The just-concluded 18th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party explicitly called for the implementation of a strategy based on establishing a culture focused on conservation. The move restored confidence in the offshore wind power and the green energy industries, two sectors still in their primary stages, and, at the same time, vastly brightened the outlook … Continue reading Three Offshore Wind Power Exhibitions to Take Place in Shanghai in 2014
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UK’s first floating offshore wind farm
The UK’s first floating wind farm is set to be located off the Scottish coast after The Crown Estate granted a lease to Statoil for the next phase of its Hywind project. The project comprises five, 6MW floating turbines operating in waters exceeding 100m in depth at a site in Buchan Deep, approximately 20-30km off … Continue reading UK’s first floating offshore wind farm
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Dudgeon Offshore Wind farm to base O&M activities from Great Yarmouth
Dudgeon Offshore Wind Ltd has decided to go further with Great Yarmouth as the preferred harbour location for the operation and maintenance activities for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm. Operations and maintenance of the wind farm will be performed by technicians taken to site either by smaller vessels on a daily basis or using a … Continue reading Dudgeon Offshore Wind farm to base O&M activities from Great Yarmouth
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Alstom installing world
Alstom has just completed this week-end the at sea installation of its new-generation offshore wind turbine, the 6-MW Haliade™ 150, off Ostend harbour at the Belwind site in Belgium. This is the largest offshore wind turbine ever installed in sea waters. Thanks to its 150-metre rotor (with blades stretching 73.50 metre), the turbine is more … Continue reading Alstom installing world
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Financiers able to invest EUR123 billion in offshore wind energy
The offshore wind industry needs between EUR90 and EUR123 billion by 2020 to meet its 40 GW target. Equity and debt providers are willing to invest but fear regulatory instability. The offshore wind energy sector needs up to EUR123 billion in investment between now and 2020 if it is to meet its target of 40 … Continue reading Financiers able to invest EUR123 billion in offshore wind energy
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Netherlands : Improving monopile installations with Fugro
The offshore wind market is developing rapidly. More wind farms and larger wind turbines are being built, increasing the requirements for verticality, and therefore the need for accurate, efficient and safe verticality monitoring. This in turn has led to the development of Fugro
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Siemens achieves major step in type certification for 6MW Offshore Wind Turbine
Siemens Wind Power has received the Provisional Type Certificate from GL Renewables Certification (GL RC) for its 6 megawatt offshore wind turbine. The Provisional Type Certificate is a milestone towards the final certification of the wind turbine. It attests the conformity of the wind turbine design, manufacturing and testing processes for all safety relevant items … Continue reading Siemens achieves major step in type certification for 6MW Offshore Wind Turbine
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DONG Energy to build Gode Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind farms in Germany
DONG Energy has decided to build the offshore wind farms Gode Wind 1 and 2 in the German part of the North Sea. The construction will represent a total investment of approximately EUR 2.2 billion [DKK 16.4 billion]. who can write an essay for me Gode Wind 1 (330 MW) and 2 (252 MW) will … Continue reading DONG Energy to build Gode Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind farms in Germany
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Suzlon Energy to launch new offshore wind turbine
Wind turbine maker Suzlon Energy today said it will launch a new offshore turbine that will help in yielding more power. “Suzlon Group company Suzlon Energy will unveil its new offshore turbine REpower 6.2M152. With the new offering, the company once again sets standards in the cost-effective generation of offshore wind energy,” the company said … Continue reading Suzlon Energy to launch new offshore wind turbine
Continue readingUnlocking the investment opportunities in offshore wind power
“Is offshore wind worth the money? Markets say yes. Banks say yes.” So said Albert Jochems, Managing Director at Green Giraffe Energy Bankers yesterday during a live webcast on offshore wind energy yesterday afternoon. Other panellists included Michael Hannibal, Head of Siemens Wind Power Offshore and Jacopo Moccia, EWEA’s Head of Political Affairs. Throughout the … Continue reading Unlocking the investment opportunities in offshore wind power
