So Much Winning: Big Offshore Wind News From US, Europe
The offshore wind industry is flexing its muscles again, between new lease areas up for grabs in the US and another expansion of world’s largest offshore wind farm in the North Sea.
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Scotland Beats US To Offshore Floating Wind Turbine Punch, Again
Scotland lays plans for the new 3.6 gigawatt Ossian offshore floating wind farm, leaving the US wind industry with lots of catching up to do.
It’s Boom Times For Wind Power & Green Hydrogen In Ireland
The rich wind resources of Ireland are fostering a green hydrogen boom, with green ammonia for good measure.
UK Economy-Wide Coalition Urges Government To Support Onshore Wind
An economy-wide coalition of UK companies and organisations has called on the country’s new Energy Minister, Kwasi Kwarteng, to support the development of new onshore wind farms in an effort to extricate the technology from its current persona non grata status so as to further boost the country’s efforts to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
Scottish Court Overturns Opposition Of Stronelairg Wind Farm
A Scottish court has overturned a previous ruling that prevented the development of the 240 MW Stronelairg Wind Farm in the Scottish Highlands. The new decision by the Scottish court pertains to a motion upheld in late 2015 which saw Scottish conservation charity, the John Muir Trust, successfully halt development on … [continued]
Siemens Receives 172 MW Wind Turbine Order For Ireland
Siemens has received two orders for onshore wind projects in Ireland, together totaling 172 MW. According to an announcement made by the German multinational today on its website, Siemens received two orders for onshore wind projects in Ireland. Siemens will provide 36 SWT-3.0-101 D3 direct drive wind turbines to the Cloosh … [continued]
Alstom, SSE Renewables Announce World’s Largest Ocean Wave Energy Project off the Orkneys
Jointly developing the Costa Head wave energy farm project, SSE Renewables, Alstom and AWS Ocean Energy will work together in carrying out detailed site surveys and an environmental impact assessment before moving forward with planned deployment of an initial AWS-III floating wave energy turbine array with a capacity of 10-MW off the Orkney coast.
