A tidal power-to-gas project in Orkney led by the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has been awarded €11m by the EU-backed Interreg NWE programme. The Integrating Tidal Energy into the European Grid (ITEG) scheme will couple a 2MW Scotrenewables SR2-2000 floating tidal turbine with an Areva H2Gen electrolyser to produce [...]

UK company Spectrum Offshore has been awarded a five-year contract to provide combined crew transfer and survey services for the 630MW London Array wind farm in the outer Thames Estuary in England. The deal extends the company's relationship with London Array, having provided geophysical datasets and crew transfer support services [...]

The Crown Estate is considering eight offshore wind farm extensions totalling 3GW off the coast of England and Wales, after closing the application process yesterday. The seabed landlord will now assess the proposals, which, it said, could require a plan level Habitats Regulations Assessment given the multiple applications. Successful applications [...]

Crown Estate Scotland has mapped detailed proposals for fresh offshore wind leasing rounds in the waters around the country. Measures released for discussion today outline the draft process and request “those interested to feed back to help shape the final approach”. Developers will under the plans be asked to apply [...]

Project costs of WPD’s up to 700MW Yunlin and 350MW Guanyin offshore wind farms in Taiwan will be about €4bn. The German developer said it aims to close agreements with manufacturers and suppliers for the projects before the end of 2018, in parallel with financial close for Yunlin. Bjorn Nullmeyer, [...]

Orsted has filed a planning application with UK authorities for its up to 2.4GW Hornsea 3 wind farm. The Danish developer is seeking consent for up to 300 turbines off east England in the North Sea, it is understood. Hornsea 3 will feature up to six export cables that will [...]

Enel Green Power is to add 107MW of renewables capacity in Mexico, after agreeing expansion plans with regulators for the 754MW Villanueva and 238MW Don Jose solar parks and 93MW Salitrillos wind farm. The deal with the country’s Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) would expand capacity by about 10% at the [...]

Solarcentury has selected Dutch outfit Alfen to grid-connect two solar farms in the Netherlands with a combined capacity of 62.5MW. The photovoltaic projects are a 45MW facility at zinc smelting company Nyrstar's Budel plant and a 17.5MW scheme at recycling company Twence's Enschede operations. Alfen will provide engineering, project management, [...]

Siemens Gamesa has secured a five-year contract from Dutch developer Eneco to carry out gearbox refurbishment on Vestas turbines at the 120MW Prinses Amalia wind farm off the Netherlands. The German-Spanish company said the deal is its first “multi-brand” service order. The scope includes the initial supply of up to four [...]

The levelised cost of tidal energy is forecast to halve to £150 per megawatt-hour once 100MW of capacity is installed in the UK, according to a new report by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult. Tidal stream will fall further to £90/MWh at the 1GW mark and £80/MWh at 2GW [...]

Foresight Group has acquired four operational wind farms totalling 83MW from companies managed by Belltown Power. The four projects are part of the same deal that saw Foresight Solar Fund acquire a portfolio of five operational solar farms in the UK with a combined capacity of 53.3MW last week. The [...]

The UK government should increase the target for local content in offshore wind farms to 60% from 50% currently, according to a new report by former Energy Minister Michael Fallon. The report, ‘Winning Locally, Going Global’ commissioned by Wilton Engineering, said a higher target should be set as the 50% goal is close to [...]