Europe

The UK’s offshore wind market represents more than 40% of European offshore wind capacity, The Crown Estate has found.

“We have a chicken and egg problem. We have hydrogen but not the infrastructure to transport it economically,” said Alejandra Pérez-Plá of Global Capital Finance.

A rewiring of the market for hydrogen as well as fears around ammonia 'cracking' costs were discussed by delegates at Solar Media's Green Hydrogen Summit EU.

Econergy and Rivage Investment have agreed to £128 million (€150 million) in debt financing to progress their pipeline of European renewable PV, wind, and storage projects.

The University of Aberdeen’s high voltage DC (HVDC) research centre has joined a European initiative to reduce the use of SF6.

These Islands has taken aim at SNP for providing inaccurate figures for Scotland’s offshore wind potential for nearly a decade.

The University of Aberdeen is developing a green hydrogen storage technology which would allow renewable energy to be captured in depleted oil and gas reservoirs.

A new pipeline unveiled by the NZTC could enable Scotland to meet up to 10% of Europe’s projected hydrogen import demand by the mid-2030s.

Trade association Energy UK has called on the UK Government to introduce measures to compete with the US’ Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

Energy analyst EnAppSys has published a new report showing that Great Britain was a net energy importer in the first half of 2023, while France exports the most power of any country in Europe.