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New £40m wind farm near Darvel gets green light

New £40m wind farm near Darvel gets green light   A new £40m onshore wind farm has been granted planning permission by South Lanarkshire Council. Developers Banks Renewables have won approval for six large turbines at Mill Rig Wind Farm near Darvel. The project, which straddles the South Lanarkshire and East Ayrshire border, will have a capacity of about 36MW - enough to power about 21,000 homes. Banks Renewables said the development was "on course" to b...

Maersk to build $15 billion network for green energy, clean fuel in Egypt

Maersk to build $15 billion network for green energy, clean fuel in Egypt   Shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk is planning a new project in Egypt to establish a network to produce and distribute green energy and clean fuels for ships. Maersk Chief Executive Soren Skou discussed with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi during their meeting on Monday the project to produce clean fuel for ships with investments of $15 billion, according to a presidency spokesperson said on Mon...

Westwood: Current pipeline of blue hydrogen projects projected to exceed 2030 targets in the UK

Westwood: Current pipeline of blue hydrogen projects projected to exceed 2030 targets in the UK Westwood’s intelligence solution for energy transition stakeholders, Atlas New Energies, launches today, revealing that blue hydrogen is the key to driving development of hydrogen and CCS clusters   Latest analysis from Westwood Global Energy Group (Westwood), the specialist energy market research and consultancy firm, reveals that blue hydrogen projects account for over 16 GW of t...

Business leaders meet Hydrogen car maker planning 800 jobs in Aberdeen

Business leaders meet Hydrogen car maker planning 800 jobs in Aberdeen   One of the world's most exciting new cars arrived in Aberdeen yesterday as its manufacturer resumed talks about a move to the city. Riversimple - the company behind the pioneering Rasa hydrogen vehicle - is considering locating a 150,000sq ft manufacturing plant in the North-east, should the region win Green Freeport status Yesterday, following a minute's silence to mark the passing of Queen Elizabe...

HyTech consortium appointed by BEIS to support work on Hydrogen for heating

HyTech consortium appointed by BEIS to support work on Hydrogen for heating   The HyTech consortium will be led by DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, in collaboration with Progressive Energy, Frontier Economics, Enertek International, Flex Process and Dave Lander Consulting to support BEIS (Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy) in the assessment of the feasibility, costs, and benefits of using 100% hydrogen for heating in the UK. The UK...

Study assesses potential routes for oil and gas asset electrification

Study assesses potential routes for oil and gas asset electrification   The Net Zero Technology Centre, the Cygnus JV and Sealand Projects Ltd today revealed findings from their ‘Southern North Sea – Oil & Gas Asset Electrification Study’ The study investigated the potential for electrification of an oil and gas platform, using the Cygnus complex in the Southern North Sea as a case study Four electrification options were identified and an evaluation of eac...

Horisont Energi and Neptune Energy to cooperate on the Errai CCS project in Norway

Horisont Energi and Neptune Energy to cooperate on the Errai CCS project in Norway   Horisont Energi and Neptune Energy today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop the Errai Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project in Norway. Errai could store 4-8 million tonnes of CO2 annually, with the potential to store more in later phases. The project includes an onshore terminal for intermediate CO2 storage, with the intention to permanently store the CO2 in...

Fugro to survey the first large-scale offshore wind farm in Norway

Fugro to survey the first large-scale offshore wind farm in Norway   Fugro has been awarded a marine site characterisation contract by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) for the Sørlige Nordsjø II offshore wind farm. This will include mapping the seafloor and sub-seafloor to expand understanding of the site’s geological features and support future developmental phases of the project. The development of the Sørlige Nordsjø II will be divided int...

Dutch Build Out North Sea Wind Farms, Test Floating Solar Panels

Dutch Build Out North Sea Wind Farms, Test Floating Solar Panels   Wind turbines, floating solar panels, and green hydrogen at sea are among the projects under construction off the Dutch coast, as a country famed for its water engineering prowess builds out its renewable energy infrastructure. On a tour of North Sea facilities on Aug. 25, companies and Dutch utilities showed off key projects. At Hollandse Kust Zuid, a 1.5 gigawatt (GW) wind farm scheduled for completion next yea...

Renewables provide more than quarter of US electrical generation in H1

Renewables provide more than quarter of US electrical generation in H1   According to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) provided more than a quarter of the nation's electrical generation during the first half of 2022. The latest issue of EIA's "Electric Power Monthly" report (with data through June 30, 2022) reveals...

