News Archive October 2015

TuuliWatti Oy has placed a firm and unconditional order for 27 V126-3.45 MW turbines for the Simo III project in the province of Lapland, Finland. With Simo III, Vestas has announced more than 500 MW of orders for the V126 in Finland alone.

Commissions 48 WTG’s of S97-2.1 MW for the project in Rajasthan / Project forms a part of the country’s largest wind park in Jaisalmer powered by Suzlon turbines / Will offer operations and maintenance for 20 years through an Integrated Service Package co

US: Siemens receives major order for 151-MW wind project

66 Siemens SWT-2.3-108 wind turbines ordered / Expected to power about 50,000 average U.S. homes / Order also includes service and financing

EDF Renewable Energy has closed on the transaction to sell a 50 percent interest in the 200 megawatt Longhorn Wind Project to a fund managed by BlackRock’s Infrastructure Investment Group.

US: Industry leaders chart course for expanded offshore industry

Summer of milestones builds momentum for first wave of projects

Portugal: Enel Green Power sells all its asets in Portugal

Enel Green Power has signed an agreement for the sale of Finerge to First State Wind Energy Investments.

Hamburg Offshore Wind Conference 2015

The new tender system - to be introduced in Germany in 2016 - finds little support in the offshore industry. Nevertheless, it is much debated at this year's Hamburg Offshore Wind Conference.

UK: Nordex - Flexibility and customer proximity

19 innovative wind power systems to be supplied

UK: Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm officially opened by Minister of State

E.ON’s Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm was today officially opened by Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, Andrea Leadsom MP.

Germany: FoundOcean completes grouting at Gode Wind

FoundOcean, on behalf of Geosea, has completed the grouting of the XL monopile foundations at DONG Energy’s Gode Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind farm.

Norway: Contract for system deliveries

Ulstein Power & Control has been awarded a contract with AVIC Weihai Shipyard Co. Ltd. on power and control deliveries for two subsea rock installation vessels for Jan De Nul Group

UK geotech companies restructured as Fugro GeoServices Ltd. The renaming completes the integration of key UK specialists - Fugro Seacore, Fugro Engineering Services, EM Drilling, Fugro Loadtest, Fugro Instrumentation & Monitoring and Fugro Aperio.

Scotland: Ecosse Subsea Repeat Baltic Renewables Success With Second Contract Win

Prysmian Group Select ESS For Wikinger Wind Farm Trenching Scope

UK: CT Offshore to install inter-array cables on Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm

On 26 October, CT Offshore signed an agreement to install 87 inter-array cables on DONG Energy’s Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm.

Agreement to acquire Acciona Windpower against cash and new Nordex shares / Global presence ensuring capacity utilisation and growth / Excellent market fit / Complementary products and technologies

Portugal: Engel Green Power consolidates 445MW of wind power in Portugal following ENEOP split

The General Shareholders Meeting of ENEOP has approved the company’s split and subsequent sharing of all its assets among shareholders

Africa: Africa Can Quadruple Share of Renewable Energy by 2030

Modern renewable energy technologies could feasibly meet 22 per cent of Africa’s energy needs within 15 years

Global: Renewables to lead world power market growth to 2020

As costs fall and emerging economies drive growth, IEA report sees major opportunities – but policy uncertainties remain

Just how many business voices and successful companies will it take before Congress decides to act and pass stable policy to help grow renewable energy in the U.S.?

Germany: EXCELLENCE 2020 - nkt cables’ new strategy

The new strategic plan is set for nkt cables to become excellent in terms of shareholder value and in the eyes of both the customers and the employees

Vattenfall, the Hexham-based energy company, has kicked off preparations for a significant wind farm investment fund to benefit a community in Northumberland.

Global wind and solar company, Mainstream Renewable Power, has received environmental consent from the Chilean Environmental Evaluation Service to build and operate the 182MW Aurora wind farm in the commune of Llanquihue in the Los Lagos region of Chile.

Canada: Economic benefits of wind energy in Ontario in the spotlight

CanWEA Opens 31st Annual Conference and Exhibition in Toronto

Senvion, one of the world's biggest wind turbine manufacturers, has signed a major new contract with leading renewable energy developer Blue Energy to supply 32 turbines to the developer’s Beinneun Wind Farm in Scotland.

