CoreMarine and CENER (National Center for Renewable Energies) sign a collaboration agreement whose main objective is to promote engineering services in the marine windpower industry sector. This collaboration articulates a multidisciplinary team for the development of floating wind turbines projects, offering joint services ranging from basic research and engineering wind farm projects to small-scale trials, … Continue reading CoreMarine and CENER will boost floating wind energy
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Historic offshore wind farm turns ten
Located far from the Danish coast and in an area of the North Sea with high waves, the Horns Rev 2 offshore wind farm, the world’s largest of its kind at the time, has been covering the annual power consumption of around 200,000 Danish households with renewable energy for the past decade. When HRH The … Continue reading Historic offshore wind farm turns ten
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Navantia-Windar, selected for the manufacture of 62 jackets for the St. Brieuc wind farm
Ailes Marines SAS (70% owned by Iberdrola) has announced in the port of Brest that they have selected Navantia-Windar as a preferred supplier for the construction of 62 three-legged jackets, destined for the wind turbines of the St. Brieuc wind farm ( France) with an extension of 78 km2 and an electricity generation capacity of … Continue reading Navantia-Windar, selected for the manufacture of 62 jackets for the St. Brieuc wind farm
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Siemens Gamesa reinforces offshore wind energy foothold in Taiwan
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy today held a launch ceremony with local government authorities and wind industry partners in Taiwan for what will be the company’s first offshore nacelle assembly facility outside of Europe. Construction is due to begin in 2020 at the site located in the port of Taichung. This represents an important milestone for … Continue reading Siemens Gamesa reinforces offshore wind energy foothold in Taiwan
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The East Anglia One offshore wind farm has started producing clean electricity
The first of its 102 wind turbines has already supplied electricity to a land substation in the English county of Suffolk. Iberdrola has hooked up the East Anglia One offshore wind farm to the British electricity grid. It is building the facilities in the North Sea, around 50 kilometres from the coast of the county … Continue reading The East Anglia One offshore wind farm has started producing clean electricity
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Iberdrola connects its East Anglia One offshore wind energy farm
Iberdrola has connected to the British power grid the East Anglia One offshore wind farm, which it builds in waters of the North Sea, about 50 kilometers off the coast of the English county of Suffolk, and whose commissioning is scheduled for next year. Specifically, the first of its 102 wind turbines, called WTG E19, … Continue reading Iberdrola connects its East Anglia One offshore wind energy farm
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Taiwan offshore wind farm produces first power
The second phase of Formosa 1 will comprise 20 Siemens Gamesa 6MW offshore wind turbines. 10 of these have now been installed, and six of them have started gradually generating power. When the first of the new wind turbines started generating clean renewable energy, it set a new milestone for Taiwan’s offshore wind industry and … Continue reading Taiwan offshore wind farm produces first power
Continue readingOrsted sees market potential in Korean offshore wind power
Denmark’s state-run energy company Orsted sees high potential in the Korean offshore wind power market, intending to build long-term, sustainable relationships with the Korean government and companies. “Korea has a high potential in the offshore wind power market, given that the nation is a peninsular, possesses numerous sites with superb wind and the government’s strong … Continue reading Orsted sees market potential in Korean offshore wind power
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Germany calls for consensus on wind energy
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Peter Altmaier (CDU) sought to address the crisis currently facing the German wind industry at a wind summit in Berlin on Thursday. “We want to preserve this industry and give it a perspective for the future,” said Altmaier after the summit. In the coming months, Germany’s national and … Continue reading Germany calls for consensus on wind energy
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Falling costs for wind energy and solar power make more projects possible
Investment in new renewable energy is on course to total $2.6 trillion in the years from 2010 through the end of 2019, according to a study by BloombergNEF for the United Nations Environment Program and Frankfurt School’s UNEP Center published Thursday. The boom in the capacity to generate electricity from low-carbon sources gives credibility to … Continue reading Falling costs for wind energy and solar power make more projects possible
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ESVAGT Delivers Deutsche Bucht Service Vessel to MHI Vestas
