Long-awaited Energy White Paper aims to spur ‘overwhelmingly decarbonised’ power system in 2030s The UK government has put renewables and new nuclear at the heart of a plan to transform its power system for net zero by 2050. London has reiterated its backing of the 40GW by 2030 offshore wind [...]

International renewable service company BayWa r.e. has completed the sale of the UK’s first subsidy-free wind farm. The Inverclyde development south of Greenock consists of eight wind turbines and has a total installed capacity of 24 megawatts (MW), enough to displace more than 18,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually. It [...]

Two phases of OWGP’s WEST initiative will start in December 2020 and January 2021. UK oil and gas, aerospace and defence sector companies have joined renewables players to begin the Offshore Wind Growth Partnership’s (OWGP) Wind Expert Support Toolkit (WEST) Pilot Programme. More than 40 companies applied for the scheme, [...]

Danish energy group Ørsted SA will trade and balance the output of 325 MW of onshore wind parks in the Netherlands. The company said on Tuesday it has signed a two-year route-to-market agreement with Dutch green energy provider Greenchoice that covers the latter’s onshore wind portfolio at home. Under the [...]

Call for applications issued with view to offering a letter in principle to a single large developer in early 2021 The UK Government has issued a call for formal applications for port redevelopment projects to support offshore wind. The call for applications is being issued with a view to offering [...]

Danish company says deal to buy Japanese company's 50% share of the business will close before year-end. The European Commission's competition authority has approved Vestas' plan to buy out Japanese company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) share in the MHI Vestas Offshore Wind joint venture. Vestas said final closing of the [...]

Acquisition of consultancy will complete in December subject to approval AqualisBraemar is to acquire marine and engineering consulting firm the LOC Group in a move it says will strengthen its offshore renewables offering. The company has entered into an agreement to acquire 100 percent of the shares in Neptune Midco [...]

RWE sells off 49 percent share in Humber Gateway offshore wind farm. A £648 million deal has been agreed for a significant stake in a Grimsby offshore wind farm, underlining confidence in the market. Greencoat, a UK-based investment manager, has struck a deal with RWE or 49 percent of Humber [...]

As Prime Minister Boris Johnson outlines his Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, Bureau is well-positioned in the burgeoning UK renewables scene. Bureau has spent a good part of the last decade building a reliable, competitive, and independent renewables expertise portfolio. We welcome the UK government’s commitment to [...]

Firm says investment in low-carbon infrastructure will help UK emerge from Covid impact. SSE has set out plans to triple its renewable energy generation by 2030 as it prepares to build the world’s largest offshore windfarm off the north-east coast of England. The energy firm told investors that it was days [...]

Japanese multinational also looking at the offshore market as part of renewables expansion Japanese multinational Toshiba is developing what it calls a “state-of-the-art” wind turbine and has a signalled a move into the offshore wind market. The company said during a presentation of its second quarter 2020 financial year results [...]

A gas pipeline that has been built under the River Humber between East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire has made it into the Guinness Book of World Records. The pipeline, running between Goxhill in North Lincolnshire and Paull in East Yorkshire, has been officially named the world’s longest hydraulically inserted pipeline at 4.96km in [...]