offshore wind
Ørsted secures green light for mammoth 2.4GW Hornsea Three offshore wind farm
UK's Planning Inspectorate grants consent for major wind farm despite concerns over potential impact on local seabird populations
Britain's wind turbines deliver new record amid blustery weather
Wind power generation hit a new high of 17.3GW last week during short period when zero carbon electricity produced nearly three-quarters of output, National Grid ESO reveals
Crown Estate and government to team up for offshore wind sustainability research
Offshore Wind Evidence and Change Programme will run for five years and explore how the seabed can best be protected as the UK's offshore wind boom continues
Energy giants urge Prime Minister to set net zero power target
Johnson urged by major energy companies to emulate US president-elect Joe Biden and set a deadline for the decarbonisation of Britain's power system ahead of 2050 net zero goal
Dogger Bank offshore wind farm: SSE and Equinor to invest £6bn in first phases
Plans for phase one and two of world's largest offshore wind project in North Sea formally reach financial close
How the UK climbed back into the top five most attractive renewables markets
EY's annual league table sees UK climb two places after wave of supportive policy measures for wind and solar in 2020
Reports: GE mulls wind turbine factory in north east England
US manufacturing giant said to be in talks to set up facility that would create 3,000 green jobs for the burgeoning offshore wind industry
Government promises to unleash net zero investment blitz with 10 Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution
Carbon capture, hydrogen, nuclear, EVs, and renewables all set to benefit from £12bn government stimulus plan, but critics warn funding falls well short of the level required to trigger a green recovery
World's 'most powerful' floating wind turbine installed on floating foundation
MHI Vestas announces that 9.5MW wind turbine is to be transported to offshore floating Kincardine wind project, where it will float at water depths of up to 80m, MHI Vestas said
With government leadership, aviation and offshore wind can help each other
Department for Transport leadership is key to avoid holding back the UK's burgeoning wind offshore power sector, argues RenewableUK's Nathan Bennett
Holistic approach: Government warned over risk of North Sea energy overcrowding
Creation of a new UK Seas Authority and appointment of a Minister for the North Sea among measures that could ensure efficient and environmentally responsible planning of clean energy technologies in area key to UK’s successful net zero transition, Policy...
Global offshore wind project pipeline surges in 2020 despite Covid-19
RenewableUK claims global project pipeline is up almost 50 per cent since January as UK retains position as world's largest market for the technology
Could wind power's economic benefits have been underestimated?
New socio-economic research from Oxford Brookes focused on an Aberdeen offshore wind farm suggests developer underestimated the value the project would have for local and Scotland-wide economies
Writing the next chapters in offshore wind innovation
Industry, environmental stakeholders and government must work together to tackle the challenges posed by overlapping demands for seabed space, writes The Crown Estate's Huub den Rooijen
Crown Estate delays next round of offshore wind leases
Just a week after Boris Johnson ramped up the UK's offshore wind ambitions, the manager of the seabed has pushed back the timetable for awarding the next round of leases
The strong winds of change
Consistent investment has and will continue to propel the wind power industry to astonishing new heights in post-pandemic, argues RenewableUK
'Our seas hold immense potential': PM pledges to power all UK homes with offshore wind by 2030
Boris Johnson trails first stage in '10-point plan' for a green industrial revolution, as government confirms new £160m wind turbine manufacturing investment
Seabed leases granted for 2.8GW of UK offshore wind farm extensions
Leases signed by The Crown Estate take the UK's total offshore wind operational, construction, and planning pipeline to over 40GW
RenewableUK CEO Hugh McNeal to step down next year
Outgoing CEO led the influential trade body during a period of significant growth for the UK renewable industry since taking the role in April 2016
'Well off track': Institute for Government warns UK's net zero efforts are slipping behind schedule
Major new report warns government urgently needs to set out credible strategy for decarbonising transport, buildings, agriculture, and industry
Equinor advances major offshore wind extension off Norfolk coast
The extension will double the capacity of two sites to 1400MW, enough to power 1.5m homes
Wales' maiden floating offshore wind project secures seabed rights
The Crown Estate grants leasing rights to 96MW Erebus floating wind demonstration project, a joint venture between Total and Simply Blue Energy
'Astonishing': Offshore wind could soon return money to UK billpayers, study finds
Offshore wind power is now so cheap that farms are set to pay money back to consumers from mid-2020s, Imperial College London study predicts