The world’s largest subsea power cable, part of a GBP 1 billion Western Link project, has come ashore in North Ayrshire, Scotland, ScottishPower reports. The subsea link will connect Ardneil Bay in North Ayrshire in Scotland to the Wirral peninsula in north west England. Once completed, the Western
The US State Department has made $500 million grant payment to support the United Nations climate fund.
International Energy Agency (IEA) has found that French government’s plans to significantly cut the share of nuclear power generation, while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions, would require significant investments in energy efficiency and new low-carbon generation.
New investment in clean energy worldwide fell 18% last year to $287.5 billion, with marine energy also being affected by 7% decrease compared to 2015 levels.
Tidal energy industry has welcomed the official review report which supported the development of large scale tidal lagoon projects in the United Kingdom.
Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL) has been granted consent to renovate two historic buildings at Wick Harbour which will form the new GBP 10 million Operations & Maintenance (O&M) base for the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm. The construction works on the O&M base is expected to start in F
U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold a workshop on Atlantic offshore wind activities and marine protected species. BOEM’s Office of Renewable Energy Programs will host a three-day “Best Management Practices Workshop for Atlantic Offshore Wind Facilities” on 7-9 March. The workshop
University of Victoria’s Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) has secured a five-year $46.6 million investment from the Canadian government.
Government officials and leaders from international organizations are gathering this week for the Seventh Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) informed the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on the progress made on the proposed 7.5MW tidal energy project off Maine, USA.
China has revealed plans to invest 2.5 trillion yuan ($363 billion) in renewable energy by 2020.
WWF Scotland and Scottish Renewables have called the Scottish Ministers to set a new target to ensure half of all energy used in Scotland comes from renewable sources by 2030.
The Offshore WIND editorial staff wish our readers a happy and prosperous New Year! May it be at least as eventful for the offshore wind industry as 2016 was. To remind you of just how interesting 2016 was, we compiled a list of what was read the most throughout the year behind us. Oil & […]
The editorial team at Offshore WIND have compiled a list of what we thought were the most important developments within the offshore wind industry in 2016. Vattenfall Wins Kriegers Flak Tender with EUR 49.9 per MWh Bid Swedish energy company Vattenfall has won the tender to build the 600MW Kriegers
