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30 Apr 25 |
Denmark: RWE installs first foundation at Thor offshore wind farm RWE has taken an important step in the construction of the 1.1 gigawatt (GW) Thor offshore wind farm in the Danish North Sea: the first of 72 monopile foundations has been successfully installed. |
30 Apr 25 |
US: Helium One Global announces Jackson-27 flow test results and gas analysis update Helium One Global, the primary helium explorer in Tanzania with a 50% working interest in the Galactica-Pegasus helium development project in Colorado, USA, has provided an update following the Blue Star Helium announcement issued today regarding the Galactica Project. |
30 Apr 25 |
US: Helium One announces spudding of Jackson-2 development well at the Galactica helium project Helium One Global, the primary helium explorer in Tanzania with a 50% working interest in the Galactica-Pegasus helium development project in Colorado, USA, has provided an update following the Blue Star Helium announcement issued today regarding the Galactica Project. |
29 Apr 25 |
UK: New independent report finds that underground cables are, on average, around 4.5 times more expensive than overhead lines The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has released an independent and comprehensive study on the costs of installing high voltage electricity transmission lines overground, underground and sub-sea, aiming to inform the Government's ambitious plans to re-wire Great Britain in the largest grid upgrade since the 1960s. |
28 Apr 25 |
BW ESS and Nordea Bank sign largest ever battery storage financing in the Nordics BW ESS has secured a SEK 628m green loan agreement with Nordea Bank for its 211MW/211MWh portfolio of operational battery storage assets in Sweden, owned in partnership with Ingrid Capacity. The transaction is BW ESS’ first external financing and understood to be the largest battery energy storage system (BESS) financing in the Nordics to date. |
28 Apr 25 |
UK: Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners to partially divest Coalburn 1 battery project Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, on behalf of its fund Copenhagen Infrastructure IV (CI IV), has signed an agreement to divest a 50% ownership stake, upon site commissioning, to AXA IM Alts, a global leader in alternative investments. Coalburn 1 is a 500MW, 2-hour duration, lithium ion battery energy storage system (BESS), located in South Lanarkshire, in southern Scotland. |
28 Apr 25 |
UK: Record-breaking monopile installation sets a solid foundation for ScottishPower’s biggest-ever offshore windfarm The offshore construction programme for ScottishPower’s biggest-ever renewables project is officially underway with the installation of the first foundation for the green energy company’s £4 billion East Anglia THREE offshore windfarm. |
28 Apr 25 |
Ireland: Hope for electricity consumers as new report finds Irish onshore wind energy can treble Extensive mapping has found that Ireland can generate at least a further 6,000 MW of wind energy, in addition to what is already built or in the planning system. In a new study commissioned by Wind Energy Ireland, leading Irish planning and environmental consultancy MKO has calculated Ireland’s capacity for further onshore wind development, which is the country’s cheapest source of new electricity. |
28 Apr 25 |
UK: Apatura secures planning consent for new 40 MW energy storage system to power Scotland’s clean energy future Renewable energy storage specialist Apatura has received planning consent for its latest grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) at the village of Eaglesham in East Renfrewshire, strengthening its growing portfolio of clean energy infrastructure in Scotland. |
28 Apr 25 |
Germany: Milestone for Germany’s largest offshore wind farm under construction: First 'EnBW He Dreiht' wind turbine is now in place The first wind turbine for 'EnBW He Dreiht', Germany’s largest offshore wind farm currently under construction, is now in place, marking an important milestone in the construction phase. He Dreiht is a world premiere in technical terms because the largest 15 MW wind turbine available on the market from Vestas will be used for the first time. |
