News Archive September 2019

Next Generation: Nordex Group Offers Nordex OS™ SCADA EDGE

Nordex OS™ SCADA EDGE is based on an IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) platform jointly developed with Software AG and its Cumulocity IoT solution.

Enel Wins 190 MW of Wind Power in Indian Tender

The project was awarded under the 1.8 GW Eighth Tranche of the national wind tender issued by the government

Focus on International Markets: ENERCON Expands Management

Four members of Management will support Managing Director Hans-Dieter Kettwig

GES Installs Envision Wind Turbines in Mexico

GES has been awarded the installation of turbines for a 90MW wind farm in Mexico, raising the installations of the company to 2.5 GW in the country

First order for new N133/4.8 strong-wind turbine / First project financed, merchant wind project / Planning consent allows for deployment of N133 on 110m tower, helping to make the project viable for subsidy-free operation

A new study conducted by the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) and the Renewable Energy Association of North Rhine-Westphalia (LEE NRW) investigated the effects of switching from fixed feed-in tariffs to auctions on the community wind sector which used to be very popular in Germany.

Lincoln Clean Energy to Build Wind Farm in Nebraska

Lincoln Clean Energy, Ørsted’s U.S. onshore developer of renewables, will build the Plum Creek Wind Farm in Wayne County, Nebraska.

GWEC Publishes Updated Market Outlook

The Global Wind Energy Council predicts 330GW of wind energy capacity which will be installed from 2019 to 2023.

A new study by researchers at the Institute for Transformative Sustainability Research (IASS) in Potsdam shows that many regions and municipalities could meet their electricity demand using electricity systems based exclusively on renewables.

Efficiency Giant Rises in Germany

Project developer VSB and turbinen manufacturer Nordex Group commission 4.5 MW wind turbine

AI Engine for Automated Blade Damage Detection

Sulzer Schmid and NNAISENSE join forces to bring artificial intelligence to wind turbine maintenance

Vestas has received an 11 MW order from long-term customer NOTUS energy Plan GmbH & Co. KG for two V150-5.6 MW turbines and a 25-year service contract for the Beesenberg II wind project in Brandenburg, Eastern Germany.

Today, the German wind industry is eagerly looking towards Berlin. Federal Economics Minister Peter Altmaier invited representatives of wind industry associations and companies to what the German media call the 'Wind Summit' where nothing less than the future of the German energy transition is at stake.

Nordex Scores Several Contracts in Europe

German turbine manufacturer Nordex has received orders from 12 different customers recently.

German Crisis Meeting Happening Today

The meeting needs to identify urgent steps to put wind energy back on track.

DNV GL is expected to carry out project certification for upcoming TenneT’s HVDC platforms, representing a cost-saving grid connection concept which will be applied for connecting offshore wind farms to some of TenneT’s upcoming German offshore converter platforms for the first time.

Deutsche Windtechnik Provides O&M for Senvion Turbines in the UK

The company will provide O&M for five wind farms operated by innogy Renewables UK.

Record High Turbine Orders in Q2

Chinese manufacturers dominate Top 10, but Vestas remains in top spot.

New European Commission Takes Shape

How can Ursula von der Leyen’s new European Commission deliver an ambitious climate strategy that works for all Europeans?

First Jacket Foundation Transition Piece Mock-Up Made in Taiwan

Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 1&2a projects take shape.

Northern Ireland Reaches 2020 Target in Renewable Electricity

44 percent of Northern Ireland’s electricity came from renewables between July 2018 and June 2019.

Schaeffler Invests in Autonomous Driving in China

New R&D center in Hunan region

65GW of European Wind Turbines Reach End of Lifespan Within Decade

The turbines need upgrades or replacements by 2028, says Wood Mackenzie

Vertical Sky® Is Supported by Horizon 2020

European program Horizon 2020 is fundiong the vertical axis wind turbine by Agile Wind Power

GE Report: Building the World’s Longest Wind Turbine Blade

A GE Report from the factory of LM Wind Power in Cherbourg where the company builds the world's largest wind turbine blades.

Prysmian Moves On with New Cable-Laying Vessel

The vessel is named Leonardo da Vinci and will be operational by 2Q 2021.

It was a witty opening of this year's HUSUM Wind today. Instead of the usual glossy film, this year there was a show symbolizing the variety of 'Wind' in dance - followed by a greeting from former Formula 1 world champion Nico Rosberg, who now drives a hydrogen car instead of spirit gulping race cars. But - he was only connected online and not live on the spot...

When the first of the new wind turbines started generating clean renewable energy, it set a new milestone for Taiwan's offshore wind industry and marked the first step towards achieving the Taiwanese government’s ambitions of installing 5.7GW offshore wind by 2025.

