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Scotsman
13-06-2025
- Business
- Scotsman
We must put pragmatism before polarisation to build offshore wind industry
Sign up to our Scotsman Money newsletter, covering all you need to know to help manage your money. Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... In 1975, millions of tonnes of rock were blasted out of a mountainside at Kishorn, a remote site on the west Highland coast. The purpose was to create a dry dock for the construction of drilling platforms as the world's oil and gas giants raced to tap an emerging North Sea hydrocarbons boom. One of them, Ninian Central, was the largest movable object ever created when Chevron towed the vast concrete structure out to a site off Shetland. Half a century later, the US energy company is winding down Ninian and other platforms as it quits the North Sea. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Now Kishorn Port is being reinvented as a manufacturing hub for offshore wind, leveraging its status as one of the largest dry docks in Europe. Highlands and Islands Enterprise last month pledged £24 million for expansion that would allow assembly of floating offshore wind platforms. Kishorn is emblematic of Scotland's attempt to harness the job-creation opportunities presented by the energy transition. Ed Miliband, energy secretary, is looking to Scotland to deliver the lion's share of the UK's target for 50 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind as part of a 'Clean Power 2030' plan. Back in the day, Kishorn employed 3,000 people. The hope is that if enough business can be won making concrete offshore wind foundations and other components, half that number could be working at the site eventually. Yet the big unknown for Scotland's energy workforce is whether such work will come in the volume needed to create enough green jobs to make up for an anticipated decline in employment as the North Sea basin comes to the end of its life. It's a situation faced not only by other ports across Scotland – Ardesier in the Moray Firth, Nigg in the Cromarty Firth - but Scotland's entire offshore wind industry. This includes developers in ScotWind, a mostly North Sea portfolio of 20 wind farms that are supposed to deliver 30GW of the UK's target. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The warning lights are already flashing. Last month, Aberdeen-based Robert Gordon University (RGU)'s Energy Transition Institute forecast that depending on how three scenarios play out, the direct and indirect UK oil and gas workforce could lose about 400 jobs every fortnight for the next five years – a 'Grangemouth effect', given this is the same number being let go with the refinery's closure. This matters because around 90 per cent of the UK oil and gas workforce is deployed in the supply chain, such as engineering and maritime services – precisely the feedstock of transferrable skills that offshore wind developers and ports need to build and maintain wind farms. The RGU reckons that close to £210 billion would need to be spent on offshore wind to meet the UK government's 2030 target. Yet only a fraction of this is currently approved for spending by ScotWind developers. Arguably the main barrier to progress is lack of clarity on connections to the grid, which must urgently be upgraded. The issue was brought into stark relief this week when the UK's National Energy System Operator said Scotland's 'constrained' network meant it had been forced to pay operators to disconnect wind farms at record levels. So far, so discouraging. The situation is made worse by the fact that 60 per cent of ScotWind is for floating wind farms designed for waters too deep for platforms fixed to the ocean floor. This is commercially unproven technology, on which Miliband's 2030 target heavily depends. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Moreover, banks and insurers are not yet sufficiently confident in the technology to commit to the scale of what's envisaged. Some ScotWind projects involve more than 200 wind turbines standing almost as tall as the Eiffel Tower. Three things need to happen to fix this. First, the UK government needs to bring forward a consultation due by 2030 on replacing the Energy Profits Levy (EPL), or 'windfall tax', with a more flexible mechanism would tax operators more fairly and at a time of unusually high prices. Gail Anderson, research director at energy consultants Wood Mackenzie, says this would incentivise companies to stay in the North Sea in the crucial next five years, preserving jobs. 'There's an upside case here but the government needs to act quickly,' she says. Second, floating wind urgently needs a pipeline of demonstrator projects that are fast-tracked, tested and a commercial case proven for them become bankable as quickly as possible. Only one commercial scale floating wind farm so far exists in the UK: Green Volt, a 560-megawatt floating wind farm planned by Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn. The good news is that GB Energy, the state-owned company whose £8.3bn in government funding was confirmed in this week's Spending Review, will focus its firepower on nascent technologies such as floating offshore wind. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'We want to be a market-maker for these new technologies,' its chairman, Juergen Maier, told a Glasgow conference last month. An extra £300m handed to GB Energy in the Spending Review for offshore wind should help. Finally, it's time to act on a recommendation in a jobs and innovation report out last week from Gordon Brown's think-tank, Our Scottish Future. It urges setting out a single, clearly defined Scottish industrial strategy, jointly owned by the UK and Scottish government and regional partnerships, proposing a series of 'big bets on a handful of strategic clusters', such as offshore wind.
