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20 weekly reviews

Week 45

2–8 November
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Drought Outlasts Summer in London and Denver

  • Thames Water's region marks 100 days of drought with London storage at 56%
  • England to set up eight regional water councils to steer investment
  • Veolia targets 2.75 kWh/m³ at Sharjah's 410,000 m³/day Al Hamriyah plant
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Half of Ireland's Treatment Plants Still Breach Licences

  • 55% of Ireland's licensed treatment plants failed their licence standards in 2025
  • England creates eight regional water councils to steer sewage investment
  • Some PFAS and drug residues in biosolids may persist in soil for years
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Brussels Opens Its Biomethane Market as Supply Lags

  • The EU's first biomethane matching round opened to buyers on 4 November
  • Germany's October biomass tender awarded 319 MW of the 617 MW on offer
  • A US model update raised one producer's 45Z credit from about $15 to $62/MMBtu
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Oil Slumps on Peace Hopes, but Gas Stays Tight

  • Brent spot fell from $120 to $107 a barrel in two trading days
  • IEA – Europe enters winter with its lowest gas storage since 2013
  • ACER – grid congestion cost European consumers €5.4 billion in 2025

Week 44

26 October – 1 November
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England's Water Plans Fall Behind in Year One

  • England's water demand ran at 14,110 Ml/d, above the 13,774 Ml/d planned
  • Brussels proposes a shared 3 °C-by-2100 baseline for climate risk planning
  • Xylem cuts its full-year revenue outlook to about $8.95 billion
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England's Water Firms Post Worst Rating Since 2011

  • English water and sewerage firms scored 16 stars out of 36, the lowest since 2011
  • Only 80.2% of England's funded environmental schemes were delivered on time
  • EPA's PFAS TECH strategy puts treatment plants on its list of pilot sites
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Britain's Budget Leaves Biomethane Support Frozen

  • ADBA says more than a dozen shovel-ready UK plants are stuck behind a frozen cap
  • Spain cuts the oxygen limit for injected biomethane from 1 to 0.4 mol%
  • The EU's green maize harvest is forecast 15% below its five-year average
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Wind Fades and Europe's Power Prices Converge

  • German wind fell from 28.7 GW to 4.1 GW and prices converged across the region
  • ACER finds US LNG now covers around 30% of EU gas supply
  • EU ministers debate network charges and taxing power no higher than gas

Week 43

19–25 October
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Fresh Capital for Water, From London to Budapest

  • Ofwat says English and Welsh water firms raised about £1.8 billion of new equity
  • Hungary plans to quadruple EU-funded water and environment spending in 2027
  • New York awards nearly $500 million to 106 water and sewer projects
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Windermere Plan Prices a Lake Without Sewage

  • Keeping all wastewater out of Windermere would cost £3.6–3.7 billion
  • Sewage flowed into the Danube in Budapest for days before it was stopped
  • Chișinău restarts and Prague begins major treatment plant rebuilds
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Europe's Power Map Splits as Winter Approaches

  • German power fell to €13/MWh on Sunday while Hungary paid over €250/MWh
  • German gas storage stands at 61%, well below previous years, with LNG carrying the risk
  • The Innovation Fund backs 77 projects with €3.4 billion, including Europe's first nuclear heat SMR

Week 42

12–18 October