UK offshore wind plan

Danish energy company Ørsted has announced its final investment decision (FID) on Hornsea 3, the world’s largest single offshore wind farm. With a

(Bloomberg) — The UK government raised the support price for new offshore wind farms by 66% as it tries to rekindle investment in a crisis-hit sector

Norwegian energy major Equinor has announced the first power production from the world’s largest offshore wind farm, Dogger Bank. The offshore wind farm

(Bloomberg) — Swedish state-owned utility Vattenfall AB is planning further investments in offshore wind energy in Germany, showing confidence in the

(Bloomberg) — If the UK doesn’t significantly ramp up renewables investment at a time when oil and gas is in decline, as many as 95,000 potential

Close to 70,000 new jobs are expected to appear in the UK’s offshore wind industry by 2030, bringing the total to over 100,000.  A recent report from

By William Mathis (Bloomberg) — Orsted A/S, the world’s largest developer of offshore wind farms, said its biggest project in the UK is at risk of

By William Mathis (Bloomberg) — UK offshore wind farm investment will be at risk if any windfall tax imposed on renewable producers is too severe,

By Jack Sidders (Bloomberg) — Forget the glitzy stores of Regent Street, Britain’s seabeds are increasingly powering the property company that

By William Mathis (Bloomberg) U.K. wind farms produced a record amount of energy on Saturday, helping to ease the country’s dependence on expensive fossil

By Jessica Shankleman (Bloomberg) — Sembcorp Industries Ltd. plans to build the U.K.’s biggest battery on the northeast coast of England as the

By Rachel Morison (Bloomberg) — Britain could become a net exporter of electricity to Europe as soon as 2026, according to S&P Global Platts. The

By Susanna Twidale and Nora Buli LONDON, April 7 (Reuters) – Global competition for offshore wind power is so hot that license auctions now

LONDON, March 24 (Reuters) – Britain’s Crown Estate said on Wednesday it would start work on producing a new leasing round for commerical-scale

By Jessica Shankleman and William Mathis (Bloomberg) — GE Renewable Energy will create as many as 750 new jobs in northeast England with a new factory

LONDON, March 10 (Reuters) – Britain will invest 95 million pounds ($132 million) in the construction of two new facilities to service a big expansion

By William Mathis and Laura Hurst (Bloomberg) — Oil majors agreed to pay a hefty premium to develop the next generation of major British offshore wind

By Rachel Morison and William Mathis (Bloomberg) — Britain’s electricity grid operator is pushing deeper into the turbulent waters of the North Sea,

By Nerijus Adomaitis and Stephen Jewkes OSLO/MILAN, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Italy’s Eni is buying a 20% stake in the Dogger Bank Wind Farm project from

By Tim Ross (Bloomberg) –Boris Johnson will seek to make good on his promise to boost the economies of neglected regions of the U.K. with investment in