Romania's Mintia gas-fired thermal power plant, slated to be the largest in the EU, is expected to come online in 2026. With its hefty €1.4 billion price tag, the plant will have a capacity of 1.7 GW.
In Italy's capacity market auction for 2025, minimal new gas capacity was awarded and only around 100 MW of gas repowering receiving payments. This is a positive shift compared to the previous year, where 35 GW of existing plants benefited from capacity payments.
Residents of Roydon and nearby villages in the UK are campaigning against plans to build a new gas-powered electricity plant, citing concerns over the potential destruction of local ecology and wildlife.
The Belgian government rejected Engie's environmental permit application to renovate and expand the Vilvroode gas plant from 250 MW to 875 MW. Now, the French utility is building one of the EU's largest battery parks on the site (200 MW).
Local citizens of Nijmegen are protesting French utility ENGIE's new 500 MW fossil gas plant. Located on the site of its former coal plant, the gas plant’s projected 2045 lifespan contradicts Dutch climate goals.
A pool of banks led by UniCredit is providing EUR 320M in project financing to EP Centrale Ostiglia S.p.A., part of EPH Group. The project includes the construction and operation of a new combined-cycle gas turbine unit (880MW) in Lombardy, Italy.
Under its Power Plant Security Law, the German government plans to tender 12.5 GW of capacity of new “hydrogen-ready” gas power plants, which are expected to switch to hydrogen eight years after their commissioning date.