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09 Oct 24	Danish Energy Agency presses the start button for billion-dollar tendering procedure for carbon capture and storage The new CCS Fund has DKK 28.7 billion (USD 4.2 billion) to secure capture and storage of CO2 from as early as 2029, and to help Denmark along its path to climate neutrality. The deadline for applying for participation in the tendering procedure is 25 March 2025.
09 Oct 24	UK: OEUK CEO provides key insights at the Great British Energy Bill committee Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) Chief Executive, David Whitehouse, recently presented evidence to the Great British Energy Bill committee, emphasizing the strength of the UK’s energy sector and its potential for future growth.
09 Oct 24	Spain: Plenitude announces the start of operation of a 13 MW wind plant in Soria, Spain Plenitude has announced the start of operation of the wind farms of Numancia in the area of Almarza (Soria, Spain). The project has three Vestas V136 wind turbines with installed capacity of about 13 megawatts (MW) and will have an estimated production of 31 GWh/year.
09 Oct 24	UK: NSTA acts to smooth the path of North Sea deals Multi-million-pound transactions will be helped to complete more smoothly following the publication of new guidance from the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA).
09 Oct 24	Norway's Longship project is near completion The Norwegian government continues its investment in the Longship project and proposes an allocation of 2.1 billion NOK in the state budget for 2025. In 2025, a large part of the full-scale project for CCS in Norway will be completed.
09 Oct 24	Norway's Ministry of Energy reports large revenues from the petroleum industry in 2024 Norway's net cash flow from petroleum activities is estimated to be 680 billion NOK in 2024. These revenues go into the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global and are expected to provide approximately 20 billion NOK into future budgets.
08 Oct 24	Norway: A responsible approach to floating offshore wind The Norwegian government’s offshore wind initiative continues on a steady course. The government will announce the next project areas for development of offshore wind on the Norwegian continental shelf in 2025 and is proposing 35 billion NOK for a support scheme dedicated towards the first floating offshore wind tender within the Vestavind F and Vestavind B areas.
08 Oct 24	Poland: Baltic Power wind farm completes first onshore connection Baltic Power is one of the first projects in the world to install 15 MW wind turbines and the first in the world to have a significant portion of its turbine towers made of low-carbon steel. With completion in 2026, Baltic Power will be the first Polish offshore wind farm operating in the Baltic Sea.
08 Oct 24	UK: Mocean Energy and Proserv partner to accelerate decarbonisation of offshore energy Scottish ocean energy pioneers Mocean Energy and Aberdeen-headquartered leading global controls technology specialists Proserv have signed a working partnership agreement with the aim of accelerating the development of renewables solutions for subsea operations.
08 Oct 24	Decarbonizing French Industry: TotalEnergies signs a renewable electricity supply agreement with Saint-Gobain TotalEnergies has signed with Saint-Gobain a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to supply renewable electricity to Saint-Gobain’s French facilities. TotalEnergies will provide a baseload supply of electricity and guarantees of origin produced by TotalEnergies’ wind and solar plants in the northeast and south of France, and the Loire Valley.
07 Oct 24	Poland: RWE starts construction of utility-scale solar project in Poland RWE is further expanding its Polish solar business. After commissioning the first solar farm from a construction pipeline of more than 100 MWac in June, RWE has now started the construction of another utility-scale solar project in Poland.
07 Oct 24	UK: Lakeside energises to become UK’s largest transmission-connected battery energy storage system Global clean energy enterprise TagEnergy’s Lakeside battery energy storage system (BESS) is now the largest transmission-connected BESS project in the UK following energisation.
07 Oct 24	Norway: Equinor reports on Norwegian development projects Equinor is the operator of 19 projects currently under development in Norway. In the proposed National Budget for 2025, the Ministry of Energy listed the status of 13 Equinor-operated projects currently under development or recently completed.
07 Oct 24	Integrated Power in Germany: TotalEnergies joins RWE in two offshore wind projects TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with RWE to acquire a 50% stake in two offshore wind projects in the North Sea. The two projects, N-9.1 (2 GW) and N-9.2 (2 GW), located 110 km off the German coast, were awarded to RWE in August 2024 and have 25-year licenses extendable to 35 years.
07 Oct 24	UK: OEUK releases CCUS Insight report following £22bn government funding for new projects Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) says today’s confirmation of £22bn of funding over 25 years can help kickstart the UK’s Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage (CCUS) sector starting with the deployment of the Hynet cluster in Merseyside and the East Coast Cluster in Teeside and Humberside, known as Track-1 clusters.
07 Oct 24	UK: Angus Energy announces Q3 2024 production and operations update Production from the Saltfleetby Field in the Third Quarter of 2024 was 531 million standard cubic feet of natural gas and 9,977 barrels of condensate. In addition, the Brockham Field exported 1,995 barrels of oil during the Quarter.
07 Oct 24	Denmark: BlueNord announces preliminary production for September and Q3 2024 BlueNord has announced its preliminary production figures for September and Third Quarter 2024. The strong production for the base assets in September was delivered mainly due to an average preliminary uptime above 90% and the Company saw a continued positive response from the Skjold gas acceleration project on the Gorm hub.