IN BRIEF) BP has appointed Albert Manifold—former CEO of CRH plc—as its next chair. He will join the board on 1 September and take over from Helge Lund on 1 October. Manifold’s tenure at CRH saw significant portfolio reshaping, capital discipline, and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Albert Manifold, appointment, board appointment, BP, capital allocation, cash‑flow generation, corporate governance, CRH plc, Dame Amanda Blanc, Dublin City University, energy leadership, Helge Lund, leadership, LyondellBasell, Mercury Engineering, Shareholder Value, strategic succession
(IN BRIEF) RWE and The Oyster Restoration Company completed a six‑month feasibility study confirming that native oyster reefs can be restored at scale within North Sea offshore wind farms. Conducted at TORC’s Scottish hatchery, the research tested substrates like shells … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Dr Nik Sachlikidis, Dr Thomas Michel, ecosystem engineering, Europe, feasibility study, habitat restoration, marine biodiversity, net‑positive impact, North Sea, Offshore wind, oyster reef restoration, partnership, RWE, scalable solutions, substrate evaluation, sustainability, sustainable energy, The Oyster Restoration Company, TORC hatchery, UK, verification frameworks
(IN BRIEF) Garanti BBVA is financing Uludağ Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş.’s electricity distribution investments across Türkiye’s Marmara region, covering key provinces such as Bursa, Balıkesir, Çanakkale, and Yalova. Serving four million customers, these investments are vital to enhancing energy security, efficiency, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Spain, Technology, Turkey
Tagged Balikesir, BBVA, Bursa, Çanakkale, electricity distribution, energy infrastructure, energy resilience, environmental responsibility, Equator Principles, financing, Garanti BBVA, infrastructure investment, Marmara region, partnership, Sinem Edige, sustainable development, Türkiye, Uludağ Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş., Yalova
(IN BRIEF) METLEN has signed a 15-year agreement with Copec EMOAC to deliver 450 GWh of renewable electricity annually from four solar plants in Chile, beginning in Q2 2026. The deal includes energy delivery during nighttime hours, supported by 322 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Greece, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged battery energy storage systems, BESS, Chile, clean energy, Copec EMOAC, energy decarbonization, energy transition, Latin America expansion, Metlen, nighttime PPA, off-peak energy delivery, partnership, Power Purchase Agreement, renewable energy, solar energy, sustainability, sustainable procurement
(IN BRIEF) bp has agreed to sell its US onshore wind arm, comprising ten operating wind farms totalling 1.7 GW gross (1.3 GW net) in seven states, to LS Power. The business—including the experienced bp Wind Energy team—will join LS Power’s Clearlight Energy fleet, boosting … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged $20 billion divestment programme, 1.3 GW net capacity, 1.7 GW gross capacity, Auwahi, BP, bp Wind Energy North America, Cedar Creek 2, Clearlight Energy, Flat Ridge, Fowler Ridge, Goshen 2, low‑carbon energy, LS Power, Mehoopany, onshore wind, partnership, Paul Segal, regulatory approval, sustainability, Titan, William Lin, wind divestment
(IN BRIEF) REN – Redes Energéticas Nacionais has been honoured with an “A” rating in CDP’s 2024 Supplier Engagement Assessment, reflecting the company’s leadership in embedding sustainability within its supplier relationships. This marks a notable progression from a “D” rating … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Portugal, Technology
Tagged A- Rating, Awards, CDP, Climate Change score, climate risk management, environmental targets, Governance, leadership, low‑carbon economy, REN – Redes Energéticas Nacionais, sea, Supplier Engagement Assessment, supply chain, sustainability, transparent reporting
(IN BRIEF) Electrica has issued Romania’s first corporate green bond, raising €500 million with strong oversubscription—demand was more than ten times the supply. The bond, backed by investors including the EIB, will be listed in Luxembourg and Bucharest. Funds will support … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Romania, Technology
