Improved reward schemes offered to onshore wind local communities
The UK Government yesterday (11 May) set out new proposals to improve reward schemes offered to communities living locally to onshore wind farms.
UK records 23% increase in wind generation in 2022, says Ember
Energy think-tank Ember has revealed in its Global Electricity Review 2023 that the UK recorded a 23% increase in wind generation capacity last year.
Current± Price Watch: Wind generation sees imbalance prices drop to £-128.11/MWh
This week’s issue of Current± Price Watch – powered by Enact – looks at the significant drop in imbalance prices due to cheap renewable energy, the substantial support for solar, nuclear and offshore wind shown the G7 ministers and proof of the benefits of consumer energy flexibility.
‘Market-first’ software to unlock ground-source wind power
Katrick Technologies is developing a new wind mapping software to help capture wind energy from ground level, which the green technology developer said will be a “first in the market.”
World’s first unmanned HVDC offshore substation installed at Dogger Bank wind farm
SSE is set to install the “world’s first” High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) at the Dogger Bank wind farm, the energy supplier said.
Statkraft purchases two Shetland wind farms
Renewable power generator Statkraft has purchased two wind farms in Shetland with an approximate generation capacity of 120MW.
GB becomes net importer of electricity in Q1 2023, says EnAppSys
Great Britain (GB) returned to being a net importer of electricity in the first quarter of 2023 while renewable generation was the largest contributor to the power generation mix, says EnAppSys.
Scotland’s ‘largest’ standalone battery energy storage asset now operational
SUSI-Eelpower, a joint venture between SUSI Partners and Eelpower, and EDF Energy have brought Scotland’s “largest” standalone battery storage asset online, the companies said.
What are the bottlenecks on the road to rolling out floating offshore wind projects?
Industry leaders from Shell, the Crown Estate, Simply Blue, Arup and Siemens Energy discussed the ‘growing pains’ of offshore wind in a session at All Energy Glasgow this week.
SSE Renewables installs world’s deepest offshore wind turbine foundations in Scotland
SSE Renewables has announced the installation of the world’s deepest offshore wind turbine foundations at what will become Scotland’s largest offshore windfarm off the coast of Angus.
