The Crown Estate awarded an additional 2GW of sites, sufficient to power 2 million homes on an annual basis, to seven existing offshore wind farms. The announcement is entirely driven by developer interest and provides emphatic evidence of offshore wind viability and growth. Source: RenewableUK MORE >>

Government / Industry BP oil spill Offshore oil drillingFollowing the BP oil spill disaster in the Gulf, the Obama Administration put a temporary halt to approving any new deep water oil drilling operations until a system was in place that would prevent a similar incident from ever happening. Since then, U.S. Fast forward to this week. MORE >>

Offshore wind will play a vital role in meeting the growing global demand for cleaner, renewable energy and has a bright future here in Europe,” said Ferdinando (Nani) Beccalli-Falco, president and CEO of GE International. Norway is the planned site for the testing and demonstration of the first 4-megawatt wind turbines offshore. MORE >>

· European Wind Energy Association 2010 stats just released, confirm UK position · Total EU offshore now close to 3 gigawatts, powering 2.9 Peter Madigan, RenewableUK Head of Offshore Renewables said: “The UK’s offshore wind roll out is continuing at full speed. If constructed, it would generate 66.6 MORE >>

The £60 million pledged for ‘development of port sites to support offshore wind turbine manufacturers’ has long been advocated by RenewableUK. This investment will enable the UK to compete with established ports in Europe involved in offshore wind farm deployment. We are pleased that the Government has taken this on board. MORE >>