As Vice Chair of the Celtic Sea Developer Alliance, RenewableUK Cymru would like to share this webinar from Marine Energy Wales: 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐝: 𝐀𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐊 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭’𝐬 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐬 🌊 www.tickettailor.com/events/marin...

Welsh AR7a Onshore Wind Results, 5 onshore wind farms in Wales!🚨.

RenewableUK@renewableuk.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🚨 UK AR7 Onshore Wind Results Are In 🚨 The results of the Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 7 (AR7) mark an important step forward for onshore wind in the UK, reinforcing its role as one of the fastest-to-deploy and lowest-cost sources of new generation.

🚨 UK AR7 Onshore Wind Results Are In 🚨 The results of the Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 7 (AR7) mark an important step forward for onshore wind in the UK, reinforcing its role as one of the fastest-to-deploy and lowest-cost sources of new generation.

Head of Policy @stevenagnew.bsky.social comments on the announcement by the Government and Great British Energy of the Local Power Plan which will help communities to develop their own renewable energy projects in our latest press release ⚡️🏠👇

🚨 Record onshore wind win for Wales 🚨 Wales has just secured its strongest onshore wind auction result in almost a decade - with five projects, 185MW of clean power, and a clear signal that the sector is back in motion.

A7R Onshore wind results published 💵 Strike price: £72.24 ⚡ Capacity: 1306MW 🏠 Enough to power over 1.2m homes 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 £6.5m in community benefits 👷‍♀️ Up to 10,000 jobs supported (+ solar & tidal projects) 🗺️ 21 projects in Scotland, 5 in Wales, 2 in England 🌳 CO2 saved: 1.46 million tonnes of CO₂ per year

RenewableUK@renewableuk.bsky.social · 6mo ago

This morning, 28 onshore wind projects with a total capacity of 1,306MW were awarded a CfDs in Allocation Round 7 at a strike price of £72.24 per (MWh). Onshore wind is much more cost-effective for billpayers than new generation from gas at £147/MWh and new nuclear power at £124/MWh ⚡ 📉

🚨 UK AR7 Onshore Wind Results Are In 🚨 The results of the Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 7 (AR7) mark an important step forward for onshore wind in the UK, reinforcing its role as one of the fastest-to-deploy and lowest-cost sources of new generation.

This morning, 28 onshore wind projects with a total capacity of 1,306MW were awarded a CfDs in Allocation Round 7 at a strike price of £72.24 per (MWh). Onshore wind is much more cost-effective for billpayers than new generation from gas at £147/MWh and new nuclear power at £124/MWh ⚡ 📉

RenewableUK's Director of Delivery Scott Young FIEP comments on the Government’s 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:

The RenewableUK team celebrated Scottish style last night at the prestigious Scottish Renewables Burn's Supper in the stunning Kelvin Hall Art Gallery with keeper of the Haggis RenewableUK Board member Susie Lind 🍸

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, 📅

Storm Chandra is blowing the January cobwebs off in Glasgow as I get ready for the first of many conferences of the year at Scottish Renewables Offshore Wind Conference and Burns Supper 2026

Wholesale gas prices reach 11-month high @jessralston.bsky.social: "Renewables are limiting electricity price increases in the UK, which have traditionally been tied to gas - last year wind reduced the day-ahead wholesale electricity price by around a third." eciu.net/media/press...

This morning the Energy Secretary signed a historic clean energy security pact between the UK Government and other European countries, known as the Hamburg Declaration, which will deliver major new offshore wind projects in shared waters✍ www.gov.uk/government/n...

UK is set to back a vast new fleet of offshore wind projects in North Sea alongside 8 other European countries inc Norway, Germany & the Netherlands Government: deal will strengthen energy security by offering an escape from "fossil fuel rollercoaster" www.bbc.co.uk/news/articl...

UK to join major wind farm project with eight European countries

For the first time, the new wind farms will be connected to more than one country through undersea cables.

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Wishing our Scottish members, friends and followers a happy #BurnsNight, the RenewableUK team will be attending our sister organisation Scottish Renewables Offshore Wind Conference 2026 in #Glasgow to celebrate Burns Supper in style, Slainte 🥂 #burnsnight #Scotland #glasgow #offshorewind

Earlier this week the Government launched the Warm Homes Plan, which will deliver £15 billion of public investment via upgrades to up to 5 million homes, potentially saving bill papers hundreds on energy bills & lift as many as a million families out of fuel poverty by 2030 📰 gov.uk/government/n...

