Fascinating insights to the lives of bottlenose dolphins, salmon, sea trout and sea birds are set to be discovered after Vattenfall today announced the first successful projects for its ground-breaking offshore wind research programme. The socio-economic impact of offshore wind farms is also to be examined as part of the €3million scientific research and monitoring … Continue reading North-east Scotland poised to become centre of offshore wind energy scientific research
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Northumberland wind farm fully operational
The 16 wind turbines will produce on average every year enough fossil-fuel free power to meet the equivalent annual demand of over 30,000 UK households. Ray Wind Farm, a Vattenfall investment of around £90million, is located on the Ray Estate, near Kirkwhelpington in Northumberland. It is the second Vattenfall UK wind farm to be finished … Continue reading Northumberland wind farm fully operational
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Swedish energy company reveals latest thinking on Norfolk offshore wind farm proposals
Vattenfall, the developer of the Norfolk Vanguard and Norfolk Boreas offshore wind farms, has published today [16/06/17] maps showing a reduced number of search areas for important electrical infrastructure. Ruari Lean, Vattenfall’s Project Manager for Norfolk Vanguard, said: “Thanks to feedback from communities in Norfolk and environmental specialists we have been able to further refine … Continue reading Swedish energy company reveals latest thinking on Norfolk offshore wind farm proposals
Continue readingVattenfall’s Pen y Cymoedd Wind Energy Project is Wales’s largest onshore wind farm
Wales’s largest onshore wind farm started operating at full power for the first time late on Sunday (7 May, 2017), 38 months after construction started in the upper Rhondda, Cynon and Afan valleys. The 76-turbine Pen y Cymoedd Wind Energy Project is capable of meeting the electricity needs of more than 13% of households in … Continue reading Vattenfall’s Pen y Cymoedd Wind Energy Project is Wales’s largest onshore wind farm
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Vattenfall to invest $1.9 bln in wind energy in 2017-2018
Vattenfall will invest 17 billion crowns ($1.94 bln) in onshore and offshore wind power during 2017-2018, the state-owned utility said on Tuesday. Spending on wind power will account for 60 percent of an investment programme worth 28 billion crowns, highlighting a strategic shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Most of the rest of the … Continue reading Vattenfall to invest $1.9 bln in wind energy in 2017-2018
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Energy firm refines plans for wind farm cable route
Vattenfall, the Swedish energy company behind the Norfolk Vanguard and Norfolk Boreas offshore wind farms, has revealed a narrower search area for cables needed to carry clean power underground from the wind farms to the British consumer. Earlier this year Vattenfall revealed a 700 metre search area for a 60km underground cable corridor north of … Continue reading Energy firm refines plans for wind farm cable route
Continue readingVattenfall’s Ray Wind Farm produces power for the first time
Vattenfall, the Hexham based energy company, announced that the 16 turbine Ray Wind Farm has started to generate green electricity for the first time, helping to reduce emissions and combat climate change. Construction of Ray Wind Farm on the Ray Estate, near Kirkwhelpington, started summer 2015, and just over 18 months later turbine A01 was … Continue reading Vattenfall’s Ray Wind Farm produces power for the first time
Continue readingNewcastle yard awarded key contract for offshore wind farm
A contract for assembling pioneering suction bucket foundations for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) has helped safeguard around 35 jobs and create up to another 105 positions in Newcastle-upon-Tyne after being awarded to Smulders Projects. The company will carry out the work on the 11 foundations at its Wallsend-based manufacturing facility which Smulders … Continue reading Newcastle yard awarded key contract for offshore wind farm
Continue readingWind farm developer hones early plans
Vattenfall narrows search area for underground onshore cable route ahead of ecological studies Vattenfall, the developer of a strategic Norfolk offshore wind farm, is revealing this week its latest thinking for the green energy scheme. Local people and communities along a proposed 60km underground cable route for the 1.8 gigawatt (GW) Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind … Continue reading Wind farm developer hones early plans
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JDR to supply cables for European Offshore Wind Energy Deployment Centre
JDR, a leading supplier of subsea power cables and umbilicals to the global offshore energy industry, has been awarded a contract by offshore cable installation specialist VBMS, part of Boskalis, to supply 66kV inter-array and export cables for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC). Located in Aberdeen Bay, the innovative 92.4MW, 11-turbine development is … Continue reading JDR to supply cables for European Offshore Wind Energy Deployment Centre
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Important starting point for joint wind farm
