TotalEnergies kündigt die Entwicklung von sechs neuen stationären Batteriespeicherprojekten in Deutschland an. Die Projekte wurden von Kyon Energy entwickelt, einer Tochtergesellschaft, die 2024 übernommen wurde. Mit einer Gesamtleistung von 221 MW und einem Investitionsvolumen von 160 Millionen Euro sollen die Speicher Anfang 2026 in Betrieb genommen werden. Die Mehrzahl der Batteriesysteme stammt von Saft, ebenfalls Teil von TotalEnergies.

CEO Patrick Pouyanné betont, dass diese Projekte ein bedeutender Schritt zur Bereitstellung von rund um die Uhr verfügbarer grüner Energie auf dem größten Strommarkt Europas sind. Insgesamt verfolgt TotalEnergies in Deutschland ein Pipeline-Ziel von 13 GW an erneuerbaren Energien, darunter 2 GW an Batteriespeichern.

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France’s renewable energy landscape continues to accelerate with a wave of new developments across the solar and battery sectors. Here are the most notable highlights from the last week:

☀️ 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗽𝘂𝘀 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗔𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝟴𝟬𝗠𝗪 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗶-𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗼 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗕𝗮𝘆𝗪𝗮 𝗿.𝗲.

Octopus Energy Generation has secured an 80MW agri-PV portfolio in France from BayWa r.e., marking a strategic step forward in sustainable land use.

• Sites: Former military bases repurposed for solar and sheep farming

• Regions: Indre (Central France) and Charente Maritime (Southwest France)

• Technical Advisor: Natural Power, providing comprehensive due diligence across EPC, O&M, permitting, and financial modeling

🏭 𝗤 𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗬 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝟴.𝟱𝗠𝗪 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝘀

Amazon has unveiled Nova Act, a general-purpose AI agent capable of controlling a web browser to perform simple tasks like making reservations or filling out forms. Released as a research preview, Nova Act comes with a developer toolkit (SDK) and is accessible via nova.amazon.com.

Developed by Amazon’s AGI lab in San Francisco—led by former OpenAI and Covariant founders David Luan and Pieter Abbeel—Nova Act will also power features in the upcoming Alexa+ voice assistant upgrade. Amazon claims Nova Act outperforms OpenAI and Anthropic's agents in internal tests, though it hasn’t been benchmarked against broader industry standards like WebVoyager.

Positioned as Amazon’s answer to OpenAI’s Operator and Anthropic’s Computer Use, Nova Act focuses on reliably automating short, simple web tasks while giving developers control over human intervention points. It’s a pivotal move for Amazon in the growing race to build useful, real-world AI agents.

ABO Energy GmbH has secured three new wind power projects in the latest tender by Germany’s Federal Network Agency, expanding its presence in the onshore wind sector. The awarded sites are located in Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, and North Rhine-Westphalia, with commissioning planned between late 2026 and mid-2027.

The projects include:

Külsheim (21.6 MW, 3 repowering turbines)

Großenlüder (6.8 MW, 1 turbine)

Schälker Heide Schwerte (11.4 MW, 2 turbines)

Munich-based Marvel Fusion has raised an additional €50M in an extended Series B round, bringing its total capital raised to €385M. The round includes fresh investments from EQT Ventures, Siemens Energy Ventures, and the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund, which marks the EIC's first equity investment in fusion energy.

The funding supports Marvel Fusion’s transition from R&D to industrial deployment, including the construction of a $150M laser facility in partnership with Colorado State University. The company is also collaborating with Siemens Energy to design a fully integrated laser-based fusion power plant.

Founded in 2019, Marvel Fusion is pioneering a new fusion technology using high-energy lasers and nanoscience to unlock clean, reliable, and scalable energy. The goal is to achieve high-gain energy output and provide a competitive alternative to fossil fuels.

With support from key public and private stakeholders such as SPRIND, Bayern Kapital, and Tengelmann Ventures, Marvel Fusion is on track to deliver a world-first in fusion power innovation.

Photo: Marvel Fusion