The Netherlands plan to increase their installed offshore wind capacity to 4,500 megawatts by 2023. With the related roll-out reaching round 3, one of the first tenders issued will be the 700 MW tender for the Borssele coast area. The Dutch grid operator TenneT has been designated to become the oper
The Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters area has been identified as one with significant renewable energy resources, as well as being of exceptional environmental quality. It is also an important resource to both national and local economies. There is a need to examine how future marine energy developm
A UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) event to be held in Hull next week will be ‘an excellent opportunity’ to showcase the Humber as the UK’s Energy Estuary, a leading hub for the renewable energy sector. Trade and investment advisors from around the globe will be attending an event at the Guildhall in Hu
Scottish Green Energy Awards 2014 will kick off today in Edinburgh. Scottish Renewables will open the doors to the biggest and best celebration of the renewable energy industry in Scotland in the impressive new wing of the EICC, Edinburgh. Scottish Renewables members, guests and friends from around
TC’s Energy today signed a contract with Swedish company Seabased for a 14MW wave energy farm in Ghanaian waters. The contract, which is pending approval by the Swedish agency EKN, is worth over EUR 43 million. The wave farm is the first step towards total targeted installed capacity of 1000MW. The
The directors of pioneering wave energy developer Pelamis have vowed to continue the fight to ensure the company’s success. Additional funding is required for further development of Pelamis’ wave energy technology. Without this, the board has reluctantly moved to appoint administrators to assess the
The STW Technology Foundation and the business community will make a total of 6.2 million euros available to the UPON (Understanding Processes Using Operando Nanoscopy) and EUROS (Excellence in Uncertainty Reduction of Offshore wind Systems) research programmes. The first programme focuses on using
East Anglian grant programme, Supply Chain innovation for Offshore Renewable Energy (SCORE), has awarded funding to Norwich based Norcom Technology. The SCORE programme offers East Anglian SMEs an exciting opportunity to access funds to drive forward innovative products and processes that benefit th
Companies developing cutting edge low carbon energy projects in generation, efficiency and storage – such as capturing carbon emissions or turning buildings into power stations – have the chance to bid for an extra £5 million of funding in the fourth round of the Government’s Energy Entrepreneurs’ F
Seawork Asia, held in the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition ended successfully on November 6. The exhibition attracted 68 exhibitors from 12 countries and over 120 well-known brands were exhibited. UK Trade and Investment representative, Stewart Gorman, commented that Seawork Asia was of a high standar
The Smith Commission today issued “Report of the Smith Commission for further devolution of powers to the Scottish Parliament”, which comprises a recommendation that The Crown Estate in Scotland should be devolved to the Scottish Parliament. “Responsibility for the management of the Crown Estate’s e
UK Department of Energy & Climate Change has released energy statistics for second quarter of 2014. Total electricity generated fell 6.2 per cent from 83.9 TWh in 2013 Q2 to 78.7 TWh, reflecting lower demand. The generation by wind, PV, wave and tidal fell 10.2 per cent from 7.2 TWh to 6.5 TWh. In s
The Crown Estate has announced the appointment of Paula Hay-Plumb to its main board, commencing 1st January 2015. Paula Hay-Plumb is an experienced board director in both the public and private sectors, and is currently a non-executive director at Hyde Housing Association and Aberforth Smaller Compa
In two days, more than 100 conference participants will get a comprehensive view of issues related to renewable energy production in the Baltic Sea at WINDFORCE Baltic Sea. Eight theme sessions and 30 international speakers will deal with nearly everything in the value-adding chain, from research, i
