offshore wind

Green energy giant and data centre firm plan joint infrastructure

20.11.2020

Roger Milne

Green energy developer SSE Renewables and Irish-owned data centre owner / operator Echelon Data Centres have announced an agreement to develop key infrastructure that will facilitate Ireland’s first large-scale offshore wind farm and, separately, a major new data centre.

Johnson sets out his 10 point plan for a green revolution

18.11.2020

Laura Edgar

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set out his £12 billion 10 point plan for a green recovery from Covid-19, including more offshore wind capacity, cleaner public transport and carbon capture and storage.

Ireland round-up: State commits €110m for pivotal Waterford development; Greenways funding boost

13.11.2020

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Ireland: 7 November-13 November, 2020

Labour urges government to bring forward flooding investment

12.11.2020

Laura Edgar

Ahead of the spending review, the Labour Party has called for the flooding protection investment to be brought forward as part of a wider challenge to the government to ‘Build it in Britain’.

Significant boost for offshore wind target in Scotland

30.10.2020

Roger Milne

Scottish ministers have set a new ambition to increase offshore wind capacity to 11 gigawatts installed by 2030 – enough to power more than eight million homes.

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Johnson makes pledge on new green ‘ambitious targets’

07.10.2020

Laura Edgar

The prime minister has allocated £160 million to upgrade ports as he commits the government to increasing the UK’s offshore wind capacity to meet new green ‘ambitious targets’.