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UK: Prosafe SE: Safe Caledonia contract signed with Ithaca Energy for Captain field in the UK Prosafe has signed a contract for the Safe Caledonia to provide accommodation support for Ithaca Energy at the Captain field in the UK sector of the North Sea for a firm period of 6 months commencing Q2 2027. |
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UK: Perenco UK restarts production from the Davy gas field in the Southern North Sea Perenco UK has confirmed that, after more than five years since being shut-in, production from the Davy gas field in the Southern North Sea (SNS) has restarted. Earmarked for decommissioning following several failed restarts in 2021, Perenco UK has completed a comprehensive revival project with production from Davy wells A3 and A5 restarting in late April 2026. |
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UK: Landmark decision to give three major offshore wind farms the go-ahead will boost UK’s energy security significantly The Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has announced a landmark decision today to grant consent to three major UK offshore wind farms, totalling up to four gigawatts of new clean power capacity. Dogger Bank South East and Dogger Bank South West, off the north east coast of England, will each add 1.5GW of capacity, developed by RWE and Masdar. North Falls off the coast of Suffolk will add up to 1GW, developed by RWE and SSE Renewables. |
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Portugal: Iberdrola begins commissioning of the Tâmega Complex wind-hydroelectric megaproject Iberdrola is consolidating its leadership in renewable energy with the commissioning of the Tâmega Norte wind farm, located between Braga and Vila Real, in the Portuguese municipalities of Cabeceiras de Basto and Montalegre. It is the first of two wind farms that form part of the Tâmega Complex. It is the first grid-connected wind-hydro hybrid project on the Iberian Peninsula. |
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UK: Storegga announces sale of hydrogen portfolio to Protium Following a strategic review and decision to restructure its portfolio, Storegga, an independent developer of CCS and hydrogen projects, has announced the sale of the Cromarty Hydrogen Project and its wider green hydrogen portfolio to Protium. |
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UK: 'Utterly shameful': Miliband moves to permanently block new North Sea drilling Labour is set to introduce legislation that would permanently ban new oil and gas drilling licences in the UK, making it significantly harder for future governments to reopen the North Sea to new exploration. The proposed Energy Independence Bill, outlined in Wednesday’s King’s Speech, would place Ed Miliband’s current moratorium on new drilling into law. The legislation would also formally ban onshore fracking. |
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UK: Aukera’s Ledwyche Solar Farm in Shropshire reaches commercial operation Aukera has announced that Ledwyche Solar, a 12 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project located in Shropshire, has reached Commercial Operation and is now supplying electricity to the UK grid. |
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Netherlands: Norse Energi is named and joins its sister vessel Norse Wind in DEME's next-generation fleet Norse Energi will soon begin operations in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. Among its first projects are the Windanker offshore wind farm for Iberdrola in the German Baltic Sea, scheduled to start in June 2026, followed by Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 project in the United Kingdom, commencing in the third quarter of 2026. |


















