Grid & affordability pressure (UK): The UK’s £70bn “great grid upgrade” is behind schedule and could push consumer bills higher, with the National Audit Office warning extra costs could reach £7.8bn a year by 2030 if delivery slips. Grid & affordability pressure (US): Maryland electricity bills rose 50.9% over five years, and a new scorecard flags rising costs amid decarbonization mandates and growing data-center demand; utilities warn of possible voltage collapse and rolling blackouts by summer 2027. Renewables + storage buildout (Germany): Bavaria is planning a 900MW battery storage facility at the decommissioned Isar 2 nuclear site, positioning storage as essential for integrating solar and expanding grid capacity. Solar deployment (India): Bihar’s BREDA launches a tender to empanel developers for 500MW rooftop solar on government buildings under the RESCO model. Renewables finance (Africa): GreenCo secured an additional US$11.5m to expand its renewable energy trading role across Southern Africa. Disaster risk & hydropower resilience (Nepal): After the Bhotekoshi flood, Nepal estimates $4.74bn needed for reconstruction; energy damage includes 13 hydropower projects (759MW) and five solar plants (24MW), while rescue efforts continue in damaged tunnels. Clean energy & policy (EU): The European Parliament committee advances changes to cross-border energy infrastructure planning, including tighter controls on foreign investment and a push for smarter, flexible solutions. Corporate clean power (Australia): European Energy Australia hits a milestone on a 131MW solar PV project in Victoria, with solar-plus-storage expansion in the pipeline.