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10 Feb 26	Norway, can Merlin help you? Merlin are heading to Oslo and Stavanger on 2nd March to catch up with clients ahead of the APA round which is expected in May 2026. Merlin has been supporting its Norwegian clients for more than a decade. If you need ongoing support, an extra pair of hands, or a quick stand-alone technical G&G evaluation, then why not get in touch and arrange a meeting with Bill, Phil and Eleanor to see how we can help you?
10 Feb 26	UK: Great British Energy and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero have published the Local Power Plan Great British Energy and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero have published the Local Power Plan, which will expand community and local clean energy by providing up to £1 billion of funding, hands-on support, better business models and policy ambition and regulatory reform so that local projects can be developed at scale across the UK.
10 Feb 26	UK: RWE secures Contracts for Difference for 290 megawatts of solar PV and onshore wind capacity in UK Allocation Round 7 The UK government has announced the results of Allocation Round 7 (AR7) for ‘Pot 1’ established renewable technologies, including onshore wind and solar PV. In the competitive auction, five RWE solar projects comprising 215 megawatts (MW) and three onshore wind projects totalling 76 MW were successful.
10 Feb 26	Poland: ORLEN accelerates its LNG expansion: more deliveries, stronger fleet and growing import capacity 2025 was a record-breaking year for the LNG segment in Poland. Shipments of liquefied natural gas received by the ORLEN Group at the Swinoujscie terminal amounted to 81 – up by 20 compared with the previous year. The total volume of seaborne LNG imports reached almost 6 million tonnes, representing an increase of 30% year on year.
10 Feb 26	UK: Latest round of new onshore wind farms will boost energy security by powering over 1.2 million UK homes The onshore wind farms which won contracts today to generate clean power in the Government’s latest auction for new projects will strengthen the UK’s energy security by generating enough electricity to meet the needs over 1.2 million homes.
10 Feb 26	UK: Wood secures contract extension across key assets in the Southern North Sea Wood has secured another 16-month contract extension with Shell U.K. for technical personnel and engineering support services across key assets in the Southern North Sea.
10 Feb 26	Norway: Vår Energi delivering higher production and more value for longer Vår Energi reports financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2025. The Company delivered transformational growth in 2025, doubling production in just two years. The Company delivered record high production, high reserve replacement, strong financial performance and significant value creation.
09 Feb 26	Germany: Bilfinger contracted for assembly and installation of BP’s Green Hydrogen Plant in Lingen, Germany Bilfinger has been awarded a contract as part of a consortium to deliver the prefabrication, assembly, and installation of plant components for bp’s new green hydrogen electrolyzer. With a planned capacity of 100 megawatts, the new production facility is expected to become the largest of its kind for green hydrogen from bp and the first to be fully owned and operated by the energy company.
09 Feb 26	UK: Centrica announces sale of European Energy Solutions Businesses and Panoramic Power Centrica has completed the disposal of a number of non-core energy solutions businesses. The energy solutions businesses in Italy and the Netherlands have been sold to Joulz, a 3i Infrastructure portfolio company, and the Hungarian business has been disposed of via a management buyout. The Company has also finalised the sale of Panoramic Power. Total proceeds from the transactions are over £80 million.
09 Feb 26	UK: Orcadian Energy announces potential funding structure with Albion Labs AIM-listed Orcadian Energy has announced that the Company is exploring with Albion Labs Canada a potential royalty-based funding structure under which, subject to separate definitive agreements and regulatory approvals, Albion Labs Canada would acquire royalty interests over certain of Orcadian's assets.
09 Feb 26	Netherlands: Equinor and Eneco sign 5-year gas agreement for supplies to the Netherlands Equinor and Eneco have signed a 5-year agreement for deliveries of gas to Eneco, a main supplier of natural gas, electricity and heat in the Netherlands. The volumes are up to 0.5 billion cubic meters (bcm) per year with deliveries to the Dutch gas grid from 1 February this year.
08 Feb 26	UK: Scottish Government refuses consent for CWP's proposed 60-turbine Scoop Hill Wind Farm The largest renewable energy scheme before Scottish Government decision makers, shovel ready with a grid connection constructed & preparing for operation in 2027, has been refused consent. The proposed 60-turbine Scoop Hill Wind Farm would have created more than 250 construction jobs, delivered £5 million a year in business rates, and provided £2 million annually in community benefit funding.
08 Feb 26	Germany: EnBW to supply green offshore wind power to Google in Germany EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG (EnBW) and Google have entered into a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) under which EnBW will supply Google with 100 megawatts of clean electricity from the He Dreiht offshore wind farm over a period of 15 years.
08 Feb 26	Ireland: ib vogt successfully divests €230 million Irish renewable energy portfolio comprising 272 MWp across three solar projects International solar development platform ib vogt has successfully closed transactions totalling approximately €230 million in enterprise value across three utility-scale solar photovoltaic projects in Ireland with a combined capacity of 272 MWp.
08 Feb 26	UK: Teesside terminal owner fined £175,000 for excessive venting The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has fined CATS North Sea Limited (CATS) £175,000 for venting more than double the consented volume of gas at its terminal in Teesside.
07 Feb 26	Germany: RWE strengthens partnerships with ADNOC and Masdar to enhance energy security in Germany and Europe RWE and ADNOC agree to work on exploring LNG supply to Germany and additional European markets. RWE and Masdar sign Memorandum of Understanding to jointly invest in Battery Energy Storage Systems in Germany. Agreements look to enhance collaboration between RWE and the UAE companies through to 2030 and beyond.