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Offshore wind plays an increasingly vital role in our energy landscape and it is incredible to remember that the first offshore wind farm only came into existence in 1991. In the years that immediately followed, wind farm development remained slow and small-scale due to economic and technological limitations, as well…

Construction workers on the Sizewell C nuclear power plant in Suffolk will receive “best in class” employment conditions, while 500 will be housed at a nearby Pontins holiday resort.

Early proposed designs of National Grid’s Eastern Green Link 3 (EGL3) and 4 (EGL4) Scotland to England interconnectors have been opened to public consultation until 17 June.

Offshore planning consent has been granted by the Scottish Government to Europe’s first commercial scale floating offshore wind farm, which will power oil and gas rigs in the North Sea.

A roadmap to tripling the UK’s offshore wind manufacturing capability and providing a £25bn boost to the economy by 2035 has been released by key players in the nation’s offshore wind industry.

The second uncrewed offshore HVDC substation has been installed by Saipem at SSE Renewables’ Dogger Bank wind farm, which is set to be the largest offshore wind farm in the world.

National Grid has formally launched the 765km long land and subsea interconnector between Britain and Denmark with a capacity of 1.4GW.

A space-based solar power (SBSP) system will be designed by UK company Space Solar Engineering as part of the Cassiopeia project, thanks to £1.2M funding from the UK government’s space-based solar power innovation competition.

The proposed Morocco to UK interconnector project has seen projected cost rise to £24bn according to project developer Xlinks.

The National Parks Association (NPA) of New South Wales (NSW), Australia has demanded that the Snowy Hydro 2.0 hydroelectricity project and its contractors receive extra sanctions for repeated pollution incidents in Kosciuszko National Park.