Danish offshore wind developer Orsted has successfully generated first power from the Greater Changhua 2a offshore wind project in Taiwan. Significantly, the development is the largest of its kind offshore Taiwan and Orsted’s first large-scale offshore wind farm in Asia Pacific.
The Philippines could get nearly one-fifth of its power from offshore wind by 2040 under a high-growth scenario that would deliver 21GW of capacity, according to the latest study from the World Bank. However, numerous challenges need to be overcome to realise this commercial potential.
The former Bi-Fab yard at Arnish is keeping “very busy” with two contract wins for the Hinkley C nuclear power station and for Italian energy services firm Saipem.
New government-led project accelerator schemes announced as part of the government’s energy security strategy will help reduce the time between licensing and consent for offshore projects, according to energy minister Greg Hands.
A commitment to North Sea oil and gas while ramping up nuclear, hydrogen and offshore wind, is at the heart of a new UK strategy to protect consumers from future surges in energy bills.
“Put simply, a just transition is about moving to an environmentally sustainable economy (that’s the ‘transition’ part) without leaving workers in polluting industries behind,” says NGO Greenpeace
The definitions of Environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) have been challenged by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, nowhere more so than in the energy sector, where companies have been forced by events to exit Russia abruptly and energy prices have soared to record levels.
The UK’s bus and lorry fleets, plus many homes, could be running on low carbon hydrogen within two decades thanks to green technologies now being pioneered in three UK regions renowned until now for their carbon-intensive industries.
A senior figure at energy services giant Petrofac (LON: PFC) has challenged the energy supply chain to earn its right to secure work on low carbon schemes.
“Scotland will become the offshore wind capital of the world, I think that’s inevitable,” says Martin Dronfield, chairman of the East of England Energy Group (EEEGR), "but the East of England can and will become the integrated energy exemplar in the UK.”