Tagged Alexandru Chiriță, appointment, Awards, Bucharest Stock Exchange, Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier, Electrica, energy storage, EU taxonomy, European Investment Bank, Fitch Ratings, green bond, Ioannis Tsakiris, leadership, Luxembourg Stock Exchange, partnership, renewable electricity generation, Romania, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) During their July meetings, the EIB and EIF boards approved a combined €15.5 billion in fresh financing: €14.5 billion from the EIB and €1 billion from the EIF. Key priorities include the launch of a €40 billion Water Resilience Programme to improve … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged affordable housing, biodiversity, clean energy, EIB Group Water Resilience Programme, energy efficiency, European Investment Bank, European Investment Fund, green transition, infrastructure funds, Nadia Calviño, Palestine program, partnership, pharmaceutical innovation, Photovoltaic, private equity, rail investment, security and defence financing, sustainability, transport connectivity, venture capital, wastewater networks, water resilience, Western Balkans, €15.5 billion
(IN BRIEF) Regiobahn will introduce three Mireo Smart Plus B battery trains on the RE 47 line in summer 2026, replacing diesel units with emission‑free two‑car sets capable of 120 km ranges and 140 km/h speeds. These trains recharge under existing overhead lines or during … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged Alexandra Westerkamp, battery multiple unit, battery trains, Benjamin Dobernecker, Dortmund Rail Service Centre, Düsseldorf, emissions‑free rail, Götz Nink, Mireo Smart Plus B, modular design, North Rhine‑Westphalia, partnership, Railigent X, Regiobahn, Remscheid‑Lennep, RE 47, Siemens Mobility, silicon‑carbide technology, Smart Train Lease, sustanability, VRR
(IN BRIEF) RWE has officially commissioned the 53.1 MW Mondonuovo wind farm in Apulia, featuring nine 5.9 MW turbines to supply green power for up to 55,000 households. This milestone brings RWE’s total Italian renewables capacity to 589 MW across 17 wind farms … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Italy, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged 5.9 MW turbines, Acquafredda Agri‑PV, Apulia, Brindisi, FER 1 auction, Italy renewable energy, Katja Wünschel, Mesagne, Mondonuovo wind farm, Morcone Agri‑PV, partnership, RWE, RWE Renewables Europe & Australia, Serra Palino wind farm, solar plant, sustanability, Venusia wind farm, wind farms
(IN BRIEF) ENTSO‑E and the UK’s transmission system operators have signed Working Arrangements to cement technical cooperation after Brexit. The framework addresses grid security, joint offshore energy planning (including the North Sea Grid), and maximising electricity interconnector efficiency. While UK … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged electricity interconnectors, ENTSO‑E, Fintan Slye, grid security, NESO, North Sea Grid, offshore energy planning, partnership, post‑Brexit cooperation, UK Transmission System Operators, UK‑EU Summit May 2025, Working Arrangements, Zbyněk Boldiš
(IN BRIEF) Energy and marine consultancy ABL has been named Marine Warranty Surveyor for the marine T&I works on Australia’s Marinus Link interconnector, a 345 km power cable connecting Tasmania and Victoria (255 km subsea). ABL Australia will review design documents, certify vessel … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged ABL, ABL Group, AEMO, Australian Energy Market Operator, cable burial, cable lay, DP assurance, electrification, high‑voltage subsea cable, Jason Hannath, landfall operations, Marine Warranty Survey, Marinus Link, MWS, Offshore wind, partnership, renewable integration, submarine interconnector, sustainability, T&I campaign, Tasmania, trenching, vessel suitability survey, Victoria
(IN BRIEF) Schneider Electric has launched Zeigo Hub, a new digital platform designed to help organizations decarbonize their supply chains and meet Scope 3 emissions targets. Featuring guided supplier onboarding, modular toolkits, real‑time analytics, and AI‑driven automation, the platform supports CDP, CSRD, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged agentic AI, AI-native ecosystem, benchmarking dashboards, CDP, CSRD, Decarbonization Roadmap, digital platform, environmental compliance, global supply chains, Laura Eve, modular toolkit, net-zero, partnership, Schneider Electric, Scope 3 emissions, Supplier engagement, supply chain decarbonization, sustainability, sustainability reporting, TCFD, Zeigo Hub, Zero Carbon Project
