Businesses with offshore wind facilities in UK territorial waters must review the immigration status of their workforce now ahead of an anticipated change to the rules from July.The offshore wind workers’ concession (2-page / 82.3KB PDF), which exempts foreign nationals engaged in the ...
“As the UK works towards its ambitious offshore wind capacity targets, the need for a resilient and competitive supply chain has never been greater. OWGP’s Development Grant program is designed to support this growth, providing financial backing to help businesses scale up,” said Melissa Read...
Deployed in deeper waters than standardwind turbines, floating facilities will support increased capacity because they allow wind farms to be placed in new areas along the coastline with the highest wind strength. The U.K. government is looking to spur new floating offshore wind manufacturing invest...
The UK's offshore wind capacity is around 15GW, with plans to reach 55GW by 2030. But can the UK compete in a very established industry? Tuesday 3 September 2024 07:07, UK This is a modal window. Video Unavailable Technical details : ...
New offshore wind additions in Europe are forecast to bread the 4-GW barrier for the first time in 2020, more than double the additions seen in 2021.
Wind, wave and tidal stream turbines can generate 21% of projected power needs by that year, claims the British Wind Energy Association in its submission to the UK government's energy review. Wave and tidal would supply 2.1% while micro and mini wind turbines would provide 0.7%....
Jutal Offshore Oil Service Limited has built 50 sets of medium/deep water wind power jacket for Seagreen 1.1GW offshore wind Farm in the UK, marking the beginning of a new era in the construction of wind power projects between Europe and China in the past decade. The construction duration ...
The UK already has a target ofan 80 per cent emissions cut by 2050, but in a 600-page report the CCC said the falling costs of offshore windfarms, batteries and other technologies mean the new ambition could be achieved at the same cost, which is 1-2 per cent of GDP. ...
Seven offshore wind farms, totalling 1.8 GW, were put into service in 2017 alone, which the Crown Estate described as “the UK’s busiest year yet in offshore wind.” Four of these seven plants were fully commissioned. You can subscribe to our M&A newsletter ...
November 18 (SeeNews) - UK energy secretary Amber Rudd today set out her vision for the country's energy system, giving a central role to gas and nuclear and saying that offshore wind will be supported only if it brings down costs.