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25 Sep 26	Norway: Aker BP and its partners Equinor and DNO have drilled an appraisal well on the 'Verdandi' and 'Lillefix' discoveries in the North Sea Aker BP and its partners Equinor and DNO have drilled an appraisal well on the 'Verdandi' and 'Lillefix' discoveries in the North Sea. The well increases the projected discovery size. The companies are now considering the profitability and whether the discovery can potentially be tied back to the Symra field.
25 Sep 26	UK: New technology helps unlock more capacity on north of Scotland electricity network SSEN Transmission has announced that dynamic line rating (DLR) has gone live on the electricity network north of Beauly – the first DLR-enabled circuit in the business’s north of Scotland transmission area.
25 Sep 26	Greenland: Greenland Energy Company announces extension of Jameson Land farm-out agreement with 80 Mile plc Greenland Energy Company has announced that it has entered into a Deed of Variation and Novation with 80 Mile plc and March GL Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company ('March GL'), relating to the parties' existing Farm Out Agreement concerning the Jameson Land Basin in East Greenland.
24 Sep 26	UK: Qair secures consent for Scotland’s largest approved solar farm at Rogerhill Qair UK, operating through Green Switch Capital, has secured consent for the Rogerhill Solar and Battery Energy Storage System in South Lanarkshire. Consent was granted by Scottish Ministers through the Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit on 30 July 2026. With a solar capacity of 98 MW, Rogerhill is understood to be the largest solar farm to receive planning consent in Scotland to date.
24 Sep 26	UK: His Majesty the King visits Great British Energy’s Aberdeen headquarters Great British Energy hosted a visit by His Majesty the King at its new headquarters in Aberdeen. His Majesty unveiled a plaque to commemorate his visit. This was created by designers at Gray’s School of Art, Robert Gordon University. It represents Aberdeen’s journey through the decades of energy expertise.
24 Sep 26	UK: Ineos mothballs three plants in Hull GMB Union has reacted to energy-giant Ineos mothballing three plans in Hull. Charlotte Brumpton-Childs, GMB National Secretary, said, 'This Government has talked about the need for reindustrialisation - but at the same time huge manufacturing operations are closing due to sky-high energy costs. GMB has repeatedly warned UK industry will suffer from the country’s deeply uncompetitive gas prices.'
24 Sep 26	SCA wins significant contract with Saipem for cable transportation and transpooling services in the Caspian region Subsea Cable Assets (SCA) has secured its first contract, with Saipem Contracting Netherlands BV, with an approximate value of USD 20 million, to provide engineering, specific equipment fabrication, installation and operation, demobilisation and reinstatement to support a major offshore energy project in the Caspian region.
24 Sep 26	UK: 3t Launches Aberdeen's first Power Academy to build the next generation of Power-Sector talent 3t, a leading safety-critical training provider for the energy sector has officially launched its new Power Academy in Aberdeen, creating Scotland’s first independent training provider-led facility of its kind dedicated to specialist power-sector training.
24 Sep 26	Germany: Zelestra begins construction on 38.5 MWdc Detershagen solar project in Germany Zelestra, a global, multi-technology, customer-focused renewable energy company, has started construction on its 38.5 MWdc Detershagen solar project in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The plant is the company's second project to enter construction in the country, following the 27.5 MWdc Klevenow solar plant, which was recently fully energised.
23 Sep 26	Germany: ABL to support the Gennaker offshore wind farm installation Energy and marine consultancy ABL has been awarded a contract by OWP Gennaker to provide marine warranty survey and marine assurance services to support the safe and efficient construction of the Gennaker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. The Gennaker offshore wind farm is set to become the largest offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.
23 Sep 26	Turkey: Subsea7 awarded contract extension offshore Türkiye Subsea7 has announced the award by Turkish Petroleum Offshore Technology Center AS (TP-OTC) of a sizeable extension to its Sakarya Phase 3 contract offshore Türkiye, strengthening its contribution to the next phase of the landmark Black Sea gas development.
