News Archive August 2019

Japan Publishes Preferred Areas for Offshore Wind

Japan has published 11 areas which could be suitable for the development of offshore wind farms

GE Announces Q2 2019 Results

Orders went up, but challenging situation

Prysmian Group Publishes Strong Results for the First Half of 2019

The company has won several important offshore wind farm projects such as Vineyard in the USA and Dolwin5 in Germany during the latest months

BloombergNEF: Energy Storage Boom Will Come

The installations of batteries and storage facilities around the world will multiply exponentially in the next decade, says the latest BloombergNEF forecast

GWEC Mourns the Loss of Wind Energy Pioneer Steve Sawyer

The founder of the organisation and Secretary General for over 10 years, Steve Sawyer, passed away on 31 July.

Change in the Board of Directors of Vestas Wind Systems A/S

Henrik Andersen is new Group President & CEO of Vestas Wind Systems A/S

The record 41,801 megawatts (MW) of U.S. wind capacity currently under construction or in advanced stages of development represents a 10 percent increase over the level of activity this time last year.

Nordex Group Grows U.S. Portfolio

The Nordex Group receives nnother major order for turbines from the Delta4000 platform

More Renewables for Amazon

Amazon has announced the company’s 65th and 66th renewable energy projects and continues its investments in renewable energy

EIB to Finance Construction of 21 Wind Farms in Spain

The EU bank will provide up to EUR 385m to Alfanar, successful bidder in Spain's third renewable energy auction to build 21 wind farms in six autonomous communities around Spain

Report: Renewables Are Cheapest New-Build Power in Australia

Annual update, GenCost 2018, found solar and wind technologies to be lowest cost.

Report: Profit of German Lignite Plants Collapses

The cash cow has stopped giving: The gross profit of the German lignite fleet collapsed by 54% in the first half of 2019

The project selected 24 units of Goldwind’s GW130-2.5MW smart wind turbines, marking that the Chinese-made permanent magnet direct-drive (PMDD) smart wind turbines have entered Kazakhstan in batches.

PNE with Continuity in the Board of Management

Markus Lesser (CEO) and Jörg Klowat (CFO) reappointed as members of the Board of Management

Senvion India will be furnished with all licences to the extent necessary, R&D knowhow and technical support in order to strengthen local capabilities.

A large range of companies and organisations have written an open letter in support of onshore wind and call the new Energy Minister Kwasi Kwarteng to support the development of new onshore wind farms

TECO Electric & Machinery has signed a contract with Danish wind energy developer Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) for the construction of a substation for Changhua Coastal Park

PNE Installs "On-Demand Night-Time Marking" for German Wind Farm

Only when a flying object is in the immediate vicinity of the wind farm the obstacle lighting is switched on

Project developer Vattenfall has chosen Hvide Sande on the west coast of Jutland as the location for the service hub for Horns Rev 3. Operation and maintenance of the planned 49 wind turbines will be controlled from there in the future.

Equinor and YPF Luz have announced that the companies have entered an agreement where a subsidiary of Equinor will subscribe to shares in Luz del León which is currently building the Cañadón León wind farm project.

Scout Clean Energy, a Colorado based renewable energy developer-owner-operator, has announced the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission granted approval for a construction permit for the 200 MW Sweetland Wind Farm in Miller, South Dakota.

AES Colombia to Buy Colombia’s Biggest Wind Power Portfolio after DNV GL’s Review

AES Colombia is planning to purchase the Jemeiwaa Kai portfolio comprising of 5 wind farms with a total capacity of 648 MW

Windlab’s Kennedy Energy Park in Australia Connected and Energised

According to developer Windlab, the Kennedy Energy Park project in North Queensland (Australia) has been connected to the electricity grid and energised.

Nabrawind Technologies and Agile Wind Power will receive big funding from the EU's Horizon 2020 programme for their innovative wind turbines. While Nabrawind Technologies scores with a novel tower concept and modular rotor blades, Agile Wind Power relies on a large vertical axis turbine.

