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10 Dec 25	UK: Great British Energy backs Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Communities in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will see a funding boost for local renewable projects from publicly owned company Great British Energy. After announcing it will back over 1,000 local and community energy projects over the next five years, the company has increased renewable funding for the UK’s devolved nations by £12 million to over £21 million.
10 Dec 25	Spain: Zero-waste repowering - RWE commissions its Muel wind farm in Aragon RWE has commissioned its new Muel wind farm, located in the Aragon region near Zaragoza, Spain. Modern turbines for a higher green energy yield: from 27 to 3 turbines; total installed capacity to increase from 16.2 MW to 19.97 MW. Number of Spanish homes supplied to increase from 9,400 to 21,000. Bureau Veritas certifies ZeroWaste.
10 Dec 25	Botswana: Scatec starts commercial operation at Mmadinare phase 2 in Botswana Scatec, a leading renewable energy provider, has started commercial operation of the second 60 MW phase of the 120 MW Mmadinare Solar Cluster in Botswana.
10 Dec 25	UK: UK marks historic milestone of 25 years of offshore wind December 8 marks 25 years since the UK’s first offshore wind farm began to generate clean power. Blyth Offshore Wind Farm, located off the coast of Northumberland, paved the way for a major new industry which is now playing a central role in the UK’s transition to renewable energy.
10 Dec 25	UK: CorPower Ocean leads €30M push to scale UK wave energy CorPower Ocean has been selected to lead the €30M POWER-Farm EU Project, addressing the competitiveness and bankability of wave farms by validating the technology in conditions required for large-scale deployment in UK waters.
10 Dec 25	Germany: Exus Renewables acquires German 69MW Westphalia wind portfolio from Deutsche WindXperts Leading global energy solutions provider, Exus Renewables, has entered into an agreement with Deutsche WindXperts (DWXP), a German onshore wind developer, to acquire a 69MW wind portfolio comprising four wind farms under development, located in the state of North Rhine–Westphalia, Germany.
10 Dec 25	UK: Ofgem agrees early investment and updated dates for proposed electricity superhighways Ofgem has approved updated delivery dates and early investment for three major projects which will help boost Great Britain’s energy security and clean power ambitions and deliver projected savings for consumers.
10 Dec 25	US: Nordex Group and Alliant Energy team up to increase manufacturing jobs and wind production in Iowa The Nordex Group has been awarded significant contracts by Alliant Energy, following a rigorous and competitive RFP process. Following regulatory approvals, Nordex will supply Alliant Energy up to 190 turbines of the N133 and N163 Delta4000-variants for large-scale projects in the Midwest, including Iowa.
09 Dec 25	Spain: Plenitude drives its expansion in Spain with the start of operations at the Caparacena 150 MW solar plant Plenitude has inaugurated the Caparacena solar project in Chimeneas (Granada). The project, one of the most significant in the company’s portfolio in Spain, covers 264 hectares and comprises three photovoltaic parks of 50 MW each.
09 Dec 25	Nordex Group receives orders for 102 MW in France and Belgium The Nordex Group has won new contracts in France and Belgium, covering the delivery and installation of 28 wind turbines for seven wind farms.
09 Dec 25	Brazil: Equinor’s first hybrid power complex starts operations Equinor takes a new step in the power business with the launch of its first hybrid power complex that combines solar and wind resources. Equinor and its Brazilian subsidiary Rio Energy have started commercial power production at the Serra da Babilônia Solar facility in Brazil.
08 Dec 25	Poland: Subsea7 awarded contract offshore for BC-Wind project in Poland Subsea 7 has announced the award to Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, of a sizeable contract by Ocean Winds for the BC-Wind project. The BC-Wind offshore site is located in the Baltic Sea, approx. 23 kms off the Polish coast, and will comprise 26 wind turbine generators.
08 Dec 25	A renewables-based energy system will save Europe €1.6 trillion WindEurope’s latest study done in cooperation with Hitachi Energy shows that even when accounting for the grids, storage and back-up, a system running on high shares of renewables is the cheapest by far.
08 Dec 25	Germany: Fewer turbines, five times the output: RWE commissions modernised Lasbek wind farm Following extensive modernisation and a construction period of just one year, RWE has commissioned its new Lasbek wind farm. In the municipality of Lasbek in the Stormarn district of Schleswig-Holstein, the company replaced six existing turbines with a total capacity of 10.8 megawatts (MW) with four new, more powerful turbines, with a total capacity of 22.8 MW.
08 Dec 25	Italy: European Energy gets CfD’s on five solar projects in Italy totalling 513 MW GSE, the Italian energy agency, has awarded European Energy CfD tariffs for five solar projects totalling 513 MW across Sicily, Apulia and Molise.
08 Dec 25	Egypt: Scatec signs equity partnership agreements for Obelisk in Egypt Scatec, has signed shareholder agreements with Norfund, the Norwegian investment fund for developing countries and EDF power solutions, an international energy player which develops, builds and operates renewable and low-carbon energy production facilities, for an equity partnership in Scatec’s 1.1GW solar and 100MW/200MWh battery storage hybrid project, Obelisk in Egypt.
08 Dec 25	Tanzania: Helium One Global provides update on Southern Rukwa Helium Project AIM-listed Helium One Global, the primary helium explorer in Tanzania with a 50% working interest in the Galactica-Pegasus helium development project in Colorado, USA, provides an update on the Company's southern Rukwa Helium Project.