With construction nearly complete at Deutsch Bucht Offshore Wind Farm in the German Exclusive Economic Zone, MHI Vestas Offshore Wind received the purpose-built ‘ESVAGT Albert Betz’ Service Operation Vessel (SOV) today at a christening ceremony in Eemshaven. “With ‘ESVAGT Albert Betz’, MHI Vestas and ESVAGT have raised the bar once again in the efficient operation … Continue reading ESVAGT Delivers Deutsche Bucht Service Vessel to MHI Vestas
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330 GW of wind energy will be installed from 2019 to 2023
GWEC Market Intelligence releases the updated market outlook concluding that an additional 330GW of wind energy capacity will be installed from 2019 to 2023, an increase of 9GW from its market outlook published in Q1 2019. Main markets driving this volume increase are the US and Chinese onshore markets, which will both experience an installation … Continue reading 330 GW of wind energy will be installed from 2019 to 2023
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Iberdrola sells 40% of its East Anglia One offshore wind farm
Iberdrola has closed the sale of a 40% stake in its large offshore wind farm in the United Kingdom, East Anglia One (EAO), for 1,630 million pounds (about 1.8 billion euros) to the Australian Macquarie group. The sale, which has been made through its British subsidiary ScottishPower Renewables, has been completed once the mandatory authorization … Continue reading Iberdrola sells 40% of its East Anglia One offshore wind farm
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Asia-Pacific will lead the wind turbines for wind energy market
The Asia-Pacific region (APAC) will be the one that will lead the wind turbine market with an annual installation capacity of 33.14 GW by 2023, largely driven by the deployment of offshore wind, according to a new report published by GlobalData . The EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and America regions, with capacities of … Continue reading Asia-Pacific will lead the wind turbines for wind energy market
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US governors urge Trump to unlock Iberdrola’s offshore wind energy project
They defend the value of offshore wind power for the country’s economy, which has been able to attract some of the most sophisticated energy companies to invest in its coasts. The governors of five of the main states of the Eastern United States have urged the Government of Donald Trump to urgently resolve the blocking … Continue reading US governors urge Trump to unlock Iberdrola’s offshore wind energy project
Continue readingCastle Wind signs MoU for floating wind farm
U.S. offshore wind developer Castle Wind has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a local utility in California concerning its proposed 1,000-megawatt floating offshore California wind farm, Kallanish Energy reports. Castle Wind and Monterey Bay Community Power (Mbcp) have signed the MoU indicating their intent to sign a power purchase agreement (PPA) in the … Continue reading Castle Wind signs MoU for floating wind farm
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MHI Vestas Offshore Wind Reaches Milestone at Deutsche Bucht
Wind turbine #31 installed in the North Sea as the company’s second German wind energy project nears completion. MHI Vestas has installed the 31st wind turbine at Northland Power’s 269 MW Deutsche Bucht Offshore Wind Farm, as the final two wind turbines of a pilot project are scheduled for installation at the site later this … Continue reading MHI Vestas Offshore Wind Reaches Milestone at Deutsche Bucht
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Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Offshore Wind Energy
The map shows the predicted mean annual wind speeds at 90-m height presented at a spatial resolution of 200 m. Areas with annual average wind speeds of 7 meters per second (m/s) and greater at 90-m height are generally considered to have a wind resource suitable for offshore development. More information on the characteristics and … Continue reading Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Offshore Wind Energy
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Horns Reef 3 Offshore Wind Farm Inaugurated in Hvide Sande
Executives from Vattenfall and MHI Vestas joined HRH Crown Prince of Denmark and Danish Prime Minister to open the country’s largest offshore wind farm. Horns Reef 3, Denmark’s latest wind energy achievement, was inaugurated at a VIP ceremony with HRH Crown Prince of Denmark officially opening the wind farm, along with Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, … Continue reading Horns Reef 3 Offshore Wind Farm Inaugurated in Hvide Sande
Continue readingDevelopers Bid to Build Wind Farm Off Massachusetts
What do you do when your $3 billion plan to build a wind farm off the U.S. East Coast comes up against a major regulatory setback? Double the size of the project. At least that’s what Vineyard Wind LLC just did. Two weeks ago, the developer of an 800-megawatt offshore wind project near Massachusetts learned … Continue reading Developers Bid to Build Wind Farm Off Massachusetts
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