PNE Publishes Strongly Improved Results

German project developer PNE has tripled the operating profit (EBIT) in the first half of 2019

Nordex Group Receives Another Order from Spain

The manufacturer will supply two wind farms with 67 MW

Macquarie Acquires 400 MW Offshore Wind Farm BARD Offshore 1

Infrastructure Manager Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) acquires Ocean Breeze Energy, owner of the North Sea wind farm BARD Offshore 1, from Unicredit.

EnBW Starts Construction of Two Onshore Wind Farms in Turkey

The German-Turkish joint venture Borusan EnBW Enerji has started construction of two wind farms with a total capacity of 210 MW.

Jan De Nul Installs Export Cables for Taiwanese Offshore Wind Projects Formosa

Jan De Nul Group’s Cable Laying Vessel Willem de Vlamingh has installed three export cables on the 120MW Formosa 1 Phase 2 wind farm in Taiwan.

With the ability to address both SIL-1 and SIL-2 functional safety applications, user can now avail themselves of not only the highly reliable machinery protective functions, but the many other innovative aspects of the VC-8000 platform

The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has published a report sharing key learnings from a study of European offshore wind transmission models as a guide for their own efforts

Neoen Acquires Wind Farms in the Republic of Ireland

The wind farms which are already in operation represent a total capacity of 53.4 MW

Lekela to Build First Wind Project in Egypt

The energy company has reached financial close on its first wind farm which will have a capacity of 250 MW

AWEA: Delay of Vineyard Wind Undermines Trump’s American Energy Dominance Agenda

A major U.S. economic growth opportunity of approximately $70 billion of investments into the American energy supply chain is stalled

Global apparel retailer Gap Inc. has announced that it has signed a 90 Megawatt virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) for the Aurora Wind Project with Enel Green Power North America, marking one of the largest offsite renewable energy contracts by an apparel retailer.

Heerema Wins Another Wind Contract in Taiwan

The contract for Heerema is for the 900MW Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind farms

Partners Group Invests in Australian Bango Wind Farm

The 244MW Bango Wind Farm will go into construction in New South Wales, Australia, shortly.

TEPCO Founds Seperate Company for Renewable Energy Development

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) has announced the plan to form a separate company to handle TEPCO's renewable energy generation business.

ESVAGT and Wind Power LAB Launch EWPL Ocean

Drone inspections and artificial intelligence will make offshore blade inspections easier.

Another Underperformance in Auctions Hits Germany

With yet another under-subscribed German onshore wind auction round, it’s very clear that the permitting process in Germany is not fit for purpose.

New Research Aims to Stabilise Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

Simulations by the research project from Manchester Metropolitan University pave way for designs making pontoon masts financially viable

The company, which in 2016 had installed and commissioned condition monitoring software at the relatively new Omsk polypropylene plant Poliom, has received a letter from Russia.

Nordex Awaits Busy Second Half of the Year

The company has confirmed its guidance for 2019 and increased its porduct portfolio with another large turbine in the 5 MW segment

German energy company EnBW has announced to have completed the installation of all wind turbines in the Offshore Wind Farm EnBW Hohe See. Now the installation vessels will head over to Albatros Offshore Wind Farm to finish up there.

Siemens Gamesa Wins Double Order from India

It's the first time, turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa will partner with energy company Alfanar to build wind farms in its native India.

Nordex Presents New Giant Turbine at HUSUM Wind 2019

Nordex extends its product portfolio and launches a 163 metre rotor for the Delta4000 5.X

TÜV SÜD to Certify New Nordex Turbines

Nordex has commissioned TÜV SÜD to carry out type certification of their latest wind turbine generators (WTG) N149/5.X and N163/5.X.

GE Renewable Energy has been selected by investors Partners Group and CWP as the wind turbine supplier for the 244 MW Bango wind farm near Yass, New South Wales.

The transformation of Australia’s electricity grid is accelerating. Australia is installing solar and wind so fast that it is now leading the world in the per capita deployment rate for renewables.

The share of solar and wind power has also been rising in the U.S. for years now. While Europe already produces so much electricity from renewables that the systems have to be shut down at times and storage technologies have therefore moved to the centre of research, U.S. researchers are also starting to tackle the issue.

