Britain’s wind turbines break new generation record for second time in a week
Britain's wind turbines have set a new record for electricity generation, just days after the record was last broken, data shows.
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Deal to save Harland and Wolff ‘vote of confidence in UK’ – business secretary
Taxpayers will pay more for Royal Navy support ships under a deal struck to save troubled shipbuilder Harland and Wolff, with Spanish state-owned business Navantia stepping in to buy it.
Seaway7 receives Inch Cape offshore wind foundation contract
Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, has received a contract from ESB and Red Rock Renewables to transport and install pin-pile jacket foundations and transition pieces for their Inch Cape offshore wind farm.
Bilfinger joins Cerulean Winds Scottish floating wind alliance
UK floating offshore wind developer Cerulean Winds has tapped Bilfinger to join an alliance of firms working on its 3 GW North Sea Renewables Grid project.
SSEN calls for ‘planning reform’ after it receives transmission consent
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Transmission has criticised the UK's consenting process after waiting "the better part of two years" for project approval.
Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon developers combine extension projects
The developers of the Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon offshore wind farm extensions have decided to combine the two into a single project.
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Britain’s wind turbines break new generation record for second time in a week
Britain's wind turbines have set a new record for electricity generation, just days after the record was last broken, data shows.
Deal to save Harland and Wolff ‘vote of confidence in UK’ – business secretary
Taxpayers will pay more for Royal Navy support ships under a deal struck to save troubled shipbuilder Harland and Wolff, with Spanish state-owned business Navantia stepping in to buy it.
Seaway7 receives Inch Cape offshore wind foundation contract
Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, has received a contract from ESB and Red Rock Renewables to transport and install pin-pile jacket foundations and transition pieces for their Inch Cape offshore wind farm.
Bilfinger joins Cerulean Winds Scottish floating wind alliance
UK floating offshore wind developer Cerulean Winds has tapped Bilfinger to join an alliance of firms working on its 3 GW North Sea Renewables Grid project.
SSEN calls for ‘planning reform’ after it receives transmission consent
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Transmission has criticised the UK's consenting process after waiting "the better part of two years" for project approval.
Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon developers combine extension projects
The developers of the Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon offshore wind farm extensions have decided to combine the two into a single project.
Berwick Bank delays are hurting Scottish supply chain
Delays in approving the mammoth Berwick Bank offshore wind farm are putting potentially billions of pounds of investment and thousands of jobs at risk, a business group has warned.
Green Volt offshore wind farm awards two FEED contracts
Vargronn and Flotation Energy have awarded two sets of front-end engineering and design (FEED) contracts for their Green Volt floating offshore wind farm.
‘Future looks worse’ for wind curtailment
The UK’s largest renewable electricity supplier Octopus Energy is using AI to address a hold-up in grid connections as the cost of turning off turbines snowballs to £1 billion.
UK government to unveil clean power action plan
The UK government announced it will set out an action plan for achieving its target of at least 95% clean power by 2030 on December 13.
Forth Ports to invest £50m in Port of Leith to deliver Inch Cape wind farm
Forth Ports will make a £50-million private investment in infrastructure at the Port of Leith after securing the foundation marshalling contract for the 1.1GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm.
Improve consenting process to meet wind power targets, report suggests
All levels of government need to improve capacity in the consenting process for wind projects, a report on the UK's clean power ambitions says.
Ørsted £100m investment in Hornsea 3 set to create 300 jobs
Danish state-owned energy firm Ørsted has pushed ahead with its 2.9GW Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm as it dished out a series of contracts to UK suppliers worth up to £100 million.
Wind turbine maker cuts hundreds of jobs on Isle of Wight
Wind turbine maker Vestas (CPH:VWS) has said 600 workers at its Isle of Wight factory are at risk of redundancy.
Muir Mhor floating wind farm files key applications in ScotWind first
Fred Olsen Seawind and Vattenfall have submitted two key consent applications for their major 1GW Muir Mhor floating offshore wind farm.
BP loses offshore wind vice president after reducing investment
BP’s senior vice president for offshore wind, Matthias Bausenwein, will depart the oil and gas company following a carve-out of its offshore wind operations.
Crown Estate announces £5m for UK offshore wind supply chain firms
The Crown Estate (TCE) has allocated nearly £5 million in funding to 13 British offshore wind supply chain firms advancing projects near the Celtic Sea.
Time To ACT tests ‘breakthrough’ generator at Blyth
Engineering technology group Time To ACT (TTA: AQSE) is testing a "breakthough" generator design which it says is causing the "highest level of excitement" in the offshore wind industry.
BP carves out offshore wind assets
BP plans to carve out its offshore wind assets as part of a joint venture with Japan’s largest power generation company, as oil supermajors move to insulate themselves from share price shocks associated with their low-carbon investments.
Proserv wins further cable monitoring deal at Dogger Bank
Aberdeen's Proserv has secured a deal to provide its "game-changing" cable monitoring system on the next phase of what is set to be the world's biggest offshore wind farm.
Local content rules threaten AR7 delays, analysts warn
Allocation Round (AR) 7 may be delayed as a result of various local content requirements, analysts from Cornwall Insight have warned.
The Xlinks Interview: James Humfrey, CEO of the Xlinks Morocco-UK Power Project
In our exclusive interview, Energy Voice spoke to Xlinks chief executive James Humfrey to discuss the scope and hurdles facing the nascent renewables megaproject.
Starmer rows back from 100% clean power by 2030
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has diluted the wording of the UK’s clean power mission from achieving 100%, to a new goal to deliver “at least 95%”, clean energy by the end of the decade.
Arup to study new technologies for Sinclair and Scaraben wind farms
BlueFloat Energy and Nadara have brought in Arup to assess emerging technologies necessary to deliver their Sinclair and Scaraben floating offshore wind farms.
Energy sector’s faith in net zero is just 4%, says Energy Institute
The Energy Institute said that the industry is “clear” that the government’s goal of meeting targets to use entirely clean power by the end of the decade “faces considerable hurdles”.
