Renewables and Efficiency

A group of companies have joined together to forge an offshore wind industry in the North of Scotland that will take expertise from the north-east around the globe.

GlobalData says this growth will require massive investment in offshore wind and solar photovoltaic capacity.

New research suggests subsidy-free solar projects could be built in most cities across China at a cheaper price than energy supplied by the grid.

Researchers have identified every potentially feasible location of onshore wind energy in the region.

Orbital Marine Power has awarded the multi-million-pound manufacturing contract for its ‘O2’ tidal stream turbine to TEXO Group. which will build the technology at its quayside facilities in Dundee.

PacifiCorp is to repower the state’s first commercial wind farm with modernised. more efficient turbines.

The energy generated will be supplied to the grid. with the user then able to purchase it back at a discounted fixed-tariff rate.

The Haliade-X 12MW offshore turbine blade is bigger than nine London buses or the pitch at Wembley Stadium.

The West Bakr Wind project will have a capacity of 252MW and is expected to produce enough renewable electricity to power around 350.000 homes.

The project in the Netherlands will have a total capacity of 60MW. enough to deliver renewable energy to around 40.000 households.