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Study ‘to help Scots businesses win global offshore work’
Renew's Study ‘to help Scots businesses win global offshore work’ covers our commissioning by the Scottish Office Wind Energy Council (SOWEC) to help Scottish companies win business in the global offshore wind market. We'll be [...]
What a year – our latest newsletter
What year 2020 has been! In our latest newsletter, Bruce Valpy looks back on what has been a very eventful year in so many ways. Our success means we're now recruiting for three new roles, [...]
Thirty-two UK companies to receive business transformation support through the Offshore Wind Growth Partnership
Tuesday 8th December 2020 The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership’s flagship WEST business transformation support programme gets underway Thirty-two UK companies from industries including oil and gas, aerospace and defence have joined companies already working in [...]
OREAC: 1400 GW of offshore wind by 2050 achievable with increased government commitment and collaboration
OREAC: 1400 GW of offshore wind by 2050 achievable with increased government commitment and collaboration PRESS RELEASE New report published by OREAC today sets out how governments and industry can work together to unlock the [...]
Some reflections on the UK’s Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 4
Rivera Media's 'Some reflections on the UK’s Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 4' quotes extensively from Mike Blanch's blog on the UK Government's announcement regarding the next round of auctions for UK offshore wind projects. [...]
SUSWind: UK initiative launched to advance technology for sustainable and recyclable wind turbine blades
Globally, around 14,000 wind turbines blades are reaching the end of their usable life within the next two to three years - that’s almost 50,000 tonnes of blades that are currently destined for landfill or [...]
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Not when but how for hydrogen by Lee Wilkinson
The year 2020 has been a big year for renewable hydrogen. Many European governments have announced multi-GW targets for hydrogen production by 2030 and Asia-Pacific countries have started to implement their national hydrogen strategies. Japan [...]
New Zealand’s hydrogen islands opportunity by Lee Wilkinson
The Orkney Islands off the Scotland’s northern coast are often referred to as the “Hydrogen Islands”. This small collection of islands has led the way in developing a green hydrogen industry. But another set of [...]
UK’s Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 4 by Mike Blanch
UK Energy Minister Kwasi Kwarteng seems to have embraced the renewables future. The Contracts for Difference (CfD) for Low Carbon Electricity Generation for Allocation Round 4 (AR4) announced today provides support for up to 12GW [...]
Wind energy finding it’s not so easy being deeply green by Bruce Valpy
We too often hear that electricity from wind is zero carbon. Compared with traditional coal, it almost seems that way. In terms of CO2/MWh of energy produced, wind typically produces 5-10kgCO2/MWh. This compares to coal’s [...]
An LCOE for carbon intensity by Bruce Valpy
In the last decade, the wind industry has been focussing on cost reduction. This focus has resulted in wind energy now being cost competitive with all other forms of new energy generation. We have been [...]
No free ride for offshore wind in a Biden administration
The election of Joe Biden in the US has caused a wave of optimism in the burgeoning offshore wind sector. There are good reasons for this optimism too, including Biden’s ambition for electricity to be [...]