Danske Commodities buys all of Scotland's Hywind power
27/06/2019 by OilStoreAdministrator
In a landmark agreement, Danske Commodities, a Danish energy-trading firm, has committed to buying all the power generated by Scotland’s Hywind offshore wind farm
Wind and solar expected to ramp up substantially by 2050
24/06/2019 by Richard
According to the New Energy Outlook 2019 report from BloombergNEF (BNEF), solar PV, battery, and wind technologies will lead the
UK could see biggest onshore wind farm so far
15/06/2019 by Richard
CWL Energy has unveiled new plans for what could become the UK’s biggest onshore wind farm. At 560 MW, it
Africa to see accelerated wind power uptake
06/06/2019 by Richard
According to the Global Wind Industry Council, the continent of Africa will see its wind power generation capacity double over the coming four years.
Russian oil output falls further on oil contamination
03/06/2019 by Mark
Two unnamed industry sources have told Reuters that Russia’s oil production has continued to fall in the wake of April’s discovery of contaminated oil shipments in the Druzhba pipeline to Europe. Some five million tonnes…
UK wind power could grow tenfold
30/05/2019 by OilStoreAdministrator
According to a new report for the UK Government by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), UK wind power would need to grow by almost 10 times if the country is to get to a…
British power goes whole week without coal
21/05/2019 by Richard
The British power sector managed to supply electricity for an entire week without burning any coal for power. This marks the first week without coal-based electricity since 1882, when the first coal-fired power plant opened…
Amazon to buy 229 MW of wind power
21/04/2019 by Richard
Amazon.com Inc., the America-based e-commerce giant, has announced it will buy 229 MW of wind power from three wind farms in the US, Sweden, and Ireland as part of the company’s long-term aspiration to power…
Siemens Gamesa reveals new onshore wind turbines
09/04/2019 by Richard
Engineering company Siemens Gamesa has unveiled what appears to be the most powerful model of onshore wind power turbine so far. With a
Uniper begins feeding gas from wind power into grid
30/03/2019 by Richard
Uniper, a German utility company, has begun feeding methane produced using wind power into its gas pipeline network.
Survey reveals positive attitude towards wind turbines
24/03/2019 by OilStoreAdministrator
People in the US who live near wind turbines prefer to keep them rather than swap them for a fossil fuel power plant or a solar installation, according to new analysis published in Nature Energy…
Britain’s premier offshore wind farm to go offline
21/03/2019 by OilStoreAdministrator
After nearly 20 years of operation, Blyth Offshore Wind Farm, which was the UK’s first wind farm situated offshore, will be decommissioned according to its operator, E.ON Energy.