Floating wind secures over half of ScotWind leasing agreements
More floating wind projects have been offered option agreements through ScotWind Leasing than fixed, with almost £700 million in option fees to now be passed to the Scottish government.
Articles tagged with: floating wind
Fourth Contracts for Difference auction opens with £285m of funding on offer
The fourth round of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction has opened, with a target of 12GW of electricity capacity set to gain £285 million of funding.
Government backs floating offshore wind ports with £160m funding
Up to £160 million of government funding is now available to developers and manufacturers looking to invest in UK large-scale floating offshore wind ports and factories.
RWE outlines £15bn by 2030 UK investment ambitions
RWE is expecting to invest around £15 billion in new UK green technologies and infrastructure by 2030, targeting wind, storage and hydrogen.
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Offshore wind allocated majority of £265m CfD AR4 budget
The fourth auction round of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme is to have a £265 million budget, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has said.
ScottishPower and Shell team up for large-scale floating offshore wind development
ScottishPower and Shell have teamed up to submit proposals for the world’s first large-scale floating offshore windfarms.
Renewables, solar and nuclear industries call for detailed deployment roadmap for decarbonisation
Urgent action is needed to jumpstart grid decarbonisation according to the Nuclear Industry Association, RenewableUK and Solar Energy UK.
RenewableUK calls on government to set ‘detailed roadmap with specific milestones’ for net zero
Reaching net zero can only be achieved by setting clear renewable energy milestones to be met by 2030, according to a new report from RenewableUK.
Government hands funding boosts totaling £112m to EVs, batteries and floating wind
The government has announced £20 million for electric vehicle (EV) innovation and £92 million for technologies such as energy storage and floating wind.