New analysis from Cornwall Insight’s All-Island forward curve has shown Ireland must secure almost 1GW additional capacity at every renewable auction until 2030 to avoid missing climate targets.
Renewable energy provider Renantis and renewables business Ventient Energy have joined forces intending to become “one of the largest renewable independent power producers (IPPs)" in Europe.
New figures released today (27 June) for Wind Energy Week by trade body RenewableUK Cymru show that Wales will need to double its current grid capacity to accommodate its wind planning pipeline.
Speaking at RenewableUK’s Global Offshore Wind 2023 conference at ExCeL in London this week, the Scottish Government’s minister for energy and the environment, Gilliam Martin, discussed the economic and social opportunities offered by floating offshore wind.
Around 70,000 extra jobs in the onshore wind sector are needed between now and 2030, says a report by the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC), with the total exceeding 100,000.
A new study by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has found that the energy generated from one wind farm would negate the need for new North Sea Gas fields, whilst heat pumps could save half the gas required by a moratorium on new North Sea licences.
Ofgem has called to prospective investors to bid for £7 billion worth of offshore transmission assets that will be auctioned in two bidding rounds in 2024 and 2025.