Ursula von der Leyen Introduces New European Commission

Europe's President-elect Ursula von der Leyen has introduced her new team and her agenda

A significant share of Europe’s wind turbine fleet will come to the end of its operational life within the next 10 to 15 years. In order to fulfil Europe’s long-term decarbonisation agenda, the share of wind energy in the energy mix needs to grow further

Statkraft Study: Cost of Renewables Will Continue to Fall

In Statkraft's Low Emissions Scenario 2019, the cost of renewable technologies will fall sharply over the next few decades.

GE Renewable Energy to Supply Swedish Wind Farm with Cypress Turbines

The 175 MW Björkvattnet wind farm will power the equivalent of 175,000 homes in Sweden

After two of four show days of German HUSUM Wind it is time to draw a first conclusion: Due to German politics the mood is bad, but there's no reason for despair. The wind industry is not stagnating at all, but quite to the contrary still full of innovative power even after more than 30 years.

CIP's Monegros Onshore Wind Portfolio in Aragon Gets GE Renewable Energy Turbines

Monegros is the first project between GE Renewable Energy and CIP

The world needs more renewable energy to stop global warming - The technology already exists to curb emissions enough to hit the Paris Climate Target though

Wind technology contracts activity in Q2 2019 saw 236 contracts announced, marking a flat growth over the last four-quarter average of 237, according to GlobalData’s power industry contracts database.

Floating Offshore Wind Competition Launched

The Carbon Trust has launched the Floating Wind Technology Acceleration Competition to accelerate the development and commercialisation of floating wind

Ireland Calls for More Offshore Wind

The IWEA has called for greater urgency from the Government and across the political system to support the development of offshore wind energy.

Last Decade of Investment Quadrupled Renewables Capacity

Global investment in new renewable energy capacity over this decade — 2010 to 2019 inclusive — is on course to hit USD 2.6 trillion

Siemens Gamesa Builds World’s Largest Rotor Blade Test Stand in Denmark

The gigantic structure in Aalborg will have more steel rebar reinforcement per square meter than a wind turbine foundation

Polish Companies Join Forces to Develop Offshore Wind

The PGE Group and the ORLEN Group signed a letter of intent on cooperation in the development of offshore wind energy.

Dickson said at an event in Abu Dhabi that the wind industry needs to plug the local economic benefits: local jobs and the taxes wind farms pay to the local municipality

East Anglia ONE Offshore Wind Farm Produces First Power

As of Thursday 12th September, green energy from one turbine is now flowing to the onshore substation at Burstall, near Bramford in Suffolk, UK.

U.S. Wind to Peak in 2020

The phase out of the Production Tax Credit (PTC) beginning in 2021 has developers rushing to complete projects in 2020, driving major bottlenecks in both logistics and interconnection queues.

Belarus Collects Money for Wind Farm

Belarusian news agency Belta reports that the government raised 40 million U.S. dollars in foreign investment to finance the country's largest wind energy project.

With UK offshore wind power to increase capacity to 30 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, there is a need to better understand the potential impact of such development on marine birds.

Siemens Gamesa Interested in Senvion Parts

The two companies will pursue negotiations for the sale of selected Services and Onshore assets in Europe.

Commerbank: Global Wind Energy Market Continues to Grow

In many markets projects are increasingly securing their revenues from power generation via PPAs

Vestas to Supply Haramsfjellet Wind Project in Norway

Vestas has developed a solution to fit the site’s wind conditions that includes eight V136-4.2 MW turbines and a long-term service contract

Horns Rev 2 Turns Ten Today

At the inauguration, Horns Rev 2 was the world’s largest offshore wind farm, but at the same time also the first offshore wind farm located that far from shore and in waters with such high waves.

Prysmian Group Included in 2019 Dow Jones Sustainability Index World

Prysmian has been included in the DJSI within the “Electrical Components & Equipment” industry (Capital Goods) with a score of 84/100

innogy Finishes Turbine Installation at Clocaenog Forest Wind Farm in Wales

All 27 turbines are now erected at the 96MW project which will be able to power up to 63,800 average UK households per year.

Siemens Gamesa Celebrates Construction Start of Its First Offshore Nacelle Assembly Facility Outside of Europe

Construction is due to begin in 2020 at the site located in the port of Taichung.

Study: Natural Gas Not Climate-Friendly

The key finding of the study procured by the Energy Watch Group debunks the widespread picture of natural gas as a climate-friendly bridge technology

EnBW Calls for Introduction of CO2 Levy on Energy Taxes in Germany

“The situation is becoming urgent while the solutions are already on the table”, says EnBW CEO Frank Mastiaux.

Statkraft Acquires Wind Farms in Chile

Statkraft has recently acquired three wind power projects in Chile with a planned installed capacity of 110 MW in total.

Under the EU Merger Regulation the European Commission approved the acquisition of Innogy's (RWE) distribution and consumer solutions business as well as certain of its electricity generation assets by E.ON, despite numerous criticisms.

Van Oord Installs Cables at Greater Changhua Offshore Wind Farms

Ørsted has contracted Van Oord to install inter array and export cables in Taiwan.

