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  • AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over

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    China’s AI growth ben­e­fits from decades of over­built, state-planned ener­gy infra­struc­ture, ensur­ing abun­dant, sta­ble electricity—often dou­ble the nation’s needs. This con­trasts sharply with the U.S., where surg­ing AI demand strains an aging, frag­ment­ed grid, prompt­ing cost­ly workarounds and polit­i­cal fights. Chi­na treats AI data cen­ters as a way to use sur­plus pow­er, while U.S. projects face…

  • European Energy Storage Inventory

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    Dive into the map of Ener­gy Stor­age Projects. The Euro­pean Ener­gy Inven­to­ry Stor­age dataset is main­ly based on pub­lic data and data from Wood Macken­zie. https://ses.jrc.ec.europa.eu/storage-inventory-maps

  • Studie zur Batterielieferkette zeigt Chinas globale Dominanz – und Optionen für Europa

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    Fraun­hofer FFB and the Uni­ver­si­ty of Mün­ster have ana­lyzed China’s dom­i­nance in the bat­tery sup­ply chain in a study. Chi­na con­trols almost the entire val­ue chain of lithi­um-ion bat­ter­ies, from raw mate­r­i­al extrac­tion to pro­duc­tion. Europe is almost entire­ly depen­dent on imports, which makes it vul­ner­a­ble to geopo­lit­i­cal ten­sions. Raw mate­ri­als such as lithi­um, cobalt and…

  • Fusion energy, Eni and UKAEA to build the world’s largest and most advanced tritium fuel cycle facility

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    UKAEA and Eni are col­lab­o­rat­ing to build the world’s largest tri­tium fuel cycle facil­i­ty, the “UKAEA-Eni H3AT Tri­tium Loop Facil­i­ty,” at Cul­ham Cam­pus, set to com­plete in 2028. This part­ner­ship aims to advance fusion ener­gy by devel­op­ing cru­cial tri­tium pro­cess­ing and recy­cling tech­nolo­gies. The project com­bines UKAEA’s fusion exper­tise with Eni’s indus­tri­al-scale capa­bil­i­ties, focus­ing on…

  • Measures cannot wait for next budget cycle’: Reaction to EU’s new €100 billion-plus clean energy plan

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    The EU’s €100 bil­lion Clean Indus­tri­al Deal and Afford­able Ener­gy Action Plan aim to boost indus­try and renew­ables. The Deal focus­es on man­u­fac­tur­ing, while the Plan tar­gets clean ener­gy. To sup­port local man­u­fac­tur­ing, the EU is con­sid­er­ing non-price pro­cure­ment cri­te­ria, cru­cial for indus­tries like bat­tery pro­duc­tion to stay com­pet­i­tive. Source: https://www.energy-storage.news/measures-cannot-wait-for-next-budget-cycle-reaction-to-eus-new-e100-billion-plus-clean-energy-plan/

  • EU is wasting free energy as industry flatlines

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    The EU faces sig­nif­i­cant chal­lenges with ener­gy waste and high prices due to insuf­fi­cient ener­gy stor­age. Despite rapid growth in renew­able ener­gy, the lack of stor­age means excess ener­gy is often lost, exac­er­bat­ing high ener­gy costs for indus­tries. In 2023, the EU wast­ed the equiv­a­lent of 0.5% of its total pow­er con­sump­tion. The EU’s new…

  • Digital ‘safety net’ paves way for electric car charging without overloading power grid

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    A new dig­i­tal ‘safe­ty net’ devel­oped in the SmoothEMS project enables effi­cient local charg­ing of elec­tric vehi­cles with­out over­load­ing the grid. Test­ed at three loca­tions, includ­ing a.s.r. in Utrecht, it com­bines a user-friend­ly ener­gy man­age­ment sys­tem with Grid­shield soft­ware, ensur­ing safe elec­tric­i­ty deliv­ery and pre­vent­ing over­load. Source: https://nederlandelektrisch.nl/actueel/nieuwsoverzicht/i2805/digitaal-vangnet-maakt-weg-vrij-voor-elektrische-auto-s-laden-zonder-overbelasting-stroomnet

  • Sellafield nuclear site plans cuts as chief says £2.8bn funding ‘not enough’

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    Sellafield’s £2.8bn fund­ing for the next finan­cial year is deemed insuf­fi­cient, caus­ing plans for bud­get cuts. This rais­es con­cerns over safe­ty and job secu­ri­ty at the nuclear site, which hous­es the world’s largest store of plu­to­ni­um. Despite pri­or­i­tiz­ing safe­ty and secu­ri­ty, some projects may be slowed down, paused, or stopped, impact­ing parts of the sup­ply…

  • Energy Storage Summit EU 2025

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    The tenth annu­al sum­mit saw exten­sive insights on BESS per­for­mance, noise con­sid­er­a­tions, and renew­able co-loca­tion. Dis­cus­sions high­light­ed the UK’s LDES Cap and Floor scheme, Europe’s BESS sup­ply chains, and top mar­kets like the UK, Ger­many, Italy, and Poland. Solar trade wars impact pric­ing, not BESS sup­ply. https://www.energy-storage.news/energy-storage-summit-eu-2025-co-location-avoided-emissions-and-europes-hottest-markets/