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02 Jun 26	Germany: More wind power for the Rhenish lignite area - RWE commissions additional turbines at Wiedenfelder Höhe wind farm RWE has completed the expansion of its Wiedenfelder Höhe wind farm in Bergheim in the Rhenish lignite area. Three new 5.7-MW wind turbines have recently started operating on the recultivated spoil tip of the former Fortuna-Garsdorf opencast mine, delivering a total of 17.1 megawatts (MW) to the grid.
02 Jun 26	UK: Seventh Carbon Budget will boost private investment in renewables, create jobs and move UK closer to energy independence RenewableUK Chief Executive Tara Singh comments on the Government’s announcement of the Seventh Carbon Budget, which coincides with a new report by the Confederation of British Industry and the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit showing the UK’s net zero economy added £105 billion in value in 2025 and now supports more than one million jobs.
02 Jun 26	Netherlands: Ecowende has installed the first of 52 wind turbines at its Hollandse Kust West wind farm offshore Netherlands Ecowende has installed its first wind turbine, approximately 53 kilometres off the coast of IJmuiden. The installation was carried out by Van Oord using the advanced offshore installation vessel Boreas. It marks a historic milestone in the energy transition: a wind farm that sets a new ecological benchmark for offshore wind development in the North Sea.
02 Jun 26	UK: Clearer policy and stronger investment needed to scale North Sea CCS and Hydrogen projects Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and Hydrogen technology will be vital to cutting emissions and strengthening energy resilience, but progress will stall without co-ordination of infrastructure, clearer cross-border rules and stronger investor confidence, according to a new report OEUK commissioned from DNV
02 Jun 26	UK: EDF power solutions announces proposed Nant y Maen Wind Farm to boost energy security and sustainability in Wales EDF power solutions has announced its early stage plans to develop the Nant y Maen Onshore Wind Farm, a proposed renewable energy project located east of Tregaron. The project could have an installed capacity of up to 150MW, enough green electricity to power the equivalent needs of 146,000 average UK households.
01 Jun 26	Vestas adds new orders in Germany and the United Kingdom Vestas has announced orders in Germany and the United Kingdom as part of its Q2 order intake. The 50 MW Erweiterung Ostermoor Nord project is located in Germany, with delivery planned to begin in Q2 2027 and commissioning scheduled to begin in Q2 2028. The undisclosed 45 MW project is located in the UK, with delivery planned to begin in Q1 2027 and commissioning scheduled to begin in Q4 2027.
01 Jun 26	Spain: FairWind wins multi-year O&M contract in Spain FairWind has secured its first project with Statkraft, Europe’s largest generator of renewable energy, to deliver operations and maintenance (O&M) across two onshore wind farms in Spain. The 2.5-year award is also the company’s first O&M term contract in its Mediterranean region, marking a significant step in its European growth. The services will be delivered under Statkraft’s overall operational framework and asset management responsibility.
01 Jun 26	Australia: RWE gets green light to move Australia’s first eight-hour battery from commissioning to full operations RWE has received official sign-off from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) and Transmission Network Service Provider Transgrid to operate Australia’s first eight hour Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at full capacity. The Limondale BESS comprises 144 Tesla Megapacks that are uniquely registered to charge at 100 megawatts (MW) and discharge at 50 megawatts (MW).
01 Jun 26	Germany: RWE produces solar power for KRONOS TITAN in Nordenham RWE and KRONOS TITAN are advancing the sustainable energy supply of industrial operations. RWE has successfully built and is now operating a ground-mounted photovoltaic plant with a capacity of 24.7 megawatts peak on a 20-hectare area at the KRONOS facility in Nordenham, Lower Saxony.
01 Jun 26	Poland: OX2 starts construction of solar and energy storage projects in Poland OX2 has taken investment decisions for two significant renewable energy projects in Poland: the 165 MWp Lion solar farm in the Lubuskie Voivodeship and the company’s first Polish energy storage facility, a 50 MW / 120 MWh battery installation to be built in Osiek Jasielski in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship.
01 Jun 26	Germany: Vestas wins new orders in Germany Vestas has announced two new orders in Germany as part of its Q2 order intake. Wehrder project is for 64 MW, and an undisclosed project is for 24 MW. For both projects, delivery is planned to begin in Q1 2027, with commissioning scheduled to begin in Q3 2027.
31 May 26	Denmark: European Energy wins German hydrogen tender European Energy has been awarded support under the German government’s hydrogen auction framework linked to the European Hydrogen Bank (EHB), as one of three selected projects. European Energy has been awarded support under the German government’s hydrogen auction framework linked to the European Hydrogen Bank (EHB), as one of three selected projects.
31 May 26	US: Avangrid Executes PPA with Microsoft for New 140 MW Solar Project in Washington; U.S. Contracts Now Exceed 500 MW Avangrid, a leading energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, has announced the signing of a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Microsoft for the 140 Megawatt-dc (100 MWac) Bluebird Solar project in Klickitat County, Washington. With the addition of Bluebird, Avangrid and Microsoft now have more than 500 MW of energy capacity under contract in the U.S.