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19 Dec 25 |
UK: Masdar completes first project in £1 billion UK Battery Storage Investment and announces new projects in pipeline Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC – Masdar, a global clean energy leader, today announced the start of commercial operations at its battery energy storage system (BESS) facility in Stockport; the first project to be completed under Masdar’s £1 billion commitment to invest in UK battery energy storage. |
19 Dec 25 |
UK: ABP and ScottishPower Renewables sign landmark agreement to support offshore wind operations from Port of Lowestoft Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s leading port operator, has announced a long-term partnership with ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) to support operations and maintenance (O&M) activities for the East Anglia TWO (EA2) and East Anglia THREE (EA3) offshore wind farms from the UK’s most easterly port, where ABP has recently completed the Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility (LEEF). |
19 Dec 25 |
UK: SSEN Transmission signs £1bn Bank Facility backed by the National Wealth Fund SSEN Transmission, 75% owned by the electricity infrastructure company SSE plc, has announced a £1bn,12-year bank facility backed by an £800m financial guarantee from the UK Government's National Wealth Fund which will support four major grid upgrade projects under way in the north of Scotland. |
19 Dec 25 |
UK: Angus Energy announces Saltfleetby Gas Field workover In line with the Company's previously announced production enhancement strategy, Angus Energy has announced the commencement of a planned workover programme at the Saltfleetby Gas Field. |
19 Dec 25 |
Norway: Odfjell Drilling signs contract with Equinor for the Deepsea Aberdeen Odfjell Drilling has announced that a Letter of Intent for use of the Deepsea Aberdeen has now been signed with Equinor for use of the unit to drill an unspecified scope in an interim period on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, before moving to the Fram Sør project, offshore Norway. |
18 Dec 25 |
UK: Nova Innovation awarded contract to deliver floating solar array at Cheshire quarry Nova Innovation has secured a new contract through its AquaGen365 partnership with RSK to deliver a floating solar farm for one of the UK’s largest suppliers of high quality industrial sand. |
18 Dec 25 |
UK: SSEN Tansmission awards Hitachi Energy key contracts for converter stations on Western Isles and Spittal - Peterhead subsea cable projects SSEN Transmission has awarded global energy technology leader Hitachi Energy major contracts to deliver high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter stations at each end of two new subsea cable links: one, already consented, linking Spittal in Caithness and Peterhead in Aberdeenshire; and the other proposed to connect the Western Isles to the Scottish mainland. |
18 Dec 25 |
UK: Five Estuaries Wind Farm granted development consent The Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm application has been granted development consent by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. Located off the north Essex / south Suffolk coast, Five Estuaries will build on the legacy of the nearby Galloper Wind Farm. |
17 Dec 25 |
UK: RWE celebrates year-end 2025 with four solar farms in operation in the UK RWE, one of the UK’s leading generators, is celebrating the energisation of four solar and battery storage projects across the UK. These projects are RWE’s first operational, grid-connected solar sites in the UK, marking the start of delivering its solar pipeline, with nine more projects under construction. |
17 Dec 25 |
UK: 500 jobs protected at Grangemouth as UK Government partners with INEOS to save vital plant’s future Britain’s last ethylene plant at Grangemouth has been saved by the UK Government - securing 500 good jobs and hundreds more across the region in the supply chain. |
