{"schemaVersion":"report-figure-v1","report":{"slug":"european-hydro-hybridisation-2026","title":"Grid headroom without new grid: Europe's hydro hybridisation finding","url":"https://solaranalytica.com/european-hydro-hybridisation-2026","datePublished":"2026-07-25","lastReviewed":"2026-07-25"},"figure":{"id":"hybridisation-share-of-planned-build","title":"Connectable behind existing hydro against the planned build","unit":"GW","caption":"Ember (July 2026). The 25 GW that could connect behind existing hydropower connections is about 18 per cent of the seven countries' planned 2026 to 2030 wind and solar build.","series":[{"label":"Connectable behind existing hydro","value":25},{"label":"Planned wind and solar, 2026 to 2030","value":138}]},"csv":"https://solaranalytica.com/reports/european-hydro-hybridisation-2026/figures/hybridisation-share-of-planned-build/data.csv","publicationState":"fixed-edition","boundary":"The figure remains bound to the report edition. A newer upstream release creates a review obligation and never rewrites these rows automatically."}