Wind Turbines

Two Norfolk wind farms are cleared to go ahead and SSE is backing thousands of jobs at Berwick Bank, as the Prime Minister heads to COP31 in Türkiye

ScottishPower’s Hagshaw Hill site in South Lanarkshire has become the first UK wind farm to be fully recycled and reused, a wind turbine recycling milestone the company hopes will help build a domestic industry as a gigawatt of its ageing turbines comes down over the next decade.

Britain’s wind farms generated a record 22.7GW of electricity on a cold November evening, supplying over half the UK’s power mix and enough for 22 million homes, Neso reports.

The new Viking windfarm in Shetland, the UK’s most productive onshore site, begins powering 500,000 homes, highlighting the urgent need for more renewable projects amid concerns over environmental impacts and energy costs.

Octopus Energy CEO Greg Jackson urges lower electricity costs for residents near wind farms, highlighting local benefits and market reforms. New Chancellor Rachel Reeves backs wind farm expansion.

In a revolutionary move set to benefit small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the UK, energy customers are now being offered discounts if they back local wind farms.

No new offshore wind project contracts have been bought by developers at a key government auction, dealing a blow to the UK’s renewable power strategy.

Plans are being developed for an 80-turbine wind farm in the Scottish Borders.

Vulnerable residents in the town of Dalry, North Ayrshire, can now apply for a new £300,000 energy fund aimed at providing heating assistance to those who need it most.