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14 Apr 26	Chinese OEMs secure 78% of the 176 GW wind additions in 2025 Wood Mackenzie's latest analysis 'Global wind turbine OEMs 2025 historical market share' reveals the global wind industry delivered 176 GW of new capacity in 2025. This represents a 45% year-on-year increase and marks the strongest annual growth on record. China accounted for the majority of new additions.
14 Apr 26	Germany: Routing Energy and VENSYS enter into strategic cooperation Routing Energy and VENSYS Energy have entered into a strategic cooperation agreement. The aim of the partnership is to offer the manufacturer a reliable planning perspective, to provide project operators with additional flexibility in the selection of wind turbines, and to realize further economic advantages through pooled purchasing structures.
14 Apr 26	Germany: 'Wedding' on the high seas – RWE installs substations for Nordseecluster A offshore wind farm Around 50 kms north of the island of Juist, the Nordseecluster is taking shape – a joint offshore wind project between RWE (51%) and Norges Bank Investment Management (49%). A ‘wedding’, as the successful installation of a substation onto its foundation is known, has now been celebrated at the offshore construction site.
14 Apr 26	Equinor partially divests shareholding in Scatec Equinor has divested an 8.07 percent shareholding in Scatec ASA at a price of NOK 125 per share. Scatec and Equinor continue to be partners in the Apodi and Mendubim operating solar assets in Brazil. These partnerships are unaffected by the transaction.
14 Apr 26	UK: Greenvolt Next to deliver over 110MWp of solar capacity for Infinis in the UK Greenvolt Next has signed an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract with UK renewable power producer Infinis to deliver two large-scale solar parks in the UK, with a combined installed capacity of more than 110MWp.
14 Apr 26	US: XGS Energy and CC Power partner on 115 MW next-generation geothermal development agreement XGS Energy enters agreement with CC Power to develop 115 MW of next-generation geothermal energy, partnering to bring new clean, reliable geothermal energy supplies to California.
14 Apr 26	Nordex Group announces 1.9 GW of order intake in the first quarter 2026 In the first quarter of 2026, the Nordex Group recorded 1,869 MW of orders in the Projects segment, excluding Service business (Q1/2025: 2,182 MW). Overall stable pricing environment continued, with order intake mainly driven by Germany, Türkiye and Sweden.
14 Apr 26	Tanzania: Orca Energy announces definitive agreement to divest Tanzanian business Orca Energy Group has entered into a definitive Share Purchase Agreement with Taifa Gas Tanzania and Amber Energy Investment pursuant to which Orca will sell all of the outstanding shares of PAE PanAfrican Energy Corporation, its wholly-owned Mauritian holding subsidiary.
14 Apr 26	Peru: PetroTal announces Q1 2026 operations and financial updates PetroTal, a publicly traded, tri-quoted oil and gas development and production Company, focused on the development of oil assets in Peru, has provided an operational and financial update.
14 Apr 26	Germany: Beacon Energy announces update regarding LNEnergy AIM-listed Beacon Energy has announced that, following the completion of its strategic investment in LNEnergy in March 2026, Stewart MacDonald, Beacon's CEO, will join the board of directors of LNEnergy.
14 Apr 26	Georgia: Block Energy executes Binding Framework Agreement for Project III farm out Block Energy, the development and production company focused on Georgia, has executed a binding Framework Agreement with Zhijiang Sanning Energy Co. Ltd ('Sanning') for the farm-out of Project III.
14 Apr 26	Tunisia: Zenith Energy receives formal recognition that its subsidiary, Ecumed Petroleum Tunisia, owns the Robbana and El Bibane concessions Zenith Energyhas received formal recognition from the Republic of Tunisia that its subsidiary, Ecumed Petroleum Tunisia, owns the Robbana and El Bibane concessions.
14 Apr 26	Egypt: TAG Oil provides update on operations and planned activities in the Western Desert, Egypt TAG Oil has provided an update on its Q1/2026 operations and planned activities in the Western Desert, Egypt.
