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01 Jul 25	UK: Steel frames in place on Agratas site mark a major milestone in the construction of the UK’s flagship battery manufacturing facility The first steel frames on the Agratas site near Bridgwater, Somerset are now in place, marking a major milestone in the construction of the UK’s flagship battery manufacturing facility.
01 Jul 25	Brazil: DOF Group awarded two long term contracts with Petrobras in Brazil DOF Group has announced two new contracts in Brazil. Skandi Logger, an AHTS with 250t bollard pull built in 2009, has been contracted for a 4-year engagement with Petrobras and Skandi Achiever has been contracted as RSV for a 4-year engagement with Petrobras.
01 Jul 25	UK: Landmark Cleve Hill Solar Park reaches commercial operations Cleve Hill Solar Park in Kent is now exporting at 100 percent of its 373 MW dc capacity, which is more than four times the size of the next largest operational UK solar project.
01 Jul 25	Versalis Oilfield Solutions: a new company to offer products and services for the oil drilling industry Versalis, Eni’s chemical company, has announced that, as of 1 July 2025, it will transfer its Oilfield Chemicals business unit into the newly established company Versalis Oilfield Solutions.
01 Jul 25	UK Government publishes Solar Roadmap The Solar Roadmap, produced through collaboration with industry, presents a comprehensive strategy and clear plan of action to achieve the significant increase in solar deployment needed to support the delivery of clean power by 2030, as set out in the government’s Clean Power Action Plan.
01 Jul 25	Germany: RWE to produce solar power for KRONOS TITAN at Nordenham site RWE and KRONOS TITAN are breaking new ground in the sustainable energy supply of industrial sites. RWE plans to build and operate a ground-mounted photovoltaic plant with an output of 24.7 megawatts peak on a 20-hectare site at the KRONOS location in Nordenham, Lower Saxony.
01 Jul 25	UK: Southwold Fishermen’s Association hook a £10k share of Hornsea 3 cash Fishermen in Southwold are celebrating the arrival of new equipment for the whole community after being awarded the first ever grant from Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 Fishing fund.
01 Jul 25	Vestas announces four new orders for a total of 131 MW Vestas has announced three orders in the EMEA region (in France Greece and Romania) and one order in the APAC region (Japan) as part of its Q2 order intake.
01 Jul 25	Germany: Vestas secures orders for 175 MW with Boreas Energie in Germany Vestas has announced that Boreas Energie, a long-standing customer, and Vestas have closed four orders in Germany in the second quarter of 2025, totaling 175 MW.
01 Jul 25	Romania: Vestas strengthens its market leadership in Romania with new 143 MW order Danish renewable energy producer Eurowind Energy has placed a 143 MW order for Frumusita, Vector and Pecineaga Northeast wind parks, located in Romania. The contract includes the supply and installation of 23 V162-6.2 MW wind turbines from the EnVentus platform.
01 Jul 25	Canada: Shell Canada Energy announces first cargo leaves LNG Canada Shell Canada Energy, an affiliate of Shell, announced that the first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has left the LNG Canada facility on the west coast of Canada. At 40%, Shell has the largest working interest in the LNG Canada joint venture. Located in Kitimat, British Columbia, the facility will export LNG from two processing units or 'trains' with total capacity of 14 million tonnes per annum (mtpa).
01 Jul 25	Germany: Vestas wins 115 MW order in Germany for largest order of V172-7.2 MW turbines to date Vestas has secured an order from ENERTRAG for V172-7.2 WM wind turbines for two projects in Brandenburg, Germany, totalling 115 MW. It is the largest order of V172-7.2 MW turbines to date for Vestas.
01 Jul 25	UK: The Crown Estate delivers £1.1 billion net revenue profit for the UK and scales up investment for future value creation The Crown Estate has announced a net revenue profit of £1.1 billion for the UK, driven by the short-term option fees from Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4 ('Round 4'). This brings its total contribution to the Treasury to £5 billion over the past decade.
01 Jul 25	Latvia: Nordex Group to deliver 21 turbines totalling 147 MW for largest wind project to date in Latvia The Nordex Group is supplying and installing 21 N163/6.X turbines for the Pienava wind farm in Latvia. Totalling 147 MW it is the largest wind project to date in the country.
01 Jul 25	Magnora ASA: Globeleq reaches financial close for the 153MW Red Sands BESS project which triggers a final milestone payment to Magnora Magnora has announced that Globeleq, together with its local partners, has successfully reached financial close for the 153 MW / 612 MWh Red Sands battery storage (BESS) project, developed originally by African Green Ventures (AGV), the South African development arm of Magnora.
01 Jul 25	Wood agrees extension of temporary waivers and lender engagement Further to the Company's announcement on 30 April 2025, Wood has agreed extensions to the temporary waivers under its committed debt facilities (initially valid through to 30 April 2025 and then extended to 30 June 2025) to 31 July 2025.
01 Jul 25	Trinidad: Predator Oil & Gas announces Trinidad acquisition update Predator Oil & Gas Holdings, the Jersey-based Oil and Gas Company with near-term hydrocarbon operations and production activities focussed on Morocco and Trinidad, has provided an update on its acquisition of the Challenger Energy Group's entire operations in Trinidad and Tobago.
01 Jul 25	GoM: Danos awarded production services contract for new deepwater facility Danos Operations Services has been awarded a contract to provide production services for Beacon Offshore Energy’s new deepwater facility in the Gulf of America - the Shenandoah floating production system.
01 Jul 25	Reach Subsea announces multiple new contracts including USV services Reach Subsea has announced increased order backlog after securing multiple new contracts and call-offs within the scope of our existing frame agreements in the North Sea and European regions. Estimated total value of these contracts is NOK 370 million, commencing in Q3 and Q4 2025.
01 Jul 25	Norway: Equinor and its partners are investing NOK 13 billion in the third phase of Johan Sverdrup Equinor and its partners are investing NOK 13 billion in the third phase of Johan Sverdrup, one of the world’s most carbon-efficient oil fields. New subsea infrastructure will increase recovery by 40–50 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe).
30 Jun 25	Spain: BW ESS and Ibersun sign joint venture to develop 2.2GW BESS in Spain Global energy storage owner-operator BW ESS and Getxo-based energy storage developer Ibersun have signed a joint venture to develop, in its first phase, 2.2GW of utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects across Spain.
30 Jun 25	UAE: ADNOC Drilling awarded five-year contract for oilfield services worth up to $800 million ADNOC Drilling Company has announced the award of a contract valued at up to $800 million by ADNOC Onshore for the provision of integrated hydraulic fracturing services for conventional and tight reservoirs.
30 Jun 25	UK: Viaro Energy strengthens North Sea portfolio through acquisition of Deltic Energy Viaro Energy has reached an agreement to acquire Deltic Energy via its main operating subsidiary RockRose Energy. Deltic's Selene discovery – one of the largest gas fields in the UK Southern North Sea in the past decade - will be prioritised for development.
30 Jun 25	Peru: ACCIONA Energía reaches an agreement for the sale of San Juan de Marcona wind farm in Peru ACCIONA Energía has announced an agreement with Luz del Sur S.A.A., one of Peru’s preeminent energy companies, for the sale of San Juan de Marcona wind farm in the Ica region of Peru for up to US$253 million
30 Jun 25	Shelf Drilling announces five-year extension for the High Island V jack-up rig Shelf Drilling has secured a five-year extension for the High Island V jack-up rig. The extension is in direct continuation of the rig’s current contract with the same customer, extending the commitment until July 2030. The total added contract value is approx. USD 133 million.