23 Sep 26	Germany: Ørsted and Nuveen inaugurate Borkum Riffgrund 3, one of Germany’s largest offshore wind farms Ørsted and its partner Nuveen inaugurated Borkum Riffgrund 3, marking the official opening of the company’s largest offshore wind farm in Germany and one of the country’s first offshore wind farms on the scale of a conventional power plant. With an installed capacity of 913 MW, Borkum Riffgrund 3 can generate enough renewable electricity annually to cover the consumption of close to one million German households.
23 Sep 26	Greece: European Energy completes first wind park in Greece European Energy has reached commercial operation at the 27 MW Tsoukes Sarres wind park in Greece, completing the company’s first wind project in the country. Located in the Municipal Unit of Avlida, across the regions of Voiotia and Evia, Tsoukes Sarres consists of six onshore wind turbines with a total installed capacity of 27 MW.
23 Sep 26	UK: Five-year North Sea EPC renewal extends Worley’s long-standing partnership with CNOOC Worley has secured a five-year renewal of its engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) framework agreement with CNOOC International’s UK business, extending a long-standing partnership focused on supporting safe, reliable and efficient offshore operations. Under the renewed agreement, Worley will continue delivering EPC services across CNOOC’s UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) assets, including the Scott, Buzzard and Golden Eagle fields.
23 Sep 26	Finland/Sweden: Mirova invests €65 million in Nordic battery storage developed by Ingrid Capacity Mirova, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers dedicated to sustainable investing, announces an equity investment of €65 million in two battery energy storage systems (BESS), developed by Ingrid Capacity. The projects are the first in Mirova’s Nordic Storage Platform (NSP), established to develop, build and operate utility-scale battery energy storage assets across the Nordic region.
23 Sep 26	Norway: ABL to support Allseas on world's heaviest offshore single-lift operation Energy and marine consultancy ABL has been appointed by Allseas as marine warranty surveyor (MWS) for the single-lift removal of the Statfjord A topside, a landmark decommissioning project. Allseas is the offshore contractor undertaking the engineering, preparation, removal and disposal (EPRD) of the Statfjord A platform – a pioneering concrete gravity-base production platform in the North Sea.
23 Sep 26	Romania: OX2 hands over first completed wind farm in Romania OX2 has handed over the 99.2 MW Green Breeze wind farm in Romania to its owners, Nala Renewables. The wind farm is now fully operational and supplying renewable electricity to the grid. Located mainly in the municipality of Cuca in Galati County, Green Breeze consists of 16 Vestas V162-6.2 MW turbines.
23 Sep 26	Sweden: Vestas wins first order with new V182-7.2 MW turbine for project in Sweden, confirming market-readiness of Vestas’ latest turbine Vestas has secured a firm order with SR Energy in Sweden for the newly launched V182-7.2 MW turbine, marking the first order globally for the turbine only a day after its official launch to the market. The order highlights that the V182-7.2 MW is ready for the market and demonstrates strong market interest in the latest evolution of the EnVentus platform, designed to increase energy production and strengthen business case certainty for customers.
23 Sep 26	Germany: European Energy wins support for 89.6 MW in German wind tender European Energy has secured long-term support for four onshore wind projects with a combined capacity of 89.6 MW in the latest auction held by Germany’s Federal Network Agency, strengthening the company’s portfolio of renewable energy projects with secured revenue in Germany.
23 Sep 26	Italy: Beacon Energy provides update on well integrity and testing at Colle Santo AIM-listed Beacon Energy has been informed by LNEnergy that the equipment required to undertake well testing operations on the two existing wells, MP-1 and MP-2, will shortly be mobilised to the Colle Santo site. A 5-day production test is expected to commence in the coming weeks.
22 Sep 26	UK: 'The North Sea transition is running out of time' A year ago, the North Sea Transition Taskforce warned that the window for delivering a successful energy transition was narrowing. Today, that window remains open, but it is closing fast. The fundamental problem is one of timing and the simple fact that Britain’s traditional energy economy is declining faster than the new one is being built.