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  • Merseyside Will Get Chance to Host GBP 25 m Technology and Innovation Center (UK)

    26 May 2011
    Authorities

    MERSEYSIDE will be offered the chance to lead Britain’s offshore wind energy revolution today – as the home of a new £25m cutting-edge… [mappress] Source: liverpooldailypost, May 26, 2011

  • Gamesa Narrows List for First UK Offshore Wind Turbine Factory

    4 February 2011

    Harwich, Humber and Tyneside are battling it out to host one of Britain’s first offshore wind turbine factories, to be built by the Spanish… (independent) [mappress] Source: independent, February 04, 2011

  • Pupils Name Offshore Wind Farms at Hornsea Round 3 Zone, UK

    13 September 2012

    Smart Wind has declared the winners of the competition to name the next individual  wind farms in the Hornsea Round 3 Zone and offshore transmission assets, reports Beverley Guardian. The winners are pupils from Frederick Gough School in Scunthorpe, Hornsea School and Language College in Hornsea, and South Hunsley School in Melton. The award was […]

  • Renewable Energy Supply to Reach 30 pct Until 2030, Says National Grid (UK)

    23 November 2011

    Britain’s total energy supply from renewable sources is set to double to more than 30 percent between 2020 and 2030… By Henning Gloystein and Oleg Vukmanovic (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters, November 23, 2011

  • Behind the Scene of Walney Wind Farm (UK)

    26 November 2010
    Training & Education

    A BILLION-POUND windfarm in the sea off Barrow will make its first contribution to poweing up Britain’s Christmas decorations next month.   By John Simpson (nwemail) [mappress] Source: nwemail, November 26, 2010;

  • New Military Radar Deal Raises Prospect of More Turbines in UK

    28 August 2011
    R&D

    New mobile radar systems, each costing about £20 million, are being purchased from a US defence contractor to ensure Britain’s early … By Robert Mendick (telegraph) [mappress] Source: telegraph, August 28, 2011

  • Yearly Growth in UK Offshore Wind Farms to Double Between 2015 and 2016

    26 October 2011

    Britain’s offshore wind industry will struggle to fulfill new orders in four years’ time as the yearly growth in UK offshore wind farms is e… By Karolin Schaps (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters, October 26, 2011

  • Hundreds of wind turbines could be SINKING due to design flaw

    15 April 2010
    Operations & Maintenance

    Hundreds of Britain’s offshore wind turbines could be sinking into the sea because of a design flaw.It is believed the concrete used to fix… [mappress] Source: dailymail.co.uk, 14 April, 2010.

  • UK Should Move More Renewable Energy Efforts Offshore, Says 4NRg

    23 July 2012

    From the Tide Mill at Woodbridge to the Rance in Britanny, the tidal power has been harnessed for centuries. Mark Aspinall, director of 4NRg, based at OrbisEnergy in Lowestoft and managing director of Scour Prevention Systems Ltd, explains why this ancient concept is still relevant today. Nothing seems to divide opinion like renewable energy  Whilst […]

  • Ireland Could Supply Renewable Power to Britain

    29 May 2012
    Authorities

    Irish Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte, launched yesterday the Government’s Strategy for Renewable Energy 2012-2020. The strategy involves wind, wave and tidal power, bio energy and R&D.  The document says that green energy and clean technology already support about 19,000 working positions in the country. According to the Irish Times, Mr […]

  • RenewableUK Hails Wind Power Statistics

    30 March 2012

    RenewableUK, the trade association for the wind, wave and tidal industry, has hailed the publication of new Government figures as a clear demonstration of the significant role wind power now plays in Britain’s energy mix. Wind power capacity increased by over a gigawatt in 2011, and output increased by over 5.3 terawatt-hours to 15.5TWh – […]

  • Offshore Wind Goes Mainstream as Costs Slide

    21 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    Speaking at the Global Offshore Wind conference in Manchester, RenewableUK’s new Chief Executive, Hugh McNeal, said that offshore wind cost reduction “is on a scale that you might associate more readily with consumer electronics than with multi-billion pound infrastructure projects.” In his first speech to the offshore wind industry, he described the renewable energy sector […]

  • The offshore valuation: Wind potential can power six Britains

    29 June 2010
    Training & Education

    Exclusive from Offshore wind 2010 conference in Liverpool. Wind potential can power six Britains, Tim Helweg-Larson the director of Publick Interest Research Centre (PIRC) said today at Offshore wind conference. What is the total value of the UK’s offshore renewable energy resource? Could Britain become a next exporter of the renewable electricity to Europe? And […]

  • Photo of the Day: OSB’s First Walney Extension TPs Waiting for Load-Out

    12 January 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Load-out of the first six transition pieces (TPs) built by Offshore Structures (Britain) Ltd. for the Walney Extension offshore wind farm is expected to start around 16 January, according to a spokesperson from OSB. The company, a Teesside-based joint venture between EEW SPC and Bladt Industries, will deliver a total of 40 transition pieces for […]

