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DNV publishes bankability study of Solcast satellite irradiance data

DNV publishes bankability study of Solcast satellite irradiance data   review and validation marks significant step in precision for global energy transition   Solcast, a DNV Company and global provider of solar irradiance historical actuals and forecasting for solar energy, achieves a significant milestone as DNV validates its satellite irradiance data as bankable. In a report published today, DNV, the leading global energy expert and assurance provider, found Solcast&rsqu...

Wood selected as owner’s engineer for world-leading green hydrogen project in Spain

Wood selected as owner’s engineer for world-leading green hydrogen project in Spain   Wood, a leading global consulting and engineering company, has been selected as owner’s engineer on a major green hydrogen production project in Teruel, Spain. The first-of-a-kind Catalina Project, developed by a consortium led by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners through its Copenhagen Infrastructure Energy Transition Fund I K/S, will combine 1.5GW of wind and solar energy to power a 50...

AREG’s Renewable Energy Young Professionals network will host its first meeting of 2024

AREG’s Renewable Energy Young Professionals (RE-YP) network will host its first meeting of 2024 on Thursday, 15 February from 1300-1400. The online event will explore how to get the most out of conferences and events.  With Global Underwater Hub’s Subsea Expo taking place at Aberdeen’s P&J Live later in February, the OPITO-sponsored network series, facilitated by AREG director and Professional Services Network chair, Rod Hutchison, aims to help attendees make the mo...

Hendrik Veder Group UK announce record growth and investment in 2024

Hendrik Veder Group UK announce record growth and investment in 2024 The UK division of Hendrik Veder Group has its sights set on a promising 2024, following a year of growth that saw the steel wire and fibre rope products and services provider achieve its highest earnings since 2019. Across 2023, Hendrik Veder Group UK – which has offices based in Aberdeen and Sheffield – completed several large-scale projects throughout the UK, won due to the firm’s track record in p...

Shell joins Renewables for Subsea Power (RSP) project

Shell joins Renewables for Subsea Power (RSP) project   Energy major Shell has joined the Renewables for Subsea Power (RSP) collaborative project which is currently powering subsea equipment off the coast of Orkney through a combination of wave power and subsea energy storage. The £2million demonstrator initiative, which is currently nearing 12–months in the water, has connected the Blue X wave energy converter – built by Edinburgh company Mocean Energy – wi...

Jan De Nul Group Selects MacArtney's Cutting-Edge CEMAC Tensioner Systems for Complete CLV Fleet

Jan De Nul Group Selects MacArtney's Cutting-Edge CEMAC Tensioner Systems for Complete CLV Fleet   MacArtney Offshore Wind Solutions, specialising in offshore mission equipment, has announced an expansion of its partnership with Jan De Nul Group. The company has been entrusted with designing and supplying custom CEMAC tensioner systems for Jan De Nul Group’s entire cable-laying vessel (CLV) fleet, which includes the world’s largest CLV, the Fleeming Jenkin. MacArtne...

Westwood: US$353 billion in pre-FID offshore wind projects potentially at risk

Westwood: US$353 billion in pre-FID offshore wind projects potentially at risk      New analysis from Westwood highlights the potential risk to 380GW or US$883 billion in pre-FID projects over the next six years London, UK, 29 January 2024: New research from the specialist energy market research and consultancy firm Westwood Global Energy Group (Westwood), indicates that out of the 380GW of pre-sanctioned offshore wind capacity that is forecast to reach FID between...

Orsted and 3t Training Services team up to get more women into the wind industry.

Orsted and 3t Training Services team up to get more women into the wind industry.   Two of the renewable industry’s biggest names are joining forces in a bid to help address gender imbalance in the wind sector. The ‘Women into Wind’ initiative lead by developer Orsted and training provider, 3t Training Services (3t), previously known as AIS Survivex until a recent rebrand, is offering twelve women the opportunity to train and work in one of the world’s faste...

OWGP awards £2.4m to eleven UK businesses and launches next funding round

OWGP awards £2.4m to eleven UK businesses and launches next funding round   OWGP launches new Development Grant funding call £2m available for projects across high value supply chain areas Winners of the 2023 funding competition announced The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) has released its latest Development Grant funding call, with £2 million available for UK businesses looking to accelerate their growth in the offshore wind supply chain. Fu...

North of Tyne technology companies to receive turbo boost into offshore renewables

North of Tyne technology companies to receive turbo boost into offshore renewables   Five innovative companies in the North East of England have been selected to turbo boost their technology and fast track their route to market through the Technology, Innovation and Green Growth for Offshore Renewables (TIGGOR) programme from the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult. Kinewell Energy, Pulcea Ltd, Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD), Walker Subsea and Acuity Robotics attended the TIGGOR...

