The project partners behind the ground-breaking European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) have welcomed the Scottish Government’s decision to approve consent for the project. The cutting-edge project is a demonstration facility for next generation wind turbines and associated technology. With expected capital expenditure of more than £230 million, the EOWDC would prove to be a … Continue reading European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre welcome Scottish Government consent approval
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Japan plans to increase its offshore wind energy to 40 times of the present by 2020
Japan environment minister Nobuko Ishihara said recently that Japan hopes to increase the offshore wind power capacity to more than 1 GW by 2020. This number is 40 times of the present offshore wind power capacity in Japan. Ishihara was inspecting the Japan’s first floating offshore wind power test unit in the waters near Nagasaki … Continue reading Japan plans to increase its offshore wind energy to 40 times of the present by 2020
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Ballast Nedam Signs Contract for Baltic 2 Offshore Wind Farm
Ballast Nedam has signed a contract for the installation of foundations at the German EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm with ARGE BALTIC 2 Foundations, a joint venture between HOCHTIEF Solutions AG, GeoSea N.V. and HOCHTIEF Offshore Crewing GmbH. Ballast Nedam will erect the project’s 39 monopile and transition piece foundations and provide the logistics … Continue reading Ballast Nedam Signs Contract for Baltic 2 Offshore Wind Farm
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Wind Energy update: Foundation costs top list of industry focus points
As organisations across Europe use task forces to drive down the cost of offshore wind energy, Wind Energy Update [WEU] reveals the importance foundations has to the overall levelised cost of energy [LCOE]. In a recent survey conducted by WEU, five sub areas of wind power plant installation were selected for cost reduction. The sub … Continue reading Wind Energy update: Foundation costs top list of industry focus points
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Scottish government approves offshore wind farm opposed by Donald Trump
The Scottish government has approved an offshore wind power project that has drawn the ire of Donald Trump, who owns a luxury golf resort nearby. The American tycoon said Tuesday he would bring a lawsuit to stop the 230 million-pound ($349 million) development, which consists of 11 wind turbines planned off the coast near Aberdeen … Continue reading Scottish government approves offshore wind farm opposed by Donald Trump
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Estonia plans to build one of the world’s largest offshore wind energy plants
Estonian transit and energy businessman Endel Siff’s company Baltic Blue Energy OÜ has submitted an application for building rights to the economy and communications ministry to build a wind farm in the sea between Hiiumaa and Saaremaa islands, that would be one of the biggest in the world, LETA/Saarte Hääl writes. Baltic Blue Energy OÜ … Continue reading Estonia plans to build one of the world’s largest offshore wind energy plants
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France moves to bolster wind energy
After a gloomy couple of years for the wind industry in France, a few glimmers of light have been spotted in recent weeks led by the adoption by the National Assembly of a bill proposed by the Socialist government to simplify measures that have been stymieing the development of the sector. To boost the production … Continue reading France moves to bolster wind energy
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Submit an abstract for EWEA OFFSHORE 2013 and join the experts in Frankfurt
The call for abstracts for presentation at EWEA OFFSHORE 2013 is now open. It is the world’s largest offshore wind energy conference and exhibition, and EWEA OFFSHORE 2013 will build on the success of the last one in 2011, which attracted more than 480 exhibitors and over 8,200 participants from the entire offshore wind energy … Continue reading Submit an abstract for EWEA OFFSHORE 2013 and join the experts in Frankfurt
Continue readingWind Energy Update: Foundation Costs Top List of Industry Focus Points
As organisations across Europe use task forces to drive down the cost of offshore wind energy, Wind Energy Update [WEU] reveals the importance foundations has to the overall levelised cost of energy [LCOE]. In a recent survey conducted by WEU, five sub areas of wind power plant installation were selected for cost reduction. The sub … Continue reading Wind Energy Update: Foundation Costs Top List of Industry Focus Points
Continue readingThe UK Green Investment Bank announces first direct equity investment in offshore wind power
The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) is pleased to confirm its first direct equity investment in offshore wind through the acquisition of a 24.95% stake in Rhyl Flats Wind Farm Limited (Rhyl Flats) from companies owned by RWE AG (RWE) for a cash consideration of