ITV News
09-06-2025
- Business
- ITV News
Plans for huge solar farm will 'spoil views of Malvern Hills', residents say
Plans for a 271-acre solar farm in Worcestershire will 'ruin views of the Malvern Hills ', according to concerned residents. The proposed development would span countryside near Powick and would be spread over chunks of land around the main A road in the area, the A449. If it gets the go ahead, the solar farm will cover an area equivalent to around 170 football pitches. It is understood by ITV News that three different farmers would be required to lease their land to the company behind the proposals for it to be feasible. Concerned locals from Preserve Powick Landscape and Nature (PPLAN) say the plans will destroy the landscape, be damaging for wildlife and increase fire risk. They say they are also worried about the increase in traffic and noise pollution in the area. Pictures from SWNS The group has put up signs around the site and recently they marched through the affected fields in an attempt to halt the proposals. Speaking to ITV News Central, campaigner Andrea Trickett-Born said: "It's habitat loss, it's views to and from our beautiful Malvern Hills. It's the road works on the A449 which is a single carriage way road, which are going to take place for seven months plus. "But mainly, our beautiful countryside and losing this beautiful vista. If Covid has taught us anything it is to preserve our green spaces." Meanwhile, Jo Loader said hundreds of thousands of people visit the Malvern Hills each year and they want to protect the area for everyone to be able to enjoy for years to come. "We want to preserve the views, they are really special", she added. RWE Renewables UK Solar & Storage Ltd, the company behind the plans, said: "Providing a sustainable, secure home-grown source of clean electricity is essential to the UK's power security and to helping meet the Government's Clean Power 2030 targets - solar power is low cost, easy and quick to deploy while the land can be returned to its original agricultural use at the end of the project's lifecycle. "We appreciate there will be contrary opinions, and as such engagement and opportunity to encourage and listen to feedback is a cornerstone of RWE's approach to any project, including at Chapel Hill Solar Farm. The project equally has its support – during consultation in the Autumn of 2023 over 54% of feedback respondents stated that they supported the proposal for Chapel Hill Solar Farm. "Feedback as a whole has been positive, with a widespread recognition of the need for renewable energy to help tackle climate change, the ecological crisis and the UK's energy security." It added: "The batteries we propose to use are lithium-ion batteries which are exactly the same as in your mobile phone. It is safe technology. The batteries we propose to use already have significant safety measures built into them, in line with national fire chief battery guidance, that help prevent the risk of fire in the first place." A decision on whether plans will move forward is expected in the autumn.
