Renewable energy news updates

RWE has commissioned several large scale solar farms alongside German motorway.

With an investment of €350 million, Iberdrola has begun assembling the wind turbines for Portugal’s largest wind farm.

Uniper has taken the decision to start construction of Berryhill solar farm just north of Dundee, Scotland.

GE Vernova and Seatrium have secured a major contract from TenneT to connect North Sea wind power to Germany’s grid.

EDF power solutions and Deep Wind Offshore have won a lease for a 500 MW floating offshore wind farm in Norway.

National Grid has signed contracts with Siemens Energy and Sumitomo Electric Industries for Sea Link, a proposed 140 km subsea electricity connection set to deliver cleaner, more reliable power between Kent and Suffolk.

DEME has been awarded three contracts for the installation of monopile foundations, inter-array cables, and the export cable at the BC-Wind offshore wind farm in Poland.

Considerable volumes of battery energy storage systems are now being deployed across the Europe, totalling 11 GW as of 2024 and expected to grow 45% y/y to 16 GW in 2025, according to new analysis from Wood Mackenzie.

16 projects across England, Wales, and Scotland are set to share over £13 million through The Crown Estate’s Supply Chain Accelerator.

Bowdun offshore wind farm has submitted the application for planning permission in principle for the onshore infrastructure of the project to Aberdeenshire Council.

BayWa r.e. has completed the sale of two French solar projects currently under construction to Heling enr.

PXN Ventures has joined existing shareholders to support Orbital’s commercial tidal-stream projects, following new tidal energy licences in Canada.

Iarnród Éireann, Port Authority for Rosslare Europort, has confirmed its intent to lodge a planning application for the development of the Rosslare Offshore Renewable Energy Hub, a landmark new facility designed to support Ireland’s growing offshore wind industry.

The African Development Fund’s (ADF) Board of Directors has approved a grant of US$22.9 million for the rehabilitation of Malawi’s Kapichira and Nkula B hydropower plants.

TLT has advised Low Carbon on a £1.1 billion investment that will accelerate the UK’s clean energy revolution and place Low Carbon at the forefront of the energy transition.

More than 20 organisations across the EU’s energy ecosystem have published a joint letter calling on the European Commission to ensure the forthcoming EU Action Plan on Geothermal Energy reflects the full spectrum of geothermal technologies.

ReFeel New Energy has finalised the sale of a 52 MW ready-to-build battery energy storage project in Tuscany to ENGIE Italia.

CorPower Ocean has been selected to lead the €30 million POWER-Farm EU project addressing the competitiveness and bankability of wave farms, unlocking potential for large scale deployment.

The University of Aberdeen has secured a £1 million public grant for a geothermal feasibility pilot study to unlock the heat beneath our feet.

Africa Finance Corp. has announced the inauguration of the expanded Cabeolica wind farm and battery energy storage system in Cabo Verde.

Equinor has started operations at its first hybrid power complex in Brazil.

Global Wind Service has completed the second phase of a high-altitude wind project in Türkiye.

European Energy has been awarded contracts for difference on five solar projects in Italy, totalling 513 MW.

Walsin Energy Cable System, a joint venture between Walsin Lihwa and NKT, has unveiled Taiwan’s first offshore power cable factory.