Lloyd’s Register to Keep an Ear to the Ground at Horns Rev 3
Danish transmission system operator Energinet.dk will be working with Lloyd’s Register (LR) on measuring underwater sound propagation for the Horns Rev 3 wind farm substation development. Energinet.dk...
View Article2015 Huge for Wind Power in Scotland
Following a record final month, 2015 proved to be a “huge year” for wind power in Scotland, with wind turbines providing enough electricity to meet the electrical needs of 97% of Scottish households,...
View ArticleClean Energy Investments Reach All-Time High in 2015
Global clean energy investments reached record-breaking USD 329.4 billion in 2015, with the largest projects financed last year being offshore wind arrays in the North Sea and off China’s coast,...
View ArticleMEPs: Offshore Wind Can Turn Northern Seas into Power House of Europe
Twenty Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have signed the “Northern Seas as the Power House of North-Western Europe” Manifesto which sees offshore wind energy as a way to make the Northern Seas...
View ArticleDanish Turbines Extra Busy in Windy 2015
Energy generated by wind turbines covered a record-breaking equivalent of 42.1 per cent of Denmark’s electricity needs in 2015, data gathered by Energinet.dk shows. The last year’s result is a 3 per...
View ArticleEnerginet.dk Orders €33.5M Worth of Components for Kriegers Flak Connection
Energinet.dk has awarded DKK 250 million (approx. EUR 33.5 million) in contracts for the supply of technical components for Kriegers Flak grid connection. The components include transformers, reactors...
View ArticleORCHIDS Project to Improve Subsea Cable Monitoring
Fraunhofer UK, Synaptec and the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) have teamed up to develop a new way to address cable and electrical infrastructure integrity within the marine renewable energy...
View ArticleKIC InnoEnergy Backs Renewable Energy Innovators
KIC InnoEnergy has launched the Call for Innovation Proposals 2016 in their bid to propel new innovations from the sustainable energy field to market. The Call is seeking European businesses –...
View ArticleTop News of the Week Jan 11 – 17, 2016
Statoil to Present Hywind Scotland Project in Peterhead To provide local communities with information about the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park, Statoil will hold a public exhibition on 20 January in...
View ArticleGerman Trailblazer Beats Forecast Annual Yield
Alpha Ventus, Germany’s first offshore wind farm, generated 242.176 gigawatt hours of electricity in 2015, surpassing the forecast yield in its fifth year of operation by 3.1 percent. The power...
View ArticlePlaying Catch-Up Leads Germany to OW Turbine Installation Record
Germany connected 546 offshore wind turbines with a total capacity of 2,282.4 megawatts to the grid in 2015, a record unlikely to be beaten any time soon as it was based on ”the catch-up effects of...
View ArticleDecember Winds Bring Down Power Prices Across Europe
Continental European power prices tumbled again in December as exceptional wind power output combined with mild temperatures and falling demand, according to data released by Platts. European power...
View ArticleAqualis Offshore Lands BorWin Gamma Gig
Offshore marine and engineering consultancy Aqualis Offshore has been contracted by Petrofac to perform technical support services for its work on the BorWin gamma topside that is destined for the...
View ArticleIberdrola Head: Renewables Key to Energy Mix Overhaul
Changes in energy mix are necessary to enable development and integration of mature renewables and meet both a projected 40% increase in the demand for energy until 2040, and the commitments derived...
View ArticleNordergründe Attracts Fresh Cash
Gothaer Leben Renewables GmbH has acquired an equity stake in the 110 MW Nordergründe offshore wind farm, wpd AG, the developer and the future operator of the wind farm said in a statement. Gothaer...
View ArticleNational Grid Kicks Off Block Island OWF Connection Works
National Grid has begun working on the infrastructure that will connect the first American offshore wind farm to the network. The utility, which will own and operate the USD 107 million connection, has...
View ArticleGalloper Wind Farm Fund Up For Grabs
Galloper Wind Farm Ltd, the developer of the 336 MW Galloper Offshore Wind Farm, has invited applications for the Galloper Wind Farm Fund (GWFF). The fund aims to contribute to the appearance, setting,...
View ArticleTrianel Windpark Borkum Phase 2 Cable Laying Tender Out
Oldenburg-based Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum II has invited tenders for the production and turnkey installation of the inner park cabling at the 200 MW Trianel Windpark Borkum (TWB) Phase 2, situated...
View ArticleGerman Government Urged to Secure 900 MW of OW Projects Annually
Government leaders of five German states, the national wind industry representatives, and metal and electrical workers’ associations have released the “Wismar Appeal”, calling for further expansion of...
View ArticlePetrofac and GE to Build Substations for Galloper OWF
Petrofac and GE have won a contract worth over GBP 110 million to engineer, construct and install onshore and offshore electrical substations for the 336 MW Galloper offshore wind farm off the coast of...
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