Wind

Vattenfall cleared to build 1.8GW Norfolk Vanguard offshore windfarm

RWE closes asset swap with Eon after absorbing Innogy’s renewable arm

EDF links up with Octo Energy to build hybrid solar farms

Vattenfall outlines plans for two new onshore windfarms

Renewables accounted for 47% of electricity generation in Q1

The latest stats on energy trends show a bumper quarter for renewables, with fossil fuel generation reaching a record low and wind generating 30 per cent of all UK electricity

Scottish Power: RIIO2 will test scale of UK’s green ambitions

Ofgem’s draft determinations on RIIO2 next month must “send the right signals on the central role electricity networks have in delivering net zero”, according to Scottish Power. Ensuring the price control framework stimulates economic opportunities to drive forward decarbonisation is one of “10 practical steps for a green recovery” put forward by the company.

Octopus Renewables hires offshore wind specialist from Macquarie

Innogy chooses newly unveiled 14MW turbine for Sofia offshore windfarm

SSE considering selling stakes in network businesses

SSE gives go-ahead to 443MW Viking windfarm in Shetland

The role of offshore wind in a green recovery

To mark Global Wind Day, Orsted’s head of region for the UK, Duncan Clark, writes for Utility Week about how the post-pandemic economic recovery offers an opportunity for the offshore wind sector to refocus and potentially accelerate progress towards a more sustainable, low-carbon future.

Offshore wind leasing round kicks off in Scotland

Security concerns aired over offshore ring main plans

RenewableUK has raised energy security concerns about proposals to create an offshore ring main to provide a single grid connection for the new windfarms planned off the Norfolk coast.

Weekend press round-up: Octopus loses a friend over link to fracking and coal

In our latest review of sector coverage across the national newspapers, Friends of the Earth has ended its partnership with Octopus Energy after it took investment from Origin. Meanwhile, the group that claims to have hacked Elexon is now asking for a ransom from the company.

Total buys majority of giant Scottish windfarm as SSE gives final go-ahead