It has been clear for some time that Norway, too, finally wants to start building offshore wind farms. Shortly before the government's deadline for the first tender, the race is picking up speed, as several major energy companies have announced their participation.

The Norwegian government has already been planning the Utsira Nord and Sørlige Nordsjø II areas in the North Sea for up to 4.5 gigawatts of floating and ground-mounted wind turbines since 2019.

Utsira Nord is a 1,010 square kilometre area located west of Haugesund off the west coast of Norway. It is only suitable for floating wind turbines, is close to the coast and offers opportunities for both demonstration and larger projects.

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IRENA and Siemens will also exchange knowledge and expertise on renewable electrification.

The wide-ranging scope of collaboration extends to a variety of opportunities ...

Sun Day Campaign analyses the latest EIA data.

Electrical generation by wind and solar set a new record in March 2021 and accounted for 16.8% of total U.S. production. In fact, solar and ...

Circularity and sustainability will be central to accelerating wind buildout in line with the European Green Deal.

The EU has committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030, ...

A new project to build industry consensus on setting the future standard array voltage for offshore wind farms has been launched by the Offshore Wind Accelerator.

A new project to build industry consensus on setting the ...

Hecate Independent Power Limited (HIP) has announced plans for the launch of its HIP Atlantic Project. 10,000 MW of fixed and floating wind turbines in the North Atlantic will be connected to the UK by HVDC submarine power transmission cables.

HIP has lodged four connection applications with National Grid Company for an initial 4,000 MW of grid connections to the UK's 400 kV electricity transmission system across four connection sites. Each wind farm – or pod - will be in a different North Atlantic location, and each pod ...

Mammoet has introduced a narrow track CC2800-1 to its fleet in Brazil in order to support the country’s fast-growing wind sector.

Many wind farms in several countries, including Brazil, have narrow internal roads of 6-7 meters wide. This restricts the use of conventional crawler cranes, as conventional machines are severely restricted relocating between turbines. The narrow track cranes can crawl in between turbines with no or partial disassembly, ultimately saving money in civil works and time in dismantling, transport, and ...

The German-African Energy Forum is the flagship event of economic cooperation between Germany and the African continent. For thirteen years, the conference has been hosting up to 500 participants, a yearly average of ten African government delegations and...

Demag has extended the possible applications and variations of its KBK crane construction kit. The focus is on components with a higher load capacity, improved utilisation of the available space and less ...

The Floating Wind Turbine project is one of several cutting-edge energy technologies GE Research is featuring at the annual ARPA-E Innovation Summit.

GE researchers unveiled details of an ongoing two-year, $4 MM project ...

The company has announced that it has been selected to provide 107 of GE’s 2.82-127 onshore wind turbines for the 302 project in Morgan County, IL.

GE Renewable Energy announced today that it has been selected to provide 107 ...