02 Dec 2018
Guardian ‘Windy weather carries Britain to renewable energy record Windfarms supplied third of UK’s electricity this week, with output hitting 14.9GW high Storm Diana brought travel chaos to road, rail and airports, but the clouds did have a silver lining: the strong winds helped set a renewable energy record. Windfarms supplied about a third of […]
19 Nov 2018
New analysis confirms Scottish wind farm provided enough power last month for nearly five million homes Scotland’s fleet of onshore and offshore wind farms set another record last month, providing enough clean power for nearly five million homes. According to a new analysis from WWF Scotland, wind turbines delivered power over the course of the […]
17 Sep 2018
Ground-breaking multi-megawatt turbine has potential to transform wind power market A ground-breaking next generation multi-megawatt turbine developed by the EU-funded ECOSWING project has the potential to transform the wind power market – the turbine looks set to change the way wind turbines operate and greatly expand the wind-energy sector. Capable of producing more than three megawatts […]
10 Sep 2018
The world’s largest operational offshore wind farm, Walney Extension, will be officially opened at a ceremony in Cumbria today (Thursday 6th September). The 659-megawatt (MW) project, owned by Ørsted (50%) and partners PKA (25%) and PFA (25%), leapfrogs London Array to become the world’s largest operational wind farm. Walney Extension’s 87 turbines are capable of […]
30 Jul 2018
BEIS ‘Announcement of further Contract for Difference auctions, giving the offshore wind sector certainty it needs to build on success through the next decade. Meeting staff from the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult today in Newcastle ahead of the meeting of Regional Cabinet, Energy and Clean Growth Minister Claire Perry said: We are witnessing an unprecedented […]
02 May 2018
Northumbrian Water has signed a green deal with Orsted to power all 1,858 of its sites using renewable electricity for the next four years. The deal is worth more than £100 million and builds on the company’s existing sustainability commitments including using 100 per cent of its sewage sludge to create energy through advanced anaerobic […]
23 Mar 2018
‘The Carbon Trust today announced the launch of BLUE PILOT, a large-scale demonstration project aimed at reducing costs and underwater noise during construction of offshore wind farms as part of the Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA). The BLUE PILOT project will deploy The BLUE Hammer, a new type of pile driver developed by Fistuca BV., a Dutch […]
12 Mar 2018
High operating efficiencies combined with the major benefit of greater flexibility on location could be big advantages for floating offshore wind. The world’s first commercial floating offshore wind farm, called Hywind, started sending electricity to the grid last October. Since then, the six-turbine, 30MW installation has been working well. Really well. In fact, Hywind has had […]
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