  • British Wind Farms Outstrip Gas-Fired Electricity Generation for the First Time

    12 May 2023
    Transition

    Wind farms in Britain generated more electricity than gas-fired power stations for the first time in the first quarter of 2023. Offshore and onshore wind turbines supplied 32.4 per cent of electricity while gas-fired power stations delivered 31.7 per cent during the first three months of this year.  This is according to findings released ahead […]

  • Partners Group Enters Greenlink Interconnector Project

    12 March 2019
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Partners Group has provided equity financing for the 500MW Greenlink Interconnector, the subsea connection set to be built between Ireland and Great Britain. Greenlink has so far been developed by Element Power, which, together with funds managed by Hudson Sustainable Investments, is the other major shareholder in the project. “Greenlink Interconnector is a key electricity […]

  • Britain Can Become World Leader in Offshore Renewables (VIDEO)

    14 March 2014
    Authorities, R&D, Technology

    Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, told an audience of senior stakeholders and academics from across the renewable energy sector that “Britain has the opportunity to be the world leader in offshore renewables bar none.” Dr Cable was speaking as he formally opened the headquarters in Glasgow of the Offshore Renewable […]

  • EEW SPC Sells EEW Offshore Structures Britain Site

    16 July 2021
    Business & Finance

    Germany-headquartered EEW Special Pipe Constructions (SPC) has sold the facility of EEW Offshore Structures Britain (OSB) in Teesside, UK, to Wilton Engineering, a neighbour of EEW OSB. EEW officially handed over the site to Wilton on 15 July. Since the start of production in 2015, EEW OSB has completed several offshore wind projects with more […]

  • Wind power taking bigger share of UK electricity

    4 August 2010
    R&D

    Wind power is leading the surge of renewable energy as it generates an increasing share of UK electricity. Energy statistics published by… (bettergeneration) [mappress] Source: bettergeneration, August 04, 2010; Wind power is leading the surge of renewable energy as it generates an increasing share of UK electricity. Energy statistics published by the Department of Environment […]

  • RenewableUK Welcomes Green Light for Two Offshore Wind Farms

    9 July 2012

    Britain’s ability to generate green electricity from offshore wind has taken huge step forward with the Government’s announcement that it has given the go-ahead for the construction of two big wind farms off the eastern coast of England. The news has been warmly welcomed by RenewableUK, the trade and professional body for the wind, wave […]

  • UK: RWE npower Plans to Build World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    24 February 2012
    Authorities, R&D

    Britain’s infrastructure planning body has decided to examine an application submitted by RWE npower Renewables to build an offshore windfarm off the east coast of England, reports Reuters. The UK green energy arm of German utility RWE has proposed to build the 1,200-megawatt (MW) offshore wind farm named Triton Knoll that would be more than […]

  • British Wind Energy Marks New Record

    12 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    Wind energy has hit new records in Great Britain as 15.32GW of capacity was produced on Friday, 8 February, according to the UK National Grid. The 15.32GW provided 36% of Britain’s electricity demand between 12:15 and 1:45 p.m. local time beating the previous record of 15.04GW set on 18 December 2018. “At one of the […]

  • May: Good Post-Brexit UK-EU Relationship in Both Sides’ Interests

    19 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    In her keynote Brexit speech – Plan for Britain – which includes 12 priorities that the UK government will use to negotiate Brexit, UK Prime Minister Theresa May has made clear her support for renewable energy and said that the UK is at the forefront of fields such as science, innovation, and clean energy.

  • VIDEO: Green Port Hull Project

    11 April 2014

    Last month, Siemens announced that it was investing more than 190 million euros in new offshore production facilities in Great Britain. The British Prime Minister David Cameron and Michael Suess, CEO Siemens Energy, confirmed the construction of the factory at the East cost of Great Britain. Production of rotor blades for offshore wind turbines of […]

  • Update: OSB Sends Off First Batch of Walney Extension TPs

    18 January 2017

    First six transition pieces (TPs) for the Walney Extension offshore wind farm were loaded onto a barge and sent off from Teesside, where Offshore Structures (Britain) is based, the company’s spokesperson confirmed to Offshore WIND. The company, a joint venture between EEW SPC and Bladt Industries, will deliver a total of 40 transition pieces for […]

  • Upgraded UK ports will help both Britain and offshore wind farms

    11 October 2010
    Authorities

    Although the British government is about to begin an aggressive series of budget cuts in order to help the moribund national economy recover from the ongoing financial crisis, its seems foolish to remove port infrastructure funding destined to spur even greater growth in the lucrative offshore wind industry. According to a report in today’s Guardian, […]