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21 Oct 26	Spain: Encavis signs first hybrid solar and wind PPA with Visalia in Spain
21 Oct 26	UK: Ofgem launches biggest ever OFTO tender round for £3.5 billion Hornsea 3 offshore transmission link Ofgem has launched what’s expected to be its largest ever tender round for the offshore transmission assets connecting Hornsea 3 - one of the world’s biggest windfarms - to Britain’s power grid. Tender Round 14 in Ofgem’s OFTO framework (offshore transmission owners), which launched today (Wednesday October 21) has an estimated value of around £3.5 billion.
21 Oct 26	UK: Vattenfall unveils plans for new Nottinghamshire wind farm Vattenfall is exploring plans for a new onshore wind farm near the villages of Misson and Gringley-on-the-Hill in Nottinghamshire, with up to 16 turbines and a potential generating capacity of 112 megawatts (MW).
21 Oct 26	Germany: Vattenfall to deliver balancing power from Veja Mate offshore wind farm Vattenfall has announced that, for the first time, it will provide balancing power from the 416 MW Veja Mate Offshore Wind Farm, helping to stabilise the grid during fluctuations. Using this project, Vattenfall plans to provide 200 MW, the largest amount of balancing power from offshore wind.
21 Oct 26	UK: Ørsted completes construction on innovative UK battery energy storage system Ørsted, the global leader in offshore wind energy, has finished construction of its first large-scale UK battery energy storage system (BESS). This is the latest milestone along the path to it becoming fully operational. There are now 170 megapacks in place alongside the onshore converter station for Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm, near Norwich, Norfolk. Each is the length of a classic Routemaster London bus but weighs the same as five buses.
21 Oct 26	Electricity Networks Sector Growth Plan shows how building new UK grid will attract billions in investment and support hundreds of thousands of jobs RenewableUK’s CEO Tara Singh comments on the publication of the Electricity Networks Sector Growth Plan by the Energy Networks Association and BEAMA, which shows that by 2035, electricity networks are expected to support more than 210,000 jobs, contribute £58 billion in economic value and enable £181 billion of investment in Great Britain's electricity networks.
21 Oct 26	UK: ZX Measurement Services supports Vattenfall’s growing UK wind measurement portfolio ZX Measurement Services is supporting Vattenfall across a portfolio of UK wind energy developments, delivering integrated measurement campaigns that combine customer-owned and rental ZX 300 wind Lidars, ZX Power and specialist field services to support both wind resource and noise assessment programmes.
21 Oct 26	US: Endurance Energy drills world’s first subsea geothermal well and runs first net-positive power plant Endurance Energy has announced the first end-to-end demonstration of subsea geothermal power: its Adélie test plant generated more electricity than it consumed on an active underwater volcano nearly a mile deep in the Pacific Ocean.
20 Oct 26	Japan: Vestas announces new order in Vietnam Vestas has announced a 27 MW order in Vietnam as part of its Q4 order intake. Customer and Project name are undisclosed. Delivery planned to begin at the end of 2027 with commissioning scheduled in 2028.
20 Oct 26	UK: Almost 500 UK offshore wind jobs to be supported through Seaway7 agreement for SSE’s Berwick Bank B project Almost 500 skilled offshore wind jobs will be supported across north-east Scotland and the wider UK after SSE appointed Aberdeen-based Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 group, as preferred supplier to deliver key infrastructure for its 1.4GW Berwick Bank B offshore wind project.
20 Oct 26	UK's first subsea cable factory opens in £350m Highlands investment The UK's first high voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cable factory has opened at the Port of Nigg in the Highlands, creating up to 250 jobs and supporting more than 400 across the supply chain.
20 Oct 26	UK: Independent investigation concludes allegations against NESO were unsubstantiated An independent investigation into allegations raised about operational decision-making and record-keeping at NESO has concluded that there was no evidence to substantiate the allegations examined.
20 Oct 26	UK: Low Carbon launches Dengie Peninsula Energy Park in Essex Leading UK renewable energy company, Low Carbon, has confirmed that it has begun developing proposals for Dengie Peninsula Energy Park, a new solar and energy storage project located on land near the villages of Bradwell-on-Sea, Dengie and Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex.
19 Oct 26	UK: Grid decision could unlock £1.3 billion for Wales New economic analysis by BiGGAR Economics, published today by RenewableUK Cymru, shows that a proposed electricity grid transmission route through Wales could unlock an additional £1.3 billion of spending with Welsh businesses and support 540 long-term jobs compared with an alternative route which would bypass Wales.
19 Oct 26	Italy: SSE’s first Italian wind farm starts operations under Microsoft power purchase agreement SSE’s combined Castel Favorito and Masseria la Cattiva (17.3 MW) wind farm in Puglia, southern Italy, is now operational and exporting renewable energy into the local grid, marking the delivery of the company’s first Italian renewable electricity asset.
19 Oct 26	UK: Wood Thilsted awarded foundation Detailed Design for Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Project Offshore wind engineering consultancy Wood Thilsted has been awarded the foundation Detailed Design contract for the Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind project, one of the UK’s largest planned offshore wind developments.
19 Oct 26	Ireland: EirGrid completes 2026 marine and coastal survey campaign for Powering Up Offshore – South Coast EirGrid, the electricity Transmission System Operator (TSO) for Ireland, has successfully completed its 2026 marine and coastal survey campaign for the Powering Up Offshore – South Coast programme, marking another important milestone in the development of the electricity grid infrastructure needed to connect offshore renewable energy from Ireland's south coast to homes, businesses and communities.
19 Oct 26	UK: Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners II partners with Gilkes Energy via strategic investment into Earba Pumped Storage Hydro Foresight has announced that Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners II SCSp ('FEIP II'), has made a significant investment in Gilkes Energy’s Earba Pumped Storage Hydro (PSH) project. Earba is a 1.8 GW / 40 GWh long-duration energy storage project in the Scottish Highlands and one of the largest PSH projects currently under development in the UK.
19 Oct 26	Italy: Zenith Energy acquires 10 MWp PV Development Project in Lombardy and provides Italian Production Update Zenith Energy, the international energy production and development company, has announced the acquisition of a further ground-mounted photovoltaic development project with an indicative installed capacity of approx. 10 MWp, located in the Province of Pavia, in the Lombardy region of Italy.
19 Oct 26	Mongolia: Petro Matad provides an update on its renewable energy activities in Mongolia Petro Matad, the AIM quoted Mongolian oil company, has provided an update on its renewable energy activities in Mongolia. The Company has signed an MOU covering cooperation on a renewable energy export initiative from Mongolia into China targeting a capacity of 4.5GW as a first phase, supported by 500MWh of battery storage.