News Archive February 2019

'Nemo Link' Links UK and Belgium

The interconnection links the two countries and was set up by the Belgian and British transmission system operators Elia and National Grid

Q4 Third Strongest Quarter Ever in the U.S.

PPAs drive U.S. wind energy market by high demand

Wind Energy Is Lowest-Cost Source of New Electricity Generation in Canada

2018-in-review: wind energy is the lowest-cost source of new electricity in Canada and is on track to add approximately 1,000 MW of new capacity in 2019

1,000 onshore wind turbines in the UK - powered by Senvion

Senvion installs milestone turbine installed at Mynydd Y Gwair Wind Farm in South Wales

Siemens Gamesa Wins Order for More Than Half a Gigawatt in India

Siemens Gamesa will supply 567 MW to ReNew Power for two wind projects in India

ZX Lidars Uses Drone for Wind Lidar Measurements for the First Time

It's the first time ever that a drone was used to accurately measure the wind

Deutsche Windtechnik's Swedish Subsidiary Earned Official Certification

Obtaining these certificates was an important step from a business perspective, says the company

A new report commissioned by the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) showcases the wide range of possibilities to UK companies to get involved in the offshore wind supply chain, providing products and services to projects everywhere

Onshore Wind: Massive Job Losses in the UK

Onshore wind energy jobs fall 29% in just one year

Wind Energy Does Not Make People Sick

According to a new study from Iowa, researchers find little scientific evidence to support claims of health problems caused by wind turbines.

U.S.Government Announces $28 Million for Offshore Wind Energy Research

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced to spend up to $28 million in funding for a new research project called ATLANTIS

BayWa r.e. Celebrates Successful 2018

Rhe company sold 21 renewable energy projects with a total capacity of about 450 MW last year.

Largest Acquisition in Company History: Schunk Group Acquires Cincinnati Sub Zero

The Schunk Group has acquired the Industrial and Testing Divisions of Cincinnati Sub Zero.

First Turbine Up at Norther OWF

MHI Vestas has installed the first of 44 turbines at Norther, soon to be Belgium’s largest offshore wind farm

Siemens Gamesa Clings to Top Spot in Spanish Wind Market

The company has secured contracts to supply 63 wind turbines with a capacity of 200 MW to five separate customers

The latest data released by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) show North, Central and South America installed 11.9GW capacity of wind power in 2018, an increase of 12% on last year.

GE Claims Top Spot of Turbine Manufacturers in the U.S.

Wind turbines at the Thunder Ranch Wind Farm in Oklahoma played an important role in one of the Superbowl commercials on Sunday.

Gulen Industrial Harbour in Sogn og Fjordane county has been awarded the contract for assembly of the floating Hywind Tampen wind turbines before they are transported to the field in the North Sea

Vattenfall and infrastructure investor Marguerite Capital have signed a 10-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for a new onshore wind farm in northern Sweden.

Glasgow Airport Benefits from New Nearby Onshore Wind Farm

Glasgow Airport now owns a state-of-the-art radar system upgrade as a direct result of the Kype Muir Wind Farm

European Offshore Wind Capacity Grew by 18% in 2018

Last year, 2.6 gigawatts of new offshore wind energy capacity were installed in Europe, as the European Wind Energy Association WindEurope announced today.

Global 100% Renewable Energy Platform Founds National Presence in the Ukraine

The Ukrainian renewable energy associations come together under the banner of the Global 100% Renewable Energy Platform

Belgium Still Has a Long Way to Go

Belgian energy and climate plan proposes renewables target of 18.3% by 2030

500 leading business people and students met yesterday to discuss how climate risks can be turned into climate opportunities - according to a new report, it will change how we do business profoundly.

ENGIE Signs PPA for Moray Offshore Wind Farm East Electricity

The French energy company wants to purchase 23.3% of the electricity generated from the 950MW wind farm.

Third PPA for Nike and Iberdrola

Iberdrola and Nike have agreed their third clean energy power purchase agreement (PPA) in three years, setting their sights on Europe for the first time.

WindEvents.Com: All Wind Events On One Site

Planning your show schedule for the running year? Can give you a hard time, no?

Enel Green Power starts Construction of South America’s Largest Wind Farm

The 716 MW Lagoa dos Ventos wind complex in Brazil is Enel Green Power’s largest wind project worldwide

Green Energy Markets produces the monthly Renewable Energy Index to assist the Australian community in understanding the role and contribution of renewable energies

Eversource is paying approximately $225 million USD for a 50 percent interest in Ørsted’s Revolution Wind and South Fork Wind Farm projects, as well as the 257-square-mile tract off the coasts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Ørsted acquired all three assets in November 2018 as part of its Deepwater Wind transaction.

Equinor Launches High-Tech Buoy in U.S. Waters

Equinor Wind US has deployed a specialized buoy designed to gather information of its offshore wind lease site in the “New York Bight”

The Spanish energy group Naturgy has announced the construction of a wind cluster: Nine wind farms will be built for 300 million euros in 16 municipalities in the provinces of Burgos, Valladolid and Zamora in the central Spanish region of Castilla y León.

