News from United Kingdom
United Kingdom: RWE Takes Over Offshore Wind Projects From Vattenfall And Accelerates Expansion Program
03 Apr 2024 15:13 | Essen, Germany - The British government wants to expand offshore wind power capacity to 50 GW (50,000 MW) by 2030. The energy group RWE is participating in the expansion program and is now taking over the Norfolk Vanguard West, Norfolk Vanguard East and Norfolk Boreas offshore wind projects, each with 1.4 GW (1,400 MW), from Vattenfall. read more...
Billions Financing Gap: France Wants Financial Aid From The UK For Construction of Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power Plant
27 Jan 2024 16:11 | Paris, London - The construction of the British nuclear power plant Hinkley Point C is facing a financing gap worth billions. Just one day after the presentation of the new EDF interim report, France and the UK are already wrangling behind the scenes over how to cover the huge additional costs for the British nuclear power plant. This was reported by the Financial Times (FT). read more...
Nuclear Power Gap Looms in the UK: Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power Plant Will be Completed Later And Will be Even More Expensive
25 Jan 2024 09:36 | Paris - The British nuclear power plant Hinkley Point C currently being built by the French state-owned company Électricité de France (EDF) will be even more expensive and completed much later than planned. The delay means that the UK is facing a nuclear power shortfall at the end of the decade unless old nuclear power plants remain on the grid for longer than previously planned. read more...
Dr. Florian Zickfeld Heads: Telis Energy Launches Subsidiary in Germany
24 Jan 2024 17:05 | Berlin, Germany - The UK-based Telis Energy Group, a pan-European renewable energy development platform, is launching a subsidiary in Germany. Telis Energy Deutschland GmbH will focus on the identification and development of solar and onshore wind power plants. read more...
Six Out of Nine British Nuclear Power Plants Have Failed And Are Not Producing Electricity
17 Jan 2024 16:15 | London, UK - In January 2024, more and more nuclear power plants in the UK are failing and not supplying any electricity. Now, with the shutdown of Torness 1 with a gross capacity of 682 MW, another nuclear power plant has been taken off the grid. Of the nine British nuclear power plants still in operation (gross output of 6,500 MW), only three nuclear power plants with a gross output of around 2,500 MW are still in operation. The nuclear power plant outage totals six nuclear power plants with a capacity of around 4,000 MW (4 GW), which are currently not producing any electricity. read more...
Electricity From British Nuclear Power Plants Falls to Lowest Level For Over 40 Years
10 Jan 2024 09:54 | London, UK - Less and less electricity is being generated from nuclear power plants in the UK. According to Bloomberg, British nuclear power production has fallen to just 37 billion kWh in 2023. This negative trend will continue until the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant, which is currently under construction, goes into operation. read more...
Major Order in UK: Deutsche Windtechnik Extends Maintenance Contract For 61 Siemens Wind Turbines
09 Jan 2024 17:08 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom - Deutsche Windtechnik and Ventient Energy are further expanding their cooperation in turbine service. read more...
New Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power Plant - Electricity Costs Over 15 Cents per Kilowatt Hour at Launch
27 Dec 2023 08:57 | Münster - The construction of the new British nuclear power plant Hinkley Point C has already been delayed by several years and will also be significantly more expensive than planned. But it is not just the construction costs themselves that are rising by many billions of euros above the planned costs; the electricity costs from the new nuclear power plant will also be significantly higher than the 15 cents/kWh mark right from the start, and the trend is still rising. read more...
Cooperation Agreed: RWE And Masdar to Develop Two Offshore Wind Projects in The UK With 3,000 MW
04 Dec 2023 17:30 | Essen, Germany - The renewable energy company Masdar from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has signed an agreement with RWE to cooperate in the development of the British offshore wind projects "Dogger Bank South". read more...
1.1 GW Seagreen: Scotland's Largest Offshore Wind Farm Enters Full Operations
17 Oct 2023 14:31 | Glasgow, Scotland - In Scotland, SSE Renewables and Total Energies have fully commissioned the 1.1 GW Seagreen offshore wind farm. All 114 Vestas V164-10.0 offshore wind turbines, each with a capacity of 10 MW, are now producing electricity. read more...
