2003 first
Sustained heat and low river levels cut European nuclear output, leaving Romania without nuclear generation for the first time since 2003.
