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Crown Estate launches new offshore wind leasing round

Crown Estate launches new offshore wind leasing round

The Crown Estate has launched its fourth offshore wind leasing round – the first in more than a decade – which will allocate seabed rights to at least 7GW of new projects. New leases could be awarded as early as 2021, allowing developers to get their projects up and running by the late 2020s.

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Developer calls for tax relief for renewables and batteries

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Last turbine installed at 96MW windfarm in Wales

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Wind turbines expected to ‘plateau’ at 15MW

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CfD auction results to be released on Friday

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Scottish government approves 54MW Eon windfarm

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Ofgem approves 220MW transmission link to Orkney

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Policy needs to steer the UK towards net zero

Planning consents, decarbonised heat and subsidies for EVs and wind power all need to be rethought if the government is serious about achieving net zero emissions by 2050

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Decisions delayed on new links to Western Isles and Shetland

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Orsted blames software issue for outage at Hornsea One

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Gallery: EDF Renewables opens its largest onshore windfarm

EDF Renewables operates in 22 countries and says its latest onshore windfarm is the largest in Europe. The new project will generate enough power to supply 106,000 homes, the company has said.

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Proposals for residual network charging refined

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Construction begins on Scotland’s ‘first subsidy free’ onshore windfarm

Crossdykes windfarm, located in Dumfries and Galloway, is expected to be the UK's first subsidy free onshore windfarm when it is completed in September next year. However, its backers have called for onshore wind projects to be included in the Contracts for Difference scheme, to unlock more "challenging sites".

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Government awards £7m to explore low-carbon hydrogen

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B is now for blackout – but how will this backstop be solved?

Utility Week magazine editor Suzanne Heneghan considers what next for the energy system following Britain's biggest blackout in a decade

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Lease extensions agreed for seven offshore wind farms

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Final cost of Race Bank project revealed

Diamond Transmission Partners was chosen by Ofgem as the preferred bidder in the fifth round of competitive tenders under the offshore transmission owners (OFTO) regime.

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Responding to the blackout

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CfD auction extended following challenge over onshore wind ‘discrimination’

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Overwhelming public support for onshore wind

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