The delegates, who participated in the SAIREC 2015 (October 4 – 7) in Cape Town, declared to upscale and mainstream renewables in order to achieve a global energy transition.

Statkraft, Europe’s largest producer of renewable energy, has taken a final investment decision on Andershaw Wind Farm, a 36MW onshore project located in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

UK: PALFINGER MARINE awarded crane delivery contracts for five offshore wind farms

PALFINGER MARINE has secured orders for the delivery of more than 200 platform cranes and five substation cranes to the UK.

ELA Container Offshore GmbH will participate at Offshore Energy 2015 from October 13th – 14th, 2015. The exhibition will take place at the RAI in Amsterdam.

Various experts talked about offshore wind markets in Europe at the 13th Hamburg Offshore Wind Conference which took place a week ago. Significant differences between individual countries became evident, particularly in Northern Europe.

India: Suzlon Group Wins Repeat Order of 100.8 MW from Orange Renewable

Suzlon Group awarded repeat turnkey order of 100.8 MW from Orange Renewable / Installation of 48 WTGs of S111 90m with rated capacity of 2.1 MW each /

From June 2016, A2SEA will play a key role in installing two foundations and two turbines on the Taiwanese project Formosa 1 for Swancor/Formosa Wind Power CO., Ltd.

The turbines will be equipped with Gamesa’s MaxPower technology, designed to boost nominal capacity from 196 MW to 205.8 MW / The turbines are slated for delivery in 2017, as is the facility's commissioning

India: Gamesa to build a 40-MW wind farm for ReNew Power under a turnkey arrangement

The company will install 20 of its G97-2.0 MW class S turbines, purpose-designed for the Indian market.

UpWind Solutions, Inc., North America’s leading independent full service provider for the wind industry, and ROMO Wind, a Danish-Swiss wind turbine optimizer, have recently entered into a strategic relationship.

This year, Cyberhawk’s work in the renewables sector has increased tenfold as wind farm operators embrace the safety, speed and powerful asset management software that characterise the new blade inspection solution.

The Netherlands: EMS Maritime Offshore opens berthing jetty for offshore vessels in Eemshaven

On 26 September 2015 EMS Maritime Offshore GmbH (EMO) has opened its Offshore Wind Terminal in Eemshaven, NL.

Europe: Showcasing future innovations at EWEA 2015

Research and Development is essential for the future growth of the wind energy industry.

Following a 7.7% market growth in 2014 compared to 2013, the European market is expected to expand by another 8.7% in 2015 in a policy-induced rush to build, which will lead to record numbers.

Europe: EWEA’s annual event to team up with WindEnergy Hamburg in 2016

The European Wind Energy Association is teaming up with Hamburg Messe to host its annual conference alongside WindEnergy Hamburg in 2016.

US: New report - Over $3.59 billion in savings possible on Michigan electric bills by growing wind energy

“With stable policy we can grow wind energy and we can save Michigan homeowners and businesses over $3.59 billion dollars.”

The KEMA IEC 61850 certification confirms that Nexans’ new iGigaswitch is ready for industrial implementation after successfully completing test operations in power stations and smart grids

RES and GES today signed a strategic alliance agreement, bringing together complementary skills and common values to provide asset management and O&M services to the offshore wind industry.

With great excitement the three partners; DONG Energy, the LEGO Group and William Demant celebrate the inauguration of the offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1 which can provide clean electricity for 320,000 households.

Sixth offshore wind power plant to be handed over to the customer in 2015 / Power plants put nearly two further gigawatts of wind power online / Clean electricity for nearly two million households

Statkraft announced that it is supporting a new policy research programme at the internationally recognised Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Farmland Partners Inc. announced that two of its farms in North Carolina will be home to a portion of the 208 megawatt Amazon Wind Farm US East that Iberdrola Renewables is building and will own and operate.

CanWEA president Robert Hornung noted that the growing attention to climate change concerns, both nationally and internationally, has underscored the need to find large-scale, cost-effective and long-term solutions.

