Siemens Gamesa steels itself for low-carbon towers off Danish coast
Engineering multinational Siemens Gamesa says its next generation of turbine towers will be built from steel with a 63% lower carbon footprint than before. ...
Grid connections “biggest chokepoint” to more offshore wind, says independent champion
Granting Ofgem full legal powers to implement Britain’s Net Zero goals is among much needed steps to speed up connections for marine wind farms...
Good Energy inks its biggest offtake deal from Hornsea 1
Long-standing clean power supplier Good Energy has struck its biggest ever offtake deal for carbon-free electricity, targeting corporate & household customers.
Hornsea 1, operated by...
Renewables & nuke yield over 60 % of UK power during winter
Wind, hydro, nuclear and solar together generated over 60% of Britain’s electricity over five months of the winter, new figures out from RenewableUK state.
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Recyclable blades in RWE’s “world’s first” installation off England’s North East
Turbine blades capable of being broken down into their component chemistries are targeted for a world’s first deployment in Britain’s coastal waters.
Mega-utility RWE has...
Quick shot! Britain’s RES to tilt at Spanish windmills
Hertfordshire-based clean energy developers and operators RES Group are entering Spain’s and Portugal’s wind turbine business.
IM FutuRe have inspected and repaired over two thousand...
UK gross offshore wind pipeline a whisker below 100 GW
Marine turbine parks either already built, under construction or earmarked for development in UK waters together total 99.8GW across 130 projects, figures from the...
Wind industry slams new 5-month delay in approving Hornsea 4
RenewableUK, lobbying group for Britain’s offshore wind developers, has said an impending delay until July in approving the fourth and final stage of the...
VPP champ Octopus Maxes out, permits firms to spread single-site clean generation UK-wide
Green-exclusive generator Octopus Energy, Britain’s third biggest supplier, is enabling multi-site companies who self-generate their renewable power to spread it between sites, even nationwide.
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How Green will be my Valley? Wales opts to go 100% renewable as early...
Wales’ devolved government this afternoon declared its intention to meet 100% of the nation’s electricity needs from renewable sources as early as 2035.
Describing the...
NG-ESO puts coal plants on standby again tonight, as suppliers prep DSR cash for...
National Grid ESO has for the second time this winter requested coal-burning power stations to be put on standby, and is asking suppliers to...
8GW of new agreements pushes UK offshore wind leases beyond 40GW
The Crown Estate today announced its signing of agreements for leases covering six offshore wind projects, together rated at around 8GW potential. Currents of...
2022’s grid is UK’s second greenest ever, as wind output beats 20GW
Renewable sources set new records for UK electricity generation last year, beaten only by 2020’s year of peak lockdown.
Wind, hydro and solar together accounted...
Gravitricity ponders hydrogen as “porridge” for ‘Goldilocks’ storage shafts
Inertia-based power storage pioneers Gravitricity are positing steel-lined mine shafts and rock piercings nearly 400 metres deep as storage tanks for Britain’s soon-to-be-abundant hydrogen.
The...
Another oil extractor plans North Sea rigs run on electricity spun from wind
Hydrocarbon extractor Neptune Energy has become the latest oil company to consider switching to clean electricity to run its offshore rigs and pumps.
Storage of...
13GW of RE tenders open in Germany, as Ireland names offshore winners
Regulators of Europe’s biggest energy market have announced their intention to pursue 12.8GW more onshore wind capacity in 2023, and over 650 MW of...
Green generator ‘lawyers up’, goes gunning for Hunt’s ‘smash & grab’ EGL
Energy ministry D-BEIS and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt face a legal threat this morning from a £2 billion investor and builder of 1.5GWp of wind...
Re-think EGL tax grab, or endanger renewables investment, REA tells Chancellor
The Chancellor’s imminent electricity generator levy (EGL) risks stalling or stifling hundreds of millions of new investment in renewables, Britain’s biggest lobbying body for...
Crown Estate blows harder for Celtic Sea turbine float, offers fuller, earlier data
Britain's independent body defining zones for new floating wind farms in the near-Atlantic off Wales’ coastline is accelerating the process leading up to the...
Doggone wind! Octopus shells out for offtake from world’s biggest offshore farm
Integrated generator-investor-retailer of low-carbon renewable electricity Octopus Energy has squirted marine ink over a deal to source nearly a quarter of its needs from...