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France publishes 1GW offshore wind energy tenders
France has officially moved ahead with a second round of tenders for offshore wind farms, thorough which it seeking 1 gigawatt of new capacity. First announced in September by Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and confirmed in January by French Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy Delphine Batho, terms of the tenders were officially published … Continue reading France publishes 1GW offshore wind energy tenders
Continue readingMaryland approves development of offshore wind energy
Maryland joins several other east coast states with offshore wind power projects in development or under consideration, including Massachusetts, Delaware, New Jersey and Virginia. Presently, the U.S. has no operational offshore wind energy capacity. Harnessing the power of ocean winds off the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast came a step closer to reality last week when the Maryland … Continue reading Maryland approves development of offshore wind energy
Continue readingRWE Innogy sells minority stakes of Rhyl Flats offshore wind farm and Little Cheyne Court onshore wind farm
RWE Innogy can today confirm the successful sale of a 49.9% share in its Rhyl Flats offshore wind farm (Rhyl Flats) and a 41% share in its Little Cheyne Court onshore wind farm. The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) and Greencoat UK Wind PLC (Greencoat UK Wind), a renewable energy fund listed on the London … Continue reading RWE Innogy sells minority stakes of Rhyl Flats offshore wind farm and Little Cheyne Court onshore wind farm
Continue readingWind farm expects construction start off Cape Cod by year-end
Cape Wind expects to complete financing for its long-delayed 468-megawatt offshore wind farm and start construction of the project in U.S. federal waters off Cape Cod, Mass., by the end of the year. Cape Wind said in a statement it selected Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, a unit of Japanese bank holding company Mitsubishi UFJ Financial … Continue reading Wind farm expects construction start off Cape Cod by year-end
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MTS technology enables innovation in offshore renewable energy
MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC), a leading global supplier of high-performance test systems and position sensors, today announced that the MTS Non-Torque Loading (NTL) System has been installed and accepted at the 3MW Drive Train Test Facility (3 megawatt) of the National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec), located in Blyth, Northumberland, UK.
Continue readingSK Engineering to Build Biggest Offshore Wind Farm in South Korea
SK Engineering & Construction Co. plans to build South Korea’s biggest offshore wind farm at a cost of as much as 800 billion won ($726 million). The wind energy plant will begin commercial operations in 2017. The unit of South Korea’s third-biggest industrial group plans to install 28 seven-megawatt wind turbines 2.5 kilometers (1.55 miles) … Continue reading SK Engineering to Build Biggest Offshore Wind Farm in South Korea
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GE Power Conversion to Supply One of the World
Advanced Nacelle Test Bench Will Enable Fault Ride-through Tests and Grid Simulation. Equipment Incorporates GE’s Innovative Direct Drive Permanent Magnet Motor and Flexible Modular Inverter System. Contract Confirms GE’s Reputation as a Leader in Drive Technology for Wind Power and Test Systems. GE’s Power Conversion business (NYSE: GE) has signed a turnkey contract with the … Continue reading GE Power Conversion to Supply One of the World
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Proposed EU sea planning law will boost investor certainty
EU Member States will have to plan the use of their sea space and work together where they share a sea basin, according to a proposed European Commission Directive on maritime spatial planning and integrated coastal management published today in Brussels. “The European Wind Energy Association strongly supports the Commission’s proposal, which will allow the … Continue reading Proposed EU sea planning law will boost investor certainty
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Japan wants big offshore wind power expansion
Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara said Saturday he wants to aggressively promote power generation using windmills at sea, a form of alternative energy use still in its infancy in Japan. “I would like to have wind power generation capacity rise to over 1 million kilowatts in 2020,” which would be about 40 times more than the … Continue reading Japan wants big offshore wind power expansion
Continue readingMaryland Senate passes wind energy bill
Maryland’s Senate approved Gov. Martin O’Malley’s wind energy bill on Friday, setting up the state to become the second to approve an offshore wind farm. The Democrat-controlled Senate approved the measure 30-15 after repeated failed attempts by Republicans to water down the bill with amendments. It now goes back to the House, which passed it … Continue reading Maryland Senate passes wind energy bill
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