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Market update 20 September 2026 — Energy, Water

What moved recently in Energy, Water — every item with source and date. Researched and checked by Zeynah.

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Energy

PPC and AWS agree on 300 MW data centre in Western Macedonia

PPC and AWS signed a binding memorandum of understanding for a data centre at Agios Dimitrios, starting at 300 MW with an option to expand to 1 GW and targeted completion by 2028.

Source: Balkan Green Energy News · dated

Energy

EU Court of Justice broadens the notion of a direct line

In cases C-722/24 and C-756/24 the Court ruled that a producer-owned line supplying several off-site customers can count as a direct line even where a public grid connection also exists.

Source: pv magazine Deutschland · dated

Energy

Hesse tenders a supply and transformer station for the state fire service school in Kassel

Landesbetrieb Bau und Immobilien Hessen is seeking electrical works for a new 12 kV supply station with a 1,250 kVA dry-type transformer, cable laying and control technology; bids are due 13 November 2026.

Source: TendiGo · dated

Water

Cyprus does not know the real scale of its groundwater extraction

According to an analysis by Ciren the state lacks reliable data on groundwater abstraction: 14 of 22 groundwater bodies are in poor condition and around 98,720 of 137,548 licensed boreholes are not fully recorded.

Source: Cyprus Mail · dated

Context

What this means for procurement and projects

Derived from the items above — not a forecast.

PPC plans 2.1 GW of solar, two pumped-storage plants and 300 MW of battery storage for the site, which creates demand for substations, cables and storage technology in Greece.

This may open room for neighbourhood and tenant electricity projects in Germany and increase demand for private line and connection construction.

A concrete procurement of medium-voltage equipment, transformer and cable — demand that speaks directly to grid and cable suppliers.

A draft bill provides for a new abstraction register and twelve-year permit review cycles, creating demand for metering, data capture and alternative water sources.

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