In brief | 23 July ‘26

IEA: Global electricity demand growth set to accelerate as power systems adjust to recent shocksIndustry, electric vehicles, air conditioning and data centres continue to spur robust increases in electricity use around the world.Reuters: How one German city’s struggle to decarbonise is a litmus test for Europe’s green industrial policyThe extent to which electrification, green hydrogen, carbon capture and storage, and thermal energy storage are adopted in Remscheid will be a litmus test for whether the entire 27-nation bloc has a chance of meeting its ambitious climate goals.Reuters: Morocco-Germany $30 billion power cable stalled by governance disagreements, sources sayA 30 billion US dollar project to provide Germany with renewable energy from Morocco via what would be the world's ‌longest intercontinental undersea power link is being held up by disagreements over structure and guarantees, four sources said.Le Monde: Wildfires ravage parts of southern France, Italy and SpainThousands have been evacuated amid wildfires that have been raging across several southern European regions for days.FT: Europe’s flash drought comes as heat causes ‘atmospheric thirst’, scientists sayRivers and water flows low as evaporation rates rise in extreme warm conditions, study finds.World Weather Attribution: Increasingly hot Europe faces more severe droughts and growing challenges for water and land managementWith forecasts indicating little relief in the near term, the summer of 2026 is emerging as one of Europe’s most significant heat and drought events in recent years.

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