(IN BRIEF) Neste will deliver 7,400 tons of 100 percent unblended SAF to DHL Express at Singapore Changi Airport between July 2025 and June 2026, marking one of Asia’s largest SAF deals in air cargo. The SAF, meeting CORSIA criteria, will be blended on-site to … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Finland, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 1% SAF target, 2025–2026, 35–40% blend, 400 tons, 7, 9.5 million liters, air cargo, Boeing 777 freighters, Carl Nyberg, Christopher Ong, CORSIA‑eligible, decarbonization, DHL Express, greenhouse gas emissions, Neste, Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™, partnership, SAF, Singapore Changi Airport, South Asia Hub, sustainability, sustainable aviation fuel
(IN BRIEF) wpd has secured a CPPA with Nomura Real Estate Development for the 7.48 MW Higashi Izu Furusato onshore wind farm in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Developed alongside GPSS Group, the project will deploy three Enercon turbines and begin operations in … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Real Estate, Technology
Tagged Asia markets, corporate power purchase agreement, CPPA, decarbonization, Enercon turbines, GPSS Group, Hans‑Christoph Brumberg, Higashi Izu Furusato Wind Power Plant, Hiroyuki Nakagawa, NF Power Services, Nomura Real Estate Development, onshore wind, partnership, renewable energy, Shizuoka Prefecture, solar energy pipeline, sustainability, wind energy pipeline, WPD
(IN BRIEF) Eneco and EP NL are partnering on a 50 MW/200 MWh battery at Enecogen’s Europoort plant, due in 2027, to store excess renewable energy and release it during peak demand. The project will reduce curtailment of green power, smooth price spikes, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Technology
Tagged 200 MWh, 50 MW, battery storage, capacity mechanism, Eneco, Enecogen Europoort, EP NL, grid congestion, grid flexibility, Karen de Lathouder, Martin Bartošovič, net‑tariff exemption, Operations and Maintenance, partnership, price smoothing, renewable curtailment, sustainability, trading
(IN BRIEF) Birgit Hiller will become Head of Group Communications and Public Affairs at RWE Group on 1 October 2025, bringing with her experience leading Communications & Public Affairs at Continental AG since 2021 and over 18 years in communications roles at BMW Group. She … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged appointment, Birgit Hiller, BMW Group, carbon‑neutral, Continental AG, energy transition, Group Communications, leadership, Markus Krebber, Public Affairs, retirement, RWE Group, Stephanie Schunck, strategic communications
(IN BRIEF) Empa, in partnership with ETH Zurich and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, has developed a five-tier pyramid model to quantify energy supply security, addressing a longstanding gap in energy-system planning. Each tier—from self-production through complete autarky—provides quantitative indices that … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged autonomy, complete autarky, Empa, Empa Engineering Sciences, energy storage, energy supply security, energy trilemma, ETH Zurich, Georgios Mavromatidis, hydro reservoirs, iScience, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Matthias Sulzer, partnership, renewable energy, self-production, self-sufficiency, Switzerland 2050 scenario, system adequacy, thermal storage, vehicle batteries
(IN BRIEF) REN and ADAI’s Natureye platform—part of the Agenda Transform forestry consortium—has been honoured with the National Innovation Award for Utilities, Mobility and Infrastructure. Natureye deploys over 80 multispectral cameras on high-voltage towers to monitor one million hectares of … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Portugal, Technology
Tagged ADAI, Agenda Transform, ANI, Awards, BPI Bank, CENTRODEC, Claranet Portugal, COTEC Portugal, fire prevention, forestry digitization, high-voltage towers, infrastructure, INNOVATION, Jornal de Negócios, leadership, multispectral cameras, National Innovation Award, Natureye, Nova SBE, partnership, Predictive Algorithms, REN, rural fires, sustainability, University of Coimbra
(IN BRIEF) Kuopion Energia is exploring SMRs to replace its Haapaniemi CHP plant by 2035 and has engaged AFRY to conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment and constructability study, with results due in spring 2027. This next phase follows AFRY’s earlier … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged AFRY, constructability study, Decision-in-Principle, deep percussion drilling, district heating, EIA, Environmental Impact Assessment, Esa Lindholm, Finnish Government, Geology, geotechnical surveys, Haapaniemi CHP plant, Ilkka Suntio, Kuopion Energia, low-carbon energy, partnership, Petri Turtiainen, Small Modular Reactors, SMR, spring 2027, sustainability, sustainable heating solutions
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