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01 Apr 26 |
Near-700 GW surge in 2025 proves Renewable Energy Resilience 2025 saw total renewable power capacity reach 5149 gigawatts (GW) after the addition of 692 GW, or a 15.5% of annual increase, according to new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). |
01 Apr 26 |
UK: Rolls-Royce and Voltaria to build a 43 MW large-scale battery storage facility in Scotland Rolls-Royce has begun construction on an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction EPC contract from leading battery energy storage platform Voltaria Helios Energy Storage to supply a large-scale battery energy storage facility in Falkirk, Scotland. This is the first large battery energy storage project by Rolls-Royce in the UK and will help stabilize the grid and support the UK’s Clean Power 2030 Action Plan. |
01 Apr 26 |
UK: Setting the record straight on the latest North Sea claims There’s been a lot of commentary recently questioning whether the North Sea still matters to the UK. Natalie Coupar, Corporate Affairs Director, OEUK takes a step back to look at the facts. |
31 Mar 26 |
UK: Vestas announces a new onshore order in the United Kingdom Vestas has announced a new onshore order as part of its Q1 order intake. Customer and Project name are undisclosed. Order is for 20 x V136-4.5 MW turbines. It is a 15-year AOM 5000 Service Agreement, with delivery planned to begin in Q3 2027 and commissioning scheduled to begin in Q4 2027. |
31 Mar 26 |
UK: Matrix Renewables partners with EDF to optimise flagship 500mw battery storage project in Scotland Matrix Renewables, the leading renewable energy company backed by TPG’s impact investing platform, has entered into a long-term Battery Optimisation Agreement with EDF for a 500MW/1GWh battery energy storage system currently under construction at Eccles, Scotland |
31 Mar 26 |
UK: IKM Testing secures role on major UK carbon capture project North east Scotland-based IKM Testing UK has been awarded the provision of pre-commissioning services for the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) Project being developed on the east coast of England, a major project within the UK’s Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) strategy. |
30 Mar 26 |
UK: TotalEnergies completes the merger of its UK North Sea upstream assets with NEO NEXT TotalEnergies has announced the completion of the merger between NEO NEXT and TotalEnergies’ UK Upstream Oil & Gas business. The combined group is renamed NEO NEXT+. Further to this transaction, NEO NEXT+ becomes the largest independent Oil and Gas producer on the UK Continental Shelf with an expected 2026 production of over 250,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. |
30 Mar 26 |
UK: UK looks ahead to next chapter of extraordinary offshore wind story as plans for new leasing round in 2027 unveiled A major new investment opportunity for the UK’s offshore wind sector is set to open next year, as The Crown Estate announces a new process to accelerate clean energy growth and deliver jobs and economic benefits across the country. The seabed manager has begun a programme of market engagement ahead of an intended official launch of a new leasing round, Offshore Wind Leasing Round 6, in the first half of 2027. |
30 Mar 26 |
UK: New British wind energy record set as gas generation falls to two-year low RenewableUK’s Chief Executive Tara Singh comments on the British wind energy generation record announced March 26 by the National Energy System Operator (NESO), which confirmed a new high of 23,880 megawatts on Wednesday 25 March, beating the previous record of 23,825MW set on 5 December. |
30 Mar 26 |
UK: Melgarve Cluster connection project secures consent SSEN Transmission has welcomed the decision by Scottish Ministers to approve its Section 37 application for a new 132kV overhead line in the Highlands. As part of the Melgarve Cluster project, the new line will run for approximately 7km, which together with underground cabling will connect the Cloiche Wind Farm – located around 11km southeast of Fort Augustus – to the existing Melgarve 400/132kV substation. |
