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12 Jun 26	Bulgaria: Sungrow and Sunotec commission Enery's 150 MW / 600 MWh Battery Storage Project in Bulgaria Sungrow, a globally leading provider of PV inverters and energy storage systems (ESS), together with its partner Sunotec, an international integrator of large-scale renewable energy infrastructure, has successfully commissioned a 150 MW / 600 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Nova Zagora, Bulgaria.
12 Jun 26	Finland: AmpTank announces 200 MW Finnish renewables backed AI Data Center Project in Utajärvi, Finland DataTank AG, part of the Swiss-Finnish AmpTank group, today announced that it has received legally valid building permits and signed a binding grid connection agreement to build a 200 MW data center in Utajärvi, Finland through its Finnish data center subsidiary, Data Tank Nordic Oy.
12 Jun 26	UK: energy B plc announces Horse Hill Oil Field Acquisition Agreement, £1.2m Placing, subscription and Director Changes energy B plc has announced that it has successfully completed a placing of £1.2m (gross), signed an agreement with London listed UK Oil & Gas ('UKOG') to conditionally acquire their entire interest in the Horse Hill Oil Field near Gatwick Airport and the appointment of David Lenigas as Chairman, effective immediately.
12 Jun 26	Italy: European Commission approves €23 billion Italian renewable energy support scheme Zenith Energy, the international energy production and development company, notes the European Commission's approval, announced on June 8, 2026, of a €23 billion Italian State aid scheme to support electricity production from renewable energy sources, a development the Company believes carries significant positive implications for its 188.5 MWp Italian solar development portfolio, held through its wholly-owned Italian solar subsidiary, WESOLAR.
12 Jun 26	UK: ABB to modernize automation systems on Buzzard offshore platform ABB has been awarded a contract to modernize the automation and control systems on the Buzzard offshore platform, which operates approximately 100 km northeast of Aberdeen in one of the UK’s largest North Sea oil fields.
11 Jun 26	UK: New research offers a route to double the UK offshore wind workforce by 2030 through innovation With the rapid expansion of offshore wind on the horizon, a new report, ‘Workforce Foresighting for Offshore Wind 2030-2035’, from the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, highlights ways in which the UK can increase the current offshore wind industry workforce from 40,000 people to between 75,000 and 94,000, which is vital for clean power to be achieved by 2030.
11 Jun 26	Spain: Repsol and Masdar to partner in €849 million renewables portfolio in Spain Repsol, an energy company that provides solutions for all its customers’ energy needs and Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company – Masdar, a global renewable energy leader, have signed an agreement for Masdar to acquire a 49.99% stake in a renewable energy portfolio in Spain. The transaction values the portfolio at €849 million.
11 Jun 26	Germany: First turbine up at Nordseecluster A offshore wind farm in German North Sea RWE has installed the first turbine of the 1.6-gigawatt (GW) Nordseecluster offshore wind project, marking a key construction milestone 50 kms north of the German island of Juist. Full commissioning of Nordseecluster A (660 megawatts) scheduled for early 2027; Nordseecluster B to add further 900 megawatts of capacity from early 2029.
11 Jun 26	UK: Public backs clean power to strengthen UK energy security A new report, commissioned by eleven leading energy trade bodies and published today, shows almost two-thirds (63%) of the public across the UK think clean power strengthens the UK’s security, which is held as a majority view across every political persuasion.
11 Jun 26	UK: Serica Energy completes acquisition of assets from ONE-Dyas Further to its announcement on 30 September 2025, Serica Energy has announced that the acquisition from ONE-Dyas of a 10% interest in the Catcher Field and a 5.21% interest in the Golden Eagle Area Development ('GEAD'), has now completed.
11 Jun 26	UK: High Court dismisses legal challenge against Woolley Solar Farm planning consent BOOM Power welcomes the High Court’s decision to dismiss a legal challenge brought against Wakefield Metropolitan District Council’s granting of planning consent for the Woolley Solar Farm, confirming the robustness of the original planning decision and the lawfulness of the Council’s process.
10 Jun 26	France: Vestas announces 112 MW of new orders in France Vestas has announced 112 MW of new orders in France as part of its Q2 2026 order intake.
10 Jun 26	UK: NESO and electricity networks issue offers to over half of energy projects needed by 2030 National Energy System Operator (NESO), together with Energy Networks Association (ENA) and network operators, has confirmed that more than half (58%) of connection offers for transmission and distribution projects in the <2030 pipeline have now been issued as of 10 June.
10 Jun 26	Germany: TWAICE provides BESS Analytics for major German Battery Storage Project in Alfeld TWAICE has announced that it is providing its platform to the renewable energy company BayWa r.e., the third-party operations and maintenance (O&M) provider for the 137.5 MW / 282 MWh Alfeld project in Lower Saxony, Germany. Owned by Danish investment fund Scale Fund, the project represents a significant addition to Germany’s rapidly expanding battery storage market.
10 Jun 26	UK: Pressure builds on UK government to greenlight Rosebank Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce has welcomed the arrival of the Rosebank FPSO vessel on site to the west of Shetland as pressure is mounting on the government to formally approve the development. The arrival of the PetroJarl Rosebank at the field marks a major milestone in the project, the largest undeveloped oil and gas field in the UK.
10 Jun 26	Spain: Plenitude has started production across the entire Renopool plant in Spain, its largest photovoltaic project built worldwide Plenitude has started production at the second 200 MW block of the Renopool photovoltaic project, located in the municipality of Solana de los Barros, in Badajoz (Extremadura, Spain). Renopool, the largest solar project ever built by the company worldwide with a total installed capacity of 330 MW, is now fully operational.
10 Jun 26	Greenland Energy Company announces Haliburton Agreement and updates progress on 2026 Greenland exploration program Greenland Energy Company, an oil exploration company focused on East Greenland's Jameson Land Basin, has announced via a shareholder letter operational and strategic updates following its recent public listing, including a services agreement with Halliburton and updates on its 2026 exploration program.