Wind farms

UK energy supplier Octopus Energy’s generation arm has now opened seven wind farms across Europe with a combined capacity of 250 MW, the company said. 

Consumers based in Northern Ireland were able to avoid paying a collective total of £500 million thanks to the nation’s wind farms having provided 42% of electricity for the year.

Equinor is interested in developing a gigawatt scale floating offshore wind farm in the Celtic Sea in a bid to increase its renewable energy generation portfolio.

RWE has begun a pre-application consultation on proposals to build a 30MW wind farm at Pen March, Wales.

ScottishPower Renewables has provided £50 million in funding, via dedicated Community Benefit Funds, to local communities.

On 23 September, Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng unveiled the UK Government’s prospective Growth plan aiming to reduce the cost of energy bills, at an expected cost of £31 billion over its first six months.

The UK’s overall pipeline of onshore wind projects has increased by over 4GW in the last twelve months, says RenewableUK.

ScottishPower and BT will collaborate on increasing connectivity throughout windfarms and offices to increase bandwidth and reliability at green energy sites.

​The Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC), and the Cygnus JV and Sealand Projects has identified four electrification options for an offshore oil and gas asset to reduce emissions from its operation.

Octopus Energy Generation has announced that it is extending its Fan Club out into West Yorkshire, with the launch of its third local wind tariff in Halifax.