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The automated vessel designed to transport electricity from offshore wind farms to shore

Renewable Energy World

Japan’s PowerX is developing the world’s first vessel to transport electricity generated by offshore wind farms to shore. The automated “Power Transfer Vessel” aims to support Japan’s goal of increasing offshore wind power generation from 20 megawatts to 10 gigawatts by 2030 and 30-45 GW by 2040.

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£3.4 billion ‘electricity superhighway’ will speed up energy projects delivery, says OFGEM

Envirotec Magazine

Two converter stations, one at each end of the cable, are planned to help feed the electricity transported by the cable into the grid and from there onto consumers. OFGEM said ASTI is designed to speed up the delivery of strategic energy projects, enabling more electricity generated by offshore wind to be delivered to British consumers.

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Wind-powered hydrogen production plant commissioned in Germany

Renewable Energy World

Salzgitter AG, subsidiary Avacon and Linde have announced commissioning of the “Wind Hydrogen Salzgitter – WindH2” project, which will use wind energy to produce hydrogen. million euros from the federal funding for energy efficiency in the economy,” Feicht said.

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Wind-powered cargo ships are the future: Debunking four myths that stand in their way

Renew Economy

Not everyone is convince wind assisted shipping is making a comeback. The post Wind-powered cargo ships are the future: Debunking four myths that stand in their way appeared first on RenewEconomy. But most objections are based on four myths that can be easily debunked.

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Shetland wind power set to reach UK mainland via new HVDC link

Business Green

A major renewable energy infrastructure project is to bring wind power from Shetland to the UK mainland via Europe's first multi-terminal high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) interconnection, the firms behind the development announced yesterday. Major milestone reached for pioneering green grid project.

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New partnership to bring more hydrogen production systems to European market

Hydrogen Fuel News

“Hydrogen is an important piece of the puzzle in the industrial, energy and transport sectors to become CO2 neutral,” commented Mikael Kraft, Head of Factory Automation and Sales at Siemens Digital Industries, in a recent Metacon news release. Metacon and Siemens collab to accelerate manufacturing green H2 in Sweden.

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World behind on almost every policy required to cut carbon emissions, research finds

The Guardian: Energy

Countries are falling behind on almost every policy required to cut greenhouse gas emissions, despite progress on renewable energy and the uptake of electric vehicles. Retire about 240 average-sized coal-fired power plants a year, every year between now and 2030.

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