14 Apr 26	Australia: Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners divests ownership of Summerfield Battery to Palisade Investment Partners Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), on behalf of its fund Copenhagen Infrastructure V (CI V), haas announced it has reached an agreement to sell its 100% ownership interest in the Summerfield Battery Energy Storage Project (Summerfield) to Palisade Investment Partners (Palisade) through Intera Renewables.
14 Apr 26	Egypt: PetroSafe and ABL Group in Egyptian energy asset collaboration ABL Group companies in Egypt have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with PetroSafe – Egypt’s Petroleum Safety and Environmental Services Company – to collaborate on technical solutions to drive performance in Egyptian energy assets, offshore and onshore.
14 Apr 26	TGS awarded offshore wind site characterization contract TGS has announced the award of an offshore wind site characterization contract in Europe. The Ramform Vanguard is scheduled to commence data acquisition in the second half of July.
14 Apr 26	Venezuela: Chevron consolidates Venezuela heavy oil position in asset swap Chevron has, through its subsidiaries with interests in Venezuela, agreed to an asset swap with Petroleos de Venezuela, S. A. ('PDVSA') and subsidiaries of PDVSA in a mutually beneficial agreement which will consolidate all parties’ focus on strategic assets in the country.
14 Apr 26	Argentina: YPF awards Halliburton unconventional completions contract in Argentina Halliburton has been awarded a multibillion-dollar contract by YPF to provide bundled unconventional completions services in the Vaca Muerta, one of the world’s most prolific shale resources outside North America. The award, which resulted from a competitive process, establishes a dedicated, exclusive, and multi-year collaboration.
13 Apr 26	Namibia: bp acquires interest in three Namibian exploration blocks bp has agreed to acquire a 60% interest in three offshore exploration blocks in Namibia from Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas as part of bp’s strategy to grow its upstream portfolio.
13 Apr 26	TotalEnergies and TPAO sign MoU on exploration opportunities TotalEnergies and Türkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortakligi (TPAO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on exploration opportunities. The MoU provides a framework for technical collaboration, including a joint assessment of exploration opportunities in the Black Sea region of Türkiye as well as internationally.
13 Apr 26	Brazil: Petrobras announces new discovery of hydrocarbons in deep waters in the pre-salt layer of the Campos Basin Petrobras has identified the presence of hydrocarbons in the pre-salt layer of the Campos Basin , in an exploratory well drilled in Sector SC-AP4 of the Campos Basin, block CM-477 . The well 1-BRSA-1404DC-RJS is located 201 km off the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro , at a water depth of 2,984 meters.
13 Apr 26	Austria: Emma Delaney proposed as new CEO of OMV The Presidential and Nomination Committee of OMV Aktiengesellschaft ('OMV') has decided to propose Emma Delaney to the plenary of the Supervisory Board for appointment as Chairwoman of the Executive Board and CEO, as of September 1, 2026, succeeding Alfred Stern.
13 Apr 26	Borr Drilling provides operational and contracting updates Borr Drilling has provided operational updates on its fleet, including developments related to the ongoing situation in the Middle East, and announced a new contract commitment.
13 Apr 26	UK: Great British Energy - Nuclear and Rolls-Royce SMR sign contract to deliver the UK’s first SMRs Great British Energy - Nuclear (GBE-N) has signed a contract with Rolls-Royce SMR, formally commencing technology design activities that will enable the delivery of the UK’s first Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) as part of the Government’s clean energy mission. Rolls-Royce SMR was selected as the preferred technology partner in June 2025, and £2.6 billion was allocated in the 2025 Spending Review to enable this contract and wider programme delivery.
13 Apr 26	Brazil: Strong shareholder response to Iberdrola’s takeover bid for Neoenergia Fllowing the auction relating to the takeover bid launched on 24 November – a standard procedure for this type of transaction in Brazil – Iberdrola will acquire an additional 14,2 % stake in its subsidiary Neoenergia, bringing its total stake to 98 %.