Business Wire
03-06-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
UK: TotalEnergies Acquires a Pipeline of Solar and Battery Projects
PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- TotalEnergies (Paris:TTE) (LSE:TTE) (NYSE:TTE) announces the acquisition from Low Carbon, a leading renewable energy company, of a pipeline of 8 solar projects with a capacity of 350 MW and 2 battery storage projects with a capacity of 85 MW. As the solar projects are at an advanced stage of development, the target is that they could be operational by 2028. They will produce more than 350 GWh/year of renewable electricity, equivalent to the electricity consumption of around 100,000 UK households. 'We are very pleased with the acquisition of this pipeline from the renewable developer Low Carbon. The acquisition of these solar and battery projects located in the south of England will complement our integrated electricity portfolio in the UK, which includes 1.1 GW of gross installed offshore wind, 1.3 GW of gross combined cycle gas turbine, and more than 600 MW of solar projects under development', said Olivier Jouny, SVP renewables at TotalEnergies. Roy Bedlow, Chief Executive and Founder at Low Carbon, added: 'We are very pleased to have finalised this agreement with TotalEnergies, who are making an impressive commitment to building renewable infrastructure and sees Low Carbon deliver one of the largest ready-to-build portfolios of solar and battery projects in the UK market. Once built, these projects will make a vital contribution to the Government's Clean Power 2030 ambition and reinforce Low Carbon's track record for developing renewable assets of the highest quality, while supporting the build out of the rest of our renewables pipeline as we continue to scale as an independent power producer.' *** TotalEnergies in the UK TotalEnergies has been present in the UK for more than 60 years, employing more than 1,800 people across the energy value chain. The Company is one of the country's leading oil and gas operators, operating around 27% of the UK Continental Shelf's gas production, with average daily equity production of 121,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) in 2024. TotalEnergies is deploying its Integrated Power strategy in the UK, which combines renewable power production and flexible power generation capacities. Its renewable portfolio in the country includes 1.1 GW of gross installed capacity (Seagreen offshore wind farm) and 4.5 GW under development, in both offshore wind and solar projects. TotalEnergies also holds a 50% stake in a 1.3 GW combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) operated in partnership with EPUKI. TotalEnergies is one of the UK's largest suppliers of gas and electricity to businesses and the public sector, offers electric vehicle charging solutions and markets petroleum products including lubricants, aviation fuel, bitumen and specialty fluids. TotalEnergies and electricity TotalEnergies is building a competitive portfolio that combines renewables (solar, onshore wind, offshore wind) and flexible assets (CCGT, storage) to deliver clean firm power to its customers. As of the end of March 2025, TotalEnergies has 28 GW of installed gross renewable electricity generation capacity and aims to reach 35 GW by the end of 2025, and more than 100 TWh of net electricity production by 2030. About TotalEnergies TotalEnergies is a global integrated energy company that produces and markets energies: oil and biofuels, natural gas, biogas and low-carbon hydrogen, renewables and electricity. Our more than 100,000 employees are committed to provide as many people as possible with energy that is more reliable, more affordable and more sustainable. Active in about 120 countries, TotalEnergies places sustainability at the heart of its strategy, its projects and its operations. About Low Carbon Low Carbon creates large-scale renewable energy to fight climate change. We're building a net-zero energy company that will protect the planet for future generations. This defining purpose drives us to deliver for our communities, investors, and the environment. We are a long-standing certified B-Corporation and recognised as a gold standard for our environmental impact. We invest in, develop, and operate solar, wind, energy storage, and energy from waste projects across the UK, Europe, and North America. We're contributing to the world's move to 100% renewable energy by creating and operating 20 GW of new capacity. We have more than 16 GW of new renewables in development right now across the globe. TotalEnergies Contacts Media Relations: +33 (0)1 47 44 46 99 l presse@ l @TotalEnergiesPR Investor Relations: +33 (0)1 47 44 46 46 l ir@ Low Carbon Contacts Media Relations: +44 (0) 789 614 0920 @TotalEnergies TotalEnergies TotalEnergies TotalEnergies Cautionary Note The terms 'TotalEnergies', 'TotalEnergies company' or 'Company' in this document are used to designate TotalEnergies SE and the consolidated entities that are directly or indirectly controlled by TotalEnergies SE. Likewise, the words 'we', 'us' and 'our' may also be used to refer to these entities or to their employees. The entities in which TotalEnergies SE directly or indirectly owns a shareholding are separate legal entities. This document may contain forward-looking information and statements that are based on a number of economic data and assumptions made in a given economic, competitive and regulatory environment. They may prove to be inaccurate in the future and are subject to a number of risk factors. Neither TotalEnergies SE nor any of its subsidiaries assumes any obligation to update publicly any forward-looking information or statement, objectives or trends contained in this document whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Information concerning risk factors, that may affect TotalEnergies' financial results or activities is provided in the most recent Universal Registration Document, the French-language version of which is filed by TotalEnergies SE with the French securities regulator Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), and in the Form 20-F filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Associated Press