🎉𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐔𝐊 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 We're delighted to see two Welsh projects succeed in this year's highly competitive offshore wind auction, unlocking £2.6bn of investment and enough clean power for almost one million homes.

𝟴.𝟰𝟰 𝗚𝗪 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗥𝟳, 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 ~£𝟮𝟱.𝟮𝗯𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗫 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 – 2 projects, 𝟭𝟵𝟮.𝟱 𝗠𝗪, 216.49 £/MWh (2024) Erebus (100 MW), Pentland (92.5 MW)

Adam Morrison, Industry Co-Chair of the Offshore Wind Industry Council and OW Ocean Winds UK Country Manager alongside Andrew Elmes, Supply Chain Vice-Chair of OWIC and Head of Government Affairs for Siemens Energy comment on the results of Allocation Round 7 announced by the Government today 👇

𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧’𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 In the latest Government-backed auction for vital new clean power projects (AR7), the UK has secured a record amount of new offshore wind capacity of 8.4 GW⚡ 💪

⚡ Breakthrough moment for UK’s energy independence Today's AR7 secured a record 8.4GW of offshore wind capacity at a strike price of around £91/MWh (2024 prices) Offshore wind ⬇️ wholesale power price by approx 1/3 in 2025 by squeezing out gas generation eciu.net/media/press...

"Offshore wind is still one of the best deals for consumers" Ana Musat of Renewable UK explains why in 1 minute. Wholesale prices for new: 🏭 gas: over £100/MWhr ☢️ nuclear: around £128/MWhr 🌬️ wind: around £86/MWhr (below £94/MWhr they save money off bills, above are cost-neutral for billpayers)

Excellent news @renewableuk.bsky.social @windeurope.bsky.social @greenlibdems.org.uk www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Record year for wind and solar electricity in Great Britain in 2025

Wind, solar and other renewables hit a new high last year but the government is still some way off its clean power target.

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Wishing our friends, followers and members a Happy New Year for 2025, a special year for the renewables industry as we celebrated 25 years of offshore wind in the UK🎂 🎆 👇 📽️ youtube.com/watch?v=wGoo... See you all again soon for a jam packed events programme in 2026! 👋 📅 renewableuk.com/events/

25 Years of offshore wind anniversary

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We wish all our members and followers a Happy New Year 2025, Blwyddyn Newydd Dda before we return for an important year for Welsh politics in 2026 Watch the Cymru team at this years EV Wales Rally 🏎️🔌 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yecu... #RenewableEnergy #Wales #Cymru #NewYear2025 #BlwyddynNewyddDda

Wales Is Going Electric — Can Our Grid Keep Up?

YouTube video by RenewableUK Cymru

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As @renewableuk.bsky.social look on to 2026 and the all-important AR7 auction in January with our final blog of the year, a deep dive explaining CfDs and Allocation Rounds in "𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐟𝐃𝐬? by Nick Hibberd and Sam Sheppard 🔍 👉 renewableuk.com/news-and-res...

RenewableUK@renewableuk.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Annual clean power auctions, known as Allocation Rounds, are the primary way the Government unlocks investment in new offshore & onshore wind, solar & tidal energy projects. Successful projects are awarded Contracts for Difference (CfDs) to generate clean power www.renewableuk.com/news-and-res...

RenewableUK's London offices will be closed from Monday 22 December until Monday 5 January 📅 We would like to to thank our members for your support throughout 2025, a year of amazing achievements outlined in our 2025 annual review: 👉 www.renewableuk.com/news-and-res...

Annual clean power auctions, known as Allocation Rounds, are the primary way the Government unlocks investment in new offshore & onshore wind, solar & tidal energy projects. Successful projects are awarded Contracts for Difference (CfDs) to generate clean power www.renewableuk.com/news-and-res...

🏠 Read RenewableUK's Head of Policy @stevenagnew.bsky.social comments on the Royal Assent of the Planning and Infrastructure Act by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government in our latest press release below 👇