Skandia and Vattenfall inaugurate the joint wind farm Höge Väg in Kristianstad municipality. The partnership began in December 2014 when the companies set up a joint company with shared ownership of four wind farms. The inauguration marks the start of a different form of partnership, new both for Vattenfall and Skandia. Vattenfall, with many years … Continue reading Important starting point for joint wind farm
Continue readingVattenfall wins tender to build the largest wind farm in the Nordics
Vattenfall has won the tender to build Danish Kriegers Flak, a 600 MW offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. The winning bid was EUR 49.9 per MWh, which is among the lowest costs in the world for offshore wind power. “The announcement is an essential milestone for our ambition to increase our production of … Continue reading Vattenfall wins tender to build the largest wind farm in the Nordics
Continue readingKriegers Flak project demonstrates rapidly falling costs for offshore wind power
Vattenfall has won a tender to build the 600MW offshore Kriegers Flak project in Denmark for a new record price of €49.9/MWh. The project is the cheapest offshore wind deal to date and maintains the trend of rapidly falling costs in offshore wind power. WindEurope welcomes the result of the tender. WindEurope CEO Giles … Continue reading Kriegers Flak project demonstrates rapidly falling costs for offshore wind power
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Sandbank offshore wind farm supplies first power
The offshore wind power plant Sandbank, located 90 kilometers west of the island of Sylt, has now supplied the German electricity network with its first wind power from the North Sea. The first of a total of 72 wind turbines are successively in the commissioning phase for the production of electricity. Sandbank is expected to … Continue reading Sandbank offshore wind farm supplies first power
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Vattenfall plans more offshore wind energy as costs fall
Vattenfall plans to more than triple its offshore wind power by 2025 as costs fall, part of its transformation to a renewable energy company. The company started producing power at its Sandbank German offshore wind farm in the North Sea on Wednesday, which takes its total installed offshore wind capacity up to 2.2 gigawatts (GW). … Continue reading Vattenfall plans more offshore wind energy as costs fall
Continue readingVattenfall Acquires German Wind Power Project
Vattenfall has acquired a wind development project consisting of up to 79 turbines in the German North Sea. The acquisition is in line with Vattenfall’s growth strategy to extensively expand its renewable energy production in the coming years. The Global Tech II wind project is located in the German North Sea some 85 kilometres north … Continue reading Vattenfall Acquires German Wind Power Project
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Donald Trump loses his war against wind energy
On Thursday, the Swedish company Vattenfall confirmed it would be investing £300 million ($397 million) in an offshore wind farm off the coast of Northern Scotland. The wind power project, due to start generating power in 2018, has had a long, controversial gestation.Trump, who owns land nearby, has also long been a passionate objector to … Continue reading Donald Trump loses his war against wind energy
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Boskalis secures contract award for Aberdeen offshore wind farm
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded the Offshore Balance of Plant contract by Vattenfall for the construction of Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm, also known as the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre. Following the announcement on 29 June stating that Boskalis was the preferred contractor, the contract has now been formally awarded. The project … Continue reading Boskalis secures contract award for Aberdeen offshore wind farm
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Green light for innovative offshore wind farm
Vattenfall’s investment decision triggers an agreement for the European energy company to acquire the Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group’s 25% share for an undisclosed sum and become the 100% owner of Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm Limited, the company behind the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), also known as the Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm. Together, Swedish … Continue reading Green light for innovative offshore wind farm
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Boskalis appointed preferred Offshore Balance of Plant contractor for Aberdeen offshore wind farm
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been appointed the preferred Offshore Balance of Plant contractor by Vattenfall for the construction of Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm, also known as the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre. The project will consist of eleven wind turbines with a consented capacity of up to 100 MW. The contract includes all … Continue reading Boskalis appointed preferred Offshore Balance of Plant contractor for Aberdeen offshore wind farm
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