IW Energy News
Perpetuus Tidal to be included in submission to UK Government
Having received planning consents from the Isle of Wight Council, the Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre (PTEC) site, located to the South of the Isle of Wight, will be included in Orbital Marine Power's submission into the UK Government's next round of Contracts for...
E-cargo bikes delivering the goods in Cowes
Free delivery by electric cargo bike is going to be available for businesses in the Cowes area in August and September, as part of a new pilot project testing demand for a permanent electric cargo delivery service. The two-month pilot project aims to showcase the...
Half a million trained workers needed for expansion of the wind sector
A new report released today by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and Global Wind Organisation (GWO) in partnership with the Renewables Consulting Group (RCG) finds that the global wind industry will need to train upwards of 480,000 more people to GWO standards...
Vestas Isle of Wight to produce majority of blades for Scottish wind farm
https://renews.biz/70003/majority-of-seagreen-blades-to-be-made-in-uk/ This is a real boost for Isle of Wight jobs, as Vestas in Newport have been selected to produce 99 blades for the Seagreen Project. Seagreen is a 1075MW offshore wind project currently under...
Offshore wind capacity to hit 251GW by 2030
This is important news for the Isle of Wight manufacturing industry, as offshore wind turbine blades are made here on the Island. Please see link below for the full story. Offshore wind capacity to 'hit 251GW by 2030' - reNews - Renewable Energy News
Isle of Wight built vessel Seacat Rainbow heads to Beatrice Offshore wind farm.
Seacat Rainbow, built by Diverse Marine Shipyard in Cowes for Seacat Services, also based in Cowes, has headed straight to her long-term charter at major offshore wind project, Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Moray Firth. Seacat Rainbow secures Beatrice charter -...
Cwind blesses Cwind Pioneer crew transfer vessel at the Wight Shipyard Company in East Cowes
CWind are celebrating the blessing and launch of their world first hybrid powered crew transfer vessel named CWind Pioneer. This pioneering vessel is powered by a combination of diesel and a battery electric system. For a typical wind farm this translates as a...
World’s first project powering railways with renewable energy being developed on the Isle of Wight
Colin Palmer from Wight Community Energy says a radical approach is needed if we are to be successful in achieving a shift to 100% renewable energy
Difficult times for Solar Energy on the Isle of Wight
In January, SSE (the Isle of Wight electricity company) notified Wight Community Energy (WCE) and a number of other solar energy providers across the Island that they intended to disconnect them from the electricity grid, whilst work is taking place on the network, a...
Isle of Wight generators slam ‘years of under investment’ as curtailment nears.
Solar Power Portal, the leading renewable energy resource for all UK solar power and feed-in tariff information has reported on the planned outages by SSE and National Grid that will result in a summer of switch-offs for the IoW’s solar generators in a news story by...