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Ofgem has published its consultation on the assessment of plans submitted by all three GB onshore electricity Transmission Owners (TOs) for the development of the first two of a series of planned subsea electricity transmission HVDC links connecting Scotland and England along the east coast.
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Renewable sources of electricity such as wind and solar grew at their fastest rate in two decades in 2020 and are set to expand in coming years at a much faster pace than prior to the pandemic, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency. According to the IEA’s latest market update, the amount of renewable electricity capacity added in 2020 rose by 45% in 2020 to 280 gigawatts (GW), the largest year-on-year increase since 1999.
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The report is the result of the collaboration between the Polish Wind Energy Association (PSEW) and the consulting company TPA Poland /Baker Tilly TPA and the law firm DWF Poland.
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The Department of Energy Resources of the state of Massachusetts has released a request for proposals (RFP) for 1600MW. This will be the third offshore wind tender for the state.
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Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has announced its research focus areas for the next 12 months. The OWA aims to reduce the cost of offshore wind, overcome market barriers, develop industry best practice and trigger the development of new industry standards.
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Brazil's Ministry of Mines and Energy has announced the guidelines for the new energy auction to be held on September 30.
- Consortium aims to improve the cybersecurity of the US wind fleet
- Offshore wind a big driver of generation installed under CfD scheme
- France opens offshore wind tender
- Report identifies 22 shovel ready regional and interregional transmission projects in the USA
- Offshore wind final investment decisions to grow 57% outside China by 2022
- Texas icing event led to over $4 billion financial loss for wind farms
- Biden targets 50% reduction in US green house gas emissions by 2030
- New Jersey launches competitive solicitation for offshore wind transmission solutions
- UK announces new funding scheme for floating wind
- US Secretary of the Interior establishes Climate Task Force
- Berkeley Lab study shows expected cost of wind energy declines
- European TSOs launch Eurobar initiative for standardised offshore grids
- European renewable energy PPA prices defined by stability in Q1 2021
- Research programme to identify the potential of renewable energy around the Isles of Scilly
- WindEurope releases its annual report “Wind Energy Financing and Investment Trends”
- World adds record new renewable energy capacity in 2020
- BOEM advances offshore wind in US east coast energy market
- Biden-Harris Administration set a national target for offshore wind development
- Massachusetts Governor signed next generation climate policy roadmap legislation into law
- Preben Maegaard, WWEA Founding President, passed away
- The Crown Estate to create new floating wind leasing opportunity in the Celtic Sea
- More than 69,000 jobs and £60 billion private investment in UK offshore wind by 2026
- Crown Estate Scotland completes ScotWind Leasing review
- Worldwide wind capacity reaches 744GW
- North Sea deal to protect jobs in green energy transition
- Vestas was the largest supplier of wind turbines in 2020
- Twenty-nine US states have the potential to generate offshore wind energy
- Oregon to investigate 3GW of floating wind by 2030
- Asia Pacific installs 56GW of new wind power capacity in 2020
- North and Latin America increased wind power installations by 62% in 2020