PNE Group Takes Over Material Stocks and Personnel of argus GmbH

PNE has secured additional expertise, particularly in the area of wind turbine obstruction marking and on-demand night-time marking as required by aviation law.

Experimental testing should remain economically viable for manufacturers despite the increasing lengths of rotor blades - either in the form of full-scale blade testing or the testing of segment or blade components. That's why the Fraunhofer IWES will build a new test bench at the end of the year.

The latest data released by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) shows Africa and the Middle East installed 962MW of onshore wind power in 2018, an increase of more than 300MW compared to 2017

New Wind Energy Record in the UK

Wind energy generation hit a new high of 15.32 GW last Friday

Kvaerner to Study Floating Turbines Design for Equinor

Equinor has hande Kvaerner a contract to study how floating concrete substructures for the planned Hywind Tampen project in the North Sea can be designed and constructed

Nordex to Set Up Rotor Blade Production in Mexico

The company will set up a production facility in Matamoros, in the state of Tamaulipas.

Eneco and Vattenfall Finish Repowering Project in the Netherlands

The 17 existing wind turbines of the Slufterdam wind farm have been replaced by 14 wind turbines that are much more efficient.

Nordex Group: First Order in Ukraine

Nordex will supply the wind project Syvash with turbines for 133 MW

First Time Ever: 9.5 MW turbines in Germany

Iberdrola ordered 9.5 MW turbines from MHI Vestas Offshore Wind to be installed at the Baltic Eagle OWF

EDPR Enters Wind Market in Colorado

EDP Renewables North America has been awarded a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement to sell clean energy generated in the U.S. state of Colorado.

Developers in the U.S. purchased sufficient equipment to qualify 6.6 GW of new wind power capacity in 2018 for 60% production tax credits (PTC) under the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) safe harbor provision law, according to recent analysis carried out by Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables.

After almost three years of hold on all projects to expand renewable energies, there was reason to hope that South Africa would finally make progress again in recent months. President Cyril Ramaphosa, in office since February 2018, had announced that the expansion would be relaunched. But now new problems are emerging.

LDI from Austria with its long-term experience in Ice Protection Systems for Aviation as well as for Wind Turbines announces its 2019 price list for the LDI rotor blade heated mesh to be implemented during rotor blade production for Ice Protection.

Next Level for Floating Wind Energy

Shell, innogy and Stiesdal Offshore Technologies decided to build a new floating wind demonstration project with the TetraSpar floating foundation

On December 14, 2018, Vineyard Wind, LLC (“Vineyard Wind”) filed a Petition with FERC to waive the pro-rata proration requirements of the ISO New England, Inc. (“ISO-NE”) Transmission, Markets and Services Tariff (“Tariff”) so that Vineyard Wind could participate in the upcoming ISO-NE Forward Capacity Auction 13 (“Auction 13”) as a Renewable Technology Resource (“RTR”).

Lekela Signs PPA with Egyptian Government

Lekela’s 250 MW wind project will assist Egypt to achieve its ambitious renewable energy targets as a growing part of its energy mix

Corporate Wind Deals Benefit Local Communities

The AWEA takes a deeper look at the benefits for local communities through corporate wind deals.

EIB Tackles Climate Action in Spain

EIB and CaixaBank join forces to finance projects promoting climate action

World's Biggest Offshore Wind Farm Hornsea 1 Generates First Power

The first turbine at Hornsea 1 has been installed and is now producing electricity

Statkraft recorded an underlying EBIT amounting to NOK 4884 million in the fourth quarter of 2018. This was an increase of NOK 1536 million from the same period last year.

BNEF: Global Commissioning of Onshore Wind Turbines Declined to 45 GW in 2018

It's a small decline by 3% compared with 47 GW in 2017, but growth is expected to bounce back in 2019, with a 32% jump to 60GW

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ORIX has begun a seabed geological survey off the coast of Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, with the aim of the feasibility study of an offshore wind power generation business. The company has therfore obtained the consent of the relevant local parties.

Balearic Islands commit to 100% Renewables by 2050

The Parliament of the Balearic Islands has approved the Law of Climate Change and Energy Transition of the Balearic Islands.

German Onshore Wind Auction Under-Subscribed - Again

The latest German onshore wind auction brought another setback as just 476 MW worth of wind farm projects won capacity while a total of 700 MW was on offer.

The 2019 edition of BP’s Energy Outlook explores the key uncertainties that could impact the shape of global energy markets out to 2040.

Ambau Files for Bankruptcy

Ambau GmbH, a manufacturer of towers for offshore and onshore wind turbines, has filed for bankruptcy at the responsible local court in Cuxhaven last week.

ENERCON Signs First Major Contracts for New EP3 Platform in North America

ENERCON has announced to take another step towards its goal of increased focus on international markets

Total, Ørsted and Elicio announce the creation of an industrial consortium to submit a joint bid for the Dunkirk offshore wind farm project in France for a power capacity of up to 600 MW.

