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03 Sep 26 |
UK: Delivering clean, renewable energy: Cearn Solar Farm launches to the public Cearn Solar Farm, a subsidiary of Telis Energy UK, has announced the early-stage development of Cearn Solar Farm, a solar energy and battery energy storage facility located within the Vale of White Horse District, Oxfordshire. |
03 Sep 26 |
UK: Viking South proven technically mature and positioned to support industrial renewal in the Humber, report finds Published today by the Geological Society. a study led by the University of Aberdeen concludes that the Viking South gas field has the geological suitability, proven containment integrity and operational readiness needed to become one of the UK’s most advanced and reliable offshore carbon dioxide (CO2) storage sites. |
03 Sep 26 |
UK: Nadara submits comprehensive Scoping Report for the offshore transmission infrastructure associated with the proposed Bellrock floating wind farm Nadara has submitted a comprehensive Scoping Report and Habitats Regulations Appraisal (HRA) Screening Report to the Marine Directorate, for the offshore transmission infrastructure associated with the proposed 1.8 gigawatt Bellrock floating offshore wind project. |
03 Sep 26 |
UK: Renewable Connections secures consent for Cheshire Solar Farm Cheshire West and Chester Council planning committee have consented a solar farm that will generate enough renewable energy for up to 5,000 homes. The 15MW Chads Solar Farm will be located north of Cheshire in Tushingham, and has been developed by Renewable Connections, one of the UK’s leading solar and battery energy storage developers. |
03 Sep 26 |
UK: GEL set to deliver Europe’s first ‘technical grade’ lithium carbonate on a commercial scale Geothermal Engineering Ltd (GEL) has announced a major technological milestone in the production of lithium onshore in the UK. In a European first, independent analysis has shown that GEL’s lithium carbonate produced from deep geothermal brine now exceeds the 99.3% purity specification and can be classified as ‘technical grade’ material. This means that it meets the purity requirements for battery producers and provides GEL with a direct route to market as the lithium carbonate does not have to be further refined before onward sale. |
03 Sep 26 |
UK: Hundreds of North Sea workers still above new offshore helicopter weight limit Hundreds of North Sea workers remain above a new safe weight limit for offshore helicopter travel less than two months before the rules come into force. |
03 Sep 26 |
UK: Burnham pledges Aberdeen visit as fears grow over North Sea transition Prime Minister Andy Burnham will visit Aberdeen in the coming weeks to confront the growing crisis facing the North Sea transition, after business leaders, unions and industry bodies warned that thousands of jobs and billions of pounds of investment are at risk. |
03 Sep 26 |
UK: Ithaca Energy confirms its promotion to the FTSE 100 Index Ithaca Energy is pleased to confirm its promotion to the FTSE 100 Index, effective 21 September 2026, following the announcement made on 2 September 2026 by FTSE Russell. |
02 Sep 26 |
UK: Workers in strike ballot with North Sea operator Apache Unite, the UK’s largest offshore union, is balloting approximately 160 offshore workers employed by North Sea operator Apache on strike action. The strike action ballot covers workers on seven Apache assets associated with the Forties and Beryl oil fields. |
02 Sep 26 |
UK: Scottish offshore wind jobs and investment ‘at risk’ from UK energy plan Thousands of jobs and tens of billions of pounds of investment in Scotland’s offshore wind sector could be put at risk by the UK Government’s forthcoming energy blueprint, industry leaders have warned. |
02 Sep 26 |
UK: Orcadian enters into a joint development agreement for the Earlham and Orwell developments AIM-listed Orcadian has entered into a non-exclusive, joint development agreement with an American developer of offshore data centre infrastructure.The Agreement establishes a 90-day process to enable due diligence, commercial validation and negotiation of a definitive Earlham and Orwell energy-to-compute transaction. |
01 Sep 26 |
UK: Low Carbon submits planning application for Forsinain Forest Wind Farm Renewable energy company, Low Carbon, has successfully submitted its Section 36 planning application to the Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit for the Forsinain Forest Wind Farm. |
01 Sep 26 |
UK: Proserv secures Equinor contract to deploy ECG™ monitoring technology at Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Proserv has secured a full deployment contract with Equinor to install its ECG™ cable monitoring technology at the 402 MW Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm off the Norfolk coast, with deployment scheduled to commence in 2027. |
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. |
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. |
