Offshore joint venture between Vestas and Mitsubishi has received final approval from the Chinese competition authorities. Consequently, all relevant approvals from both European and Asian competition authorities have now been received and final closing of the joint venture is expected to take place in the beginning of the second quarter of 2014. The Danish … Continue reading Vestas and Mitsubishi offshore wind power joint venture receives approval from competition authorities
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DONG Energy installs first foundation at 210 MW offshore wind farm
The first monopile foundation was installed by GeoSea Innovation, one of the largest installation vessels in the world. The Innovation carried out the first five foundations to the site from the load out port in Aalborg, Denmark. The monopiles – which have a diameter of 6.5 metres and a weight of up to 800 tons … Continue reading DONG Energy installs first foundation at 210 MW offshore wind farm
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Offshore Wind Turbines Can Slow Down Hurricanes, New Study Finds
Hurricanes are destructive, and protecting coastlines with seawalls costs money. What if coastal areas could not only protect themselves from dangerous storms, but also earn back money by generating renewable energy? This may be possible if those seawalls are offshore wind turbines
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Offshore wind turbines can tame hurricanes, study finds
Billions of dollars in U.S. damage from mega-storms Katrina and Sandy might have been avoided with a perhaps surprising device – wind turbines. That’s the finding of a ground-breaking study today that says mammoth offshore wind farms can tame hurricanes rather than be destroyed by them. It says a phalanx of tens of thousands of … Continue reading Offshore wind turbines can tame hurricanes, study finds
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West of Duddon Sands (WoDS), Iberdrola’s first offshore wind farm
Via its British subsidiary ScottishPower Renewables, Iberdrola is making progress on its first major offshore wind power project , the West of Duddon Sands wind farm (WoDS), in the United Kingdom. The company is carrying out this initiative in a joint venture with Danish firm Dong Energy. The first turbines at this offshore wind farm … Continue reading West of Duddon Sands (WoDS), Iberdrola’s first offshore wind farm
Continue readingIberdrola allocates
Focus on offshore wind power, smart grids, clean generation and new technologies and business models. IBERDROLA invested €145 million in the field of Research and Development (R&D) in 2013, a 10% increase on the previous financial year. The company allocated most of this investment to the development of projects involving offshore wind power, smart grids, … Continue reading Iberdrola allocates
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Offshore wind announces AREVA has completed 50% of Trianel Wind farm Borkum
AREVA has successfully installed 20 of the 40 wind turbines at the Trianel Wind park Borkum, located in the German North Sea. Installation of AREVA’s M5000 turbines began in September 2013. Located 45 kilometers off the german coast, the Trianel Windpark Borkum covers an area of 56 km². This park will produce its first megawatt-hour … Continue reading Offshore wind announces AREVA has completed 50% of Trianel Wind farm Borkum
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Mainstream Renewable Power appoints preferred contractors for 450 MW Scottish offshore wind farm
Global wind and solar company, Mainstream Renewable Power, today announces its preferred contractors to carry out construction works and to supply wind turbines for its proposed 450MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm to be located off the coast of Fife in Scotland. The move follows the conclusion of an 18 month pre-qualification exercise. Mainstream … Continue reading Mainstream Renewable Power appoints preferred contractors for 450 MW Scottish offshore wind farm
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First German-built Wind Farm Jack-up: Aeolus
It is a first in the German shipbuilding industry; the Aeolus, the first jack-up vessel for offshore wind farms designed and built in Germany, which was constructed at Sietas Shipyard for the prestigious Dutch marine engineering company Van Oord, has left the shipyard. Having passed through the Este barrage of Hamburg port, the jack-up vessel … Continue reading First German-built Wind Farm Jack-up: Aeolus
Continue readingVestas’ V164- 8.0 MW wind turbine preferred for DONG Energy
DONG Energy has conducted a competitive tender for the supply of wind turbines, where Vestas Wind Systems as a result of the tender has been chosen as the preferred supplier with a proposal to deliver the V164-8.0 MW wind turbine for the Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm. The choice of Vestas is subject to … Continue reading Vestas’ V164- 8.0 MW wind turbine preferred for DONG Energy
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Chinese build-up in offshore wind energy gains momentum
