VSMC client London Array Limited has instructed the company to demobilize following completion of the last remaining part of the project, the shallow water trenching programme. VSMC started working at the wind farm site in 2009. For VSMC, the London Array project consisted of the installation and burial of four export cables and the installation, … Continue reading VSMC completes works at London Array
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DONG Energy announces disposal of transmission assets at London Array, the world’s largest offshore wind farm
London Array, a joint venture owned by DONG Energy (50%), E.ON (30%) and Masdar (20%), today announced that it has signed an agreement for the sale of transmission assets at the world’s largest offshore wind farm to Blue Transmission London Array Limited. The divestment takes place pursuant to the Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) regime. Following … Continue reading DONG Energy announces disposal of transmission assets at London Array, the world’s largest offshore wind farm
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Wind energy in Ethiopia: Second Wind Farm
Built in Tigray Region of Ethiopia, the second wind farm of the country with 120 MW electric generation capacity is set to commence operation. Miskir Negash, spokesperson for the State power utility company Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation, told that 99 percent of Ashegoda Wind farm is completed. The wind power project, which has already been … Continue reading Wind energy in Ethiopia: Second Wind Farm
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600 investors in South Dakota
In this episode of Local Energy Rules, ILSR’s Director of Democratic Energy, John Farrell, speaks to Brian Minish, CEO of South Dakota Wind Partners, about a community wind project that attracted over 600 local investors. The project was the brainchild of four state organizations rooted in rural South Dakota
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China to fund $100m Kazakhstan wind farm
China is set to fund the construction of the Pavlodar Oblast $100m wind farm in Kazakhstan. According to Tengri News, the 50MW plant will be built 100km from Ekibastuz. The local press service of Pavlodar Oblast said a memorandum of understanding between the Pavlodar Social-Entrepreneurship Corporation and vice president of China Development Bank Li Jiping … Continue reading China to fund $100m Kazakhstan wind farm
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U.S. Army picks firms for up to $7 billion in wind energy orders
The U.S. Army has picked 17 companies that will be eligible to receive orders for wind energy under an umbrella contract valued at up to $7 billion, the Pentagon said on Monday. Chicago-based Acciona Energy North America Corp. made the Army’s short list of 17 wind power companies eligible to bid for up to … Continue reading U.S. Army picks firms for up to $7 billion in wind energy orders
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Enel Green Power at Wind Power Forefront in Latin America
Enel Green Power recently won another public wind power tender in Brazil, strengthening its already significant presence in Latin America and showing just how committed it is to green energy development.
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SunEdison, IFC and OPIC Close $212.5M Project Financing arrangement for a 100 MWp Solar Power Plant in Chile
SunEdison, a leading worldwide solar energy services provider today announced the closing of a $212.5 million non-recourse debt financing arrangement with IFC, a member of the World Bank Group and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government’s development finance institution. The debt proceeds will be used to finance the construction of a SunEdison … Continue reading SunEdison, IFC and OPIC Close $212.5M Project Financing arrangement for a 100 MWp Solar Power Plant in Chile
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Wind energy in Italy: Nordex bags 17.5 MW wind farm contract
The Nordex Group has been awarded a contract for the construction of the “Manfredonia” wind farm. The investor is the special purpose vehicle “Eolsiponto Srl”, owned by Capital Riesgo Global SA, a company of Banco Santander, and Alerion Clean Power. The contract marks the first time that power producer Alerion has opted for Nordex turbines. … Continue reading Wind energy in Italy: Nordex bags 17.5 MW wind farm contract
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Most powerful blade in wind energy industry finished
Vestas has produced the first prototype 80 meter blade for the V164-8.0 MW – the world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine – at the R&D centre on the Isle of Wight, UK. The blade will now undergo an extensive testing regime to ensure total reliability. The 80 meter blade is the longest ever produced by … Continue reading Most powerful blade in wind energy industry finished
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Wave Hub applies for floating wind consent
Wave Hub, the offshore renewable energy test facility in Cornwall, has applied for consent to install and operate a floating wind platform demonstrator. The application for both a Section 36 electricity consent and a Marine Licence has been submitted to the UK
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Van Oord orders DP2 cable-laying vessel for wind farm construction
Van Oord has ordered a new cable-laying vessel. The ship will be built at Damen Shipyards’ wharf in Romania and will be completed at the end of 2014. The ship is intended for the installation of electricity cables for offshore wind farms. Van Oord is making preparations for the Gemini wind park project which will … Continue reading Van Oord orders DP2 cable-laying vessel for wind farm construction
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Alstom to supply ECO 122 wind turbines for wind energy project in the South of Brazil
Alstom signed a contract worth around 25 million euros with Enerplan, a power company from the Brazilian group Oleoplan, to supply wind turbines to the Pontal wind project in the South of Brazil. The equipment will be installed in a new wind farm located in Viam
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Wpd Acquires Wind Energy Project in German North Sea
Wpd AG, a German offshore wind-farm developer, bought a North Sea project from Energiekontor AG. (EKT) Wpd will commission the Nordergruende wind farm in 2016, the Bremen-based company said today in an e-mailed statement, without disclosing terms. The project will use 18 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 6 megawatts. The company … Continue reading Wpd Acquires Wind Energy Project in German North Sea
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Solar, Wind Energy Plant to Open in Cameroon
Specialised in renewable energy, the factory will produce solar and wind panels that will generate power, and light bulbs, according to the French investor, Serge Miltcheff just after signing a convention for the training of engineers between his company, Soci
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Stanford scientists calculate the energy required to store wind energy and solar power on the grid
Renewable energy holds the promise of reducing carbon dioxide emissions. But there are times when solar and wind farms generate more electricity than is needed by consumers. Storing that surplus energy in batteries for later use seems like an obvious solution, but a new study from Stanford University suggests that might not always be the … Continue reading Stanford scientists calculate the energy required to store wind energy and solar power on the grid
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290 MW of CSP have been registered for Brazilian energy auction
A total of 10 projects amounting 290 MW of Concentrated Solar Power have been filed with the Brazilian Energy Research Agency (EPE in Portuguese). The large majority of these proposed projects are in the state of Bahia, at 1.75 GW of PV and 240 MW of CSP.
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Offshore wind energy proposal advances in Virginia
Plans for an offshore wind farm moved forward last week as Dominion Virginia Power won the right to lease nearly 113,000 acres off the Virginia coast to generate power with wind turbines. The utility outbid Apex Virginia Offshore Wind in a six-round auction held by the Interior Department, paying $1.6 million for the right to … Continue reading Offshore wind energy proposal advances in Virginia
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Geothermal Energy Projects Skyrocket
According to the “2013 Geothermal Power: Internal Market Overview,” 70 countries are moving forward with nearly 700 projects, rocketing expected global geothermal capacity to reach 12,000MW by the end of 2013. “There are so many projects moving forward that just a year or two ago were ideas on paper,” says Ben Matek, the report’s author. … Continue reading Geothermal Energy Projects Skyrocket
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Pakistan: wind energy programme initiated
Government has initiated an extensive wind energy programme to meet the increasing energy demand and introduce Renewable Energy technologies in the country with an ambitious target of having at least 5 percent of the total power generation of the country that is 9,700 MW through alternative/renewable energy by 2030. Chairman BoI Mohammad Zubair at a … Continue reading Pakistan: wind energy programme initiated
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