03-06-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
UK: TotalEnergies Acquires a Pipeline of Solar and Battery Projects
PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 3, 2025-- TotalEnergies (Paris:TTE) (LSE:TTE) (NYSE:TTE) announces the acquisition from Low Carbon, a leading renewable energy company, of a pipeline of 8 solar projects with a capacity of 350 MW and 2 battery storage projects with a capacity of 85 MW. As the solar projects are at an advanced stage of development, the target is that they could be operational by 2028. They will produce more than 350 GWh/year of renewable electricity, equivalent to the electricity consumption of around 100,000 UK households. 'We are very pleased with the acquisition of this pipeline from the renewable developer Low Carbon. The acquisition of these solar and battery projects located in the south of England will complement our integrated electricity portfolio in the UK, which includes 1.1 GW of gross installed offshore wind, 1.3 GW of gross combined cycle gas turbine, and more than 600 MW of solar projects under development', said Olivier Jouny, SVP renewables at TotalEnergies. Roy Bedlow, Chief Executive and Founder at Low Carbon, added: 'We are very pleased to have finalised this agreement with TotalEnergies, who are making an impressive commitment to building renewable infrastructure and sees Low Carbon deliver one of the largest ready-to-build portfolios of solar and battery projects in the UK market. Once built, these projects will make a vital contribution to the Government's Clean Power 2030 ambition and reinforce Low Carbon's track record for developing renewable assets of the highest quality, while supporting the build out of the rest of our renewables pipeline as we continue to scale as an independent power producer.' *** The Company is one of the country's leading oil and gas operators, operating around 27% of the UK Continental Shelf's gas production, with average daily equity production of 121,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) in 2024. TotalEnergies is deploying its Integrated Power strategy in the UK, which combines renewable power production and flexible power generation capacities. Its renewable portfolio in the country includes 1.1 GW of gross installed capacity (Seagreen offshore wind farm) and 4.5 GW under development, in both offshore wind and solar projects. TotalEnergies also holds a 50% stake in a 1.3 GW combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) operated in partnership with EPUKI. TotalEnergies is one of the UK's largest suppliers of gas and electricity to businesses and the public sector, offers electric vehicle charging solutions and markets petroleum products including lubricants, aviation fuel, bitumen and specialty fluids. As of the end of March 2025, TotalEnergies has 28 GW of installed gross renewable electricity generation capacity and aims to reach 35 GW by the end of 2025, and more than 100 TWh of net electricity production by 2030. @TotalEnergiesTotalEnergiesTotalEnergiesTotalEnergies We invest in, develop, and operate solar, wind, energy storage, and energy from waste projects across the UK, Europe, and North America. We're contributing to the world's move to 100% renewable energy by creating and operating 20 GW of new capacity. We have more than 16 GW of new renewables in development right now across the globe. View source version on CONTACT: TotalEnergies Contacts Media Relations: +33 (0)1 47 44 46 99 [email protected]@TotalEnergiesPR Investor Relations: +33 (0)1 47 44 46 46 [email protected] Carbon Contacts Media Relations: +44 (0) 789 614 [email protected] KEYWORD: NORTH AMERICA FRANCE UNITED STATES UNITED KINGDOM EUROPE INDUSTRY KEYWORD: ALTERNATIVE ENERGY ENERGY OTHER ENERGY OIL/GAS SOURCE: TotalEnergies SE Copyright Business Wire 2025. PUB: 06/03/2025 06:05 AM/DISC: 06/03/2025 06:03 AM
Yahoo
03-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
UK: TotalEnergies Acquires a Pipeline of Solar and Battery Projects
