Ofgem greenlights cable links to power millions of homes

The energy regulator has provisionally approved plans for two high-voltage cable links to Europe, aimed at supplying power to millions of homes in Britain

‘World’s first’ hydrogen inland shipping barge aces sea trials

Concordia Damen’s hydrogen-powered inland shipping barge, ‘Antonie’, has successfully completed technical sea trials

Dutch Government to compensate RWE €331.8m for coal cap

The Dutch government will provide Germany’s RWE with a compensation of €331.8 million due to income losses resulting from a coal production cap set at 35% of capacity for the 2022-2024 period

EU backs €406.4m Dutch scheme to support filling of gas storage facility

The scheme will enable the Netherlands to ensure existing gas storage facilities are filled up to at least 80% of their capacity by 1st November 2022 and comply with the gas storage level obligation

RWE to buy 1.4GW gas-fired power plant from Vattenfall in €500m deal

The Magnum plant consists of three combined cycle gas turbines and is also ‘hydrogen-ready’, which means it could partly run on hydrogen

Netherlands to ban fossil fuel boilers from 2026

Dutch homes will have to install sustainable heating systems, such as a hybrid heat pumps, instead

SSE Renewables eyes more Dutch offshore wind

The firm partnered with Brookfield to participate in an ongoing auction for 1.4GW Dutch offshore wind zone tenders

Dutch commissions floating offshore wind market study in Japan

Japan has set a target for 30GW to 45GW of installed offshore wind capacity by 2040 to support its 2050 net zero goal

Dutch energy infrastructure upgrade granted €250m EU loan

TenneT Holding is building a 40-kilometre long electricity corridor that will enable the transmission of offshore wind energy to users in the Netherlands and beyond

Dutch Government backs ‘world’s first’ offshore green hydrogen project on oil platform

Neptune Energy is hosting the PosHYdon project – which aims to validate the integration of offshore wind, offshore gas and offshore hydrogen in the Dutch North Sea – on its Q13a-A platform