Vestas has secured a two-year service agreement from ScottishPower Renewables for five Vestas installed wind power plants in Scotland with a total capacity of 120 MW, which includes 162 units of V47-660 kW and V52-850 kW wind turbines. The service contract extension includes Vestas
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Simon Jenkins’ article on wind turbines (We trash the landscape for the benefit of billionaires, 6 December) suggests a lack of knowledge on the subject. At various points in the article Jenkins claims that wind energy is not green, creates “almost no jobs”, and that it doesn’t matter where wind turbines are sited as they … Continue reading Wind energy works
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Natural Power appointed by Vattenfall as Clashindarroch Wind Farm
Natural Power, the leading renewable energy consultancy, has been appointed by Vattenfall as Ecological Clerk of Works at Clashindarroch Wind Farm in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The 18-turbine development will have an installed capacity of 36.9 MW, generating enough electricity to power over 20,000 homes.1 The Scottish-based consultancy
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Vestas receives 50 MW order for UK offshore wind energy project
Vestas will supply 15 V112-3.3 MW offshore wind turbines for the Kentish Flats Extension off the coast of the UK. Kentish Flats, owned by Vattenfall, was installed by Vestas in 2005. It currently consists of 30 V90-3.0 MW wind turbines, which Vestas services. Vestas will supply 15 V112-3.3 MW offshore turbines for the Kentish Flats … Continue reading Vestas receives 50 MW order for UK offshore wind energy project
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Maersk Training turns the unemployed into offshore wind energy technicians at BostonEnergy
Local unemployed people are benefiting from new Careers in the Offshore Wind industry following their successful completion of a newly developed qualification offered by Maersk Training in Newcastle, designed to help them take advantage of job opportunities in the thriving UK offshore wind energy sector. Following the success of a pilot Diploma course earlier this … Continue reading Maersk Training turns the unemployed into offshore wind energy technicians at BostonEnergy
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DONG Energy acquires UK offshore wind development project Race Bank
DONG Energy has acquired a 100% ownership interest in the UK offshore wind development project Race Bank, from Centrica. The project has a total consented capacity of up to 580 megawatt and is located in the Greater Wash area approximately 27 km off the east coast of England. The purchase price (enterprise value) for the … Continue reading DONG Energy acquires UK offshore wind development project Race Bank
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Isolux Corsán has gained a strong foothold on the U.K. photovoltaic solar energy market with the award of three new contracts for building the Penare, Egmere and Parley solar plants in addition to the project for building the 31.6 MWp Stradishall solar plant located in Suffolk County. This latter project, which will commence operation in … Continue reading Isolux Cors
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ScottishPower Renewables abandons
Following detailed technical and environmental site studies, ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) has confirmed that they will not be taking forward their lease option to develop the Argyll Array Offshore Windfarm in the near future. The company has stated that the project may be viable to reconsider as offshore wind technology develops in the longer term, but … Continue reading ScottishPower Renewables abandons
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Centrica signs agreement to sell Race Bank wind farm project to DONG Energy
Centrica plc has reached an agreement to sell its Race Bank offshore wind farm project to DONG Energy Power (UK) Limited for £50 million. With Centrica having taken the project through the planning and Front End Engineering Design phase, DONG Energy will now take forward the project’s development. Race Bank is situated 27km off the … Continue reading Centrica signs agreement to sell Race Bank wind farm project to DONG Energy
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Vergnet: New partnership to develop UK wind energy projects
Vergnet, manufacturer of medium scale wind turbines, has announced it has joined forces with Wind Turbines as it develops the growing medium wind energy sector. The partnership between Vergnet, which is headquartered in France, and Wind Turbines based in Manchester, was formalised this week with both companies working on a range of GB wind energy … Continue reading Vergnet: New partnership to develop UK wind energy projects
Continue readingUK to change subsidies to boost offshore wind power
The British government plans to reduce support for onshore wind energy and solar energy while giving more backing to offshore wind power, deputy finance minister Danny Alexander said on Wednesday. The government in June announced details of a scheme aimed at making renewable energy more attractive and less risky for investors by guaranteeing a … Continue reading UK to change subsidies to boost offshore wind power
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Roxtec has been chosen to supply four wind power plants
Roxtec has been selected to supply four onshore wind farm projects for ScottishPower Renewables. text message spy software Managing Director Graham O’Hare said the latest agreement reinforces the firm
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New UK Wind Energy Record – Highest Amount of Green Electricity Ever Generated By Wind Power- More Than 6 Gigawatts
National Grid has confirmed that a record-breaking amount of clean electricity was generated by wind power in the UK today – achieving more than 6 gigawatts (over 6,000 megawatts) for the first time. From 2.30 till 3pm, wind power produced an average of 6,004 megawatts (MW), which accounted for 13.5% of the UK’s total electricity … Continue reading New UK Wind Energy Record – Highest Amount of Green Electricity Ever Generated By Wind Power- More Than 6 Gigawatts
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The project’s developer, RWE Innogy, said that it had made the decision because it was ‘not the right time’ for the wind farm to go ahead. Technical challenges within the Bristol Channel Zone are significant, including substantially deeper waters and adverse seabed conditions. Costs to overcome such technical challenges are prohibitive in current market conditions. … Continue reading RWE axes
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Lease agreement secures landmark floating wind farm for UK
The UK’s first floating wind farm is set to be located off the Scottish coast following the announcement that The Crown Estate has granted an agreement for lease to Statoil for the next phase of its Hywind project. The project comprises five, 6 MW floating turbines operating in waters exceeding 100 m in depth at … Continue reading Lease agreement secures landmark floating wind farm for UK
Continue readingUK’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
Continue readingDudgeon 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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Nordex gets Welsh wind farm order
With a contract for nine 2.5 megawatt turbines, Nordex is reinforcing its strong market position in the United Kingdom. research paper writer Project development company Pennant Walters has now ordered five N100/2500 and four N90/2500 wind turbines for the Welsh wind farm
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
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