China's Renewable Sectors Allows Foreign Market Access

In fact, foreign investments in certain renewable areas are covered in the Encouraged Catalogue, which may offer additional tax and other incentives.

Jan De Nul Grabs Kriegers Flak Order

Jan De Null will install 72 turbines in the Baltic Sea, starting in 2021.

“It is with great pleasure, that I can announce the appointment of Christian Venderby as Executive Vice President at Vestas”, says Henrik Andersen, Group President & CEO, Vestas Wind System A/S.

Altogether, there is no denying that China continues to be on track to lead the transition from traditional energy sources such as coal, to wind and other renewables – and they are proving now that this transition can now be subsidy-free!

RES Receives Consent for Barr Cregg Wind Farm in Northern Ireland

The seven-turbine project will be able to provide electricity for more than 12,200 homes

Norwegian Government Urged to Kickstart Offshore Wind

“The market can’t fix this. We need a targeted industrial policy that enables us to take a strong position in a global market,” says Anne-Grete Ellingsen, CEO of GCE NODE.

ORE Catapult Welcomes World's Longest Wind Turbine Blade

The 107m rotor blade by LM Wind Power will be tested at ORE Catapult’s blade-test facility over the coming months

Discovery of the Day

Under this headline we will point out interesting articles on the topic of wind energy and climate change at irregular intervals in the future.

Study: Europe Has Enough Untapped Onshore Capacity to Meet Global Energy Demand

“The study is not a blueprint for development but a guide for policymakers indicating the potential of how much more can be done"

E.ON Wins Largest U.S. Project Yet

The company will build a 440 MW wind farm in Texas which is the largest single phase project E.ON has ever completed in the United States.

The Smart Efficient Energy Centre (SEEC) of Bangor University will develop joint research between Welsh and international organisations and businesses to investigate the options for using big data science to improve the efficiency of low carbon energy systems including offshore wind energy.

Monterey Bay Community Power (MBCP) and Castle Wind have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enter into a future long-term PPA in anticipation of an offshore wind project off the coast of Morro Bay.

World’s Largest Wind Turbine Blade Arrived in UK

The blade might even be one of the largest single machine components ever built.

Offshore Wind Will Grow Over Next Decade

The report of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) covers the status of the 176 operating offshore wind projects through Dec. 31, 2018.

More than 100,000 turbines across the continent form the backbone of an industry that already supports 300,000 European jobs - but many turbines will surpass their lifespan in the next years.

The workshops held gathered a select group of provincial renewable energy heads and senior government leaders to discuss and debate on the draft Alternative and Renewable Energy Policy 2019 (ARE Policy 2019).

UK Investigates National Power Outage

Several authorities in the UK are investigating the power cut which occured on Friday 9 August and has left more than one million people without electricty for nearly an hour.

Statkraft Acquires Another UK Onshore Wind Developer

After the company has acquired Element Power last year, Airvolution Clean Energy Ltd. will now also be a part of Statkraft's ongoing UK business.

BorWin3 Offshore Wind Grid Connection Transmits Power

The 900 MW project is now converting three-phase electric power generated into direct current and transmitting it back to the German shore

Vineyard Wind, the first U.S. offshore wind farm on an industrial scale, has been the subject of a dispute between various authorities for weeks. A missing environmental report ensures that construction cannot begin as planned. Now the consequences of the delay have reached the first supplier.

Jan De Nul Installs All Foundations at Formosa 1 Phase 2 OWF

All 20 foundations of the 120MW Formosa 1 Phase 2 wind farm in Taiwan have been successfully installed.

SeaRenergy Acquires Elbe-1

Both companies are based in Hamburg, Germany and specialists in offshore wind energy.

Goldwind's Leading Technology Comes to Canada

Goldwind will install the turbines for the 200 MW wind farm in Assiniboia, Saskatchewan.

It's the first time, the program will be launched outside Europe, and it is intended to integrate the company's innovation approaches developed by its Latin American teams with breakthrough technologies developed by startups and technology partners.

