Scotland will miss its 100% renewable electricity target set for 2020 without further investments in offshore and onshore wind, according to a new report published by Scottish Renewables. The study shows Scotland is on course to generate the equivalent of 87% of its annual demand for power from rene
According to the leaked letter from UK Energy Secretary, Amber Rudd, the UK is forecast to miss the renewable energy target under which it is supposed to get 15% of UK’s energy consumption from renewable sources by 2020. The letters from Rudd, acquired by the Ecologist, reveal that the UK is expecte
According to the latest Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) public survey, UK public shows consistent support for renewable energy, with the latest poll results at 76% in favor of using renewable energy sources. Opposition to renewables was very low at 5%, with only 1% strongly opposed. W
The Crown Estate has appointed Huub den Rooijen as Director of Energy, Minerals and Infrastructure. Huub den Rooijen joined The Crown Estate in March 2012 as Head of Offshore Wind. In its new role as Director of Energy, Minerals and Infrastructure, den Rooijen will continue to lead the offshore wind
Fergus Ewing, Scotland’s Energy Minister, has written to the UK Energy Secretary, Amber Rudd, asking for urgent changes to the UK government’s policies and seeking reassurance that energy security issues are being properly considered. The letter follows the last week’s market notification from Natio
Scotland’s Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has urged the UK Government to change their policy direction to ensure faster build of new power capacity, including renewable energy, in combination with increased storage capacity, following the last week’s market notification from National Grid of a shortfa
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold an auction sale for the New Jersey offshore wind lease area today, offering approx. 344,000 acres for commercial wind energy leasing. The area will be auctioned as two leases: South Lease Area, covering 160,480 acres, and North Lease Area,
The UK Supreme Court has upheld the UK Court of Appeal’s April ruling that Denmark’s MT Højgaard is not liable to cover the costs of fixing weaknesses discovered in grouted connections of the foundations at the Robin Rigg Offshore wind farm off the west coast of Scotland. E.ON Climate and Renewables
India could realize its renewable energy plans in four and a half years, instead of the initially projected six years, the Union Minister of State for Power, Coal & New Renewable Energy, Shri. Piyush Goyal, said at a State Power and Renewable Energy Ministers’ Conference in Kochi today. “I am confid
India and Belgium have vowed to cooperate on renewable energy by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which was approved by India’s Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. The two countries will focus on the development of renewable energy technologies, including win
India and Belgium have vowed to cooperate on renewable energy by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which was approved by India’s Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. The two countries will focus on the development of renewable energy technologies, including win
India and Belgium have signed a memorandum of understanding for energy cooperation between the two countries. The objective of this memorandum of understanding (MoU) is to establish the basis for a cooperative institutional relationship to encourage and promote technical bilateral cooperation on new
Brian Motherway will leave his CEO post in the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) to take up a new role in IEA. According to SEAI, Motherway will formally resign from the CEO post on December 2, 2015, to take up a new role as Head of the Energy Efficiency Division with the International
DONG to Build World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm DONG Energy decided to construct the 660MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm, located in the Irish Sea, approximately 19 km off the west coast of Britain. Van Oord: Dredging Companies Venturing into Offshore Wind (Interview) During the Offshore Ener