One of Europe’s largest onshore wind power plants gets even larger / Clyde Extension will add 54 Siemens SWT-3.2-101 wind turbines / Siemens to provide long-term service

Austria: Heading Together for New Shores

AVAT Automation and Bachmann electronic are offering new controllers for gas engines on ships

UK: Senvion supplies 16 turbines to Vattenfall’s Ray Wind Farm

Senvion, one of the world’s biggest wind turbine manufacturers, has signed a contract with Vattenfall to supply 16 Senvion 3.4M104 turbines to the Ray Wind Farm.

Germany: “Profi[t] with Wind” Workshop Series

Guest at the 24th Wind Energy Days Conference of Spreewind GmbH

Project enables Zambia, Tanzania and The Maldives to evaluate its renewable energy potential, build electricity generation capabilities and reduce dependency on imported energy

Commissioned 24 WTGs of S97-2.1 MW wind power project in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan / First wind power project of Ostro Energy in India with Suzlon’s S9X WTGs / Will offer operation and maintenance for 12 years through an Integrated Service Package contract

Over 40 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) from World War II have been safely detonated or removed from the Norfolk coast, having been discovered on the export cable route for DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind farm.

The new G126-2.5 MW turbine allows users to maximise efficiency and profitability at low wind speed sites / The G126-2.5 MW turbine boosts energy production by up to 25% relative to the G114-2.0 MW

The parties will work together to develop projects which foster skill transfer and scientific and technological development in wind power

A dozen experts spent the morning debating the risks and advantages of information and communication technologies

UK: VBMS completes drilling scope for Dudgeon export cabling

VBMS has successfully completed two 1,170-metre long horizontal directional drillings at the landfall for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm.

DeepOcean today announces that the company has been awarded a contract by DONG Energy for the provision of installation and trenching works for the Walney Extension offshore wind project in The Irish Sea.

US: Over $4.7 billion dollars in consumer savings possible by growing wind energy in Pennsylvania

Wind power a ‘no regrets’ way state can cost-effectively cut carbon pollution

HBM will be exhibiting this year's European Wind Energy Fair (EWEA), 17 - 20 November 2015 at the exhibition center in Porte de Versailles. Visit us at booth E13!

China: ABB wins orders worth $300 million to boost power capacity and grid reliability

ABB to enable two new long-distance 800,000 volt UHVDC transmission links transporting 8,000 megawatts each

US: Spinning Spur 3 Wind Project Reaches Commercial Operation

EDF Renewable Energy announced that the 194-megawatt Spinning Spur 3 Wind Project in Texas reached commercial operation three months ahead of schedule on Sept 28, 2015.

Germany: DNV GL’s performance verification marks major milestone for cost-effective deployment of LiDAR wind measurement technology

DNV GL carried out a two-month performance verification of WINDCUBE 400S LiDARs

Vestas wind turbines cumulatively can produce enough power to cover the annual electricity consumption of about 75 million European residential electricity consumers.

Europe: Impax sells wind portfolio to a leading European operator

Impax fund sells 11 French and 6 German wind farms with an overall capacity of 206 MW to ERG Renew

New report released by think tank Policy Connect addresses national effort to decarbonize heat sector / Report concludes that the UK is presently failing to meet its targets in low carbon heat

Up to now, there was little evidence to prove that damage or fires were caused by lightning. Lightning strikes can not only cause dangerous fires but can also give rise to great financial losses in the case of surge damage.

Turkey: Tail wind for Nordex

Contracts for 45 MW awarded

Minister for Energy, Alex White TD. has welcomed the completion of the new €33m Woodhouse Wind Farm in County Waterford, a key part of ESB’s Wind Development programme.

Further development of slewing rings for multi-megawatt wind turbines / Cooperation with customers, suppliers, and universities to be intensified

JASCO Applied Sciences, under subcontract to Tetra Tech Inc., is providing underwater acoustic measurement and monitoring services to Deepwater Wind during the installation of the Block Island Wind Farm.

EDF Energy Renewables, one of the foremost UK renewable development companies, has successfully deployed wind lidar technology provided by UK firm ZephIR Lidar, to optimise site performance at the 144 MW Fallago Rig Wind Farm in Scotland.

