(IN BRIEF) Ørsted and Nuveen Infrastructure’s Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm has delivered its first power to the German grid, marking a major progress point toward full operation expected in Q1 2026. The 913 MW project — now Ørsted’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, News, Technology
Tagged 913 MW wind project, Amazon, BASF, Borkum Riffgrund 3, clean energy transition, commissioning Q1 2026, corporate PPAs, Covestro, decarbonisation, DolWin epsilon, Energy Independence, European supply chain, first power, First Power Delivered as Borkum Riffgrund 3 Prepares for Full Operation and Supports Industrial Decarbonisation, Gode Wind 3, Google, North Sea, Nuveen Infrastructure, offshore wind farm Germany, renewable energy, REWE Group, Tennet, Ørsted
(IN BRIEF) ABB has completed its acquisition of Gamesa Electric’s power electronics business from Siemens Gamesa, expanding its renewable energy portfolio at a time of accelerating global demand for solar, wind, and storage technologies. The deal brings approximately 400 employees, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Spain, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged 46 GW installed base, ABB, ABB expands renewable power conversion portfolio with integration of Gamesa Electric’s wind, ABB Motion, acquisition, automation, battery energy storage systems, BESS, clean energy transition, Daniel Gerber, DFIG, electrification, Gamesa Electric, IEA forecast, International Energy Agency, Madrid, power electronics, renewable energy, renewable power growth, Siemens Gamesa, solar and storage technologies, solar inverters, sustainable energy, Valencia, wind converters
(IN BRIEF) Associated British Ports has partnered with France’s BrestPort and Ireland’s Shannon Foynes Port Company to create the world’s first Global Floating Offshore Wind Ports Alliance, an initiative introduced at RenewableUK’s Floating Offshore Wind Conference in Aberdeen to promote … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged ABP, ABP Cromarty Firth Energy Park, Andy Reay, Arnaud Le Roy, Associated British Ports, BrestPort, Brittany Region, Celtic Sea, clean energy transition, energy transition projects, European offshore wind development, floating offshore wind, floating turbine assembly, FLOW Ports Alliance, Global Floating Offshore Wind Ports Alliance, Global Floating Offshore Wind Ports Alliance Established to Strengthen Collaboration and Speed Deployment Across Europe, offshore renewable energy, offshore wind infrastructure, ORE terminal, Pat Keating, port investment, Port Talbot, Shannon Estuary, Shannon Foynes Port Company
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has launched an advisory initiative to help Ireland scale up district heating, supporting national efforts to decarbonise heating and lower energy costs. Working with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) and the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Ireland, Luxembourg, News, Technology
Tagged Budget 2026, carbon emissions, clean energy transition, Climate Neutral and Smart Cities Mission, community energy projects, Cork, Darragh O’Brien, district heating, Dublin, EIB, EIB and SEAI Partner to Drive District Heating Expansion and Decarbonise Ireland’s Energy Sector, energy efficiency, European Green Deal, European Investment Bank, fossil fuel reduction, Heat Bill, heat decarbonisation, InvestEU, Ioannis Tsakiris, Ireland, local economies, renewable energy, SEAI, SEAI Centre of Excellence, Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, sustainable heating, William Walsh
(IN BRIEF) Energiekontor AG has sold the repowered Würselen wind park in North Rhine-Westphalia to SachsenEnergie NaturKraft GmbH, a subsidiary of Dresden-based SachsenEnergie AG. The project, located on a former coalfield, replaced three older 1.5 MW turbines with three Vestas … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged 500 homes, Aachen coalfield, clean energy transition, CO2 reduction, Energiekontor AG, Energiekontor sells repowered Würselen wind park to SachsenEnergie marking a new partnership in renewable energy, Energiekontor strengthens cooperation with SachsenEnergie through sale of 18 MW Würselen wind park, Frank Brinkmann, Germany, Jens-Patric Hirtz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Peter Szabo, renewable energy, repowering, Repowering milestone: Energiekontor and SachsenEnergie partner on Würselen wind park to supply over 12, SachsenEnergie, SachsenEnergie NaturKraft GmbH, Vestas V150, wind power, Würselen wind park
(IN BRIEF) NIB and NORD/LB will provide up to EUR 64 million to finance two 91 MWp solar parks in Izabelinė and Lieponys, Lithuania, developed by Green Genius. Supported by the InvestEU programme, the projects include an 18 MW battery … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Investment, Lithuania, News, Technology
Tagged battery energy storage, BESS, clean energy transition, CO2 reduction, EBRD, energy diversification, energy transition, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Green Deal, Green Genius, Ignalina municipality, InvestEU, Izabelinė, Lieponys, Lithuania, NIB, NORD/LB, Nordic Investment Bank, Photovoltaic, PV capacity, renewable energy financing, renewable energy projects, solar energy, sustainable infrastructure, Trakai district, utility-scale solar
(IN BRIEF) ScottishPower’s “Half Price Weekends” initiative, offering customers 50% off electricity every Saturday and Sunday from 11 am to 4 pm, has won the Behaviour Change Campaign of the Year Award at the 2025 UK Green Business Awards. Launched … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Media, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged 350 000 customers, Andrew Ward, Awards, Behavioural Change Campaign of the Year, clean energy transition, demand flexibility, grid load reduction, Half Price Weekends, Iberdrola, leadership, off-peak electricity, renewable energy, ScottishPower, smart meters, sustainability, sustainable consumption, the Brewery London, UK Green Business Awards 2025, weekend discount, £4 million, €4.7 million savings
(IN BRIEF) DNV has launched a network of advanced solar resource measurement stations across Italy to support the country’s renewable energy goals. These stations measure solar irradiance, albedo, and soiling data to optimize energy output, particularly for bifacial solar modules, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Italy, Management, News, Norway, Technology