Murphy scoops Norfolk wind zone onshore SI and design optimisation contract

Murphy scoops Norfolk wind zone onshore SI and design optimisation contract   Vattenfall has awarded J Murphy & Sons a £2.5M contract to deliver early works for installing the onshore cable of the Norfolk Zone offshore wind farms. The planned wind farm zone off the coast of Norfolk could power more than 4M UK homes. It includes the Norfolk Vanguard and Norfolk Boreas wind farms. J Murphy & Sons scope of works as part of the early works contract will cover site inve...

Siemens hits carbon deadline eight years early

Siemens hits carbon deadline eight years early   Siemens has beaten its target to achieve carbon neutrality for its Congleton factory by nearly a decade. In 2015 the company announced its decision to achieve this across all its operations by 2030, But Congleton, which manufactures more than 1.2m controls and drives each year, has hit the target after just eight years. Siemens Digital Industries Congleton MD Andrew Peters said: “We want to help customers achieve sustaina...

Scotland adds three more ScotWind floating wind projects, all include hydrogen plans

Scotland adds three more ScotWind floating wind projects, all include hydrogen plans   Three more floating offshore wind projects will be offered seabed agreements in Scotland after Crown Estate Scotland completed the clearing process for the ScotWind seabed leasing round. All three will focus on green hydrogen, according to the Scottish seabed manager. The clearing process made available the NE1 area east of Shetland for applicants who met the required standards but did not secure...

Wind farm rejected amid turbine height concerns

Wind farm rejected amid turbine height concerns   A wind farm in southern Scotland has been rejected amid concerns over the height of the turbines involved. The scheme at Garcrogo Hill and Barmark Hill, near Corsock, would have seen nine turbines up to 200m (650ft) constructed. Developers argued that the scheme could meet the power needs of 38,500 homes and help achieve green energy targets. However, a Scottish government reporter concluded its visual impact would be signific...

Fugro develops innovative site investigation solution for Arklow Bank Wind Park

Fugro develops innovative site investigation solution for Arklow Bank Wind Park   Fugro has successfully completed fieldwork on a geotechnical site investigation for SSE Renewables’ Arklow Bank Wind Park Phase 2. This offshore wind park will support Ireland’s climate action target of producing 7 GW of offshore wind energy by 2030 and is located approximately 6 to 13 km off the coast of Ireland, in an area known for its unpredictable metocean conditions. Fugro developed a b...

North-east Green Freeport could deliver first Scottish sustainable aviation fuel production facility

North-east Green Freeport could deliver first Scottish sustainable aviation fuel production facility   A Green Freeport in the North-east of Scotland could play a significant role in decarbonising the aviation industry by delivering a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant that would create up to 920 jobs and £133million in GVA per year. The creation of a SAF facility at St Fergus is a key part of the North East Scotland Green Freeport bid which has a wider focus on investing...

Norway's climate choice: old oil, gas fields switch to green power or close early

Norway's climate choice: old oil, gas fields switch to green power or close early   Norway will have to phase out some of its old oil and gas fields prematurely to achieve its 2030 climate goals, unless it can use carbon-free power on more offshore platforms to cut their emissions, the country's Climate Minister Espen Barth Eide said. Norway, western Europe's largest petroleum producer, aims to reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases by 55% by 2030 from 1990, but as of...

Success for Kellas Midstream’s H2NorthEast project in BEIS Phase-2 Cluster Sequencing Process

Success for Kellas Midstream’s H2NorthEast project in BEIS Phase-2 Cluster Sequencing Process Large-scale low carbon hydrogen development on Teesside to significantly boost local economy and create hundreds of new jobs across the region   Kellas Midstream, the Aberdeen-based independent energy infrastructure company, is delighted to confirm that its H2NorthEast development on Teesside has been selected by the Government as one of four low carbon hydrogen projects that will pr...

HydrogenOne Capital Growth plc invests £8.4m (EUR 10m) in Netherlands-based hydrogen pipeline company Strohm

HydrogenOne Capital Growth plc invests £8.4m (EUR 10m) in Netherlands-based hydrogen pipeline company Strohm   HydrogenOne Capital Growth plc ("HydrogenOne" or the "Company"), the first LSE-listed investment fund dedicated to clean hydrogen, is pleased to announce that it has signed definitive agreements for an investment of £8.4m (EUR 10m) in Strohm Holding B.V. (“Strohm”). HydrogenOne is investing alongside Strohm’s existing investor...

Crown Estate Scotland opens process to cut UK North Sea oil and gas emissions

Crown Estate Scotland opens process to cut UK North Sea oil and gas emissions   Crown Estate Scotland on Wednesday opened the registration window for an offshore wind rental process that aims to reduce emissions from British oil and gas production in the North Sea. The public company’s Seabed Leasing Cycle for Innovation and Targeted Decarbonization of Oil and Gas (INTOG) will allow developers to apply for seabed rights for innovative projects of 100 megawatts (MW) or less ,...
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