Infrastructure & Investments
30 bcm/year African Atlantic Gas Pipeline in 13 ECOWAS countries moves ahead
Member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have signed an intergovernmental agreement in Freetown, Sierra Leone...
Infrastructure & Investments
Portugal and Morocco move forward with power interconnection
Portugal and Morocco have agreed to develop an electricity interconnection following discussions between their energy ministers on renewable...
Policy & Regulatory
The UK launches CfD AR8 auction for over 17 GW of offshore wind capacity
The application window for Allocation Round 8 (AR8) of the UK government’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme has opened. More than 17 GW...
Policy & Regulatory
Chile launches 2.8 TWh power supply tender for renewables and storage
Chile’s National Energy Commission (CNE) has published the terms for its 2026/01 power supply tender, which will contract 2.8 TWh/year of en...
Infrastructure & Investments
ADNOC approves 6.2 bcm/year Umm Shaif Gas Cap development (UAE)
ADNOC and its partners TotalEnergies, Eni and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) have taken a final investment decision (FID) for t...
Policy & Regulatory
South Korea launches 1 GW solar tender with low-carbon incentives
South Korea’s Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment (MCEE) has launched a tender for approximately 1 GW of new solar capacity under th...
Companies
Vår Energi targets 450 kboe/d production following acquisition of BlueNord
Norway’s Vår Energi has announced the acquisition of BlueNord to create Europe’s largest independent oil and gas producer (Vår Energi press ...
Policy & Regulatory
European Commission unveils electrification plan and ETS reform
The European Commission has presented an Electrification Action Plan aimed at making Europe the world’s first electro-powered continent, alo...
Infrastructure & Investments
Iraq expands energy partnerships with US companies
Iraq’s government has reached dozens of agreements with US companies following the official visit of Iraq’s Prime Minister to the United Sta...
Infrastructure & Investments
Fidra Energy reaches financial close for 500 MW/1 GWh BESS project (UK)
Fidra Energy has signed a long-term offtake agreement with Drax Group covering 50% of the capacity of its 500 MW/1.1 GWh West Burton C BESS ...
Energy & Climate Markets
Alfen and CATL partner on 5 GWh sodium-ion BESS deployment across Europe
Chinese battery manufacturer CATL and Dutch energy storage company Alfen have agreed to deploy 5 GWh of CATL's advanced sodium-ion BESS acro...
Infrastructure & Investments
Scottish government (UK) approves the 2 GW Caledonia offshore wind project
Ocean Winds, the 50:50 joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has secured offshore consent from the Scottish Government for the 2 G...