Orkney Islands Council (OIC) has submitted a planning application for a six-turbine wind farm to be established at Quanterness, just outside Kirkwall. The development is part of the local authority’s Community Wind Farm Project, which could also see council-owned wind farms built in Hoy and on Faray. The council has Read more…
Britain added more onshore and offshore wind capacity than any other country in Europe last year at 2.8GW, latest industry figures show The UK continued to lead Europe in new wind power last year, adding 2.4GW of both onshore and offshore capacity as turbine installations rose more than a quarter Read more…
What will soon be the world’s biggest offshore wind farm – Orsted’s 1.4GW Hornsea 2 – will power green hydrogen production under a programme newly-awarded additional funding by the UK government. The Gigastack project, led by ITM Power, aims to deliver zero-carbon hydrogen via ‘stackable’ 5MW electrolysers produced in gigawatt-scale Read more…