Utility Scottish and Southern Renewables has agreed to take a stake in a new Irish onshore wind farm.

Energy Minister Charles Hendry has given a broad hint that the much talked about Severn Barrage could be dead in the water.

British energy minister Charles Hendry will outline how the UK aims to become a world “superpower” in wind energy when he speaks at a major international oil conference in Norway later this week.

Scottish based AWS Ocean Energy has been another of the beneficiaries of development cash from the UK's Technology Strategy Board to further marine power generation.

Bristol-based renewable energy firm Marine Current Turbines has captured £250,000 to progress  the design for a new marine generation system.

More than half of the monopile supports for the UK's Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm are now in place.

Belfast's Harland and Wolff Shipyard has been selected to construction a prototype tidal turbine system.

China's Cosco Shipyard is to build a new offshore installation vessel under a US $139 million contract for Denmark's A2SEA.

Siemens has secured UK government grant money to develop a 6 Megawatt wind turbine for use on offshore wind farms.

More finance has been secured by Dong Energy to back to the London Array offshore wind farm which is due to come online in 2012.

The first pile has been installed on the UK's Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm off the coast of Norfolk with a huge twin-hulled ship working on the first structure.

Denmark's Dong Energy says it is going to go ahead and build the Anholt offshore wind farm with a DKK 10 Billion US $1.65 Bn)  investment.

Denmark's Vestas has selected automotive gearbox maker ZF to supply drive trains for wind turbines from the US.

Energy Minister Charles Hendry has unveiled plans for a regional network of offshore marine energy centres in a policy speech.

Energy Minister Charles Hendry has been to the seaside – to Clacton on Sea in Essex to officially open the second phase of the Gunfleet Sands offshore wind farm developed by Dong Energy.

Energy Secretary Chris Huhne is due to see how the power of wind can be harnessed in the heart of the UK capital today when he sees a new turbine installed just for the day to market a week-long celebration of wind power.

Denmark's Dong Energy has signed up to secure further finance for its participation in the London Array offshore wind farm which is due to come onstream in two years time.

Wind energy in Wales has been valued at £158 Bn to the regional economy and the sector could grow by a fifth within just two years according to a prediction made by industry experts.

A new offshore generating system is starting a test programme at the European Marine Energy Centre in the Orkney Islands after being launched by E.ON UK.

For the first time a price has been put on the value of the UK's offshore renewable energy industry with the publication of a major cross-government and industry report which suggests green power could be worth  the equivalent of 1 Bn barrels of oil production per year and billions of pounds in revenue and capital expenditure.

Another type of wave energy converter is in the water in Scotland for a operational test to help prove its commercial viability.

Bristol-based Marine Current Turbines has received a royal seal of approval after Prince Charles took time to visit the company's SeaGen installation near Belfast.

Germany's E.ON has brought onstream a new wind energy plant in southern Portugal with 50 Megawatts of generating capacity.

Scottish and Southern Energy has obtained a green light from the Crown Estate along with RWE npower Renewables to go ahead with the new Galloper offshore wind farm off Suffolk on the UK East Coast .

Italy's Eni along with the US-based  Massachusetts Institute of Technology has opened a new energy research centre focused on solar power.

America has entered the offshore wind energy market with the approval by for the country first wind farm at Cape Cod.

America has entered the offshore wind energy market with the approval by for the country first wind farm at Cape Cod.