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A delegation of Danish companies involved in the offshore wind industry will visit Yorkshire and Humber this week as part of a drive to make the region a multi-billion pound player in offshore wind and energy generation.
The Northern Wind Innovation Programme (NWIP) has announced the names of companies participating in newly formed consortia set to benefit from a share of £3 million, specifically aimed at stimulating innovation and technological developments for the offshore wind industry in the North of England.
Yorkshire Forward has welcomed Ed Miliband’s announcement that Consortium SMartWind has been awarded the contract to develop the Hornsea offshore wind farm zone, located just off the Humber coast, which is one of the largest Round 3 offshore wind farm zones.
Powerfuel Plc’s proposed power plant in Yorkshire is a step closer to winning €180m funding from the European Commission for the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, bringing thousands of jobs to the region.
A £50 million project that will put Yorkshire at the forefront of research into climate change is to be created in the region.
Yorkshire Forward has announced a new business plan which sets out how the Development Agency is responding to the challenges the region faces from the economic downturn and how it is working to ensure that the regional economy is able to respond quickly to the upturn when it comes.Yorkshire Forward has announced a new business plan which sets out how the Development Agency is responding to the challenges the region faces from the economic downturn and how it is working to ensure that the regional economy is able to respond quickly to the upturn when it comes.
The region’s biomass ambition is a step closer thanks to the launch of Future Energy Yorkshire’s (FEY) new £5million Woodfuel Infrastructure Programme to assist woodfuel projects and includes a number of grant schemes for businesses in the biomass supply chain.
Businesses, researchers and investors interested in supporting the emerging energy sector are invited to attend an event which will explore the development and support of new energy technologies on the 16th June 2009 at the AMP Technology Centre near Rotherham.