Scandinavia's Largest Offshore Wind Farm Inaugurated

Vattenfall's 49 wind turbines on Horns Rev off Denmark’s west coast in the North Sea will increase the Danish power production from wind with around 12%

Equinor: Hywind Tampen Project Gets Funding

Equinor and its partners are considering the possibility of supplying electricity from a floating offshore wind farm to the oil and gas fields.

RenewableUK: UK Needs Onshore Wind to Reach Net Zero

The committee is calling on Ministers to ensure that there is strong policy support for new onshore wind projects

MHI Vestas Meets Taiwan Government’s Localisation Requirements for Local Turbine Production

The turbine manufacturer has signed contract with Taiwanese manufacturer, Shihlin Electric Co., for switchgear

Flicq and Robert Gordon University Team Up to Analyse Turbine Data

The ultimate objective is to reduce turbine downtime by improving the prediction of failures.

Report: Beginning of Corporate Renewables Procurement Boom

Massive amounts of wind and solar power have been signed in the latest PPAs.

Denmark's Largest Wind Farm Boosts Green Electricity

Horns Rev 3 has been officially inaugurated and increase Danish wind energy production by 12%.

The two grid operators in Denmark and the UK, Energinet and National Grid, have signed all contracts for the construction of the interconnector Viking Link between the two countries.

Their joint venture Bay State Wind submitted its proposal in response to the commonwealth’s second Request for Proposals (RFP) for offshore wind energy generation.

RTS Wind at the HUSUM Wind 2019

Waffles in Hall 2, Booth D04

Government Report Highlights Trends in U.S. Wind Power Market

The U.S. Department of Energy’s '2018 Wind Technologies Market Report' has been published.

An order for a 29 MW wind power plant from Avacon Natur GmbH, a subsidiary of German utility E.ON SE, has underlined Vestas’ ability to provide a site-specific solution for a challenging site that requires both careful planning and installation as well as measures to ensure safe operation in a busy industrial environment.

DNV GL Launches U.S. Office for Offshore Wind

DNV GL has established a Renewables Certification office in the United States for offshore wind.

Siemens Wins Viking Link Order

Siemens to deliver both HVDC converter stations for the interconnector between Denmark and the UK

Vineyard Wind Hungry for Offshore Wind

U.S. offshore wind developer Vineyard Wind submitted proposals for the development of an additional offshore wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts

U.S. Department of Energy Releases Three Reports about Wind Industry

Last week, the U.S. DOE has released a bunch of new reports about the on- and offshore wind markets in the United States.

DNV GL Recertifies fos4X System for Damage Detection on Rotor Blades

The fos4X core technology guarantees reliable operation in harsh environments

Report: Gujarat Can Lead Renewables Growth in India

The IEEFA has published a new report today stating that the state of Gujarat on the west coast of India can lead the country in its journey to more renewable energy

In times of melting polar caps and burning rainforests, zoos and animal parks play an increasingly important role in protecting endangered species. The Detroit Zoo is therefore completely committed to environmental protection.

University of Hull and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Join Forces

The University will oferr an an MSc Masters Degree Apprenticeship for Offshore Wind Energy Engineering

Green Investment Group (GIG) Acquires Tysvær Wind Farm in Norway

Tysvær is GIG's first development in Norway and further expands the company's growing presence in Scandinavia.

Senvion: No Offers for Turbine Production

Senvion receives advanced offers for substantial core parts of the business, but not for the entire unit

Sif Extends Land Lease in Port of Rotterdam

The company and the Port of Rotterdam have agreed on the lease of an additional 20 hectares industrial land for the extension of Sif's offshore wind activities.

Carbon Trust Launches Stage 2 of Offshore Renewable Joint Industry Project (ORJIP)

The programme aims to reduce consenting risk, project maturation time, cost and the environmental impact of existing and future offshore wind farms.

Nordex Group Receives Type Certificate for Latest Turbine

TÜV SÜD awards he worldwide valid IEC type certificate for the N149/4.0-4.5 turbine from the Delta4000 series.

First Nation in Canada Gets Wind Turbines

Canada enables communities to use less diesel fuel and more renewable energy

Vestas Sells Three Romanian Wind Farms

Closing of the transaction is expected to take place within eight to ten weeks.