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04 Feb 26	UK: Fair Work Charter and new skills investment fund will maximise opportunities to create high-quality well-paid jobs in UK wind industry RenewableUK's Director of Renewable Delivery Scott Young comments on the Government’s announcement of reforms to the Clean Industry Bonus which will create a pooled skills fund supported by the UK wind industry, and the introduction of a Fair Work Charter.
04 Feb 26	UK: Five UK companies secure £1.2m to scale offshore wind manufacturing The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) has announced the recipients of the second round of its Manufacturing Facility Support Programme (MFSP), awarding a total of £1.2 million to five UK companies to accelerate investment in offshore wind manufacturing facilities.
04 Feb 26	US: Avangrid achieves commercial operation at two solar projects in Oregon Avangrid, a leading energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, has achieved commercial operations at two new solar projects in Wasco County, Oregon – Daybreak Solar and Bakeoven Solar – both of which will deliver energy to the Portland General Electric (PGE) power grid.
04 Feb 26	Romania: Greenvolt secures €58.5 million financing for 49.8 MW wind project in Romania Greenvolt Group, through Greenvolt Power, a global developer of large-scale wind, solar, and battery energy storage, has secured €58.5 million in project finance with Erste Group Bank AG and Banca Comerciala Româna (BCR) to support the development of a 49.8 MW onshore wind project located in Sacele, in the Transylvania region, central Romania.
04 Feb 26	Electric mobility: TotalEnergies and Tikehau Capital join forces to develop public charging networks in Belgium and the Netherlands TotalEnergies and Tikehau Capital have announced the creation of a joint investment platform to promote the development of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in urban public spaces in Belgium and the Netherlands.
03 Feb 26	UK: PS Renewables receives planning permission for the Northorpe Fen Solar Farm near Bourne, Lincolnshire PS Renewables has announced that the Northorpe Fen Solar Farm near Bourne, Lincolnshire has received planning permission from South Kesteven District Council. Once operational it will generate renewable energy of the equivalent electricity required to power 7,000 homes.
03 Feb 26	Germany: Enlight reaches final development milestones for CO Bar, its largest project to date Enlight Renewable Energy, a leading global renewable energy developer and an independent power producer, has reached major development milestones for the CO Bar Complex in Arizona. The CO Bar Complex, one of the largest projects in the United States, totals approx. 1.2 GW of solar generation and 4.0 GWh of energy storage.
03 Feb 26	Italy: Eni and Q8 partner for the construction of the Priolo biorefinery Eni and Q8 Italy have announced a major strategic investment in the ongoing project for the construction of a new biorefinery in Priolo, Sicily. The biorefinery will have a capacity of 500,000 tonnes per year and will offer extensive operational flexibility for the production of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF-Biojet).
03 Feb 26	Germany: Fugro awarded geotechnical survey contract for TotalEnergies’ NSE 1 offshore wind farm development Fugro has been awarded a contract to perform comprehensive geotechnical surveys for the NordSee Energies 1 offshore wind farm, a major renewable energy project being developed by TotalEnergies on the North Sea N-12.1 site.
03 Feb 26	Germany: Scatec JV reaches financial close for 80 MW BESS in the Philippines and prepares for construction start SN Aboitiz Power (SNAP), Scatec ASA’s joint venture with Aboitiz Renewables, the renewable energy arm of Aboitiz Power Corporation in the Philippines, has reached financial close and prepares for construction start of the 40 MW Binga (phase 2) and 40 MW Ambuklao battery energy storage systems (BESS).
03 Feb 26	Germany: RWE and Amazon sign Power Purchase Agreement for offshore wind power from Nordseecluster B project Amazon and RWE, a global leader in renewable energy, have signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for 110 megawatts (MW) from RWE’s German Nordseecluster B offshore wind farm.
03 Feb 26	Sweden: Nordex Group secures 189 MW order from OX2 in Sweden The Nordex Group has received a new order from the Swedish renewable energy company OX2 for the supply and installation of wind turbines for the Fageråsen Wind Farm in Sweden.
02 Feb 26	US federal court grants preliminary injunction allowing Sunrise Wind construction to resume The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has granted the preliminary injunction sought by Sunrise Wind regarding the 22 December 2025 suspension order issued by the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (‘BOEM’). The court’s action will allow the Sunrise Wind Project to restart impacted activities immediately.
02 Feb 26	Tunisia: Voltalia wins a new solar project in Tunisia Voltalia, an international player in renewable energies, has secured a 132-megawatt solar project in the Gabès region in south-east Tunisia
02 Feb 26	Italy: Zenith Energy acquires solar energy project in Piedmont Zenith Energy, the listed international energy production and development company, has announced the acquisition of an agrivoltaic project at development stage located in the Piedmont region of Italy, through its wholly-owned Italian subsidiary, responsible for managing its solar energy portfolio, WESOLAR.
02 Feb 26	China: Octopus Energy announces major China joint venture with PCG Power during Prime Minister’s visit Octopus Energy Group, the UK’s largest energy supplier, has announced a new joint venture with China’s PCG Power to trade renewable energy across the world’s largest clean energy market. The deal, announced during the Prime Minister’s official visit to China, marks Octopus’ entry into the world’s largest renewable energy market and a major step in exporting British energy tech overseas.