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FAA rules Cape Wind offshore wind farm will not affect air traffic

EVWIND Towering wind turbines off Cape Cod will not pose a hazard to planes, the Federal Aviation Administration ruled Wednesday. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a “Does Not Exceed (DNE)” determination for the proposed construction of 130 wind turbines in Nantucket Sound. The FAA completed an aeronautical study and has determined that the proposed … Continue reading FAA rules Cape Wind offshore wind farm will not affect air traffic

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DONG Energy acquires three German offshore wind farm projects

EVWIND   DONG Energy already has offshore wind projects under construction on Lincs, London Array and West of Duddon Sands in the UK, Borkum Riffgrund 1 in Germany and Anholt offshore wind farm in Denmark. These projects total approx. 2,000 megawatt. DONG Energy has acquired 100% ownership interest in three offshore wind development projects in … Continue reading DONG Energy acquires three German offshore wind farm projects

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Parker awarded contract for infield array cables for Northwind Offshore Wind Farm in the North Sea

EVWIND Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies, has been awarded a contract by Northwind NV (formerly Eldepasco NV), a joint venture of the Colruyt Group and Aspiravi NV of Belgium. The scope of the agreement is for supply of infield array cables, cable accessories and offshore services for the Northwind … Continue reading Parker awarded contract for infield array cables for Northwind Offshore Wind Farm in the North Sea

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Grid connectivity issues faced by the German Offshore Wind Energy

EVWIND Offshore wind is one of the most important technologies to the current German energy strategy. The country plans to have ceased all nuclear energy generation by 2022, and focus is increasing on renewable energy technologies. The country plans to have 10 GW of offshore wind power generation capacity by 2020, which would be equivalent … Continue reading Grid connectivity issues faced by the German Offshore Wind Energy

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Submarine Electricity Transmission

The market for high-voltage submarine cables is a small and highly specialized industry that will experience strong growth over the next several years. Demand for submarine cables is growing steadily as national governments and regional organizations pledge their efforts to expanding offshore renewable power generation, linking remote land masses, and interconnecting their national grids. These … Continue reading Submarine Electricity Transmission

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Application submitted for Beatrice offshore wind farm

The proposed wind farm would have 142 to 277 wind turbines, depending on turbine size. Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL) has submitted an application to the Scottish government to develop the Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth. BOWL is a joint venture partnership formed between SSE Renewables (75%), SSE’s renewable energy development … Continue reading Application submitted for Beatrice offshore wind farm

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Offshore wind energy: Construction starts on Meerwind wind farm project

To comprise 80 Siemens 3.6MW wind turbines, the 288MW offshore wind power project will be located about 23km northwest of the island Helgoland in the German North sea. WindMW GmbH (“WindMW”), a joint-venture of Blackstone and Windland Energieerzeugungs GmbH, today announces the start of offshore construction on its 288 MW Offshore Wind Farm, Meerwind Süd … Continue reading Offshore wind energy: Construction starts on Meerwind wind farm project

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Wind farm: Seeing which way the wind blows, off the French shore

Support for the onshore wind energy industry in France has blown hot and cold in recent months, but government backing for offshore was reinforced in April by its decision to award tenders to build offshore wind farms to produce 2 GW of energy. French company Nass&Wind Offshore, is taking full advantage of this momentum and … Continue reading Wind farm: Seeing which way the wind blows, off the French shore

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Pharos Completes Cable Repair On London Array Offshore Wind Farm

Pharos Offshore Group has completed cable repair and burial for the London Array Offshore Wind Farm on a section of damaged subsea export cable. Pharos delivered a work package with the rapid mobilisation of engineering, fabrication and operational teams to locate, recover, re-lay and re-bury the power cable off the Kent coast. The 800mm² HVDC … Continue reading Pharos Completes Cable Repair On London Array Offshore Wind Farm

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Start of Construction of the First Windreich AG Offshore Wind Farm on Schedule

Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. (FH) Willi Balz, who gathered the around 800 million in equity required for Global Tech I, and Tim Kittelhake, who performed all of the project work to date, are delighted about the punctual start of construction of the first 400 MW North Sea wind farm, Global Tech I initiated by Windreich AG. “We keep … Continue reading Start of Construction of the First Windreich AG Offshore Wind Farm on Schedule

