The Centrica Interview: Chris O’Shea, chief executive officer
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
‘Anger’ over Scottish budget plan to raid ScotWind windfall
Scotland's finance minister has been warned against raiding a windfall gained through sale of renewables licenses and has been urged to reinvest it in the energy transition.
MarramWind finishes second consultation round
ScottishPower and Shell have completed a consultation on their proposed 3GW MarramWind floating offshore wind farm.
Disco lights on offshore wind farms to create environmentally-friendly scallop farms
A new project aims to install “disco lights” around offshore wind farms to develop environmentally-friendly scallop fishing.
Aberdeen’s OEG seeking up to £100m in acquisitions a year
Aberdeen's OEG Energy Group has bought up 14 businesses in the last four years and boss John Heiton aims to maintain the pace.
Sarens PSG creates 25 jobs with Aberdeen ‘centre of excellence’
The heavy lift company has credited establishment of GB Energy for its Granite city move
Glasgow subsea survey firm Sulmara secures £15m investment
Glasgow-headquartered subsea firm Sulmara has secured a £15 million investment from equity investor BGF.
Venterra secures £30m bond facility for international growth
Offshore wind services business Venterra Group has secured a £30 million bond facility from HSBC, backed by the UK government’s export credit agency UK Export Finance (UKEF).
Scottish ports prepare for delayed wave of billions of inward investment
Scottish ports are preparing to be hit by waves of investment worth billions of pounds as the UK continues to chase targets to reach net zero energy production.