20 Jan 2026
Photo by Nicholas Doherty The UK has secured a record 8.4 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity in Europe’s largest ever offshore wind auction, with contracts awarded at prices 40% cheaper than building new gas power plants. The seventh allocation round (AR7) awarded 8.2 GW of bottom-fixed offshore wind and almost 200 MW of floating offshore wind […]
20 Jan 2026
Photo by Paul Levesley One of the largest offshore wind farms in the world is set to be built off the coast of East Lothian after being awarded a key UK government contract. SSE will construct the Berwick Bank wind farm in the outer Firth of Forth with up to 307 turbines generating enough electricity to […]
13 Jan 2026
Photo by Stephen Tafra The Trump administration has halted construction on five major East Coast offshore wind projects totalling $25 billion in investment and 6 gigawatts of capacity, citing classified national security concerns related to potential impacts on military radar systems. However, a federal judge on 13 January cleared one project to resume, dealing […]
06 Jan 2026
Photo by Julia Oberhauser Europe’s largest offshore wind developer, Ørsted, has launched a legal challenge against the Trump administration following its decision to suspend work on a $5bn project on the north-east US coast. The move follows a sweeping order by the Department of the Interior on 22 December to halt construction on five large […]
06 Jan 2026
Planning approvals for renewable energy and storage projects in Great Britain have nearly doubled in the last year, reaching an unprecedented 45GW of capacity in 2025. This record-breaking surge represents a 96% increase compared to the 23GW approved in 2024 and provides enough potential power to supply approximately 12.9 million homes. According to analysis by Cornwall Insight, […]
22 Dec 2025
The UK government has launched a new initiative designed to accelerate the growth of the offshore wind sector while simultaneously protecting the country’s marine ecosystems. The Marine Recovery Fund, as reported by Defra, aims to unlock up to 19 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind capacity—an amount of electricity sufficient to power two cities the size […]
22 Dec 2025
The UK government has granted development consent for the Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm, a major renewable energy project in the southern North Sea capable of powering approximately one million homes. The decision, as reported by Energy Live News, marks a significant milestone in the nation’s push toward its 2030 clean power targets. The […]
16 Dec 2025
Photo by Matt Brown Dutch gas producer ONE-Dyas has started operating the first natural gas production platform in the Dutch and German North Sea to be powered by offshore wind energy, after completing an electricity cable connection to Germany’s Riffgat offshore wind farm. The N05-A platform, developed together with partners EBN and Tenaz Energy, is now producing gas […]
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