Sector report · September 2026
Energy: September 2026 sector report
Composed from 18 research facts recorded in September 2026, drawn from 9 source documents. Every figure names the record it came from and the date that record speaks for.
In brief
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Sector multiple
EV to EBITDA: 5.7x to 12.9x, median 8.6x. Our own estimate, worked out by MANDA Institute (Q1 2026). Nobody publishes this figure. Source: MANDA Institute sector estimate (MANDA Institute), as of 31 March 2026.
Eurozone all sector anchor, for context: median 8.6x, range 7.8x to 10.0x. An independent firm published this figure: the Argos Mid-Market Index, from Argos Wityu / Epsilon Research (Q1 2026). Source: Argos Mid-Market Index, as of 31 March 2026.
Transaction records
0 approved by a reviewer and 6 awaiting review. No figure from an unapproved record is printed.
competitor move: 7 facts
- Ineos starts Europe's first large-scale CO2 storage off Denmark's coast (Wanneer valt de stroom uit door een aanval? ‘Voorkomen gaat niet meer’)
- Uniper sells its stake in the Opal gas pipeline to comply with EU conditions tied to its 2022 rescue. (Tech.eu - European Startup, Funding and Technology News)
- Uniper sells its stake in the Opal gas pipeline to comply with EU conditions from 2022 bailout (Tech.eu - European Startup, Funding and Technology News)
- Ineos starts Europe's first large-scale CO2 storage off Denmark's coast (Wirtschaftsnachrichten | Wirtschafts-News | Handelsblatt)
- Große Konzerne planen gemeinsame Wasserstoff-Tankstellen in Europa, um Wasserstoff wettbewerbsfähig zu machen (Wirtschaftsnachrichten | Wirtschafts-News | Handelsblatt)
- Investors secured licenses for offshore wind farms in North and Baltic Seas but are now hesitating; unused areas block offshore wind expansion (Defensie koopt 3D-printers bij Chinese ‘kleine reus’, industrie slaat alarm)
- RWE CEO warns that populists (AfD) would further weaken Germany as a business location; two other entrepreneurs expressed similar views (Wirtschaftsnachrichten | Wirtschafts-News | Handelsblatt)
regulatory: 7 facts
- SB 253 requires U.S. companies with total annual revenues greater than $1 billion doing business in California to disclose Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions; 2026 reporting covers Scope 1 and 2 data for prior fiscal year (Statistical calendars)
- Dutch energy sector poorly prepared for physical attacks; successful attack considered almost certain (Wanneer valt de stroom uit door een aanval? ‘Voorkomen gaat niet meer’)
- Unused offshore wind farm areas in North Sea and Baltic Sea block expansion; 'zombie projects' where investors secured licenses but now hesitate (Defensie koopt 3D-printers bij Chinese ‘kleine reus’, industrie slaat alarm)
- AI makes cyberattacks increasingly difficult to repel; Dutch energy sector is poorly prepared for physical attacks while threat level rises (Wanneer valt de stroom uit door een aanval? ‘Voorkomen gaat niet meer’)
- Dutch energy infrastructure is vulnerable to sabotage while threat level increases; companies consider deploying drone nets and armed security guards; resilience becoming a key criterion in construction of new energy infrastructure (Wanneer valt de stroom uit door een aanval? ‘Voorkomen gaat niet meer’)
- Energy and security experts consider a successful attack on the Dutch energy sector almost certain; cyberattacks on energy companies occur daily and physical incidents are increasingly common across Europe (Wanneer valt de stroom uit door een aanval? ‘Voorkomen gaat niet meer’)
- Betreiber der Erdgasspeicher wollen mit Eingriff in Regulierung historisch niedrigen Füllstand rasch erhöhen (Wirtschaftsnachrichten | Wirtschafts-News | Handelsblatt)
financing: 3 facts
- RWE increases stake in grid operator Amprion to 58 percent; Amprion to remain independent (Wirtschaftsnachrichten | Wirtschafts-News | Handelsblatt)
- $4M pre-seed (Tech.eu - European Startup, Funding and Technology News)
- £81.5M at second close towards £150M target (Tech.eu - European Startup, Funding and Technology News)
deal volume: 1 fact
- £81.5M at second close towards £150M target (Tech.eu - European Startup, Funding and Technology News)
Records this report rests on
- Our own estimate, worked out by MANDA Institute (Q1 2026). Nobody publishes this figure. (31 March 2026)
- An independent firm published this figure: the Argos Mid-Market Index, from Argos Wityu / Epsilon Research (Q1 2026) (31 March 2026)
- Wanneer valt de stroom uit door een aanval? ‘Voorkomen gaat niet meer’
- Tech.eu - European Startup, Funding and Technology News
- Wirtschaftsnachrichten | Wirtschafts-News | Handelsblatt
- Wirtschaftsnachrichten | Wirtschafts-News | Handelsblatt
- Defensie koopt 3D-printers bij Chinese ‘kleine reus’, industrie slaat alarm
- Wirtschaftsnachrichten | Wirtschafts-News | Handelsblatt
- Statistical calendars
- Wirtschaftsnachrichten | Wirtschafts-News | Handelsblatt
- Tech.eu - European Startup, Funding and Technology News