All SSE Renewables articles
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NewsUK pulls plug on Chinese offshore wind turbine factory
The UK government has pulled the plug on a giant offshore turbine manufacturing facility in Scotland, citing national security concerns over the Chinese company behind the plans.
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NewsFloating wind’s eye-watering costs laid bare at Oceanology
The eye-watering cost of floating offshore wind was laid bare at Oceanology International last week, with scientists admitting it was at least six times more expensive than conventional fixed-bottom turbines.
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NewsOffshore innovation funding competition launched
A £1 million (€1.1 million) funding competition has been launched in the UK to speed up innovation in two critical areas of offshore wind engineering.
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NewsPlans for landmark Irish offshore wind farm pulled
‘Technical and structural challenges’ have ultimately put the final nail in the coffin of what would have been a landmark offshore wind farm for Ireland.
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NewsAll foundations installed at world’s largest offshore wind farm
All of the foundations and transition pieces for the world’s largest wind farm have now been installed in the North Sea.
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NewsFinal monopile installed at world’s biggest wind farm
Seaway7 says it has installed all 277 monopile foundations at the world’s biggest offshore wind farm – Doggerbank in the UK.
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NewsPlans agreed to make world’s biggest OSW farm even bigger
A seabed lease has been finalised to allow the world’s largest offshore wind farm, Dogger Bank, to be expanded, even though the UK grid cannot cope with existing wind power generation.
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News‘World’s largest’ wind farm approved despite bird death fears
The latest ‘world’s largest offshore wind farm’ has been given the green light in the UK despite a number of wildlife agencies raising concerns about the developer’s own estimates that thousands of sea birds that could be slaughtered once commissioned.