Milestone for offshore wind power and the energy transition / New connection solution can drive the price of offshore wind power below ten cents per kilowatt hour by 2020 / Total cost decrease of 30 percent

Baxxodur® EC210: aminic hardener for epoxy systems / More efficient production of rotor blades for wind power plants and floor coatings / Globally leading position for specialty amines strengthened

The Netherlands: Installation of 150th foundation of Gemini Wind Park

Van Oord has completed the installation of the 150th foundation at the Gemini Wind Park in a record time of 3.5 months.

Opalenica wind farm in Operation / Nowy Staw II wind farm commissioning just started / RWE’s 8 Polish wind farms capable of supplying up to 250,000 homes / Auctioning system for Polish wind projects from 2016 on

Global: Ingeteam hits 30 GW installed wind capacity milestone

Leadership positions in emerging markets Brazil & India

US: Procter & Gamble to Make Iconic Brands Including Tide and Dawn with Wind Power

New Texas based wind farm to provide 100 percent electricity to all P&G Fabric & Home Care plants in the US and Canada

Upon completion of the project in 2017, Google will acquire Vestas’ 12.5 percent stake in Africa’s largest wind park, which will supply around 15 percent of Kenya’s electricity needs based on current generation capacity

US: First time for Boltight at Power-Gen International 2015

Boltight, the specialist hydraulic bolt tensioning company, is exhibiting for the first time at Power-Gen International in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Chile: Gamesa strengthens its position in Chile with a new order for the supply of 112 MW

The company will install 56 of its G114-2.0 MW turbines at a wind farm in Chile.

JDR, a leading provider of technology connecting the global offshore energy industry, has expanded its service footprint with PD Ports in Hartlepool to support its continued growth in the oil and gas and renewables sectors.

In early October people were surprised to read a press release titled "Greenpeace intending to buy Vattenfall's German lignite activities". What initially sounded like a PR gag got to stand on solid feet on Tuesday.

China’s construction equipment manufacturer Sany Group said it would invest USD 3 billion (Rs 20,000 crore) to develop 2,000 mega watt of renewable energy projects in India.

The SeaRoc Group are one of few companies currently operating on the world’s furthest offshore wind farm developments, having completed successful maintenance works in September at the Dogger Bank met masts for Forewind.

UK: Launch of renewables industry’s first truly low cost live alerting platform

Energy management experts at EkkoSense have launched EkkoSoft 4.0, the renewables industry’s first truly low cost live alerting platform.

India: Gamesa continues to grow in India, having signed a new contract for the supply of 100 MW

The company will install 50 of its G97-2.0 MW class S turbines, purpose-designed for the Indian market.

Mainstream is currently building three wind farms in the country’s Northern Cape which have a combined capacity of 360 megawatts.

Turkey: Gestamp Wind opens its second wind farm

Gestamp Wind, the wind energy division from Gestamp Renewables, has opened the second wind farm in Adares, Turkey, with a power of 10 megawatts (MWs).

With technology and supply chain development there is a clear and credible route to delivering commercial offshore wind farms without the need for subsidy

VolkerInfra has been appointed to complete major works on the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm, which is being built 13km off the Sussex coast by E.ON with partner the UK Green Investment Bank plc.

US: Fortune 500 CEO’s recognize going green saves green

Dozens of America’s largest businesses are recognizing that what is good for their bottom lines can also be good for the environment.

UK: Infinis achieves financial close on funding facilities for the construction of Sisters and North Steads Wind Farms

“We are pleased to have finalised these two project financing facilities."

Global: K2 awarded contract from Goldwind

K2 Management to provide integrated training and support systems

Germany: BWE Conference „Offshore Windenergy Operation“

Hans Gatzemeier talks about Mobile Offshore Accommodation for a fluctuating number of staff

UK: Catapult’s new bespoke blade fatigue analysis software certified by DNV GL

Innovative Knowledge Transfer Partnership blade project achieves important milestone in move to shorter and more cost effective blade tests.

With over 1,600 megawatts (MW) of new wind capacity installed during the third quarter of 2015, and nearly 3,600 MW installed in all of 2015, wind power continues to gain strength.

Sumitomo Corporation together with Sumitomo Corporation Europe Limited, Parkwind NV, and Meewind have secured financing for the Nobelwind off-shore wind farm project in Belgium and started construction on October 21, 2015.

Canada: Canadian Council on Renewable Electricity Congratulates New Liberal Government

The Canadian Council on Renewable Electricity congratulates Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau on his election win.

