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September 3, 2024, 11:40am
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OWF news is in the wind this week:
After no offshore wind bids were submitted in the previous round, this one did much better with projects of over 5.3GW securing contracts in the UK’s Allocation Round 6. The latest auction round delivered 131 new green infrastructure projects,...
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“Today we have now achieved a record-setting round for enough renewable power for 11 million homes, essential to give energy security to families across the country. It is another significant step forward in our mission for clean power by 2030 – bringing Britain energy independence and lower bills for good,” said UK energy secretary Ed Miliband.
PS> With the rapid increase in wind, solar and current power generating project there will probably be more days with Zero electricity spot price in Europe: Zero electric power price in Europe
Meanwhile, in Sweden things are going the opposite way:
Vattenfall has decided to pause the development of the Swedish Kriegers Flak offshore wind power project until further notice due to unviable investment prerequisites in the country. Swedish Kriegers Flak, located about 30 km...
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Not only OWF news from Europe:
The government of Australia has designated another offshore wind area, this time in the Indian Ocean near Bunbury, Western Australia. The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water said the declared area between Cape Naturaliste...
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