Severe convective storms generate highly transient and spatially localised wind phenomena, notably downbursts and gust fronts, that impose extreme loads on built infrastructure. Unlike steady synoptic ...

Many transmission structures are tested to failure at full-scale, leading to an improved understanding of capacity compared to most structures. Typically when extreme wind events occur, the maximum ...

(Reuters) - Britain is targeting a vast expansion of its offshore wind resource to meet renewables targets for 2020. Here is a timeline of offshore energy generation in the UK. 1996 - First ...

Scientists in South Africa have conducted full-scale research on the effect of wind load on PV panel mounting rails for more than 100 days. Compared to standard design codes, they found lower combined ...

The UK is expanding its wind energy capacity, particularly offshore, with the approval of the Rampion 2 project. The Rampion 2 expansion will add 1.2 GW of capacity, enough to power around 1 million ...

In what many have deemed a disaster, the UK government’s latest auction for renewable power – an annual attempt to incentivise private sector investment in a range of power sources – has failed to ...

Industry Insights from Reuters Events Energy, a part of Thomson Reuters. The UK government's planning law changes will accelerate offshore wind build but critical energy storage policies are lagging ...

Renewable energy is often pitched as cheaper to produce than fossil fuel energy. To quantify whether this is true, we have been studying the financial impact of expanding wind energy in the UK. Our ...