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Wind power on its way to cost reduction
Greater output, less weight, improved production and installation processes – Siemens intends to apply these approaches to reduce the costs of offshore wind power in the coming years. The company is presenting its new 4- and 6-megawatt wind turbines at the EWEA Offshore Trade fair in Frankfurt/Main. At the conference accompanying the trade fair, high-ranking … Continue reading Wind power on its way to cost reduction
Continue readingE.ON sells 80 percent share of R
E.ON, one of the world’s largest investor-owned power and gas companies, has today agreed to sell an 80 percent stake in its 207 megawatt Rödsand II offshore wind farm to the Danish energy company SEAS-NVE. The transaction values the wind farm at DKK 3.5 billion (c. €470 million) on a 100 percent enterprise basis. At … Continue reading E.ON sells 80 percent share of R
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Floating offshore wind turbines could drive Japan
Less than three years after the disaster at a nuclear power plant in Fukushima, a hotly-anticipated floating offshore wind turbine began operating 20 kilometres from the damaged site on Monday. A number of news organisations reported that Yuhei Sato, governor of Fukushima, said that the floating turbine could become a symbol of the region
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Fukushima offshore wind farm successfully powering grid
A wind farm floating 20 km off the coast of Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture, home to the crippled Daiichi nuclear power plant, has successfully started powering turbines to feed energy to the grid, a spokesman for the project’s government-led consortium confirmed Tuesday. The government-funded project, led by Marubeni Corporation, is Japan’s first step towards realizing a … Continue reading Fukushima offshore wind farm successfully powering grid
Continue readingMarubeni announces Fukushima recovery, experimental offshore floating wind farm project
A consortium comprising of Marubeni (project integrator), the University of Tokyo (technical advisor), Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan Marine United, Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Hitachi, Furukawa Electric, Shimizu, and Mizuho Information & Research have been participating in an experimental offshore floating wind farm project sponsored by the Ministry of … Continue reading Marubeni announces Fukushima recovery, experimental offshore floating wind farm project
Continue readingGreen Light given for UK
The development of the UK’s largest offshore wind demonstration site – regarded as a pivotal strand in helping to lower the costs associated with Round 3 offshore wind farms – has received a boost with dual planning consents being given to the construction of the site and the onshore substation. The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) … Continue reading Green Light given for UK
Continue readingJapan starts up offshore wind farm near Fukushima
Japan switched on the first turbine at a wind farm 20 km off the coast of Fukushima today, feeding electricity to the grid tethered to the tsunami-crippled nuclear plant onshore. The wind farm near the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant is to eventually have a generation capacity of 1 gigawatt from 143 turbines, though … Continue reading Japan starts up offshore wind farm near Fukushima
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The G128-5.0 MW Offshore beats power generation record for a wind turbine in Spain
The prototype offshore turbine installed by Gamesa in Arinaga Quay, in Canary Islands, marked record-high power generation for wind turbines in Spain on 2 November when it produced 118.05 MWh of electricity, surpassing the previous record (of 107.82 MWh), similarly achieved by other company
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Taiwan inks deals to promote offshore wind energy
Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs signed agreements with two companies on Monday to build two offshore wind farms by 2015, another step forward in the country’s efforts to develop wind power, according to vice economics minister Woody Duh. The two systems, which have already completed environmental impact assessments, will have installed capacities of at … Continue reading Taiwan inks deals to promote offshore wind energy
Continue readingEU offshore wind industry needs regulatory stability and a post-2020 EU legislative framework
Between € 90 billion and € 123 billion are needed by the European offshore wind energy industry to meet its 2020 target of 40 GW. Yet the main obstacle to development is not the availability of the funding but the regulatory instability freezing the industry, a new report will show. Regulatory stability and a post-2020 … Continue reading EU offshore wind industry needs regulatory stability and a post-2020 EU legislative framework
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