Pioneering subsidy-free German offshore wind farm begins commercial operation
September 1, 2026
Ørsted and Nuveen Infrastructure have commissioned the 913 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 project in the German North Sea. The project was
Renewables
European wind installations accelerate as forward investment drops sharply
September 1, 2026
Europe installed 8.8 GW of wind capacity in the first half of 2026, 30% more than a year earlier, with the
Topsoe wins NorthStarH2 contract as Uniper advances Swedish e-methanol project
September 1, 2026
Topsoe will carry out front-end engineering and design for the methanol synthesis section of Uniper’s planned 115,000 tonne/year NorthStarH2 project in
Scotland backs offshore wind skills pilots as recruitment challenge grows
August 31, 2026
The Scottish government has awarded £861,000 to three programmes covering technical training, paid engineering placements and career transitions. The initiatives could
Octopus Australia advances 4.8 GWh battery into federal approvals
August 31, 2026
The 1.2 GW / 4.8 GWh Hanworth battery has entered federal environmental assessment alongside the New South Wales planning process. The
Inch Cape starts pin-pile campaign as focus shifts towards turbines
August 28, 2026
Seaway7 is preparing to install 54 pin piles supporting the 18 jacket foundations at the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind
Irish solar capacity passes 3 GW as next auction focuses on storage and resilience
August 28, 2026
Ireland has reached 3 GW of connected solar capacity just four years after its first utility-scale solar farm entered operation. More
Plug-in solar enters British retail market as conventional installations hit record pace
August 28, 2026
Solar kits of up to 800W are now legal to connect through standard sockets in England, Scotland and Wales, provided they
Australian renewables hub cuts 26 GW proposal as hydrogen pivots to industrial demand
August 28, 2026
The environmental assessment of the 26 GW Australian Renewable Energy Hub proposal has been terminated at the developer’s request. An earlier
Certain Energy raises £10 million to take manganese flow battery to grid scale
August 27, 2026
The former RFC Power has raised £10m from investors including British Business Bank, Centrica Energy, Ceres Power and Temasek Trust’s C3H.
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