Fatalities and accidents decline in offshore wind, as safety organisation reviews progress
G+ members – comprising most of the biggest offshore wind operators in the world – have reported a record 44.6 million hours were worked...
£3.4 billion ‘electricity superhighway’ will speed up energy projects delivery, says OFGEM
OFGEM has announced it is consulting on a proposed funding package of £3.4 billion for a subsea and underground 500km electricity superhighway between Scotland...
A day in the life of an offshore wind engineer
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A video depicting a day in the life of an offshore wind engineer has been released by Siemens. In this segment Andre Carstens performs...
EU funds project that aims to slash materials cost of wind power by up...
The European Union has awarded a €1.4 million research grant to digital simulation firm Akselos, whose technology is used to optimize the design of...
Report details China’s complex energy landscape and its enormous green energy shift
The seeming enormity of the green energy shift taking place in China is given shape by what's described as the most comprehensive English-language report...
Pre-eminent projects crowned at Scottish Green Energy Awards
More than 1,000 people returned in-person to Edinburgh to see 13 winners announced
Director of industry body said shortlist highlighted the “leaps of innovation” of...
A bundle of tech can replace gas boilers and help millions of homes go...
Inefficient UK homes, which were built decades ago, can do away with their gas boilers and get all their energy needs off-grid by retrofitting...
Setting the scene for a US offshore wind boom?
Early September appeared to mark important milestones for US adoption of offshore wind as an energy source, with the appearance of the first such...
Government’s offshore wind shortfall could delay net zero
A new report forecasting the energy generation mix out to 2030, has calculated the government will miss its 50GW offshore wind capacity target, with...
Danish firm trials turning offshore wind turbine foundations into safe havens for corals
An attempt to support coral reefs by growing corals on offshore wind turbine foundations is underway with Danish green energy firm Ørsted.
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UK Government must accelerate renewable energy deployment, says Scotland’s green energy supply chain
Scottish Renewables has joined forces with 67 organisations, representing approximately 20,000 jobs from across the renewable energy industry, in an appeal to the new...
Community energy retains overwhelming backing of uk public, and increased support among Conservative voters,...
An overwhelming majority of the public would support local renewable energy projects, including wind turbines, if they were owned and controlled by the community,...
AI to enable autonomous underwater robots to perform precision offshore wind farm repairs
Technology could reduce the use of large maintenance vessels in wind farm repairs, reducing fuel consumption by 97%. That's according to the National Robotarium...
Renewables cut Europe’s carbon emissions by 10% in 2015, says EEA report
Increasing use of renewables is translating directly into cuts in fossil fuel consumption in Europe, according to a report released on 4 April by...
Brexit shouldn’t get in way of realising new vision for Scottish renewables industry
In his opening remarks to the Scottish Renewables’ Onshore Wind Conference in Glasgow on Wednesday 29 June, its chief executive Niall Stuart said: “The...
Innovation award for rotor sail suggests coming-of-age for wind power in marine vessel propulsion
Norsepower Oy, a developer of the renewable energy-powered vessel technology, has announced that it has received the ‘Innovation of the Year’ accolade at the...
Motherships, robots and 40-rotor turbines – how offshore wind could look by 2050
A portrait of the future of offshore wind has been offered by ORE Catapult, an innovation centre for offshore renewable energy set up by...
Soaring cost of capital threatens to derail expansion of renewable energy projects
The rising cost of capital faced by developers of renewable energy projects, such as onshore wind and solar PV, may slow down the number...
Ground-level climate at peatland wind farm is affected by wind turbine operation, though effects...
The microclimates created by the action of wind farms is unlikely to affect the ability of peatland to capture carbon, suggest scientists in a...
Low wind output in northern and central Europe causes price spike
Flagging wind generation has triggered a scramble for power in north and central Europe as prices soar and conventional power is used to fill...
