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04 Sep 26	Germany: Vestas has announced a new order in Germany as part of its Q3 order intake Vestas has announced a new order in Germany as part of its Q3 order intake.
04 Sep 26	UK: GE Vernova signs agreement to supply turbines for ESB’s Chleansaid Wind Farm in Scotland GE Vernova has signed an agreement with ESB (Electricity Supply Board) to supply 16 units of its 6.1 MW-158m onshore wind turbines for the 96 MW Chleansaid Wind Farm in the Scottish Highlands. The deal, which features a 20-year services agreement, uses turbines manufactured in Germany.
04 Sep 26	UK: Jackdaw gas field ‘set for approval within weeks’ The UK Government is preparing to approve the Jackdaw gas field east of Aberdeen within weeks, according to reports. Government and industry sources have told the BBC that consent for the project could come as soon as mid-September, before Parliament breaks for party conference season.
04 Sep 26	Azerbaijan: Metatek secures two Azerbaijan survey contracts as state oil company expands programme United Kingdom-based geophysical company Metatek-Group has secured two new airborne surveying contracts in Azerbaijan to support hydrocarbon exploration in the country, including a major follow-on project for the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR).
04 Sep 26	Poland: Heerema Marine Contractors installs 100 turbine foundations and 2 OSS jackets at Baltyk 2 & 3 offshore wind farms Heerema Marine Contractors has successfully completed the offshore foundation installation campaign for the Baltyk 2 and Baltyk 3 offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea, safely delivering the work well within the project schedule.
03 Sep 26	UK: Delivering clean, renewable energy: Cearn Solar Farm launches to the public Cearn Solar Farm, a subsidiary of Telis Energy UK, has announced the early-stage development of Cearn Solar Farm, a solar energy and battery energy storage facility located within the Vale of White Horse District, Oxfordshire.
03 Sep 26	UK: Viking South proven technically mature and positioned to support industrial renewal in the Humber, report finds Published today by the Geological Society. a study led by the University of Aberdeen concludes that the Viking South gas field has the geological suitability, proven containment integrity and operational readiness needed to become one of the UK’s most advanced and reliable offshore carbon dioxide (CO2) storage sites.
03 Sep 26	UK: Nadara submits comprehensive Scoping Report for the offshore transmission infrastructure associated with the proposed Bellrock floating wind farm Nadara has submitted a comprehensive Scoping Report and Habitats Regulations Appraisal (HRA) Screening Report to the Marine Directorate, for the offshore transmission infrastructure associated with the proposed 1.8 gigawatt Bellrock floating offshore wind project.
03 Sep 26	UK: Renewable Connections secures consent for Cheshire Solar Farm Cheshire West and Chester Council planning committee have consented a solar farm that will generate enough renewable energy for up to 5,000 homes. The 15MW Chads Solar Farm will be located north of Cheshire in Tushingham, and has been developed by Renewable Connections, one of the UK’s leading solar and battery energy storage developers.
03 Sep 26	Germany: Vestas announces order for repowering project with European Energy in Germany Vestas has announced an order for a repowering project with European Energy in Germany, as part of its Q3 order intake.
03 Sep 26	UK: GEL set to deliver Europe’s first ‘technical grade’ lithium carbonate on a commercial scale Geothermal Engineering Ltd (GEL) has announced a major technological milestone in the production of lithium onshore in the UK. In a European first, independent analysis has shown that GEL’s lithium carbonate produced from deep geothermal brine now exceeds the 99.3% purity specification and can be classified as ‘technical grade’ material. This means that it meets the purity requirements for battery producers and provides GEL with a direct route to market as the lithium carbonate does not have to be further refined before onward sale.
03 Sep 26	UK: Hundreds of North Sea workers still above new offshore helicopter weight limit Hundreds of North Sea workers remain above a new safe weight limit for offshore helicopter travel less than two months before the rules come into force.
03 Sep 26	UK: Burnham pledges Aberdeen visit as fears grow over North Sea transition Prime Minister Andy Burnham will visit Aberdeen in the coming weeks to confront the growing crisis facing the North Sea transition, after business leaders, unions and industry bodies warned that thousands of jobs and billions of pounds of investment are at risk.
03 Sep 26	UK: Ithaca Energy confirms its promotion to the FTSE 100 Index Ithaca Energy is pleased to confirm its promotion to the FTSE 100 Index, effective 21 September 2026, following the announcement made on 2 September 2026 by FTSE Russell.
02 Sep 26	UK: Workers in strike ballot with North Sea operator Apache Unite, the UK’s largest offshore union, is balloting approximately 160 offshore workers employed by North Sea operator Apache on strike action. The strike action ballot covers workers on seven Apache assets associated with the Forties and Beryl oil fields.
02 Sep 26	Germany: RWE power stations affected by incident near substation; first power plant units expected to be reconnected to grid later today RWE announced today (September 2) that around 8.00 pm yesterday evening, an incident occurred in the vicinity of an Amprion substation, as a result of which a total of five RWE lignite-fired power plant units in the Rhenish lignite area, with a combined capacity of 4,200 megawatts (MW), were taken off the grid. At the time, the units were feeding around 3,000 MW of power into the grid.
02 Sep 26	UK: Scottish offshore wind jobs and investment ‘at risk’ from UK energy plan Thousands of jobs and tens of billions of pounds of investment in Scotland’s offshore wind sector could be put at risk by the UK Government’s forthcoming energy blueprint, industry leaders have warned.
02 Sep 26	UK: Orcadian enters into a joint development agreement for the Earlham and Orwell developments AIM-listed Orcadian has entered into a non-exclusive, joint development agreement with an American developer of offshore data centre infrastructure.The Agreement establishes a 90-day process to enable due diligence, commercial validation and negotiation of a definitive Earlham and Orwell energy-to-compute transaction.