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Offshore wind

Engineer abseiling down wind turbine blade

25/6/2025 News

UK supercharges offshore wind with £1bn investment

A public-private deal to drive £1bn investment into offshore wind supply chains has been announced by the UK government.

Carbon capture and storage

Aerial view of ship docked alongside terminal

25/6/2025 News

Longship CCS enters operation as Norwegian government gives green light to expansion of Northern Lights’ carbon storage capacity

Norway’s Longship carbon capture and storage (CCS) project has entered operation. At the same time, the Norwegian government has approved the development plant for Phase 2 of Northern Lights, the transport, reception and storage part of the Longship project, which will increase carbon storage capacity to over 5mn t/y.

Electricity

An artist’s impression of a proposed electric arc furnace at steel plant

25/6/2025 News

Electricity bills to be slashed for over 7,000 UK businesses by green levy cuts

Under the UK government’s new Industrial Strategy, electricity costs for over 7,000 businesses will be cut up to 25% through removal of renewables levies by 2027. The move is welcomed as British manufacturers currently pay some of the highest electricity prices in the world – two or three times more than competitors in the US and China; and also higher than most European businesses.

Hydrogen

Exterior view of Georgia Power’s Plant McDonough-Atkinson facility

25/6/2025 News

US utility trials 50-50 hydrogen/natural gas mix in CCGT

Georgia Power and Mitsubishi Power have completed trials blending hydrogen and natural gas fuels at both partial and full load on a combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) at a power plant near Atlanta, Georgia. They say the demonstration project is the first to validate 50% hydrogen fuel blending on an advanced class gas turbine, and is the largest test of this kind in the world to date.

Electricity

Head and shoulders photo of Yannick Neyret set against dark blue background

25/6/2025 Comment / Yannick Neyret

Relieving Europe’s national grids through local DC microgrids

Electricity grids are working under considerable stresses due to new patterns of use from the ongoing energy transition. Here, Yannick Neyret, President of the Current/OS Foundation, argues that local distribution systems working on direct current could help.

VIDEO OF THE WEEK

Construction worker on crane during construction of building

18/6/2025 News

World’s largest sand battery enters operation in Finland

Loviisan Lämpö has commissioned the world’s largest sand battery, a high-temperature thermal energy storage system. Developed by Polar Night Energy, the industrial-scale sand battery now serves as the main production facility for the district heating network in Pornainen, Finland.

Electrification

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18/6/2025 Feature / Jonathan Radcliffe

Research update on… electrification

As the UK progresses towards its net zero targets, electrification is emerging as a vital pathway for industrial decarbonisation. The findings from IDRIC’s electrification projects highlight clear opportunities for decarbonising industrial processes but also expose critical gaps that must be addressed to enable widespread implementation, writes Jonathan Radcliffe, Professor of Energy Systems, University of Birmingham. Below is an edited and abridged synthesis of UK research on these topics commissioned by the UK Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC) over the last few years.

Health and safety

Man in kayak, paddling between two pole markers in white choppy waters of slalom race

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18/6/2025 Feature / Will Dalrymple

Making industry safer, one job at a time

The latest Incident Data Report published by G+ last week demonstrates the value of reporting incidents both for individuals and companies working both in offshore wind and in other industries. As important as it is, other Energy Institute resources such as Toolbox can prove equally instructive, Senior Editor Will Dalrymple learned when he spoke with Siemens Gamesa’s Graeme Paterson.

Gas

Aerial view of offshore oil and gas platform

18/6/2025 News

EU gas demand set to drop 7% by 2030 – but UK deal with Norway bucks the trend

EU gas demand is projected to drop 7% by 2030, reinforcing a shift towards renewables and electrification, Ember reports. Despite this, LNG capacity is set to grow 54%, and the International Energy Agency (IEA) warns of global LNG oversupply as clean energy gains ground.

Wind

Three offshore wind turbines on calm sea

18/6/2025 News

France and China push the boundaries of offshore wind as UK trade body advises caution on work safety

France has debuted its first floating offshore wind farm and China is testing what is claimed to be the world’s largest offshore wind turbine. Meanwhile, unprecedented growth in the global offshore wind sector is reported to have been accompanied by a rise in injury rates.

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