As per a new report by Quartz+Co and MEC Intelligence, the recent developments on policy front, local stakeholder ambitions, and project development indicate a shift towards growth in China’s offshore wind market. However, the local industry is still young and European companies should be ready to take advantage of their experience and the capabilities to … Continue reading Chinese build-up in offshore wind energy gains momentum
Continue readingOffshore wind energy project gets OK from feds
The federal government has given a green light for the West Coast’s first offshore wind energy project to move to the next step, off the coast of Coos Bay. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and Tommy Beaudreau, director of the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, announced Feb. 5 that Principle Power Inc. has received the … Continue reading Offshore wind energy project gets OK from feds
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ABB Cables To Connect 400 MW Offshore Wind Farm With UK Grid
High-voltage power cables to connect Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm with UK national grid. ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $55 million to supply a submarine AC (alternating current) power cable system for a new wind farm, located off the coast of Norfolk. The underwater cables will feed … Continue reading ABB Cables To Connect 400 MW Offshore Wind Farm With UK Grid
Continue readingGermany to expand offshore wind energy capacity fourfold in 2014
Germany will expand its offshore wind power capacity fourfold this year as projects totaling 1.5 gigawatts are expected to begin generating, according to Stiftung Offshore-Windenergie, an industry group. Six wind farms including the 400-megawatt Global Tech I wind farm and EnBW Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg AG (EBK)
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Alstom signed its first export contract with Deepwater Wind in the US to supply the Haliade
Alstom signed a contract to supply 5 offshore wind turbines for Deepwater Wind’s 30-MW Block Island pilot Wind Farm located off the coast of Rhode Island, USA, in the presence of Arnaud Montebourg, French minister of economic recovery; Ernest Moniz, American Minsiter of Energy; Patrick Kron, Alstom CEO and Jeffrey Grybowski, Deepwater CEO. The project, … Continue reading Alstom signed its first export contract with Deepwater Wind in the US to supply the Haliade
Continue readingOregon offshore wind farm project announced
A Seattle company is being given the green light to develop plans to build the West Coast’s first offshore wind energy farm—five floating turbines off Oregon’s Coos Bay, federal and state officials said Wednesday. The 30-megawatt pilot project was announced at a press conference by Gov. John Kitzhaber, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell … Continue reading Oregon offshore wind farm project announced
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Fugro Win Two Offshore Wind Farm Trenching Contracts
Fugro say they have been awarded two contracts to perform cable burial and survey operations at two wind farm sites in the UK. The first contract is for CT Offshore A/S at RWE Innogy’s Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm located in Liverpool Bay off the North Wales coast. The work involves the burial and … Continue reading Fugro Win Two Offshore Wind Farm Trenching Contracts
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DONG Energy divests 50 per cent of its share in London Array 1 offshore wind farm
DONG Energy has today signed an agreement to sell half of its 50 per cent share in the 630 MW offshore wind farm London Array 1 to La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (La Caisse), for a total sum of GBP 644 million (approx. DKK 5,800 million). With this partnership divestment DONG Energy … Continue reading DONG Energy divests 50 per cent of its share in London Array 1 offshore wind farm
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Northland Power tops up majority equity stake in 600 MW North Sea offshore wind farm to 60%
Northland Power Inc. (“Northland”) (TSX:NPI)(TSX:NPI.DB.A)(TSX:NPI.PR.A)(TSX:NPI.PR.C) today announced it has entered into agreements for the rights to acquire Typhoon Offshore B.V.’s 5% interest in Gemini, a 600MW offshore wind project currently in advanced development. Subject to final documentation and the approval of its Board, this would top up Northland’s intended majority equity stake in Gemini to … Continue reading Northland Power tops up majority equity stake in 600 MW North Sea offshore wind farm to 60%
Continue readingIberdrola connects first offshore wind turbines to grid at West of Duddon Sands wind farm
Via its British subsidiary ScottishPower Renewables, IBERDROLA and Danish firm Dong have connected the first wind turbines at the West Of Duddon Sands (WODS) offshore wind farm in the UK to the British national grid. These are the first four offshore turbines to be connected to the grid by IBERDROLA and the first offshore turbines … Continue reading Iberdrola connects first offshore wind turbines to grid at West of Duddon Sands wind farm
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