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19 Mar 26	Grandpuits Zero-crude Platform: TotalEnergies starts production at France’s first Advanced Plastics Recycling Plant TotalEnergies has launched France’s first advanced plastics recycling plant, with an annual capacity of 15,000 tons, at its Grandpuits site southeast of Paris. This start-up marks another step in the conversion of the refinery into a zero-crude platform.
19 Mar 26	Ireland: Form Energy and FuturEnergy Ireland announce agreement to deploy first Iron-Air Battery Storage Project In Ireland Form Energy, an American energy storage company, and FuturEnergy Ireland, a leading Irish clean energy developer, have announced an agreement to jointly deploy a 10 MW / 1,000 MWh iron-air battery system in the northwest of Ireland. Anticipated to come online in 2029, this is the first international deployment of Form Energy’s iron-air, multi-day batteries to be announced – and represents a landmark project for the future of Ireland’s electricity system.
19 Mar 26	UK: National hydrogen network takes major step forward as plans unveiled National Gas sets out plans for more than 300 miles of hydrogen pipeline on the East Coast of England, the first phase of a national hydrogen network for Great Britain.
19 Mar 26	Germany: The Nordex Group receives orders totaling 54 MW from Prowind in Germany The project developer Prowind from Osnabrück has placed two orders with the Nordex Group in Germany. The orders include a total of eight N175/6.X turbines with a total capacity of 54.4 MW. Nordex will supply six wind turbines for the Hogenset wind farm, located in Lower Saxony, and two additional turbines for the Füchtorf project, which extends across Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia.
19 Mar 26	UK: Angus Energy announces update on financial restructuring and suspension of trading on AIM Angus Energy has reached agreement on the key terms to restructure its debt obligations with its three principal creditor groups. Trading in the Company's shares on AIM will remain suspended pending the conclusion of its financial restructuring.
19 Mar 26	Germany: bp further simplifies portfolio with agreement to sell Gelsenkirchen refinery to Klesch Group bp has reached an agreement to sell its Gelsenkirchen refinery and related businesses to Klesch Group, an independent European refiner. The transaction represents another significant milestone in bp’s acceleration of its strategy, including simplifying the portfolio, strengthening the balance sheet and focusing the downstream on its leading integrated businesses.
18 Mar 26	UK: Katoni Engineering awarded three-year integrated EPC contract by Bumi Armada for North Sea asset Katoni Engineering has been awarded a three-year contract by BUMI Armada to deliver integrated Engineering, Procurement and Construction services for the Armada Kraken FPSO in the UK North Sea.
18 Mar 26	OEUK CEO David Whitehouse on energy security in an increasingly volatile world OEUK's CEO David Whitehouse features in The Times on the current situation in the Middle East and at home. Conflict in the Middle East has highlighted again the growing challenge of where and how we get our energy. There are inescapable real-world consequences for our security of supply. Conflict in the Middle East has highlighted again the growing challenge of where and how we get our energy. There are inescapable real-world consequences for our security of supply.
18 Mar 26	Norway: New oil discovery strengthens the development of Johan Castberg Equinor has made an oil discovery that will be tied into the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea. The discovery was made in the 'Polynya Tubåen' prospect (7220/7-5). The well was drilled by the COSL Prospector rig. The preliminary volume estimate is between 14 and 24 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalents.
18 Mar 26	Ithaca Energy announces full year 2025 results - A year of strong strategic and operational execution Ithaca Energy, a leading UK independent production and growth company, has announced its audited full year results for the year ended 31 December 2025. The Company delivered another year of excellent operational and financial performance in 2025. Acquisitions in Seagull and Cygnus contributed accretive growth, which along with organic investment in the period, achieved an exit rate of 148 kboe/d and allowed Ithaca to enter 2026 with significantly increased production capacity.
18 Mar 26	Denmark: BlueNord publishes 2025 Annual Statement of Reserves and Resources BlueNord has published its 2025 Annual Statement of Reserves and Resources. As of 31 December 2025, the Company's net Proven and Probable ('2P') Reserves were 172.4 MMboe. In addition, the Company has net Contingent Resources ('2C') associated with near-term projects of 22.6 MMboe.
17 Mar 26	Italy: Zelestra secures 1.5 TWh under Italy’s Energy Release 2.0, supporting new solar capacity Zelestra, a global, multi-technology, customer-focused renewable energy company, has signed bilateral contracts under Italy’s Energy Release 2.0 mechanism for a total volume of 1.5 TWh, reinforcing its position as a key renewable energy partner to Italian industry.
17 Mar 26	UK: Defence experts urge UK to treat energy security as part of national security - and accelerate renewables to reduce exposure to global price shock A new report by Public First, produced in collaboration with the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and commissioned by RenewableUK, warns that ongoing reliance on internationally-traded gas has left the UK over-exposed to global price shocks, fiscal risk and hostile state activity.
17 Mar 26	Denmark: RWE reports first generation at Thor offshore wind farm One milestone follows another at the 1.1-gigawatt Thor offshore wind farm off Denmark’s west coast near Jutland: Yesterday, shortly after the installation of the first turbine, Thor delivered electricity into the Danish grid for the first time. Once fully operational in 2027, Thor will be able to power the equivalent of more than one million Danish homes.
17 Mar 26	Norway: Equinor’s investigation report following the fatal accident at Mongstad is complete Equinor has completed its internal investigation into the workplace accident at Mongstad on 17 September 2025, in which a worker lost his life. The purpose has been to ensure learning and to identify measures that can strengthen safety in crane and lifting operations across the company.
17 Mar 26	Greece: EnEarth awards FEED contract for Prinos Carbon Storage Project to Kent - A Key EU Decarbonisation Initiative in Greece EnEarth Greece, a wholly owned subsidiary of Energean, has announced the award of the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract for the Prinos CO2 Project to Kent. This milestone marks a significant step towards delivering one of the flagship carbon storage projects in Europe.
17 Mar 26	Germany: Nordex Group receives new orders for 137 MW for repowering projects on the island of Fehmarn in Germany The Nordex Group has received two new orders for repowering projects on the Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn in Germany. For the two wind farms Fehmarn-Mitte I and Fehmarn-Mitte II, Nordex will supply and install 24 wind turbines of the N163/5.X type. The total capacity of the orders from the company Fehmarn-Mitte GmbH amounts to 136.8 MW.
16 Mar 26	Sweden: Green Power Sweden reports continued downward trend in permits for new wind power Only three wind power projects, totaling twelve wind turbines, received final permits in 2025, according to a new report from the industry organization Green Power Sweden. Sweden needs significantly more to ensure that the expansion is in line with the Swedish Energy Agency's scenarios.
16 Mar 26	UK: Bilfinger offshore workers in strike ballot over jobs, pay, and conditions Unite workers employed by Bilfinger are being balloted over strike action on North Sea assets operated by Ithaca Energy in a dispute over jobs, pay, and conditions.