10 Jan 2022
Blue Gem Wind, the joint venture between TotalEnergies and Simply Blue Group, has submitted the first-ever consent applications for floating offshore wind in Welsh waters this week. Blue Gem Wind has applied to Welsh Ministers under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 for consent to build and operate Erebus, alongside a separate application to Natural […]
04 Oct 2021
A Forum to identify the key challenges and opportunities associated with the co-location of Offshore Wind and Carbon Capture Usage and Storage (CCUS) infrastructure, as well as solutions to help make this a reality where needed has been set up by the Crown Estate. Following the advice of the Climate Change Committee, both offshore wind […]
09 Feb 2021
Denmark has reached a landmark agreement on plans to build an offshore island to act as an energy hub about 80 kilometers from the shore of the peninsula of Jutland in the North Sea. The energy hub will serve as an offshore power plant gathering and distributing electricity from hundreds of wind turbines surrounding the […]
18 Aug 2020
The Royal Dutch Shell-led CrossWind consortium has won the lease rights to develop a novel offshore wind farm in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. The 760 megawatt farm will use about 70 giant Siemens Gamesa turbines, but it also incorporates five unusual energy demonstrator projects. According to Shell and co-developer Eneco, the site […]
11 Feb 2020
Post by: Dale Rodmell, NFFO Assistant Chief Executive, For the fishing industry, the development of large-scale projects (such as offshore windfarms) in the marine area can mean displacement from customary fishing grounds and knock-on effects elsewhere. A major purpose of the marine planning system, as recognised in the UK Marine Policy Statement, is to manage […]
07 Jan 2018
Is this the future? Dutch plan vast windfarm island in North Sea The Guardian: Advanced plans by Dutch power grid aims to build power hub possibly at Dogger Bank whose scale would dwarf current offshore sites. Britain’s homes could be lit and powered by windfarms surrounding an artificial island deep out in the North Sea, […]
15 Sep 2017
Renewables Price – Green light for more big offshore farms Three Offshore Wind Projects Secure Contracts for Difference as Strike Prices Go Down Offshore Wind biz ‘The UK government has awarded three offshore wind projects with Contracts for Difference (CfD) in the second round of auctions with strike prices going as low as GBP 57.50/MWh […]
22 Aug 2017
RSPB Scotland applies for permission to appeal against recent decision on offshore wind farm judicial review RSPB ‘RSPB Scotland has applied directly to the Supreme Court for permission to appeal against the recent decision by the Inner House of the Court of Session on its Firth of Forth offshore wind farm judicial review. The Inner […]
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