A contract for the provision of cable installation and trenching work for DONG Energy's Race Bank offshore wind farm has been awarded to DeepOcean 1 UK Ltd, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV (DeepOcean).

Belgium: MHI Vestas Offshore Wind receives 165 MW order for project

Vestas Wind Systems A/S will deliver the turbines

The General Assembly of the World Wind Energy Association has elected Peter Rae, former Australian Senator and long standing renewable energy proponent, as WWEA President for the coming two years.

Modus Seabed Intervention, one of UK’s leading subsea specialist contractors, has secured a major contract on DONG Energy's prestigious Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm.

Global: Leading storage conferences come together

EUROSOLAR and Messe Düsseldorf sign cooperation agreement for International Conference on Renewable Energy Storage (IRES) and Energy Storage Europe (ESE)

Global: Vestas Leads Wind Turbine Order Flow as Industry Heads for a Record in 2015

FTI Intelligence Releases Its Global Wind Market Update – H2 2015 Briefing

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, a new investor in ReNew, makes equity investment of $200 million / Goldman Sachs makes additional equity investment of $50 million / Global Environment Fund makes additional equity investment of up to $15 million

Construction of a $140 million combined wind and solar energy park is expected to begin within 12 months, following agreement between local renewable energy company Windlab Limited (Windlab) and a major Japanese partner.

OWC, part of the Aqualis Offshore group, has successfully completed the supervision and management of the onshore and overwater cable route site investigation for the East Anglia ONE offshore windfarm off the east coast of the UK.

Adwen has appointed the consortium made up of Egis, Auxitec and Enia Architectes for designing and preparing a detailed implantation scheme of the two factories it plans to build in Le Havre (France).

Eolus Vind AB has placed an order for eight V112-3.3 MW turbines for the Kungsbacka-Iglasjön wind power plant, proving Vestas’ ability to deliver a strong business case in the challenging Swedish market.

US: Gamesa secures new order for the supply of 78 MW

The company will install 37 G114-2.1 MW wind turbines at a complex located in the state of New York.

47 wind turbines for UK project of DONG Energy / Walney Extension East to have a total capacity of 330 megawatts / Service to be provided by Siemens and DONG Energy over a period of 5 years

Mexico: ACCIONA and the CFE sign a memorandum of understanding to develop renewable energy projects

ACCIONA President José Manuel Entrecanales and CFE Director-General Dr. Enrique Ochoa Reza were present at the signature.

Oldbaum’s work will contribute significantly to making best use of the wind resource available at both locations to reduce the costs associated with offshore wind development.

Germany: ELA Offshore is prepared for the cold season - Offshore Drying Containers in stock

ELA Container Offshore GmbH ordered several Drying Systems from Pronomar BV to increase stock.

The World Energy Council is to write to all Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change expressing concern over the level of progress and ambition over the state of the climate talks.

Global: WWEC2015 Conference Resolution

14th World Wind Energy Conference Innovation Towards 100% Renewable Energies

Chile: Mainstream’s Chilean JV wins tender to build and operate 265 MW of wind power

Mainstream, which has been active in the Chilean market for seven years, will complete development of the projects.

Once in operation, Palo Alto will have a total installed capacity of 129 MW and will be able to generate more than 350 GWh per year / EGP will be investing approximately 250 million US dollars in the construction of the new wind farm

Alstom has completed the commissioning of the Alternate Current (AC) offshore substation for the German utility Energie Baden-Württemberg (EnBW) in the windpark EnBW Baltic 2, Germany’s second offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea.

Last Friday, the Nobelwind team announced on a press conference that they have reached financial close on the Bligh Bank II offshore wind farm project, which allows Bladt to start the construction of the offshore high voltage substation.

DONG Energy has today decided to construct the 660MW Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm, located in the Irish Sea, approximately 19 km off the west coast of Britain.?

The DEA has prequalified a total of seven companies and consortia to participate in the tender of Denmark's largest offshore wind farm Kriegers Flak, totaling 600 MW.

Four-way international partnership secures £1.5 billion UK renewable energy project / Significant boost to UK economy creating nearly 800 jobs / Project can generate enough clean energy for up to 336,000 homes