Schools, warehouses and car parks could be at the forefront of a revolution in affordable solar power, under plans discussed at the first meeting of the UK government’s new Solar Taskforce. London has a clear target to increase solar capacity by nearly five-fold to 70GW by 2035 as part of wider plans [...]

Orsted has opened its Lisheen 3 wind farm in Ireland, which will produce power under a Corporate Power Purchase Agreement with Facebook parent company Meta. The 28.8 MW wind farm is adjacent to Orsted’s existing developments at Lisheen 1 and 2, the combined three phases of Lisheen have the capacity [...]

Vineyard Wind has begun marshalling activity for the first US commercial‐scale offshore wind development, at the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal (NBMCT), in Massachusetts. Installation activity will commence in earnest over the next few weeks and will entail the frequent arrival and departure of large heavy‐lift offshore wind (OSW) vessels [...]

 Siemens Gamesa has secured an agreement with Danish energy company Hofor to supply turbines for a 300MW offshore wind farm. Siemens Gamesa will supply 26 11MW offshore wind turbines for the Aflandshage Wind Farm. The manufacturer will supply its SG 11.0-200 DD units. Hofor awarded Siemens Gamesa with the turbine [...]

Renewable energy developer Wind2 has unveiled a proposal for a 72MW wind farm in the Ochil Hills in central Scotland. If approved, the Windburn site will comprise 15 turbines with tip heights of up to 150 metres. The Wind2 team hopes to submit a planning application in late 2023 and [...]

Nine European governments have agreed a combined 120GW offshore wind capacity target for this decade. The administrations have also pledged to more than double it to 300GW by 2050. The targets increase those set by the 2022 Esbjerg Declaration by Germany, Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands as France, Luxembourg, Norway, [...]

Leading Light Wind has released the first rendering of its proposed offshore wind operations & maintenance (O&M) facility at Dry Dock 4 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard to service its offshore project in the New York Bight. The facility is part of the Invenergy and co-developer energyRe's bid to the [...]

UK wind farms hit a new annual electricity generation record in 2022, according to statistics from the UK Government. The figures, published by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, reveal that wind generated 24.6%of the country’s electricity last year (80.2TWh), up from 21% (64.7TWh) in 2021 and an [...]

UK fund manager Ancala Partners has acquired a 75% stake in Fjord Base Holding Group. Fjord Base (pictured) is a leading Norwegian supply base, servicing major offshore energy and renewable companies along the Norwegian Continental Shelf from founding partners Semi AS and the WIS Group. Semi AS are retaining a strategic interest, [...]

Attentive Energy One (AE1), a joint venture of TotalEnergies and Rise Light & Power (Rise), has announced plans for two offshore wind port facilities in New York Harbour, delivering a $400 million boost in economic activity to New York State. In connection with the 1,400MW proposal, which AE1 submitted to [...]

Muehlhan Wind Service (MWS) has bagged a full scope pre-assembly contract for HKN (Hollandse Kust Noord) from Siemens Gamesa. The offshore site will be 18km off the coast of Egmond aan Zee in the Netherlands. HKN is being constructed by CrossWind, a joint venture of Shell and Eneco. MWS will [...]