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15/9/2026 Feature / Keith Nuthall,Liz Newmark,Andreia Nogueira

Concerns grow over increased Chinese investment in European and UK energy sectors

Concerns are increasing over the scale of Chinese investment into continental European and UK energy infrastructure and installations, as new data is released that underlines the potential influence posed on their operations. That includes influence by Chinese government-run companies, in what – needless to say – remains a one-party state, write Andreia Nogueira, Liz Newmark and Keith Nuthall.

Electricity

15/9/2026 News

Grid and bear it: British Isles celebrates and sweats over electricity grid upgrades

Great Britain’s National Audit Office (NAO) has warned of the risk that the UK government’s grid upgrade will not be completed by 2030 as planned. A new report found the project timetable ‘very challenging’.

Solar

15/9/2026 News

Operations begin at solar megaprojects in the Philippines and Saudi Arabia

Commercial operations of 600MWac has begun at a huge solar farm with battery storage across Nueva Ecija and Bulacan on Luzon, the Philippines. The contract is part of a power supply agreement with utility Meralco (Manila Electric Company). A further 250MWac is expected to be released as part of the same agreement before the end of the year.

Nuclear

15/9/2026 News

Google signs PPAs spanning nuclear, wind and geothermal energy

Google has signed long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) covering nuclear, wind and geothermal energy, including three new deals in Finland and a geothermal agreement in the US.

PICTURE OF THE WEEK

15/9/2026 News

Floating wind turbine arrives to power Culzean offshore gas platform

A 3MW floating wind turbine has arrived at the Culzean gas field in the UK Central North Sea following a successful tow-out from Wergeland Base in Gulen, Norway.

Solar

15/9/2026 Comment / Tim Humpage

The next phase of the energy transition must deliver value for communities, not just the grid

For much of the past decade, the renewable energy sector has focused, quite rightly, on deployment. The challenge was clear: build more renewable energy, connect it to the grid and accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels. That challenge remains, and the UK’s clean energy ambitions will only be achieved through continued investment in renewable infrastructure at scale. Yet as the sector matures, another challenge is emerging, writes Tim Humpage, CEO of British Solar Renewables.

Carbon capture and storage

15/9/2026 News

Major emitter in Northern Lights project launches CCS storage facility

Chemicals firm Yara has officially inaugurated what it calls Europe’s largest carbon capture facility at its Sluiskil, Netherlands site. The 800,000t/y facility liquefies and stores CO₂ until it can be shipped north across the North Sea to Øygarden, Norway, for storage under the seabed, as part of the Northern Lights carbon capture and storage (CCS) project.

Diversity

15/9/2026 Comment / Nick Turton FEI

The culture war has no place in our energy workplaces

With National Inclusion Week under way, Pride in Energy board member Nick Turton FEI digs into the advocacy group’s new 2026 survey, which finds some UK energy employers ‘pinkhushing’ and a quarter of LGBTQIA+ people in the sector retreating back towards the closet. But there are glimmers of hope.

Coal

Commissioned unit firing gas with one row in service

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8/9/2026 Feature / Matthew Shields

Converting the Aboño coal-fired power station to gas

An extensive conversion project turned a Spanish coal-fired power station to run on gas, reducing emissions, extending the plant’s life and providing cleaner, more flexible generation, writes Matthew Shields, Director of Operations at combustion engineering firm RJM International, winner of the King’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2026.

Heat pumps

8/9/2026 Comment / Dr Lin Gao

Living with a heat pump: why behaviour matters as much as technology

In this personal account, Dr Lin Gao, a researcher at Energy Bridge Research, tells how installing a heat pump in a domestic property became a two-year journey of research, renovation, frustration, learning and, ultimately, surprise.

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Concerns grow over increased Chinese investment in European and UK energy sectors

Grid and bear it: British Isles celebrates and sweats over electricity grid upgrades

Operations begin at solar megaprojects in the Philippines and Saudi Arabia

Google signs PPAs spanning nuclear, wind and geothermal energy

Floating wind turbine arrives to power Culzean offshore gas platform

The next phase of the energy transition must deliver value for communities, not just the grid

Major emitter in Northern Lights project launches CCS storage facility

The culture war has no place in our energy workplaces

Converting the Aboño coal-fired power station to gas

Living with a heat pump: why behaviour matters as much as technology