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Content Iss. 2018-01-11

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 EDITORIAL
Rovco Uses AI to Revolutionise Underwater Inspection
Detail_rovco_20180111Subsea technology company, Rovco, has secured Innovate UK funding to develop a cutting-edge 3D visualisation system as part of a two-part Artificial Intelligence demonstrator project potentially worth £1m.

Subsea technology company, Rovco, has secured Innovate UK funding to develop a cutting-edge 3D visualisation system as part of a two-part Artificial Intelligence demonstrator project potentially worth £1m.

Working in partnership with the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, the first phase of the project will see Rovco develop the equipment and software required to produce live 3D data from challenging and extreme subsea environments. The ...

 HIGHLIGHTS
Siemens Gamesa Delivers 8 MW Turbine for French Offshore Project
List_siemens_8_mw_sThe Siemens Gamesa turbine replaces the originally considered Adwen turbine

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) will supply its new 8 MW offshore wind turbine, the SG 8.0-167 DD, to ...

WKN Sells Two French Wind Farms To Quaero European Infrastructure Fund
List_wkn_20140106WKN AG, a leading developer of wind energy farms based in Husum, Germany, sold the French wind projects Longèves and Riaucourt to Quaero European Infrastructure Fund at the end of ...
 WINDFAIR EDITORS
MHI Vestas Opens New Office in the UK
Detail_mhi_20180108The company bundles its activities in a new British office in Warrington, marking "a milestone"

MHI Vestas continues to rely on a strong offshore expansion in Great Britain. In order to concentrate its activities in the UK, a new office was  opened in Warrington in the northwest of England. 22 employees of the service, construction, health and safety and quality assurance divisions will monitor the development of the various offshore wind farms around the UK.

Flemming Ougaard, Chief Operating Officer ...

Vikings On the Loose In the Baltic Sea
Detail_iberdrola_20180103Offshore wind farm Wikinger (= Vikings) in the German Baltic Sea northeast of the island of Rügen has started producing electricity. Gradually, all 70 turbines will be ramped up and feed electricity into the German grid.

It is currently Iberdrola's largest project in the Baltic Sea: 350-megawatt offshore wind farm Wikinger with its 70 wind turbines cost more than 1.4 billion euros. After a construction period of 18 months, all jacket foundations are anchored in the seabed and all turbines are installed. Over the next few days, all 70 Adwen 5.0 MW ...

Aquila Capital On Course For Valhalla
Detail_kr_feld_8Aquila Capital takes over the Valhalla project - one of the largest wind projects in Europe

In the Swedish municipalities of Bollnäs and Ockelbo, 250 kilometres northwest of Stockholm, 85 V136 4.2 MW Vestas turbines with a capacity of 357 MW will be installed. The wind conditions at these sites are excellent, and annual electricity production will exceed 1.1 TWh.

The average wind speed is about 7.2 meters per second at the hub height of the turbines; the capacity factor of the Valhalla project is more ...

 MEMBER NEWS
U.S. Utilities Want German Turbine Technology
List_nordex_20180108German turbine manufacturer Nordex has been awarded three major contracts for a total of 820 MW in the United States

The Nordex Group finished out 2017 with strong tail-wind from the United States. In December, two large ...

U.S. Grid More Resilient Thanks to Wind Energy
Behind the Scenes: Senvion Improves Production Processes at Ria Blades
List_senvion_20180105_2A completely new manufacturing process has been designed to produce rotor blades with a length of 74 meters in Portugal.

One of the most photographed monuments in Portugal is ...

Renaissance of Spanish Wind Power Market: Nordex Wins New Customer
List_nordex_20180105Gas Natural Fenosa orders turbines with a capacity of almost 200 MW from Nordex

The Nordex Group is benefiting increasingly from the renaissance of the Spanish wind power market: ...

Nordergründe Transmission Link Finished
List_nkt_20180103Via this offshore grid connection, the correspondent wind farm will be able to bring 111 MW of renewable energy to the German mainland.

Via this offshore grid connection, the correspondent wind farm will be ...

Double Order for Siemens Gamesa in Italy
List_siemens_20180104Siemens Gamesa signs contracts covering 23 turbines in Italian growth market

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has received orders for two new onshore wind projects in southern Italy: the company is set to ...

 EVENTS
2018-01-25 SEWC Southeast Wind Energy Summit
2018-01-29 SR Offshore Wind Conference, Exhibition & Dinner 2018
2018-02-06 E-world energy & water
2018-02-07 WINDFORCE Baltic Sea 2018
More Events online
 INDUSTRY NEWS
Statkraft Invests in Robotics Company SkySpecs
Nordsee One Chooses SeaPlanner for its Marine Management System
Foundations for Kriegers Flak Substation on their Way
Study to Look at Potential Economic Benefits of Floating Wind Projects in Scotland
TenneT Searches for Kroon Successor
Red7Marine Finishes Installation Job at Beatrice Offshore Windfarm in the UK
NIRAS Tests Offshore Foundations for the Use in Typhoons
Partners Group Invests in Dutch Mega Offshore Project
New CEO of Wind Power for Ørsted
Brazil Ends Mega-Dam Construction in Amazon Area
Deutsche Bucht Gets Mono Bucket Extansion
CIP’s First Two North American Investment Portfolio Assets Reach Commercial Operation
Vestas Scores Record Year in India
European Commission Approves Auction Scheme for Greece
Siemens Gamesa Wins Huge Deal in Egypt
Enel Wins Top Spot in Oklahoma
EDPR Scores in Brazilian Auction
TERNA ENERGY Finishes Fluvenna I Wind Farm in Texas
Massive Transformer on its Way for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre
Innogy Expands US Market Shares
Enel Grabs Stake in Brazilian Tender
ORE Catapult Launches Bird Tracking System
Vestas Shatters Own Record of Turbine Orders
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