Utility Majors in Offshore Manoeuvres

Major British utility companies have moved to join the march towards offshore renewable energy with the Centrica Group, which owns British Gas, announcing plans to build a £ 100m wind farm in the Irish Sea and Powergen Renewables buying the rights to develop a £ 200m wind farm off the west coast of Scotland.

Work has begun on Powergen Renewables Scroby Sands project, which will become the second largest operational offshore wind farm in Europe.

Major British utility companies have moved to join the march towards offshore renewable energy with the Centrica Group, which owns British Gas, announcing plans to build a £ 100m wind farm in the Irish Sea and Powergen Renewables buying the rights to develop a £ 200m wind farm off the west coast of Scotland.