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What moved recently in Energy, Water, Pipelines — every item with source and date. Researched and checked by Zeynah.
Energy
Connection requests for data centers at grid operator IPTO rose from about 5 GW in mid-June to around 9 GW; according to the report, the ministry is preparing a shift to 'first ready, first served', and Attica has extremely limited capacity left.
Source: energypress · dated
Energy
Renewable producers and other grid users in Greece can reclaim 50% of their transmission grid expansion costs; applications are processed first-come, first-served, with payment usually in three instalments.
Source: energypress · dated
Energy
Lübbenau city council was scheduled to vote on 7 October on the development plan 'Energy location at Ragow substation' (around 123 hectares), where three investors plan about 850 MW of storage combined plus photovoltaics.
Source: Niederlausitz Aktuell · dated
Water
Agriculture Minister Christos Senekis announced irrigation projects of more than €200m by 2030, including desalination units, reduced network losses and greater use of reclaimed water; an additional 3.5 million m³ was approved for irrigation in 2026.
Source: Cyprus Mail · dated
Pipelines
At the energy summit in Belgrade, Serbia, Greece, Bulgaria and North Macedonia advanced the corridor expansion; construction of the Serbia–North Macedonia gas link is to start next week (target early 2028), and the North Macedonia–Greece pipeline is due in 2027.
Source: Pipeline Technology Journal · dated
Derived from the items above — not a forecast.
Demand for grid connections, substations and cables is growing in western Macedonia, Thessaly and central Macedonia, where the report sees the largest remaining capacity.
The recovery lowers connection costs for developers and may accelerate grid connection works at substations and lines.
A storage site of this size creates demand for containers, transformers, medium- and high-voltage cables and grid connection services; the district still has to approve the plan.
This creates demand for desalination units, pipe rehabilitation and water reuse plants for Cypriot agriculture.
The expansion brings demand for pipes, compressors and construction services along the Greece–Balkans–Central Europe axis.