US greenlights second major offshore wind project

A new 130MW project is predicted to produce enough electricity to power 70,000 homes every year

National Grid strikes £7.8bn deal to take over Western Power Distribution

The firm also unveiled plans to start the process of selling of a majority stake in National Grid Gas later this year

First US offshore wind farm generates power

The first offshore wind farm in the US has gone into operation. Deepwater Wind’s 30MW Block Island project is now delivering electricity from its five turbines to the US grid. It uses a special ‘sea2shore’ submarine transmission cable to transmit power to the Rhode Island coast, where it can power up to 17,000 homes. Technicians […]