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24/5/2023 News

Ireland’s first licensing round awards 3 GW of offshore wind

Ireland recently announced the provisional results of the country’s first offshore wind auction under the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (ORESS 1). The round surpassed market expectations both in terms of the total volume of renewable energy procured and the low price at which it was secured. Meanwhile, the UK government has unveiled plans for improved rewards and benefits to be offered to communities backing onshore wind farms in the UK.

Research and development

Artist's graphic of offshore wind turbine turning

4/9/2024 News

R&D improves design, operation and environmental impact of wind farms

Wind turbine design is not standing still. New research and technological innovations are set to improve the design, operation and environmental impact of wind farms.

Wind

Onshore wind turbines on moutainside

23/4/2025 News

Good news for wind in UK and Japan, but US uncertainty cuts growth forecasts

While a major onshore wind farm has started up in Japan, and an offshore wind farm has been permitted in the UK, the uncertainty surrounding wind power in the US is affecting growth projections there, as the wind trade body for Europe complains about high prices.

Business management

Head and shoulders photo of Frances O’Grady, General Secretary, TUC

5/10/2022 Comment / Frances O’Grady

Why the UK needs a public energy champion

The UK should follow the example of several European countries in establishing, and benefitting from, publicly owned energy companies, argues the General Secretary of the TUC (Trades Union Congress), Frances O’Grady.

Wind

Wind farm in the desert

11/6/2025 News

Onshore wind expands (with major project start-ups in Africa and Australia) and grows safer in the UK

Africa’s largest wind farm has been commissioned in Egypt; a new wind project in New South Wales is to play a key role in the Australian state’s energy transition; and the UK’s onshore wind sector has achieved its safest year in half a decade.

Renewables

Map of Northern England showing potential solar development areas

17/4/2024 News

England could produce 13 times more clean energy than at present, according to eco-researchers

Lifting barriers to onshore wind and solar power could produce 13 times more electricity than current levels generated by these sources in England, according to new research from Exeter University’s Environmental Intelligence Centre and Friends of the Earth.

Wind

Head and shoulders photo of Billy Stevenson

13/9/2023 Comment / Billy Stevenson

Keep the blades turning and the profits rolling in

Billy Stevenson, CEO of Full Circle, a specialist wind turbine services group, examines the key role that operations and maintenance (O&M) plays in powering the UK wind sector, and the value of repair and re-use as opposed to scrappage.

Energy storage

Photo of Richard Butland, CEO, Highview Power, standing next to model of buildings lit up in red and blue

17/5/2023 Comment / Richard Butland

With record-breaking wind energy production, now is the time to add long duration energy storage

The UK needs to add a significant long duration energy storage capability to its electricity system to maximise the use of wind power and reduce reliance on gas and coal-fired power. Richard Butland, CEO of Highview Power, writes.

Wind

Aerial view over see with a number of floating offshore wind turbines dotted about the calm waters

5/6/2024 News

France commissions first wind farm offshore Brittany

The newly commissioned Saint-Brieuc wind farm is the second fully operational wind farm offshore France, following the inauguration of the Normandy-based Fécamp wind farm last month, and is the first to be located offshore Brittany. The project’s commissioning also comes just weeks after France announced the winners of the world’s first commercial-scale floating offshore wind auction.

Wind

Rows of wind turbines in calm set with sun setting on the horizon

6/8/2025 News

Canada sets goal of 5 GW of offshore wind by 2030, while US sector faces policy headwinds

Canada is aiming to install 5 GW of offshore wind energy by 2030 as it looks to enhance energy security and become a ‘clean energy superpower’. Meanwhile, in the US, although offshore projects currently under construction are expected to proceed, new projects have been blown off course by the passing of President Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ and other energy policy developments.

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