offshore wind

Solar

Renewables push low carbon sources to almost 55 per cent of UK power mix

Latest quarterly data confirms continued strong performance for UK renewables sector, as clean power generation in the US keeps growing

clock 08 February 2018 • 4 min read

Wind

UK built half of Europe's offshore wind power in 2017

Capacity is growing fast and turbines getting bigger - some almost as large as the Shard

clock 06 February 2018 • 2 min read

Wind

Hornsea Project One: Ørsted starts offshore construction on the world's largest wind farm

Offshore construction begins on giant 1.2GW project

clock 26 January 2018 • 1 min read

Wind

British offshore wind capacity could hit 30GW by 2030s

Market could see five-fold growth by the 2030s, according to new Aurora report highlighting the 'new economics' for offshore wind

clock 18 January 2018 • 3 min read

Wind

Record-breaker: British wind power output tops 10GW

BREAKING: Output from UK wind farms exceeds 10GW for first time ever thanks to blustery winter weather

clock 17 January 2018 • 1 min read

Energy

IRENA: All renewables to be cost competitive with fossil fuels by 2020

'Turning to renewables for new power generation is not simply an environmentally conscious decision, it is now - overwhelmingly - a smart economic one'

clock 15 January 2018 • 7 min read

Wind

BNEF: Global offshore wind market to surge six-fold by 2030

China to overtake UK as market leader for new installations by 2022, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance

clock 09 January 2018 • 2 min read

Wind

Have UK offshore wind power costs really halved in recent years?

Recent Greenpeace-led poster campaign attracted complaints for claiming offshore wind power costs have halved in recent years - but is the claim so far-fetched?

clock 05 January 2018 • 6 min read

Policy

New York State seeks major offshore wind and energy storage rollout

New York State Governor sets agenda for 2018 and beyond, including raft of investment pledges on renewables, energy storage and carbon trading

clock 04 January 2018 • 3 min read

Energy

Renewables slash carbon footprint of Scottish homes

Climate change footprint of households in Scotland has fallen by a quarter since 2009 thanks to the country's clean energy deployment, WWF Scotland claims

clock 04 January 2018 • 1 min read