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With the rapid growth of data centres, driven by cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI), the Big Tech firms' burgeoning demand for power is driving a seismic shift in the way renewable energy is procured and sold. Luca Pedretti, COO and co-founder of Zurich-headquartered price data and market intelligence provider Pexapark, warns that wind and solar will face stiff competition from nuclear, geothermal and even gas when competing to supply AI data centres. https://lnkd.in/e27U28f6

A 2GW UK grid “superhighway” that will send abundant Scottish wind power down to southern demand centres has won £2bn ($2.5bn) in funding from the country’s energy regulator. #renewables #offshorewind #transmission #grids ScottishPower ScottishPower Renewables National Grid Ofgem RenewableUK Scottish Renewables https://lnkd.in/ebEN5Era

Operations at a Canadian wind project were halted after the nacelle of a 4.5MW Vestas machine crashed to the ground, in the fourth incident in recent weeks involving the Danish group's turbines. #windfarms #windturbines #renewables #Canada https://lnkd.in/eBAMsQzY

The UK has upped its decarbonisation ambitions at COP29 as it looks to assert itself as a global climate leader, but analysts warn hitting its new target will be a “massive challenge” requiring far quicker deployment of clean and green technologies than has been seen to date. Insights from Emma Champion, head of regional energy transitions at BloombergNEF; Frankie Mayo, senior energy and climate analyst at UK think tank Ember; RenewableUK CEO Dan McGrail; Friends of the Earth campaign chief Rosie Downes; Simon Irving MRICS, an energy and renewables partner at Bidwells; and Andrew Griffiths, policy director at UK climate consultancy Planet Mark. #renewables #wind #solar #electricvehicles #energystorage #greenhydrogen #heatpumps https://lnkd.in/dgMMVK9d

This floating wind platform uses marine engineering and some simple physics to imitate aspects of dominant spar, semi-submersibles and TLP-based designs, but uses a counterbalance to achieve dynamic mooring. The promised savings on construction, integration, installation and O&M have attracted funding for a Portuguese demonstrator project. Gazelle Wind Power Limited #floatingwind #offshorewind Saitec Offshore Technologies Technip Energies X1 Wind Principle Power https://lnkd.in/e4_NXW5W

Chinese wind turbine makers’ pact to end a vicious price war cannot be enforced, will not solve their problems and looks like a cartel – but could still boost their financial firepower and fuel international expansion, say analysts. #windfarms #renewables #greenpower #trade #competition Chinese Wind Energy Association（CWEA）Chinese Wind Energy Equipment Association WindEurope Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) https://lnkd.in/ev8cbtrm

RWE warns of risks in US #offshorewind and slower than expected #hydrogen expansion in Europe as German giant launches €1.5bn shares buyback WindEurope Oceantic Network International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) WORLD FORUM OFFSHORE WIND (WFO) #renewableenergy #RWE

GB Energy needs to resolve how its current plans to invest in clean power projects and infrastructure overlap with a newly created National Wealth Fund or risk confusing the market, says the director of the UK's new state-backed clean power company. #renewables #cleanpower #wind #solar RenewableUK Energy UK Scottish Renewables The Crown Estate https://shorturl.at/w791M

The CEO of GE Vernova confirmed it is in no rush to win new orders in the offshore wind sector, declaring “it’s not a market opportunity that we see in front of us right now”. #windpower #windfarms #renewables #energytransition WindEurope Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) Global Offshore Wind Alliance (GOWA) https://lnkd.in/enDucVQD

The world’s largest planned renewable energy project would be bigger than entire countries, with onshore wind turbines potentially triple the size of current market leading machines, according to new documents. #renewables #energytransition #wind #solar #energystorage #greenhydrogen #greenammonia https://lnkd.in/ekZG4zhk