AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoUkraine’s Power Crisis: Russian strikes have knocked Kyiv’s three main combined heat-and-power plants out of electricity production, while attacks left about 600,000 Ukrainians without power, raising winter risks as the energy truce collapses. Grid Strain and Costs: Great Britain paid £47.9 million in a day to switch off wind farms and dispatch gas generation as transmission bottlenecks pushed balancing costs to a record £505 million in September. In the US, federal emergency measures put backup generation on standby across 13 states and Washington, D.C., amid unusual heat and tight supplies. AI and Capacity: India plans to add 70 GW of power capacity in FY27 as data-center demand rises; officials say growth is included in forecasts. Greece is proposing a 60% renewable-power requirement for data centers and rules requiring them to cover grid-upgrade costs. Investment and Trade: India’s NTPC and Africa50 agreed to develop power projects and explore cross-border electricity trading to expand reliable supply across African markets. Nuclear Development: Malaysia says a pending US civil nuclear cooperation agreement could open access to technology and training as it prepares for nuclear power.
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