The UK will still consider offering new offshore oil and gas licenses in the future, energy minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan said June 23, despite rising pressure on the country to ban new exploration in the wake of a landmark report on global carbon emissions by the International Energy Agency.
read more... 24/06/2021
Renewable energy technology company Siemens Gamesa is targeting renewable hydrogen from onshore wind power at price parity with fossil fuel-derived hydrogen by 2030 in Europe and beyond, and sees production from offshore wind as cost-competitive by 2035, the company said June 9.
read more... 10/06/2021
Although the UK currently imports around 7% of its electricity from Europe, the tables are going to be turned soon, partly due to the on-going establishment of new links to the continent. Aiming to quadruple offshore wind capacity this decade, the UK could have excess power to send through those transmission lines. Consequently, the UK could become a net energy exporter to Europe in five years.
read more... 09/06/2021
Ørsted has started construction of the 2 MW H2RES offshore wind-to-hydrogen project in Denmark, for which the company reached a final investment decision (FID) in January.
read more... 18/05/2021
Eoliennes en Mer de Dunkerque (EMD) and RTE have announced their decision to start development on an offshore wind project in Dunkirk.
read more... 14/05/2021