OFFSHORE WIND FARMS & RENEWABLES
RWE Joins ORE Catapult to Reduce Offshore Wind’s Carbon Footprint
Offshore wind developer RWE Renewables has joined the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s new Circular Economy for the Wind Sector joint industry programme (CEWS JIP).
RWE, one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies, is supporting the JIP over three years as it aligns with the organisation’s ambitions to be carbon-neutral by 2040. The programme aims to lead the way in embedding a circular economy approach at the heart of the offshore wind sector as it strives to achieve Net Zero: creating a zero-carbon, zero-waste economy for materials and manufacturing.
RWE’s Galloper offshore wind farm
CEWS will bring together industry, academia, research and development organisations, and government agencies to tackle the critical challenges identified in achieving zero waste, including decommissioning costs, recycling, end-of-life and repowering strategies.
The JIP’s mission is to agree on industry-led best practice and standards in all these areas to better inform
decision-makers; and works alongside an advisory board including the Crown Estate, the Environment Agency, Ofgem, the National Composites Centre, the Net Zero Technology Centre and Zero Waste Scotland. The JIP will also support the supply chain to develop, demonstrate or validate innovative carbon reduction solutions in the wind sector, such as composite recycling.
Celtic Sea Power Drives Floating Offshore
Wind Ambitions The company tasked with leading the development of floating offshore wind energy in the seas around Cornwall is to be known as Celtic Sea Power.
Formerly called Wave Hub Development Services Ltd, the Cornwall Council-owned company has changed its name to better reflect its future role, which includes attracting large scale floating wind projects to the Celtic Sea and capturing the economic benefits for the Cornish economy.
Celtic Sea Power is about to complete the sale of the Wave Hub offshore renewable energy test facility to Swedish floating windfarm developer and technology provider Hexicon.
Hexicon will use the Wave Hub site and infrastructure off Cornwall’s north coast for TwinHub, a 30-40MW floating offshore wind project using its innovative twin-turbine platform.
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Hexicon’s twin-turbine platform.
Celtic Sea Power recently hosted a floating offshore wind energy conference in Falmouth to coincide with the G7 Summit of world leaders. More than 300 delegates, most attending online, heard about the potential for floating wind to play a significant part in the fight against climate change and why Cornwall and the South West can lead the way in the UK.
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