The UK Government will hold an auction for up to 12GW of new renewable energy projects, as the country looks to accelerate its ‘green industrial revolution’ plans. The Contracts for Difference Round Four (CfD4) auction will open late next year and will more than double the...
The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has revealed details of a 10-point plan to spur on a ‘green industrial revolution’ that will mark the beginning of the country's path to net zero emissions by 2050. The £12 billion blueprint reiterates the government’s former pledge of developing...
The UK will double its current renewable energy capacity by 2026 – four years earlier than its 2030 target – according to new analysis by consultancy Rystad Energy. Total installed capacity of solar and wind power plants will grow from just under 33GW today to 64GW...
The UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged to power every home in the country through offshore wind energy within a decade, after announcing a £160 million package to upgrade ports and factories for building turbines. The scheme aims to create 2,000 jobs in construction and...
Grid operators from the UK and the Netherlands are exploring the possibility of connecting the two countries’ offshore wind farms with subsea electricity cables by 2029. National Grid Ventures, the commercial arm of UK operator National Grid, and Dutch transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT are drawing...
The UK has announced record low prices for offshore wind energy in the latest Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction round, with prices dropping below £40 per MWh. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) confirmed that 6GW of new offshore wind capacity will be...
European energy supplier E.ON has announced it will retire a ‘pioneering’ offshore wind farm in the UK, which began generating renewable energy almost two decades ago off the coast of Northumberland. The 4MW Blyth Offshore Wind Farm was built by a consortium led by E.ON in...
A pair of Japanese energy companies – J-Power and Kansai Electric Power – will pay almost £1 billion for a collective 41% stake in a major wind farm located off the East coast of the UK. Germany firm Innogy is developing the 860MW Triton Knoll Offshore...
The UK government-funded Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult facility and GE Renewable Energy signed a five-year deal to test the 350-foot turbines in Blyth, Northumberland. “This is an important agreement because it will enable us to prove Haliade-X in a faster way by putting it under controlled...
Danish renewable energy giant Ørsted has selected Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) as its exclusive wind turbine supplier to Hornsea Project Two, the world’s largest offshore wind farm. SGRE will deliver 300 8MW turbines to the UK-based project from a nearby manufacturing facility in the city...