Scotland’s renewable energy industry and its supply chain supported more than 27,000 full time equivalent jobs in 2020, new figures show. The industry also generated £5.6bn (€6.4bn) of output, according to the latest figures Strathclyde University’s Fraser of Allander Institute. It found that onshore wind supported the most employment across the economy, with [...]

Belgium transmission operator Elia has presented its draft plans for what will be the world’s first artificial energy island. The Princess Elisabeth Island will be located almost 45 km off the Belgian coast and will serve as the link between the offshore wind farms in the second offshore wind zone [...]

Amazon has added an additional 2.7GW of clean energy capacity as part of the latest expansion of its renewable energy portfolio. The 71 renewable energy projects include a solar farm in Brazil, the company's first project in South America, along with its first solar farms in India and Poland. The [...]

The UK Government has launched its independent review into the delivery of the country’s net-zero climate commitments. With the UK retaining its target to reach net zero by 2050, former Energy Minister Chris Skidmore will lead the review of how the government will deliver the target. The review aims to [...]

A new multi-stakeholder alliance has been set up with the aim of driving installed global offshore wind capacity up 670%, from 57GW in 2021 to 380GW in 2030. On 19 September, representatives from the Danish, US and other governments, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the Global Wind Energy Council [...]

NKT will produce cables for the 1200MW Dogger Bank C offshore wind farm, off the UK, using low-carbon copper. The copper will be sourced from a mine in Sweden and will help reduce the carbon footprint of the project’s 320kV high voltage direct current (HVDC) power cables by more than [...]

Baltic Power has signed contracts for the manufacture, delivery and installation of offshore substations and foundations for its wind farm project located in the Baltic Sea. Some foundation elements will be manufactured in Poland and by the end of this year Baltic Power hopes to have secured contracts for the [...]

Lifting services group Certex UK has won a framework for inspection and maintenance work at the 114-turbine, 1075MW Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of Angus in the North Sea firth. Seagreen, a £3bn joint venture between TotalEnergies (51%) and SSE Renewables (49%), will be Scotland’s largest and the [...]

US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that will make the federal government carbon-neutral by 2050. The order includes other benchmarks, such as directing the US Government to achieve 100% carbon-free electricity by 2030 and a 65% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. The American Council on [...]

REintegrate will be part of the company's new PtX business unit. Danish renewables developer European Energy has agreed to acquire 100% of REintegrate as part of the former's increasing focus on power-to-X (PtX). European Energy said it is now integrating REIntegrate into its organisation, where the employees will join the [...]