Alstom Commissions EnBW Baltic 2 Substation
Alstom has commissioned an AC offshore substation in the wind farm EnBW Baltic 2, Germany’s second offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. The wind farm hosts 80 wind turbines feeding up to 288 MW into...
View ArticleCT Offshore Wins Walney Extension Cable Job
CT Offshore has signed an agreement to install 87 inter-array cables on DONG Energy’s Walney Extension offshore wind farm. “It is a very important contract to sign for CT Offshore. We are proud to be...
View ArticleRenewables Surpass Coal in Great Britain’s 3Q Electricity Generation
Renewables generation in Great Britain saw a 31% surge in the third quarter of 2015 compared to the same period a year earlier, driven in part by a 23% increase in the combined output from both...
View ArticleMMT Wins Kriegers Flak Survey Job
Energinet.dk has awarded a survey job for Kriegers Flak project to MMT. The Swedish company will undertake a geophysical and geotechnical survey of a 26 km long cable route corridor. As part of the...
View ArticleGE Finalizes EUR 9.7 Billion Alstom Power and Grid Deal
U.S. conglomerate General Electric (GE) has completed the EUR 9.7 billion (USD 10.7bn) purchase of Alstom’s power and grid businesses, GE’s largest ever industrial acquisition, following the regulatory...
View ArticleBeatrice Granted Planning Permission for Onshore Works
Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL) has been granted permission to develop the onshore transmission works associated with connecting the development to the electricity network. The detailed planning...
View ArticleStatoil Sets Aside EUR 214 Million for Hywind Scotland Pilot Park
Norwegian energy company Statoil has made the final investment decision to build the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park, the world’s first floating wind farm, offshore Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, after...
View ArticleHighlights of the Month: October 2015
DONG to Build World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm DONG Energy decided to construct the 660MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm, located in the Irish Sea, approximately 19 km off the west coast of...
View ArticleHydro Group’s System to Connect MeyGen Tidal Energy Project
Aberdeen-based Hydro Group has secured a contract with Atlantis Resources to supply connection systems for the MeyGen tidal energy project. More than £50 million has been raised to finance the initial...
View ArticleKentish Flats Extension: 1 Billion Cups of Tea Anyone?
Swedish power company Vattenfall reported that the Kentish Flats Extension has generated enough electricity to power 4,072 houses since the first of fifteen MHI Vestas V112 3.3MW wind turbines...
View ArticleRenewables En Route to Cover Third of Germany’s Energy Needs
The share of renewable energy input into Germany’s gross national energy requirement is set to hit the 33% mark in 2015 if the unpredictable late autumn stats do not throw a spanner in the works,...
View ArticleDONG Picks Van Oord to Install Foundations at Walney Extension
Rotterdam-based dredging and marine contractor Van Oord has reached an agreement with Denmark’s DONG Energy to transport and install the 87 foundations at Walney Extension offshore wind farm in the...
View ArticleWERPO Seeking Cash to Clear Backlog
Wave Electricity Renewable Power Ocean (WERPO) has entered into a new agreement with Sunbelt Israel, part of the Sunbelt Business Network capital group, to secure funding for the outstanding projects....
View ArticleEDF Floats Partnership Idea to GE & Alstom Energy
French energy company EDF sees the recently merged GE and Alstom Energy as the perfect partner for the company’s plan to diversify its energy mix by further expanding into renewable energy sector, GE...
View ArticleCWind Demonstrates Cable-Handling Capabilities
CWind has completed a week of cable team demonstrations at its training facility in Barrow-in-Furness. CWind utilised the Barrow-in-Furness training tower of NWFTC, its training centre, to demonstrate...
View ArticleDeepOcean Finds NEMO
DeepOcean 1 UK Ltd., a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, has been awarded a contract by J-Power Systems Corporation, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd., for the provision of all...
View ArticlePNE Wind Upbeat Despite Posting Q3 Loss
German wind farm project developer PNE Wind AG is optimistic about the future on the account of a well-filled development pipeline for offshore and onshore wind projects, Markus Lesser, the company’s...
View ArticleOWC: Building an Industry without Borders
The central theme of the sixth annual Offshore WIND Conference held last month in Amsterdam was “Building an industry without borders.” According to a study published by the European Commission titled...
View ArticleLast Horns Rev 3 Land Cable Installed
Energinet.dk has installed the last piece of the land cable which will connect the future Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm to the national grid. The 220kV power cable has been installed between Endrup...
View ArticleKentish Flats Extension: A Billion Cups of Tea Anyone?
Swedish power company Vattenfall reported that the Kentish Flats Extension has generated enough electricity to power 7,072 houses since the first of fifteen MHI Vestas V112 3.3MW wind turbines...
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