Geopolitics & Nuclear Fuel: The UK will finance enriched uranium deliveries to Ukraine’s Energoatom via Urenco under a £210m package, while also tightening sanctions on Russia’s “ghost fleet” to protect Ukraine’s winter energy resilience. Grid Resilience & Solar Integration: A UK-focused resilience brief argues the next phase is not just adding generation, but designing systems to handle shocks and variability as solar becomes a dominant supply source. AI Power Demand & Data Centers: Schneider Electric and Foxconn will co-develop scalable AI data center power and cooling architectures, aiming for faster, more predictable deployments. Long-Duration Storage: Energy Dome and SRP will add a 19MW/10-hour CO2 battery under a 20-year tolling deal, backed by Google funding for non-lithium long-duration storage. Renewables Policy Push: ECOWAS lawmakers launched a renewable energy push to make electricity access central to rural development and poverty reduction. EV Charging Rollout: Concerns in Ireland’s Mayo highlight too few public EV chargers and slow charging times, slowing adoption. China Industrial Transition: China plans a three-year drive to cut industrial energy use, including capped power price increases for energy-intensive sectors to force upgrades. Battery & Solar Deals: OMV Petrom approved a €300m Bulgaria solar-plus-storage project with ~600MWh of BESS, while India’s Gilgit-Baltistan gets a push for a 100MW solar build with full federal cost coverage.