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26 Mar 26 |
UK: Unite welcomes government move to protect steel, shipbuilding, and energy infrastructure Unite, the UK’s leading union, has given a cautious welcome to the government announcement that four critical sectors (steel, shipbuilding, AI and energy infrastructure) will be designated as 'critical for national security'. |
26 Mar 26 |
UK: RenewableUK welcomes landmark plan to establish nacelle factory in Scotland creating 500 jobs Commenting on the announcement that Vestas will establish a nacelle and hub factory in Scotland to service growing demand for offshore wind in the UK and Europe, RenewableUK Chief Executive Tara Singh said:'This is a hugely welcome investment in Scotland’s offshore wind manufacturing base, creating hundreds of high-quality jobs. |
26 Mar 26 |
UK: LCCC signs record-breaking number of Contracts for Difference in Allocation Round 7 Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) has successfully signed more than 200 Contracts for Difference (CfDs) awarded across Allocation Round 7 (AR7) and Allocation Round 7a (AR7a), enabling 14.7 GW of renewable electricity generation. |
26 Mar 26 |
UK: Serica Energy announces results for the year ended 31 December 2025 AIM-listed Serica Energy, a leading British independent upstream oil and gas company with operations in the UK North Sea, has announced its audited financial results for the year ended 31 December 2025. Serica delivered positive strategic progress in 2025, significantly strengthening its portfolio and organisation, and positioning the Company for materially increased production and the delivery of future growth. |
26 Mar 26 |
UK: Serica Energy completes acquisition of assets from TotalEnergies Further to its announcement on 30 September 2025, Serica Energy has announced that the acquisition of a 40% operated interest in the Greater Laggan Area (‘GLA’) and associated infrastructure, and operated licence interests in four near field exploration blocks, from TotalEnergies, has now completed. |
26 Mar 26 |
UK: Business and Trade Committee Chair responds to Ming Yang investment block Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP, Chair of the Business and Trade Committee, comments on reports that the Government has decided to block Chinese company Ming Yang’s plans to build a factory in Scotland on national security grounds. |
25 Mar 26 |
UK: £600m National Wealth Fund green financing secured for strategic UK subsea power link Eastern Green Link 4 Scottish Power, through parent company Iberdrola, secures £600 million in financing from the National Wealth Fund to support the development of the Eastern Green Link 4 project, a strategic electricity interconnector that will strengthen the UK's energy security and self-sufficiency, while helping to meet its Clean Power targets. |
25 Mar 26 |
UK: Vestas sets out plans to build nacelle factory in Scotland, UK Vestas has announced plans to establish a nacelle and hub factory in Scotland, United Kingdom to meet growing demand for offshore wind in the UK and Europe. The factory, a capital investment in excess of €250m, would produce nacelles and hubs for Vestas’s flagship offshore wind turbine, the V236-15.0 MW. |
25 Mar 26 |
North Sea oil and gas: Government must listen to industry and increase supply - Unite Unite, the UK’s leading union, which represents thousands of North Sea oil and gas workers has called on the government to 'not let go of one rope before having hold of another' and urgently increase North Sea production. |
25 Mar 26 |
UK: RenewableUK welcomes trial scheme to offer consumers lower electricity bills on windy days Steven Agnew, Head of Policy at RenewableUK, comments on the Government’s announcement that it will launch a trial scheme this winter to enable energy companies to offer consumers lower electricity bills in areas of abundant wind generation such as Scotland and the East of England, minimising constraint payments for wind which would previously have gone unused |
25 Mar 26 |
UK: Government to make 'plug-in solar' available within months 'Plug-in' solar panels to be in shops within months, offering households chance to significantly cut energy bills. Government drives to make 'plug-in' solar available in shops as part of clean power mission. |
25 Mar 26 |
UK: UK Oil & Gas subsidiary UKEn signs MOU with Wales & West Utilities UK Oil & Gas (UKOG) has announced that its wholly owned clean energy subsidiary, UK Energy Storage ('UKEn') has signed an MOU with Wales and West Utilities (WWU), the principal gas pipeline operator in Wales and the South West. WWU plans to develop 'HyLine South West', a 100% hydrogen pipeline system to connect hydrogen suppliers, offtakers and storage within the region. |
25 Mar 26 |
UK: EDF power solution's Dunside Wind Farm receives planning consent The Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit has approved plans for the 14-turbine Dunside wind farm located in the Lammermuir Hills in the Scottish Borders. EDF power solutions UK, one of the country’s leading renewable energy developers has been working closely with communities around the site for over four years. |
24 Mar 26 |
UK: Carbon storage developers apply for more than 2 million acres of North Sea The NSTA has received bids for more than 2 million acres of seabed at the 24 March closure of the UK’s second carbon storage licensing round. The second carbon storage licensing round was launched in December 2025. |
24 Mar 26 |
UK: EnerMech wins five-year North Sea contract on Kraken FPSO EnerMech has secured a five-year contract to provide Bumi Armada with crane management and lifting services on the Armada Kraken Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel in the UK North Sea East of Shetland. |
24 Mar 26 |
UK must back domestic oil and gas alongside renewables to secure energy supply The UK will continue to need significant volumes of oil and gas for decades to come, even with accelerating use of renewables, according to the OEUK Business Outlook Report 2026 on the UK’s offshore energy system. |
24 Mar 26 |
UK: Ofgem announces biggest shortlist of bidders since 2019 with offshore transmission assets for three major North Sea windfarms up for auction Ofgem has announced it has shortlisted its biggest field of bidders since 2019, who can all now compete to own and operate the offshore electricity transmission links for three major North Sea wind farms off Great Britain’s east coast. |