Tagged albedo, bifacial solar modules, clean energy transition, Cubico Sustainable Investments, DNV, energy optimization, Italy, National Energy and Climate Plan, partnership, renewable energy, soiling, Solar Capacity, solar energy, solar irradiance, sustainabulity
(IN BRIEF) Fortum and the City of Loviisa have reached an agreement for the sale of approximately 300 hectares of land near the Loviisa power plant. Valued at 10.6 million euros, the land sale is subject to approval by the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Finland, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged City of Loviisa, clean energy transition, Fortum, industrial uses, infrastructure, land sale, land transaction, local community, local stakeholders, Loviisa power plant, low-carbon electricity production, Mika Rainemaa, national grid, nuclear power, partnership, regional land use plan, substation, sustainability, sustainable energy solutions, zoning process
(IN BRIEF) Ørsted has officially launched offshore construction for the Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms, marking a major step forward in Taiwan’s clean energy transition. With an output of 920 MW, these wind farms will play a … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Commodities, Denmark, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged clean energy transition, CPPA, Energy Innovation, Greater Changhua, Green Energy, offshore construction, Offshore wind, partnership, renewable energy, sustainability, sustainable energy, Taiwan, wind farms, Ørsted
(IN BRIEF) EQT Transition Infrastructure has acquired Scale Microgrids, a leading energy company that designs, develops, finances, and operates microgrids and distributed energy assets in North America. This investment marks EQT’s second significant thematic acquisition in the past month. Scale, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged 2.5 GW pipeline, 250 MW, acquisition, clean energy transition, commercial processes, decarbonization, distributed energy assets, distributed generation assets, energy company, energy grid, energy services, energy technologies, EQT Transition Infrastructure, GROWTH, investment, Jan Vesely, Market leader, Microgrids, North America, partnership, Power Systems, project execution, regulatory approval, renewable energy, Ryan Goodman, Scale Microgrids, sustainability, Warburg Pincus
(IN BRIEF) ENTSO-E, the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity, is celebrating its 15th anniversary, highlighting its role in creating a clean, reliable, and competitive power system for Europe. Since its establishment in 2009, ENTSO-E has united 40 … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) AFRY has been appointed as the technical advisor by 50Hertz, the transmission system operator, for the critical SuedOstLink project, a key grid expansion endeavor to accelerate Germany’s energy transition. The project involves planning a 540-kilometer underground cable, set … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged 50Hertz, AFRY, Bavaria, Cable Planning, clean energy transition, Germany, Niels Hornig, partnership, SuedOstLink, sustainability, Thorben Müller
(IN BRIEF) The heads of the European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Central Bank (ECB), and the International Energy Agency (IEA) have convened in Paris to urge European government leaders, financial institutions, and industries to commit to a swift, equitable, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Media, News, Society, Sweden
Tagged Christine LAGARDE, clean energy transition, Conference, European Central Bank (ECB), European Investment Bank (EIB), European Leaders, Fatih Birol, International Energy Agency (IEA), leadership, Paris, partnership, sustainability, Werner Hoyer
(IN BRIEF) bp has commenced construction on the 187MWdc Peacock Solar project, located near Corpus Christi in Texas. This solar installation will generate renewable energy that will be sold to Gulf Coast Growth Ventures (GCGV), a joint venture between ExxonMobil … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged clean energy transition, construction, Dave Lawler, ExxonMobil, GCGV, Lightsource BP, partnership, Paul Fritsch, PCL Construction, Peacock Solar Project, SABIC, sustainability, Texas
(IN BRIEF) EnBW, a major energy company, has reported its operating results for the first half of 2023, surpassing expectations. The company expects its Group adjusted EBITDA to be €3.5 billion for the period, primarily driven by growth in thermal … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Investment, Management, News
Tagged clean energy transition, EnBW, Financial, investments, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) AFRY, a Swedish engineering and design company, has acquired Dutch renewable energy consultancy firm BLIX to expand its presence and expertise in the wind energy industry. BLIX specializes in renewable energy solutions and has a strong position in … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Sweden
Tagged acquisition, AFRY, Albert van der Hem, BLIX, clean energy transition, Consultancy, energy transition, Maarten Timmerman, offshore, Onshore, Peter Plug, renewable energy solutions, wind energy, wind farm
(IN BRIEF) Linde, a leading industrial gases and engineering company, plans to increase its green hydrogen production capacity in Ontario, California due to growing demand from the mobility market. Linde will build, own and operate a 5MW PEM electrolyzer and, … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) SOLNA, Sweden, 23-Mar-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — AFRY (STO: AF-B), Swedish-Finnish engineering, consulting and design company active in energy, industry, infrastructure and IT, has announced it has been awarded the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) contract for the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, Metals and Minerals, Sweden
Tagged AFRY, Araguaia ferronickel project, Araguaia Niquel Metais Ltda, battery technology, Brazil, clean energy transition, construction management, digitalisation, ENERGY, engineering, ePCM, Fabio Fonseca, Horizonte Minerals Plc, industry, infrastructure, Janne Tikka, Jeremy Martin, Marika Hahtala, Nicholas Oksanen, nickel, procurement, Stainless Steel
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