Articles tagged with: offshore wind

Scottish Renewables CEO Claire Mack has called for further government action as COP26 takes place in Glasgow. Image: Scottish Renewables.

Scottish Renewables calls for planning regime changes to accelerate renewables

5 Nov 2021, 14:06

Trade association Scottish Renewables has called for reforms to the planning process to enable greater onshore and offshore wind capacity.

Equinor's Hywind Scotland floating wind farm. Image: Øyvind Gravås / Woldcam.

Government backs floating offshore wind ports with £160m funding

2 Nov 2021, 11:00

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.

Sunak confirmed many of the targets and the spending announced in the recent Net Zero Strategy. Image: Gov.uk.

Changes to business rates for green products welcomed in Autumn Budget

27 Oct 2021, 15:32

In the Autumn Budget and Spending Review, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a new exemption for green technologies to support decarbonisation of non-domestic buildings.

The majority of RWE's current investments are into offshore wind. Image: RWE

RWE outlines £15bn by 2030 UK investment ambitions

21 Oct 2021, 10:54

RWE is expecting to invest around £15 billion in new UK green technologies and infrastructure by 2030, targeting wind, storage and hydrogen.

The hydrogen hub will be built at the existing Flotta Terminal, which has sat on the island since 1976. Image: Macquarie’s GIG.

Macquarie led consortium to develop green hydrogen on Orkney

12 Oct 2021, 17:41

A new offshore wind consortium has applied to develop an industrial scale green hydrogen production plant on the island of Flotta in Orkney, Scotland.

The CfD auction in December is set to provide a significant boost to the UK's renewables sector.

UK drops a spot in EY’s RECAI as grid constraints pose global transition challenge

12 Oct 2021, 15:13

Despite a thriving renewables sector, the UK has dropped one place in EY’s 58th Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI).

Offshore wind is expected to be a particular driver, as robotics offer a safe and effective alternative for O&M tasks in challenging areas.

Robotics in the energy sector value to hit £8.4bn by 2050

28 Sep 2021, 17:15

The global robotics market in the energy sector will be worth £8.4 billion by the middle of the century, according to new research from the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult.

The Green Gilt was initially announced as part of Rishi Sunak's Budget in March. Image: HM Treasury.

UK’s first Green Gilt raises £10bn for environmental projects

22 Sep 2021, 16:30

In the UK’s first Green Gilt, £10 billion has been raised for projects like zero-emissions buses, offshore wind and schemes to decarbonise homes and buildings in this financial year.

The majority of the funding has been allocated for offshore wind. Image: Getty

Offshore wind allocated majority of £265m CfD AR4 budget

13 Sep 2021, 12:58

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.