Grid Reliability & Policy Pressure: Hungary’s Paks nuclear plant is shut after record-low Danube water levels, cutting nearly half the country’s power supply and prompting EU readiness to convene an emergency grid meeting; Hungary is asking households and industry to cut peak use to avoid a crisis. Heat & Market Volatility: Europe’s summer heatwave is pushing power prices to winter-like peaks as cooling demand spikes while nuclear, gas, and wind output drop. Solar Scale-Up: India’s Cabinet approved ₹5,070 crore for PM Surya Sarovar Yojana to add 5,000 MW of floating solar with 10,000 MWh of storage, aiming to expand capacity beyond today’s ~700 MW. Nuclear & Geopolitics: A Reuters report says Westinghouse confidentially filed for a US IPO as nuclear and data-center demand converge, while commentary keeps spotlight on the US-Saudi nuclear deal’s nonproliferation risks. Off-Grid Finance: Africa’s off-grid solar firms are landing landmark funding deals (d.light green bond; Sun King securitised debt), testing whether mainstream investors will back PayGo receivables at scale. Wildfire Risk to Power Assets: A wildfire near the UK’s Sizewell nuclear site is described as stabilising after major landscape damage, keeping nuclear monitoring in focus. Consumer Cost Controls: Philippines Sen. Risa Hontiveros filed a bill to let the president impose a “price cap” on power rates during emergencies as bills rise.