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Aker Solutions: Paal Eikeseth appointed as new CEO

Aker Solutions’ Board of Directors has appointed Paal Eikeseth as the company’s new President & CEO, with effect from 01 September 2026. Eikeseth succeeds Kjetel Digre, who has decided to step down after six years as CEO of the Norwegian engineering company, dedicated to the energy sector…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Manufacturers , Skills & Employment, Renewable energies
• Article # 452592
• Published on 07/09/26 at 14:31
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Agenda : events not to be missed between 07 and 11/09

In Brussels, Dan Jorgensen, Commissioner for Energy and Housing, is launching a structured dialogue on renewable energy with the sector’s various stakeholders, with a view to gathering views and ideas on the policies to be pursued after 2030. In Parliament, the ENVI Committee is meeting with…
Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, Associations & NGOs, Manufacturers , …
• Article # 452494
• Published on 07/09/26 at 11:06
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European Investment Bank (EIB) backs feasibility study for Morocco’s first offshore wind farm

The European Investment Bank has awarded a technical assistance contract to a consortium of Moroccan and European companies to carry out a feasibility study for Morocco’s first offshore wind farm, off the coast of Essaouira, on 3 September 2026. The contract, worth €2 million, is scheduled to…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): European bodies, Producers, Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 452433
• Published on 04/09/26 at 16:00
"Electrification must be the default solution for decarbonising European industry” (C. Gauer, DG Energy)

"Electrification must be the default solution for decarbonising European industry," said Céline Gauer, Director-General at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy, during the annual meetings organised by the European think tank Bruegel, on 2 September 2026. At European level…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Essentials, European bodies, Decarbonisation , …
• Article # 452357
• Published on 04/09/26 at 11:00
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Wind power: 8.8 GW of new capacity installed in Europe in H1 2026; 7 GW in the EU (WindEurope)

8.8 GW: this is the new installed capacity in Europe in the first half of 2026, according to WindEurope’s report ‘Wind Energy Data for Autumn 2026’, published on 1 September 2026. A total of 7 GW was installed across the European Union. Europe has an installed capacity of 311 GW and the EU 252…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Production / Construction, Renewable energies
• Article # 451980
• Published on 01/09/26 at 18:00
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Agenda: Upcoming events between 01 and 04 September

'C'est la rentrée' for the Brussels institutions! At Council level, Member states delegates will hold three working parties meetings this week in order to prepare next week's Energy Council. Meanwhile, the European Parliament’s Committees on the Environment, Climate Change and Food Security (ENVI…
Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, Associations & NGOs, Manufacturers , …
• Article # 451760
• Published on 31/08/26 at 11:50
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Solar: UK government legalises plug-in solar panels that can make households “save hundreds on bills”

“From today, the easy-to-install panels can be plugged into homes across the country, saving households up to £110 a year on their bills through clean, homegrown power,” the UK government announced on 27 August 2026, as it officially legalised the purchase and use of plug-in solar panels. The…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Essentials, National bodies, Producers, …
• Article # 451579
• Published on 28/08/26 at 12:00
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‘Energy remains the main obstacle to our competitiveness and independence’ (U. von der Leyen)

“Energy is now the main obstacle to our competitiveness and independence. European prices remain two to three times higher than in the United States and China. And more than half of the energy we consume still depends on imported fossil fuels. This is a costly dependence. Since the start of the…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Essentials, European bodies, Decarbonisation , …
• Article # 451580
• Published on 27/08/26 at 18:12
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ED / France: Gravelines power station once again affected by ‘a massive influx of jellyfish’

EDF has been forced to shut down two nuclear reactors at the Gravelines power station (Nord) and to reduce the output of two others due to “massive new arrivals of jellyfish”, the group said on 27 August 2026. The state-owned energy company shut down generating unit No. 6 ‘as a precautionary…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Producers, Climate adaptation & resilience, Electricity
• Article # 451576
• Published on 27/08/26 at 18:00
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Nuclear: a floating power station developed to decarbonise the French maritime sector (Newcleo)

A consortium led by Newcleo has been selected to develop a floating nuclear power station to help decarbonise the French maritime sector, the Franco-Italian company announced on 26 August 2026. Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore, a maritime classification society and expert in risk assessment…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Producers, Financing & funding, Production / Construction, …
• Article # 451557
• Published on 27/08/26 at 16:00