Iโm looking forward to some well-deserved rest, then watch this space as I move on to my next chapter in the wild and whacky industry that I love so much ๐
#RenewableUK #windpower #London
A big thank you to everyone in the team, across OWIC, @rukcymru.bsky.social, @renewableni.bsky.social bleNI, EnergyPulse for supporting me over the years. I've been to so many events and met so many faces, I can barely begin to mention everyone, but my time in the big smoke must come to an end ๐
Big news, everyone, Iโm moving on from my role at @renewableuk.bsky.social!
Itโs been a whirlwind over the past 4 years, travelling across the UK, from lifting the ban on onshore wind in England, reaching a major milestone of 100k followers on LinkedIn, and even learning a bit of Welsh ๐ช
Fantastic news for Scotland! ๐ช๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Vestas announces plans for nacelle factory in Scotland to support offshore wind www.windtech-international.com/company-news...
Sustainable energy solutions provider Vestas has announced plans to establish a nacelle and hub factory in Scotland to meet growing demand for offshore wind in the UK and Europe.
A7R Onshore wind results published
๐ต Strike price: ยฃ72.24
โก Capacity: 1306MW
๐ Enough to power over 1.2m homes
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ ยฃ6.5m in community benefits
๐ทโโ๏ธ Up to 10,000 jobs supported (+ solar & tidal projects)
๐บ๏ธ 21 projects in Scotland, 5 in Wales, 2 in England
๐ณ CO2 saved: 1.46 million tonnes of COโ per year
Rightwing narrative fuelling false belief UK public oppose net zero, study finds
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Happy Mother's Day to the most stylish mum in the world ๐ฅฐ๐
UK Wind Power has rallied to 19.9GW this morning. With 0.9GW of Solar we are burning 2.3GW of Gas as well as exporting 0.3GW. Hydro is 0.3GW. Nuclear is 3.9GW and the awful Biomass 1GW The price of wholesale electricity over the past 24 hours was ยฃ66 per MWh. #renewables
If you want to understand the future of energy (and therefore of many sectors in society) you need to read this article.
You can see why the fossil fuel industry is fighting so hard and so dirty (literally and metaphorically) against this trend.
www.electrotech-revolution.com/p/reframing-...
Welsh AR7a Onshore Wind Results, 5 onshore wind farms in Wales!๐จ.
As Vice Chair of the Celtic Sea Developer Alliance, RenewableUK Cymru would like to share this webinar from Marine Energy Wales: ๐๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐: ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐
www.tickettailor.com/events/marin...
Tony Blair report claims #renewables too expensive.
But onshore #wind ยฃ72/MWh, #solar ยฃ65MWh - whereas ยฃ147/MWh for #gas.
Offshore #wind ยฃ91/MWh 40% cheaper than new gas. #Nuclear more than ยฃ133/MWh and would take many more years to build.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
And before y'all start with your "WhAt YoU GonNa Do WhEn ThE WiND Not BloWiNg" crap . . . we already have pumped hydro and Europe's biggest battery energy storage system for 3 MILLION HOUSES being constructed with more in the pipeline ๐
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A great day for cheap power enthusiasts as 5GW of solar comes in at ยฃ65/MWh and 1.3GW of onshore wind comes in at ยฃ72.24/MWh. Both prices are in ยฃ2024 and are below the wholesale price, meaning that these projects will cut costs.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/698a0d...
UK record auction for onshore wind and solar, hot on heels of UKโs record-breaking success in offshore wind auction - with record-breaking 6.2GW of onshore wind and solar power projects Contracts for Difference (CfDs).
www.rechargenews.com/markets-and-...
BREAKING: UK govt auction secures 4.9GW new solar at ยฃ65/MWh and 1.3GW new onshore wind at ยฃ72/MWh, 13% and 21% below the price cap respectively.
All due online by 2029.
Yes, this includes system costs, which is why we include the links to sources in our press release, which people don't want to read because they don't like the answers๐
๐ทgov.uk/government/news/new-auct...
๐๏ธrenewableuk.com/news-and-resources/press...
Onshore wind is much more cost-effective for billpayers than new generation from gas at ยฃ147/MWh and new nuclear power at ยฃ124/MWh โก ๐
A7R Onshore wind results published
๐ต Strike price: ยฃ72.24
โก Capacity: 1306MW
๐ Enough to power over 1.2m homes
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ ยฃ6.5m in community benefits
๐ทโโ๏ธ Up to 10,000 jobs supported (+ solar & tidal projects)
๐บ๏ธ 21 projects in Scotland, 5 in Wales, 2 in England
๐ณ CO2 saved: 1.46 million tonnes of COโ per year
Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime show
RenewableUK's Director of Delivery Scott Young FIEP comments on the Governmentโs announcement of reforms to the Clean Industry Bonus which will create a pooled skills fund supported by the UK wind industry, and the introduction of a Fair Work Charter in our latest press release below:
Got horrible flash backs to Scottish primary school PE at Christmas doing Ceilidh's ๐โโ๏ธ
#sroffshore26 #kelvingrovemusseum #ScottishFear
Felt very pretty and Scottish at special Burns Supper night at the very pretty and Scottish Kelvingrove Art hosted by the also very pretty and Scottish Hebridien Baker Coinneash MacLeod ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Survived my first conference of the year at Scottish Renewables Offshore Wind Conference 2026 at the SECC ๐บ
Join the RenewableUK, @renewableni.bsky.social and EnergyPulse team @windpowerdave.bsky.social, Bethany Kilmartin, Samin Hoque, Laoiseach Scullion, Celestia G, Juliet Shrimpton and Madeleine Clarke for day 2 at stand D15 ๐
RenewableUK kicked off the first conference of the year in a windy Glasgow for Scottish Renewables Offshore Wind Conference 2026 meeting with members and key stakeholders from the sector in Scotland, ๐
