The Triton Knoll Community Fund has allocated a windfall of GBP 101,670 to thirteen community projects as part of the third funding round. Each project was selected from bids that stretched across the entire length of the project’s 57km onshore cable route, from the point of landfall near Anderby Creek [...]

Low carbon sources averaged 47% of power mix, according to new National Grid ESO figures. Wind power contributed to a quarter of Great Britain’s electricity generation in the start of 2020, a new report from National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) has found. According to the analysis wind made up [...]

Poland’s PGE Group has received environmental permits for the construction of the Baltica 2 and Baltica 3 offshore wind farms in the Polish Baltic Sea. The Regional Directorate for Environmental Protection issued a decision on environmental conditions for the two projects on 24 January, which now allows PGE Group to [...]

The President of Turkey, Tayyip Erdogan, has said that the country received an invitation to explore oil in Somalian waters from Somalia. NTV reported that Turkey signed a maritime delimitation agreement with Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) last year. An exclusive economic zone can be established from Turkey’s southern [...]

2MW Floatgen exceeds production, availability estimates in second half of 2019. The 2MW Floatgen floating wind turbine off western France exceeded production and availability expectations in the second half of 2019, according to its developer Ideol. The turbine more than doubled its power production in comparison with the first half, [...]

2019 was a record year for renewable electricity generation in Denmark. The national media outlet dr.dk reports that, for the first time ever, half of Denmark’s electricity consumption originated from renewable generation. Those are the data for 2019 totals supplied by energinet.dk. Wind dominated, with 47% of the green energy coming from wind [...]

Italian oilfield and renewables services firm Saipem has won offshore and onshore drilling contracts and extensions worth $1.7 billion in total. Saipem on Friday said that the contracts related to the offshore drilling division concern activities to be executed in Norway and in Angola. Apart from sharing the regions where [...]

Election manifesto pledge to increase sector's 2030 goal included in today's Queen's speech. The new UK Conservative government has included an election manifesto pledge to increase new offshore wind capacity to 40GW by 2030, from 30GW previously, in today's Queen's speech, which outlines its agenda for the next parliament. The [...]

The projects were completed in November and December with the fourth due online in 2020. Wpd has built and commissioned three wind farms, forming part of a 176MW project cluster in the Castilla y Leon region of Spain. The three completed wind projects on the Torozos plateau, comprise 39 Siemens [...]

Oilfield services provider Petrofac has secured two new framework agreements for the provision of engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning (EPCC) services in the North Sea.  The first one, a three-year framework agreement awarded by EnQuest as part of a multi-contractor framework, covers EPCC services across the operator’s North Sea and [...]

New hybrid strategy will see PV and storage added to many of the company's existing onshore wind sites. ScottishPower is entering the solar energy market with plans to build photovoltaic projects with storage at the company's existing onshore wind sites in the UK. The new hybrid technology strategy aims to [...]

Bureau, the leading provider of resourcing to the global energy sector is experiencing exciting expansion globally with the opening of a network of new office locations and appointment of key business personnel. Due to the continued success and growth of our inspection services business across a wide range of global [...]