By Jeremy Williams Three years ago I wrote about a proposal to install an electrolyser in an offshore wind turbine and make hydrogen. It would allow offshore wind farms to produce gas instead of electricity, a fairly radical proposal. It was just an idea at the time, but three years later, something very similar has recently been achieved. The world’s […]
energy Photo credit: RWE. By Anders Lorenzen EDF, the French energy giant known for its nuclear portfolio, has confirmed its decarbonisation commitment by announcing it will construct the largest offshore wind farm in France. Eoliennes en Mer Manche Normandie (EMMN), a company partly owned by EDF Renewables (the renewable energy arm of EDF) and Maples Power, was selected to build […]
A boat is seen on the dry banks of the partially dry Lake Montbel at the foot of the Pyrenees Mountains as France faces a records winter dry spell. Photo credit: Reuters / Sarah Meyssonnier. By Anders Lorenzen At the base of the French side of the iconic Pyrenees mountain chain, a famous and critically important water source, Lake Montbel, […]