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| 01 Sep 26 |
Netherlands: First monopile successfully installed at OranjeWind offshore wind farm |
01 Sep 26 |
UK: Cheap homegrown onshore wind power could save billpayers £3 billion a year and bring half a billion into local communities New analysis by RenewableUK shows that building new onshore wind farms to reach the UK Government's target of 29 gigawatts of onshore wind by 2030 would save UK billpayers £3 billion a year, compared to the cost of producing the same amount of electricity from new gas-fired power stations. |
01 Sep 26 |
UK: Chamber demands assurances over reports of fresh North Sea tax raid Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce is seeking urgent assurances from the Chancellor following reports that the UK Government is considering another tax raid on the North Sea. The intervention follows a report in The Independent yesterday suggesting John Healey is considering further increasing or extending the windfall tax on oil and gas companies already crippled by a headline 78% tax rate. |
01 Sep 26 |
UK: Offshore champions unveiled as award finalists announced The finalists for the 2026 OEUK Awards have been revealed, recognising the people and companies helping to deliver secure, homegrown energy for the UK. |
01 Sep 26 |
Europe on track for record wind year – imminent policy choices will make or break this momentum Europe is on track for a record wind year. It installed 8.8 GW of new wind power capacity in the first half of 2026, a 30% increase on the first half of 2025. That’s good news for Europe’s energy security and competitiveness. But structural problems persist. Policy choices on permitting, grids, and electrification will determine whether the wind ramp-up will continue. |
01 Sep 26 |
Germany: Sandbank awarded as the best offshore wind farm operational in 2025 The Vattenfall Offshore Wind Farm Sandbank was awarded 'Best Operating Offshore Wind Farm 2025' at the 15th Offshore Wind Economic Forum in Sylt. Sandbank is the second joint project between Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München, following the completion of DanTysk in 2014. Vattenfall owns 51% of Sandbank, while Stadtwerke München owns the remaining 49%. |
01 Sep 26 |
Germany: Halftime on the high seas: half of turbines for Nordseecluster A offshore wind farm installed RWE celebrated the halfway point on the high seas as the 22nd wind turbine was installed around 50 kms north of the German island of Juist and half of the turbines for the first construction phase of the Nordseecluster are now in place. Each of the Vestas turbines has a capacity of up to 15 megawatts (MW). |
31 Aug 26 |
UK onshore wind project pipeline reaches 50 gigawatt milestone RenewableUK latest EnergyPulse Onshore Wind report shows that the total capacity of the UK’s pipeline of onshore wind farms at any stage of development, including projects at an early stage of development through to those which are fully operational has reached a milestone of 50 gigawatts. One gigawatt of onshore wind generates enough electricity to meet the annual needs of over 650,000 UK homes. |
31 Aug 26 |
UK: RenewableUK CEO disappointed to be misquoted by Conservatives 'Commenting on an open letter sent August 27 by the Shadow Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho to the Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh on a report on energy costs published by Onward last week, RenewableUK’s CEO Tara Singh said she was disappointed to be deliberately misquoted by the Conservatives. |
31 Aug 26 |
UK: TAQA UK completes major North Cormorant decommissioning milestone in Shetland TAQA UK has completed a major phase in the decommissioning of its North Cormorant platform, following the safe removal and load-in of the topsides at Dales Voe in Shetland. The successful operation marks the completion of the topsides removal phase of North Cormorant’s decommissioning and will see a significant part of the project’s decommissioning scope delivered in the UK. |
31 Aug 26 |
Aramco enhances its global partnership ecosystem through collaboration with French companies Aramco, one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, has announced agreements and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a potential combined value of more than $3.7 billion with French companies. |
31 Aug 26 |
Germany: Borkum Riffgrund 3 enters commercial operation, strengthening Germany’s energy security with home-grown renewable power Ørsted and Nuveen Infrastructure’s German offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 3 has been commissioned and is now in commercial operation. With an installed capacity of 913 MW, the project is one of Germany’s largest offshore wind farms currently in operation. |
