offshore wind

UK wind generation surpassed 20GW earlier this week according to National Grid, hitting a new record for the second week in a row.

Wind generation hit a new record on 26 October with 19.936GW being generated across the UK, the National Grid ESO said.

The Welsh Government has revealed plans to establish a publicly owned renewable energy developer to tackle energy security, the cost-of-living crisis and decarbonise the energy system.

RenewableUK has urged the UK’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to scale up the clean power sector to boost energy security and cut energy bills.

Balancing offshore wind farm construction between the east and west coasts of the UK would strengthen the consistency of energy supply and help reduce reliance on balancing actions using fossil-fuelled dispatchable generation, said Regen in a new report.

Octopus Energy has continued its international expansion, targeting a 1.1GW energy generation portfolio in Italy by 2025.

Proserv has acquired a minority stake in Synaptec, a power system monitoring business, to optimise its disruptive condition-monitoring technologies for the energy sector.

ESB Energy and dCarbonX have signed a joint venture agreement aiming to integrate large-scale energy storage projects off the coast of Ireland which could include green hydrogen utilisation.

Ofgem and the UK Government have released The Electricity Networks Strategic Framework outlining how the energy network will transform in order to support the decarbonisation of the UK.

​Ørsted has revealed the “world’s largest” wind farm has entered full operation boasting 1.3GW of renewable energy generation.