UK offshore wind decommissioning costs already at £4bn
The predicted cost of decommissioning the UK’s offshore wind farms has already risen to about £4 billion, the audience heard at a conference in St Andrews yesterday.
The predicted cost of decommissioning the UK’s offshore wind farms has already risen to about £4 billion, the audience heard at a conference in St Andrews yesterday.
The predicted cost of decommissioning the UK’s offshore wind farms has already risen to about £4 billion, the audience heard at a conference in St Andrews yesterday.
Scotland’s deputy first minister John Swinney has come under fire for a renewable energy job prediction made nearly 10 years ago.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged to increase the offshore wind target from 30 gigawatts (GW) to 40GW by 2030.
International engineering consultancy Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) is setting up an office in Edinburgh to capitalise on Scotland's renewable energy potential.
Damning figures showing the north-east’s dependence on oil and gas could actually be the answer to the net zero “conundrum”, according to a top energy consultant.
With more installed capacity than any other country, the UK is a global leader in offshore wind.
Jeremy Corbyn has praised wind power as "the future" after announcing plans to create 67,000 jobs and 37 new wind farms.
The last couple of weeks have been busy ones for the offshore wind sector in the UK.
Oil is to "decline steeply" after 2030 alongside an energy transition will not make the emissions gains it needs to meet the Paris Agreement, according to a new report.
Thirty-seven new offshore wind farms will be built if Labour enters government, the party has pledged.
Developers will be able to bid for new sites to generate enough offshore wind to power more than six million homes as the Crown Estate launches a new round of leases.
French oil and gas giant Total has said its "strong industrial position" in Aberdeen has spurred its decision to move into the Scottish offshore wind market in the North Sea.
Shell’s energy transition manager, Joanna Coleman, confirmed last night that the oil and gas giant was "absolutely" targeting the North Sea for future big offshore wind development.
A Bristol-headquartered subsea technology firm is looking to use Aberdeen as the jumping off point for a £1 million expansion into the Scottish energy sector.
The Trump administration cast the fate of the nation’s first major offshore wind farm into doubt by extending an environmental review for the $2.8 billion Vineyard Wind project off Massachusetts.
Hydro Group is celebrating a milestone from France’s first offshore wind turbine, which the Aberdeen firm helped develop.
Dutch geo-data firm Fugro has said its “recovery” was being driven by its marine business after reporting improved first-half results.
The Crown Estate has said it will make alterations to the next Offshore Wind Leasing Round in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in response to feedback from developers.
Scotland produced nearly double the amount of wind energy required to power every home in the country between January and June 2019.
International law firm Pinsent Masons said yesterday it notched up turnover growth of 7% to £482 million during its 2018-19 trading year.
Electricity from renewable energy generation in Scotland has reached record levels in the first quarter of 2019, new figures from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has shown.
Global offshore wind market "demand" is set to grow by more than £8.5 billion as subsidy-backed projects continue their domination, according to a new report by Wood Mackenzie (Woodmac).
Work has been completed at the largest offshore windfarm in Scotland.
How do you install a wind turbine almost the size of the Chrysler building in the open ocean? Just get a boat with deck space larger than a football field and a crane that can lift the weight of 1,100 Chevy Suburban SUVs.