EWEA Urges for Power Market Overhaul
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and a group of other industry associations from different sectors have called for reforms within European electricity market. The group of associations is...
View ArticleHawaiian Utilities Aim For 800MW Offshore Wind Capacity by 2045
Hawaii could have up to 800MW of installed offshore wind capacity by 2045, helping this US island state source all of its energy from renewable resources in the next thirty tears, the Hawaiian Electric...
View ArticleBurbo Bank Extension Nears Offshore Construction Phase
Offshore construction phase at the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm is scheduled to start in June 2016, DONG Energy said in a community newsletter. The installation of the export cable,...
View ArticleDONG Energy Preparing for Race Bank’s Cable Connection
Works on connecting Race Bank wind farm’s offshore cables to the ones on land at a landfall site north of Sutton Bridge should start this month, DONG Energy reported in its project newsletter. Landfall...
View ArticleCape Wind Denied Subsea Cable Permit Extension
Cape Wind Associates will not get a two-year extension on its permits for two underwater power lines in Nantucket Sound, the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board decided on Wednesday. The final...
View ArticleBurbo Bank Extension OFTO Tender Kicks Off
Ofgem has launched a tender to enable prospective bidders to compete to own the transmission assets of the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension wind farm in the Bay of Liverpool. The Offshore Transmission Owner...
View ArticleNew Consortium Ensuring German Energy Transition
A consortium behind a project called “ENSURE – New Energy Network Structures for the Energy Transition” has been selected by German federal government as one of four Copernicus projects. The...
View ArticleHorns Rev C Substation to Start Taking Shape Next Week
The jacket construction and the topside built for the Horns Rev C offshore substation have reached the Port of Esbjerg, from where the pieces will be shipped to the installation site some 20 kilometers...
View ArticleEuro Initiative Sets Aside EUR 20 Million for Smart Grids Projects
ERA-Net Smart Grids Plus, an initiative of funding programmes from 21 European countries and regions, will open the second call for proposals for European transnational projects on smart grids on 18...
View ArticleUK Locals to Have Their Say on Viking Link Interconnector
National Grid Viking Link Ltd (NGVL) will be inviting Linconshire residents to provide their feedback on proposals for an electricity cable link between Denmark and the UK, with the launch of a...
View ArticleStudy: Offshore Wind a Golden Opportunity for Massachusetts
A Massachusetts energy plan containing a requirement that utilities contract for approximately 2,000 megawatts of offshore wind power by 2030 would position the state as a national leader in offshore...
View ArticleTop News of the Week Apr 4 – 10, 2016
World’s Largest OW Jack-Up Vessel Installs World’s Heaviest Monopile at Veja Mate OWF Offshore construction of the Veja Mate offshore wind farm has started with Seajacks Scylla having installed the...
View ArticleRenewables Thrive in 2015
Renewable generation capacity increased by 152 gigawatts (GW) or 8.3% during 2015, the highest annual growth rate on record, according to new data released by the International Renewable Energy Agency...
View ArticleWind Still Dominant in UK
Wind continued to provide the majority of power from renewable sources in the UK in the first quarter of 2016, with 46% of the electricity generated from renewables coming from the country’s wind...
View ArticleRace to Build Floaters Heating Up in France
Eolfi and CGN European Energy Company have through their joint venture, Eolfi Offshore France, submitted a proposal to ADEME for the construction of a floating wind farm off the island of Groix, the...
View ArticleKOWL Asks For License to Build Kincardine
Kincardine Offshore Windfarm Limited (KOWL) has submitted an application to the Scottish government for a marine license for the proposed Kincardine floating wind farm. KOWL, a joint venture company...
View ArticleBlock Island Subsea Cable Reaches Rhode Island
A 20-mile long, 34.5kV submarine cable for the first US offshore wind farm arrived last weekend from South Korea to Quonset Point, Rhode Island. This custom-designed transmission cable, developed by...
View ArticleDucks Keep Offshore Wind Away from Sejerø Bugt
Danish authorities have decided that the Sejerø Bugt site is off limits to nearshore wind developers and that the deadline for submitting final bids for other five sites is now pushed to 1 September,...
View ArticleKriegers Flak Gets Onshore Construction Permit
The Danish Nature Agency (Naturstyrelsen), part of the country’s Ministry of Environment and Food, has cleared Energinet.dk to start land works on the link that will transport energy generated by the...
View ArticleTenneT Updates Switchgear Tender
TenneT TSO has issued an amended call for tender for switchgears that will allow safe transfer of electricity from five offshore platforms to the company’s high voltage grid in the Netherlands. In the...
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