offshore wind

​A revised draft of National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4) was released this week detailing how the Scottish Government expects planners to treat onshore and offshore developments in the renewable energy industry.

The proposed 1GW Gwynt Glas Offshore Wind Farm has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Associated British Ports and the Port of Milford Haven to prepare the region for floating wind farms in the Celtic Sea.

Equinor is interested in developing a gigawatt scale floating offshore wind farm in the Celtic Sea in a bid to increase its renewable energy generation portfolio.

Rishi Sunak, the UK Prime Minister, has reaffirmed his and the UK’s commitment to spearheading the global green revolution, pledging to make the nation a clean energy superpower at COP27.

UK wind generation surpassed 20GW earlier this week according to National Grid, hitting a new record for the second week in a row.

Wind generation hit a new record on 26 October with 19.936GW being generated across the UK, the National Grid ESO said.

The Welsh Government has revealed plans to establish a publicly owned renewable energy developer to tackle energy security, the cost-of-living crisis and decarbonise the energy system.

RenewableUK has urged the UK’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to scale up the clean power sector to boost energy security and cut energy bills.

Balancing offshore wind farm construction between the east and west coasts of the UK would strengthen the consistency of energy supply and help reduce reliance on balancing actions using fossil-fuelled dispatchable generation, said Regen in a new report.

Octopus Energy has continued its international expansion, targeting a 1.1GW energy generation portfolio in Italy by 2025.