Morning briefing · checked daily
What moved recently in Energy, Water, Pipelines, Cyprus — every item with source and date. Researched and checked by Zeynah.
Energy
Both bills reach first reading on 24 September; they provide for Contracts for Difference and an end to the fixed feed-in tariff for systems up to 25 kilowatts.
Source: pv magazine Deutschland · dated
Energy
After a project financing fell through at the end of June, around 90 photovoltaic projects totalling 1.5 gigawatts are under construction and the insolvency administrator is starting an investor sale process.
Source: pv magazine Deutschland · dated
Energy
The battery in Wagenham has 85 megawatts of power and 170 megawatt-hours of capacity and was built in about six months.
Source: pv magazine Deutschland · dated
Water
The Water Services Corporation is seeking a reverse osmosis plant for 11,200 cubic metres of drinking water per day under tender WSC/T/070/2026; bids close on 3 November 2026.
Source: Smart Water Magazine · dated
Water
Agriculture Minister Christos Senekis is submitting a revised water allocation plan to the cabinet; three further permanent desalination plants are planned by 2031.
Source: Cyprus Mail · dated
Pipelines
The company is seeking 10 percent of the consortium for the $15 billion line from Basra to the Syrian port of Baniyas; construction is put at at least four years.
Source: Pipeline Technology Journal · dated
Pipelines
The sale meets a European Commission condition from the 2022 state bailout; Uniper must complete all divestments by the end of 2026, and Gascade holds a pre-emption right.
Source: Pipeline Technology Journal · dated
Cyprus
President Nikos Christodoulides said Cyprus will pay the €25 million provided for in the budget as soon as Greece issues the Navtex for the seismic surveys; completion is planned for the end of 2031.
Source: Cyprus Mail · dated
Derived from the items above — not a forecast.
New support and grid rules shift the economics and timelines of projects in Germany.
Completing and selling these projects creates near-term demand for suppliers, construction work and capital.
Large storage is being built in Austria within six-month cycles — continuing demand for components, grid connection and construction work.
An open €10.2 million tender with a 100-week build period — demand for plant engineering, membranes and installation.
Allocation depends on new infrastructure — desalination, pipelines and distribution remain a need in Cyprus.
A project of this size in the eastern Mediterranean will pull in pipe, pumping stations and construction work for years.
A hydrogen-focused investor takes a share in 470 kilometres of gas pipeline in eastern Germany — a conversion would be the follow-on need.
Movement on the subsea cable between Cyprus and Greece opens demand for surveys, cable and substations.