First Minister opens Scotland’s biggest ever offshore wind conference

First Minister opens Scotland’s biggest ever offshore wind conference Humza Yousaf appealed to industry for continued collaboration to unlock Scotland’s huge offshore wind potential More than 1,100 delegates in attendance at the sold-out two-day event in Glasgow   First Minister Humza Yousaf MSP today (January 24) opened Scottish Renewables' Offshore Wind Conference at the SEC in Glasgow. In his ministerial address, the First Minister spoke of the Scottish Gov...

Cerulean Winds appoints Head of Scotland and sets up base in Aberdeen

Cerulean Winds appoints Head of Scotland and sets up base in Aberdeen   Cerulean Winds has appointed experienced commercial leader Laura Jarvie to a new Head of Scotland role, where she will work closely with stakeholders on the development of the North Sea Renewables Grid. Cerulean has leases in place to develop three large floating offshore wind sites, providing an offshore green power generation and transmission system that will supply energy to oil and gas platforms, enabling t...

Engie opens 72-MW solar power complex in Spain

Engie opens 72-MW solar power complex in Spain   Engie Espana, the Spain-based energy services provider and part of French utility Engie SA (EPA:ENGI), on Monday inaugurated a 72-MW solar generation complex in the Spanish region of Andalusia. Engie’s Spanish unit said it had invested close to EUR 40 million (USD 43.5m) in this project, constructing two 36-MW solar farms in the town of Huevar del Aljarafe, Seville province. The complex spans 150 hectares (370.7 acres), which i...

Sun meets Sea: Floating PV to play a key role in Southeast Asia’s solar expansion

Sun meets Sea: Floating PV to play a key role in Southeast Asia’s solar expansion   Solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity additions are poised to be a central pillar of Southeast Asia’s energy future, with floating installations primed to play a critical role. Mirroring the broader Asian region’s dominance of the global floating PV (FPV) market, Rystad Energy research shows that Southeast Asia will account for 10% of the region’s total solar capacity by 2030, encom...

ECITB press release: £300,000 funding to support the training of more skilled workers to help decarbonisation projects

ECITB press release: £300,000 funding to support the training of more skilled workers to help decarbonisation projects   A training provider on the south Humber bank has become the first to be awarded funding as part of the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board’s (ECITB) £1 million investment in Regional Skills Hubs. The ECITB has awarded CATCH £300,000 to help upgrade its existing welding, pipefitting and electrical training facilities in Stallin...

Ørsted takes final investment decision on Farranrory onshore wind farm in Ireland

Ørsted takes final investment decision on Farranrory onshore wind farm in Ireland   The wind farm, which will consist of nine wind turbines and have the capacity to generate 43.2 MW of green electricity, is expected to be fully operational by the summer of 2026. Ørsted has taken final investment decision (FID) on Farranrory Onshore Wind Farm in Tipperary, the company’s 22nd wind farm on the island of Ireland. The wind farm, which will consist of nine wind tur...

Major revamp of UK’s constraint management system needed urgently, report finds

Major revamp of UK’s constraint management system needed urgently, report finds Report commissioned by Scottish Renewables outlines key proposals to maximise the UK’s renewable electricity generation and deliver best value for consumers Trade body report recommends an overhaul of the current approach to constraint management and scrap unworkable solutions such as Locational Marginal Pricing   The UK’s approach to constraint management is outdated and needs a ma...

Earn a double digit passive income, from renewable energy demand

Earn a double digit passive income, from renewable energy demand Are you looking for a passive income? The current global government drive has a created an opportunity for qualifying private investors, to earn double-digit, bank-beating returns. Governments worldwide have struggled to find enough green energy sources to keep up with new legislation.    Canigou Group are a global leader in renewable energy. They are active throughout Europe, Australia and north America. They ha...

Nine companies specialising in offshore innovation complete ORE Catapult’s first Launch Academy East of England

Nine companies specialising in offshore innovation complete ORE Catapult’s first Launch Academy East of England   Today (Wednesday) nine companies across Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex celebrate the successful completion of the first East of England Launch Academy, an award-winning technology accelerator programme aimed at revolutionising the UK’s offshore renewable energy sector, from the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult. The graduation ceremony took place at The...

New vision to create competitive carbon capture market follows unprecedented £20 billion investment

New vision to create competitive carbon capture market follows unprecedented £20 billion investment   CCUS Vision sets out plans for new competitive market in Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage (CCUS) by 2035 – to unlock investment and drive economic growth, adding £5 billion to the economy by 2050    Long-term decisions to achieve this include outlining a timeline to establish a new CCUS market and using competition to drive lower costs for industry    Poten...
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