The UK government gave on Friday (8 January) its green light to the construction of nine new offshore wind farms, which would see Europe's capacity multiply and bring the UK closer to meeting its renewable energy targets.

With an offshore wind plan due from the European Commission in the autumn, environmental campaigners at Greenpeace have presented a study showing that the construction of 10,000 offshore wind turbines in the North Sea could be feasible if supported by a mega electricity grid.

The Labour Government has announced plans for the biggest expansion of wind energy ever seen. Britain is already the world leader in offshore wind energy. And today, the Crown Estate, owner of the UK’s coastal seabeds, has granted rights to energy companies to bring about the biggest expansion of wind energy ever seen in the world. This opens up the potential for up to 6,400 offshore wind fa...

Government plans to connect future offshore wind energy to the national grid were firmed up yesterday. The new innovative regime could help connect enough wind-generated electricity to power the equivalent of more than 10 million homes by 2020.

The economics of the world's biggest offshore wind-farm project are "on a knife-edge", the chief executive of one of the companies behind it has warned, casting doubt on the UK government's energy strategy

The UK has overtaken Denmark to become the world's number one for wind farms built offshore, with 597MW fully constructed. The achievement has been made possible after building work finished at Centrica's Lynn and Inner Dowsing wind farms near Skegness.

The Chamber of Shipping has criticised plans to build an offshore wind farm in the path of a ferry route to the Isle of Man.

The Round Three projects could generate up to 25,000MW, compared with the UK's current total offshore wind capacity of less than 700MW. But, the economics are still in doubt

Study to help ensure a consistent approach to future offshore wind development.

France announced yesterday (25 January) tenders for a €10 billion offshore wind project that will create 600 wind turbines capable of churning out 3,000 MW of energy. But environmentalists warn that more still needs to be done to meet the country's and the EU's 2020 targets.