21 Nov 2023
The UK government has increased the maximum price for offshore wind projects in its flagship renewables scheme. Following an extensive review of the latest evidence, including the impact of global events on supply chains, the government has raised the maximum price offshore wind and other renewables projects can receive in the next Contracts for Difference […]
03 Oct 2023
The development of offshore renewable energy in Europe yields ambiguous results, the European Court of Auditors warns in a new report. EU action and money have contributed to the development of ‘blue energy’ in pursuit of the bloc’s climate and energy objectives. But the EU may fall short of its ambitions, the auditors say, while […]
04 Jul 2023
The Welsh Government has opened its Tidal Lagoon Challenge Fund. The fund is worth £750,000 and will support innovative research that will help to reduce or remove the barriers that are preventing tidal range schemes being developed. The fund was first announced in March at the Marine Energy Wales conference by the First Minister and […]
09 Aug 2022
A pilot project in the North Sea will develop floating solar panels that glide over waves ‘like a carpet’ German energy firm RWE is to invest in a pilot project centred around the deployment of floating solar technology in the North Sea. RWE describes “integration of offshore floating solar into an offshore wind farm” as […]
18 Jan 2022
Fisheries management in the UK is largely devolved. As part of the wider UK Fisheries Management and Support Framework (the Fisheries Framework), the Joint Fisheries Statement provides a mechanism to manage policy divergence while establishing common goals for all administrations to work towards. The JFS sets the policy framework for how the UK will work […]
03 Aug 2021
Orbital O2 is the latest tidal turbine to be deployed in the waters around Orkney. The turbine’s superstructure which is 74m long, floats on the surface of the water, with rotors attached to its legs which extract energy from the passing tidal flow. It has been deployed in the Fall of Warness held on station in […]
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 Aug 2020
The UK Government has said that Tidal Power’s five-year development consent order (DCO) for its £1.3 billion project lapsed at the end of June – a position shared by Swansea Council. Tidal Power claims it has extended the DCO in perpetuity by starting land-based works – namely knocking down a wall at Swansea docks – […]
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