offshore wind

A new study by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has found that the energy generated from one wind farm would negate the need for new North Sea Gas fields, whilst heat pumps could save half the gas required by a moratorium on new North Sea licences.

Ofgem has called to prospective investors to bid for £7 billion worth of offshore transmission assets that will be auctioned in two bidding rounds in 2024 and 2025.

Octopus Energy has confirmed it will make a £1.2 billion investment in the Asia-Pacific renewables sector by 2027.

The UK has a “once in a generation economic opportunity” to unlock £70 billion by becoming a “sustainability superpower”, says new report.

Industry leaders from Shell, the Crown Estate, Simply Blue, Arup and Siemens Energy discussed the ‘growing pains’ of offshore wind in a session at All Energy Glasgow this week.

Ireland’s first Offshore Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (ORESS-1) auction has seen over 3GW awarded for offshore wind projects.

Trade association Energy UK has said that the upcoming Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction will fall short of delivering the required expansion of offshore wind to hit the government’s 2030 target.

Nations present at the North Sea Summit have agreed to a combined target of 120GW of offshore wind capacity in the North Sea by 2030.

Ardersier Port has received an initial £300 million investment from Quantum Energy Partners to facilitate offshore wind projects in the region.

The integrated energy services partner, Kent, has been awarded a pre–Front End Engineering Design (pre-FEED) study for BP’s Morven offshore wind project