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Wind Energy Update: Germany Marks Intent in Offshore Wind Power

Have we just witnessed Britain simply not wake up early enough to take the lead on offshore wind construction? Or is Germany just making proactive strides to get the edge on those late Brits? More than 20 offshore wind parks have been approved in the North Sea and three more in the Baltic, all outside … Continue reading Wind Energy Update: Germany Marks Intent in Offshore Wind Power

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C-Power’s offshore wind farm Thornton Bank II installed

World’s first wind farm with offshore wind turbines of the 6 megawatt dimension Installation of 30 REpower 6M wind turbines completed on time First wind turbines already commissioned REpower Systems SE installed the last of the 30 total REpower 6M wind turbines in the Belgian offshore wind farm Thornton Bank Phase II. The customer for … Continue reading C-Power’s offshore wind farm Thornton Bank II installed

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Offshore use of vertical-axis wind turbines gets closer look

Basing their work on decades of wind power research and experience, Sandia engineers are creating several concept designs, running those designs through modern modeling software and narrowing those design options down to a single, most-workable design for a VAWT turbine-blade. Results aren’t in, but the early favorite for further testing is the Darrieus design. Sandia … Continue reading Offshore use of vertical-axis wind turbines gets closer look

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Mainstream Renewable applies for 450 MW offshore wind farm in UK

A wind power company has submitted a £1.4 billion application to build up to 125 wind turbines off the east coast of Scotland. Mainstream Renewable Power is seeking consent from Marine Scotland to erect up to 125 wind turbines about nine miles off the Fife coast.      It said the windpower facility would be ready by 2016 … Continue reading Mainstream Renewable applies for 450 MW offshore wind farm in UK

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Europe and China offshore wind power industry

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/kbdf5v/2012_deep_research) has announced the addition of the “2012 Deep Research Report on Europe and China Offshore Wind Power Industry” report to their offering. “2012 Deep Research Report on Europe and China Offshore Wind Power Industry” Offshore wind is the mean of a reliable, intensive and abundant renewable energy. This relatively new source … Continue reading Europe and China offshore wind power industry

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Samsung Heavy Industries Builds World’s Largest Wind Farm Installation Vessel

Samsung Heavy Industries announced on the 25th that it had successfully built Pacific Orca, the world’s largest wind farm installation vessel (WIV), and delivered it to SPO (Swire Pacific Offshore), a Singapore-based shipper. The wind farm installation vessel is a new special vessel for which demand is expected to grow as the focus of the … Continue reading Samsung Heavy Industries Builds World’s Largest Wind Farm Installation Vessel

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Offshore wind power project on Malta continues as planned

Hexicon AB, a Swedish clean tech company specializing in the design of off-shore platforms for wind and wave power, is together with local subsidiary Hexicon Malta Ltd continuing the development of a renewable energy solution for Malta in close cooperation with Maltese authorities. The project is independent of and thereby unaffected by the European Commission’s … Continue reading Offshore wind power project on Malta continues as planned

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Wind farm: UK subsidy cut less severe than feared but future targets in jeopardy

Investors and potential investors in onshore wind energy in the UK can breathe a sigh of relief today after the government agreed to cut subsidies by 10% from April 2013, and not 25% as was previously feared. “Renewable energy will create a multibillion-pound boom for the British economy, driving growth and supporting jobs across the … Continue reading Wind farm: UK subsidy cut less severe than feared but future targets in jeopardy

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Siemens to provide wind turbines for 1,800 MW wind power projects in UK

Dong Energy has selected Siemens to provide wind turbines for 1,800MW offshore wind energy planned to be built off the British coast. Under the signed framework agreement, Siemens will provide SWT-6.0-154 type 300 wind turbines each with a generating capacity of 6MW. Each 6MW turbine can produce electricity to light up 6,000 European households. DONG Energy … Continue reading Siemens to provide wind turbines for 1,800 MW wind power projects in UK

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