The European Court of Justice has annulled the Commission’s decision that feed-in tariffs, as provided by the German 2012 renewables law EEG, constitute state aid. The World Wind Energy Association explains that the European Commission pressured Germany and other governments to wrongly notify feed-i
The European Court of Justice has annulled the Commission’s decision that feed-in tariffs, as provided by the German 2012 renewables law EEG, constitute state aid. The World Wind Energy Association explains that the European Commission pressured Germany and other governments to wrongly notify feed-i
The Scottish Government has released presentation slides and questions and answers from information event about Saltire Tidal Energy Challenge Fund, held in March this year. In February this year, Scotland relaunched the Saltire Tidal Energy Challenge Fund to help commercial deployment of tidal proj
Zeeland Tidal Power partnership has laid down the ambition to generate 100 megawatts of tidal energy in Zeeland before the year 2025. The Zeeland Tidal Power consists of the companies Hillebrand, Istimewa, DELTA Energy, PZEM, Zeeuwind and Tocardo. Zeeland is the only province in the Netherlands with
The European Parliament completed the parliamentary approval of the new Electricity market Regulation and Electricity market Directive as well as of the Regulations on Risk Preparedness and on the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER). The Governance of the Energy Union Regulation t
Denmark and Turkey have signed an agreement to extend their existing energy cooperation to include offshore wind. The new bilateral agreement focuses on the Roadmap for Offshore Wind in Turkey and builds on the collaboration the two countries established in 2017 to support the green transition of th
The potential of the UK’s tidal and wave power sectors is laid out in a new report which has been delivered by the UK Marine Energy Council and Scottish Renewables. It also sets out an economic blueprint for the sectors, which remain “effectively locked out of the UK energy market”. Sue Barr, Chair
The Danish government has allocated DKK 50 million (circa EUR 6.7 million) for new wind turbine testing facilities at the Lindø Offshore Renewables Center (LORC). According to the government, the award will contribute to the establishment of testing facilities for 16MW turbines, which will overall c
MFW Bałtyk III Sp. z o.o., a joint venture between Equinor and Polenergia S.A., has secured an environmental decision for the offshore grid infrastructure connecting two offshore wind farms with a total capacity of 1440MW to the Polish national grid system. The decision was issued by the Regional Di
MFW Bałtyk III Sp. z o.o., a joint venture between Equinor and Polenergia S.A., has secured an environmental decision for the offshore grid infrastructure connecting two offshore wind farms with a total capacity of 1440MW to the Polish national grid system. The decision was issued by the Regional Di
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has initiated an additional environmental impact assessment (EIA) process for Vattenfall’s Vesterhav Nord offshore wind farm. The decision comes after Vattenfall submitted a complaint to the agency on 12 March requesting the EIA procedure to be reinitiated. Vattenfall
The Social Democratic Party, Denmark’s main opposition party, has pledged to add two large offshore wind projects to be commissioned by 2030, in addition to the three projects already set out in the energy agreement from 2018. The two additional projects would have 800MW each and would help Denmark
The British Office in Taipei and Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on joint co-operation in respect of the development of Taiwan’s offshore wind industry. Under this MoU, further exchange in the areas of policy, strategy, technology, operations
The Highlands and Islands is said to have an enormous potential in developing the marine economy according to a new study. The ‘Maximising the Marine Economy in the Highlands and Islands’ (MAXiMAR) study focuses on supporting the growth of aquaculture, wave and tidal energy and marine biotechnology
