Infrastructure & Investments
Alinta Energy and JERA will develop a 1 GW offshore wind project in Australia
The Australian energy and gas company Alinta Energy and Parkwind (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japan’s JERA Nex) have partnered to develop t...
Policy & Regulatory
Spain tenders 1.3 GW of grid access for synchronous renewables
Spain's Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) has launched a capacity tender for synchronous electri...
Infrastructure & Investments
H2Carrier will develop two wind projects (1.55 GW) to produce hydrogen in Norway
The Norwegian hydrogen company H2Carrier has submitted an application to the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) for the ...
Companies
Eni merges its UK North Sea portfolio with Ithaca Energy in US$940m deal
The Italian oil and gas company Eni has announced the combination of most of its upstream assets in the United Kingdom with UK’s Ithaca Ener...
Infrastructure & Investments
Pre-FEED contract awarded for a 900 MW offshore wind project in Scotland (UK)
The engineering company Kent has been awarded a contract for a pre-Front End Engineering Design (FEED) assessment for the development of the...
Policy & Regulatory
Azerbaijan launches its first renewable energy auction
The Ministry of Energy of Azerbaijan has launched the country’s first renewable auction, which is for a 100 MW solar power plant project loc...
Infrastructure & Investments
EPH subsidiary starts up an 800 MW CCGT power plant in northern Italy
EP Produzione, the Italian subsidiary of the Czech group EPH, has connected to the grid the 800 MW Tavazzano and Montanaso CCGT power plant,...
Forecasts
Russia downgrades crude oil price forecast to US$65/bbl in 2024-2027
The Russian Ministry of Economic Development has lowered its forecasts for the country's crude oil export prices over the 2024-2027 period t...
Policy & Regulatory
The US announces US$7bn grant allocation for residential solar projects
The United States’ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a US$7bn grant competition aimed at the deployment of more than 4 GW ...
Infrastructure & Investments
OW starts construction of the 882 MW Moray West wind project off Scotland (UK)
Ocean Winds (OW), a 50:50 joint venture between Portugal’s EDP Renewables and France’s Engie, has installed the first turbine of the 882 MW ...
Infrastructure & Investments
Chinese firms begin construction of two solar projects (300 MW) in Algeria
The Power Construction Corporation of China (PowerChina) has started building a 220 MW solar PV power plant in the Biskra wilaya (northern A...
Energy & Climate Markets
The Finland-Estonia Balticconnector gas pipeline resumes operations
The Finnish state-owned natural gas transmission system operator Gasgrid has announced that the 2.6 bcm/year Balticconnector subsea gas pipe...