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Wednesday
12 Aug 2026 · Nº 224
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Signal
European governments are hedging their energy transition bets with fallback mechanisms and subsidies—Germany treats offshore wind CfDs as a "fallback option" while Italy commits €400m to hydrogen and Spain overrides its own regulator to spend €600m on anti-blackout devices. Yet market signals increasingly favor batteries over hydrogen, with a study finding green hydrogen data centre backup costs up to 60% more to run than battery systems, and Field's 16-18 hour LDES wins in the UK cap-and-floor scheme showing long-duration storage maturing faster than green hydrogen's still-nascent electrolyzer deployments.
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Hydrogen · IT · Hydrogen Insight
Italy has said it intends to open a €400m support scheme in 2026 covering renewable (RFNBO) and biogenic hydrogen. According to the report, the mechanism is aimed at stimulating domestic production and offtake, though detailed eligibility and allocation rules have not yet been published.
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Industrial Policy · DE · Recharge News
Germany has signalled it will introduce two-sided contracts for difference for offshore wind, but only as a fallback rather than a default remuneration model. The plan retains the existing negative-bidding auction system as primary, with CfDs available where projects otherwise fail to reach financial close.
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Grids Package · ES · El Periódico de la Energía
Spain's regulator CNMC has approved a framework of flexible network access arrangements intended to allow more efficient use of existing grid capacity. The measure is designed to enable additional connections under time- or condition-limited access terms rather than firm capacity.
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Grids Package · ES · El Periódico de la Energía
The Spanish government has awarded Red Eléctrica €600m for new grid stability devices aimed at preventing outages, according to the report. The allocation proceeded over objections from regulator CNMC and parts of the sector regarding cost and process.
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Hydrogen · EU · Hydrogen Insight
A study cited by Hydrogen Insight estimates that green hydrogen-based backup power for data centres could carry operating costs up to 60% higher than equivalent battery systems. The figure is a modelled comparison and depends on assumptions about hydrogen price, utilisation and system configuration.
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Batteries · EU · Energy Storage News
Developer Field secured 16- to 18-hour battery storage projects in the UK's long-duration energy storage cap-and-floor scheme, according to an interview with the firm's technical director. The projects test the economics of very long-duration lithium-based storage under the new revenue-support framework.
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Hydrogen · EU · Fuel Cells Works
Power to Hydrogen has delivered what it describes as a first-of-a-kind industrial-scale anion exchange membrane (AEM) electrolyzer to the Port of Antwerp-Bruges. The claim of industrial-scale AEM operation is company-stated; independent performance and durability data at scale have not been published.
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The morning board
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Ammonia · unabated fossil
Conventional SMR · $/t NWE
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$688.25 |
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Ammonia · low-carbon
SMR + CCS · $/t NWE
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$738.92 |
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Ammonia · RFNBO
Renewable electrolysis · $/t NWE
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$839.16 |
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EUA
EU Allowance · €/tCO₂
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€82.17 |
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DE Baseload
Day-ahead · €/MWh
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€138.40 |
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TTF Natural Gas
Front-month · €/MWh
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€60.80 |
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