The Liberty Wind proposal was submitted in response to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s (NYSERDA) solicitation of offshore wind project proposals for supplying New York with clean, emission free offshore wind energy.

Sarco Wind Farm Helps to Complete Transmission Line in Chile

The Sarco Wind Farm, which was developed and built by Mainstream and is owned by Aela Energía has completed the construction of its 71 km transmission line.

The South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA) critizies the idea of re-negotiations of terms with successful bidders of the first two rounds of South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme REI4P

GWEC: Wind Energy in Asia-Pacific Region Surges 2018

The Asia-Pacific region has installed 24.9 GW of new onshore wind capacity during 2018

Growth of natural gas and renewables, plus greater energy efficiency kept U.S. power emissions in check, but faster economic growth and volatile weather lifted energy demand and overall emissions

ACCIONA Energy Expands Strategic Partnership with Commercial and Industrial Clients

ACCIONA signs a corporate PPA with Viva Energy in Australia to support its strategically important Geelong Refinery in Victoria.

ABO Wind Celebrates Milestone in Germany

1,000 megawatts of German wind energy connected to the grid

Australia has become a trend market when it comes to renewables. In recent years, the country has invested massively in expanding grids and in generating and storing energy with renewables. This could enable the country to reach the Paris Climate Agreement targets even ahead of time.

The Carbon Trust has published the Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) Suction Installed Caisson Foundation Design Guidelines, to increase industry confidence in the use of suction caissons.

Ground Breaking Ceremony for Eurus Kamikatsu-Kamiyama Wind Farm in Japan

Eurus Group Starts Construction of Ridgeline Wind Farm in Japan

Nordex Presents Preliminary Figures for Financial Year 2018

Customers liked the company's new high-efficiency turbines

Amount of New Wind Capacity in Europe Down a Third in 2018

Nevertheless, wind now provides 14% of Europe’s electricity

Global Safety Standards Keep 74,000 Wind Workers Safe

Global Wind Organisation (GWO) has reported rapid rises in the numbers of people trained to its standards

Next Major Milestone for RTS

RTS and Correll found entity in Taiwan

PNE AG Enters Market in Latin America

Internationally operating project developer PNE AG enters the market for renewable energies in Panama

The development of Australia’s first offshore wind farm has been stalled by Energy Minister Angus Taylor’s failure to sign off on an exploration license allowing a detailed assessment of the wind resource to commence.

Senvion Takes Swift Action to Improve Execution

German turbine manufacturer Senvion to tackle the problems that caused loss of revenues and profits

Alinta Energy to Build West Australia's Biggest Wind Farm

Alinta Energy has announced to build West Australia’s biggest wind farm and appointed Vestas as its engineering, procurement and construction partner.

Global Wind Power Capacity Reaches 600 GW

The overall capacity of all wind turbines installed worldwide by the end of 2018 reached 600 Gigawatt, according to preliminary statistics published by WWEA today

WFW Advises Lenders on Malaspina Wind Farm Financing

The 50.4 MW Malaspina wind farm is located in the southern Argentine province of Chubut.

The European Commission has found four French projects promoting electricity generation from renewable wind energy sources to be in line with EU State aid rules.

GWEC: 51.3 GW Newly Installed Wind Capacity in 2018

The wind industry installed 51.3 GW of new capacity in 2018, a decrease of 3.6% compared to 2017 (53.2 GW)

Navantia-Windar to Construct Floating Offshore Wind Foundations

The joint venture partners Navantia and Windar have been awarded the construction of five offshore wind floating foundations for a Scottish offshore wind farm

Ford Uses Wind Energy to Produce Cars

Ford has announced the procurement of 500,000 megawatt hours of locally sourced Michigan wind energy through DTE’s MIGreenPower program

With this expansion, the Spanish company has secured its position as a provider of operation and maintenance services to energy generation plants with a global presence in 22 countries.

Largest Offshore Wind Farm in Belgium Delivers First Power

The first turbines of Norther Wind Farm have begun supplying electricity to the Belgian grid while construction is still in full swing

First Steel-Cutting for Nexans' Cable-Laying Vessel Aurora

The company celebrates a major milestone in the construction of their new vessel

Navigant: Offshore Wind Will Play Increasing Role in Global Energy Transition

A new report from Navigant Research predicts more than 69 GW of new offshore wind capacity to be installed between 2018 and 2027

Vestas Addresses Extreme Conditions

Danish turbine manufacturer Vestas has introduced a new version of its 4 MW platform, which is specially designed for extreme climatic conditions.

‘Brussels Declaration’ Calls for More Offshore Wind Energy

The oceans provides a theoretically limitless resource for renewable energy - that needs to be harvested

Siemens Gamesa to Supply Bosnian Wind Farm with Turbines

Siemens Gamesa signed a 69 million euro contract with Bosnian utility EPBiH to supply wind turbines for a planned 48 MW wind farm.

PNE Finishes First Wind Farm in Sweden

The Laxaskogen wind farm was built in the South of Sweden in a forest area continuously used for modern Swedish forest industry