The pipeline is made of 350 MW of solar projects and 85 MW of battery projects They could be operational by 2028 and generate electricity equivalent to the consumption of 100,000 UK households PARIS, June 03, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TotalEnergies (Paris:TTE) (LSE:TTE) (NYSE:TTE) announces the acquisition from Low Carbon, a leading renewable energy company, of a pipeline of 8 solar projects with a capacity of 350 MW and 2 battery storage projects with a capacity of 85 MW. As the solar projects are at an advanced stage of development, the target is that they could be operational by 2028. They will produce more than 350 GWh/year of renewable electricity, equivalent to the electricity consumption of around 100,000 UK households. "We are very pleased with the acquisition of this pipeline from the renewable developer Low Carbon. The acquisition of these solar and battery projects located in the south of England will complement our integrated electricity portfolio in the UK, which includes 1.1 GW of gross installed offshore wind, 1.3 GW of gross combined cycle gas turbine, and more than 600 MW of solar projects under development", said Olivier Jouny, SVP renewables at TotalEnergies. Roy Bedlow, Chief Executive and Founder at Low Carbon, added: "We are very pleased to have finalised this agreement with TotalEnergies, who are making an impressive commitment to building renewable infrastructure and sees Low Carbon deliver one of the largest ready-to-build portfolios of solar and battery projects in the UK market. Once built, these projects will make a vital contribution to the Government's Clean Power 2030 ambition and reinforce Low Carbon's track record for developing renewable assets of the highest quality, while supporting the build out of the rest of our renewables pipeline as we continue to scale as an independent power producer." *** TotalEnergies in the UKTotalEnergies has been present in the UK for more than 60 years, employing more than 1,800 people across the energy value Company is one of the country's leading oil and gas operators, operating around 27% of the UK Continental Shelf's gas production, with average daily equity production of 121,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) in is deploying its Integrated Power strategy in the UK, which combines renewable power production and flexible power generation capacities. Its renewable portfolio in the country includes 1.1 GW of gross installed capacity (Seagreen offshore wind farm) and 4.5 GW under development, in both offshore wind and solar projects. TotalEnergies also holds a 50% stake in a 1.3 GW combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) operated in partnership with is one of the UK's largest suppliers of gas and electricity to businesses and the public sector, offers electric vehicle charging solutions and markets petroleum products including lubricants, aviation fuel, bitumen and specialty fluids. TotalEnergies and electricityTotalEnergies is building a competitive portfolio that combines renewables (solar, onshore wind, offshore wind) and flexible assets (CCGT, storage) to deliver clean firm power to its of the end of March 2025, TotalEnergies has 28 GW of installed gross renewable electricity generation capacity and aims to reach 35 GW by the end of 2025, and more than 100 TWh of net electricity production by 2030. About TotalEnergiesTotalEnergies is a global integrated energy company that produces and markets energies: oil and biofuels, natural gas, biogas and low-carbon hydrogen, renewables and electricity. Our more than 100,000 employees are committed to provide as many people as possible with energy that is more reliable, more affordable and more sustainable. Active in about 120 countries, TotalEnergies places sustainability at the heart of its strategy, its projects and its operations. @TotalEnergies TotalEnergies TotalEnergies TotalEnergies About Low CarbonLow Carbon creates large-scale renewable energy to fight climate change. We're building a net-zero energy company that will protect the planet for future generations. This defining purpose drives us to deliver for our communities, investors, and the environment. We are a long-standing certified B-Corporation and recognised as a gold standard for our environmental invest in, develop, and operate solar, wind, energy storage, and energy from waste projects across the UK, Europe, and North America. We're contributing to the world's move to 100% renewable energy by creating and operating 20 GW of new capacity. We have more than 16 GW of new renewables in development right now across the Cautionary NoteThe terms "TotalEnergies", "TotalEnergies company" or "Company" in this document are used to designate TotalEnergies SE and the consolidated entities that are directly or indirectly controlled by TotalEnergies SE. Likewise, the words "we", "us" and "our" may also be used to refer to these entities or to their employees. The entities in which TotalEnergies SE directly or indirectly owns a shareholding are separate legal entities. This document may contain forward-looking information and statements that are based on a number of economic data and assumptions made in a given economic, competitive and regulatory environment. They may prove to be inaccurate in the future and are subject to a number of risk factors. Neither TotalEnergies SE nor any of its subsidiaries assumes any obligation to update publicly any forward-looking information or statement, objectives or trends contained in this document whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Information concerning risk factors, that may affect TotalEnergies' financial results or activities is provided in the most recent Universal Registration Document, the French-language version of which is filed by TotalEnergies SE with the French securities regulator Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), and in the Form 20-F filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). View source version on Contacts TotalEnergies Contacts Media Relations: +33 (0)1 47 44 46 99 l presse@ l @TotalEnergiesPR Investor Relations: +33 (0)1 47 44 46 46 l ir@ Low Carbon Contacts Media Relations: +44 (0) 789 614 0920 Sign in to access your portfolio
