UK | 2021-01-04
UK Gives Go-Ahead to Hornsea Three Offshore Wind Farm
The UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) gave the development consent to the Hornsea Project Three offshore wind farm on 31 December 2020. Ørsted submitted the development consent order (DCO) application for the 2.4 GW project to the UK Planning Inspectorate on 14 May 2018. The application was accepted for examination ...
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UK | 2020-12-31
2020 ‘greenest’ year for UK electricity
This year is set to be the greenest on record for the UK in terms of electricity generation, according to National Grid ESO data. Its data shows that 2020 experienced the highest decarbonisation of electricity with an average of 181gCO2 KWh from January to November, a 66% drop from 2013’s figure of 529CO2 KWh. Energy usage from ...
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Netherlands | 2020-12-31
All foundations in at world’s largest freshwater wind farm
Van Oord has installed all of the 89 foundations at the Windpark Fryslân nearshore wind farm in the IJsselmeer Lake, the Netherlands. Van Oord installed the first monopile at the site in the Frisian part of the IJsselmeer near Breezanddijk in September. Due to the shallows in the IJsselmeer and the width of the locks, Van Oord ...
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Netherlands | 2020-12-29
Creating new land in Amsterdam
Amsterdam has become a bit bigger with the construction of the Strandeiland in the IJmeer. With an area of 135 hectares, the beach island becomes the largest island in IJburg. Together with a partner, Boskalis recently realized the first phase-83 hectares-of this large-scale land acquisition. During project implementation, a CO2 emission reduction of as little ...
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