Crown explores additional offshore wind capacity

The Crown Estate is considering proposals to generate an extra 4GW of green electricity from offshore wind projects

Bird’s-eye view: Aircraft gather bird data in offshore Scottish wind farms

Joint aerial surveys by ScotWind developers, using multiple aircraft, gather bird data in North Sea offshore wind farm zones, documenting over 75,000 bird behaviours

Government rejects additional assistance for energy bills

The Environment Secretary has stressed that the government’s top priority is the development of domestic energy resources, including nuclear power plants and offshore wind farms

Royal family to ‘benefit from a huge windfall from offshore energy boom’

The sovereign grant is set to soar after companies’ plans to accelerate the deployment of offshore wind

Government to reform offshore wind connections

Licencing of future multi-purpose interconnectors will be boosted with “more legal and regulatory clarity”

UK relaxes rules for offshore wind crew transport

Vessels transporting people who work on offshore wind farms will be able to carry more workers at a time

Cables can get crustaceans crabby!

Underwater cables for offshore wind produce electromagnetism that can alter the behaviour of crabs

New £7m research to address effect of offshore wind farms on marine ecosystems

The four-year programme will provide evidence to inform marine policy and management as the offshore wind sector ramps up to deliver 40GW of capacity by 2030

SSE Renewables renames two of the largest offshore wind farms in development in Scotland

The two projects are to be renamed to Berwick Bank wind farm and Marr Bank wind farm

Denmark vows to create world’s first ‘energy islands’

Two titanic islands will act as hubs, allowing the connection of several offshore wind farms