Energy News – Early August 2024
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Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has applied to expand its wind turbine factory in Hull.
Planning documents show the move would create an additional 40 full-time jobs at the plant at Alexandra Dock. A multi-purpose manufacturing building is proposed along with a small staff welfare building. Hull City Council will decide whether to grant permission for the development.
A multi-billion-pound subsea cable that can shift vast amounts of renewable electricity between Scotland and England has been given the go-ahead by regulators. SSEN Transmission says the energy transfer project is needed to move energy around the grid on days when the wind doesn’t blow, or demand is high.
The two 315-mile (507km) cables will run from Peterhead in Aberdeenshire to Drax in North Yorkshire and will initially work alongside a similar link down the west coast.
It is part of wider moves to modernise and increase capacity on the energy transmission network for the shift away from fossil fuels to tackle climate change. Although the link can carry electricity in both directions, the majority is expected to flow out of Scotland. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clynlkjp5m1o
