A 50-turbine wind farm in southern Scotland will be up and running by 2023, sustainable energy firm Vattenfall confirmed this week. South Kyle Windfarm, near Dalmellington, is set to be the firm’s largest onshore wind farm in the United Kingdom. Once construction is complete, the turbines will be able to power approximately 170,000 UK homes, […]
Lithuania is planning to invest in 700MW of offshore wind energy generation in the Baltic Sea. The Ministry of Energy has asked stakeholders to identify the most efficient locations for wind turbine installation and a Government Resolution has been drafted to assess the feasibility of the project. The resolution follows the recommendations of the National […]
Equinor and SSE have unveiled plans to build a multi-million pound operations and maintenance base for a project that is being described as “the world’s largest offshore wind farm.” The site for the base is located at the Port of Tyne, in the northeast England. It will serve the Dogger Bank wind farm, which will […]
Global infrastructure investor Resonance Asset Management has acquired four wind farms in Scotland through its second fund Resonance British Wind Energy Income II Limited (RBEIF II). The four investments totalled £15.6m and all have an exporting capacity of 500kW each having been de-rated from either 800kW or 900kW to benefit from higher feed-in tariffs (FITs). […]
Ørsted has announced its new offshore wind farm, Borssele 1 & 2, has delivered power to the Dutch grid, as the first wind turbine is now supplying electricity. The project, the installation of which started in January, is located 22 kilometres off the coast of the Dutch province of Zeeland at water depths ranging from […]
Wind power has overtaken natural gas as Ireland’s top source for electricity generation for a full quarter for the first time. Electricity from wind turbines provided 43.8pc of the State’s total needs from January to March, compared to 37pc in the same quarter a year ago, according to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland. It […]
Plans for large wind farms in Shetland have received a boost after energy regulator Ofgem announced that it has approved the proposed subsea transmission link between the isles and the Scottish mainland. The Ofgem approval is subject to evidence that the Viking Energy project – which has been dependent on the cable getting the green light […]
Oil and gas markets are ensnared by oversupply and falling prices, not to mention a global pandemic. It illustrates the need to be more responsive to changes in the energy climate. And the good news is that the signs are pointing to more investment in renewables, specifically offshore wind energy. It’s a business decision that […]
Global coal use dropped 3 per cent in 2019, a study has found, but it will need to drop 11 per cent per year to meet global warming targets. Last year saw the biggest falls in global electricity generation from coal and power sector carbon emissions since at least 1990, analysis suggests. Electricity generation from […]
The Dutch Government is to double subsidies for renewable energy to €4bn from a previously planned €2bn. In a letter to the parliament, the Netherlands’ minister for economic affairs and climate policy Eric Wiebes announced that the decision was aimed at reducing CO2 emissions by 25% by the end of 2020, meeting the country’s obligations under […]