Wind Power: Record Production in Denmark

Last Sunday, for the first time ever, Denmark produced more wind power for 24 hours than the country itself would have needed for its energy supply.

Scottish Government Approves Enoch Hill Wind Farm

The 16-turbine onshore wind project will be located west of New Cumnock in East Ayrshire and will be capable of producing around 54.4MW of electricity.

Ørsted Orders GE’s 12 MW Offshore Wind Turbines

Two planned U.S. offshore wind farms will be the first world-wide to get the 12 MW Haliade turbines.

Prysmian: Laying of First Non-Metallic Armour Cable

The composite material is 30% lighter allowing installations up to a depth of 3,000 m

Equinor and SSE Win Development of Dogger Bank Offshore Projects

This will be the world’s biggest offshore wind farm development with a total installed capacity of 3.6 GW.

Dominion Energy Proposes Largest U.S. Offshore Wind Project

The proposal includes more than 2,600 megawatts of wind energy by 2026 off the Virginia coast

Global100RE: Solidarity with Global Climate Strikes

We will join in solidarity with the people of the world in shining a spotlight on the issue.

Germany at the UN General Assembly

UN summits week is all about climate and sustainable development

Renewable Power Capacity Additions Start Growing Again

The IEA expects renewable capacity additions to grow by almost 12% this year

GWEC: Offshore Wind Market Driven by Asia

Based on GWEC’s Market Outlook, the share of the new offshore wind capacity will increase to 10% and higher going forward

UK: Record-Breaking Renewables Auction

The auction secured new offshore wind capacity at a record low price of £39 per megawatt hour (MWh) for nearly 5.8GW of new renewable energy capacity

"Other European countries should take careful note as they finalise their offshore wind plans as part of their 2030 National Energy & Climate Plans,” says Giles Dickson, CEO of WindEurope.

NKT Wins Dogger Bank Order

NKT is preferred turnkey supplier for Creyke Beck A/B, a part of the planned Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farms

CfD for Sofia Offshore Wind Farm by innogy

The planned installed capacity is 1.4 gigawatts / With a price of £39.65 per megawatt hour (MWh), this third allocation round has seen the lowest ever price for offshore wind in the UK.

Ørsted and Pict Offshore Develop GUS System

It is an easier way for wind turbine technicians to get to work

Albatros Ready To Fly

All wind turbines of the Albatros Offshore Wind Farm are installed. Thus the currently largest German wind power project can go into operation in the coming weeks.

GE Renewable Energy to Become Carbon Neutral Next Year

GE Renewable Energy today announced its plan to make 100 percent of its operations carbon neutral by the end of 2020.

"This is the moment of truth; either we tackle this situation now, or we will struggle to achieve our targets as a society", said ACCIONA’s CEO during his speech at the business forum of the United Nations’ 2019 Climate Action Summit, being held in New York.

Wind Technology Tenders Activity in Q2 Down

Looking at global power tenders activity divided by the type of technology, wind held the fourth position

Vestas won a 43 MW order for three wind parks in Greece. The contract includes the supply and installation of 12 V136-3.6 MW for the Didima, Mavra Litharia and Dio Petres projects located in northern Greece.

Denmark Tries New Approach

A Strategic Environmental Assessment is needed prior to submission of final bids for Thor offshore wind farm.

Interest in Wind Energy in Eastern Europe and Russia Rises

Wood Mackenzie upgrades its wind power outlook for eastern Europe and Russia

Ørsted Goes Space

Changing perspective: Astronauts invite on space safari to inspire faster climate action

Only four years have passed since the international community rejoiced together when, after tough negotiations and haggling over every single word, the Paris Climate Agreement was finally concluded. What has happened since then? Not much - at least not when it comes to climate protection...

DNV GL Report: Digitalization in Wind Energy

Better efficiency and decision making will drive growth in renewable energy

UMaine will design an ultra-lightweight, corrosion-resistant, concrete floating offshore wind turbine, equipped with NASA motion mitigation technology, originally developed to reduce vibrations in rockets.

The “HighRe” project (aerodynamics with high Reynolds numbers for the large offshore wind turbines of the future) conducts complex measurements of the wind field and the aerodynamic reaction of the wind turbine in the near future.

Moog at K 2019 in Germany

Moog will present technology for sustainability, flexibility, reliability at the plastics industry’s largest trade fair

Apple Finances 3 Wind Farms in China

A Combined 134 Megawatts Supplied to China’s National Power Grid

Wind Energy: Driving Factor of British Energy System

Q2 2019: coal fell below 1% of total generation

Vestas Scores in Mexico

The Danish turbine manufacturer will supply a 168 MW wind farm 42 wind turbines of the 4 MW platform with V150 rotors.

Siemens Gamesa Cuts Jobs in Denmark

Siemens Gamesa is cutting up to 600 jobs in Denmark. This is due to the ongoing price war in the wind industry.

Even More Job Cuts: Vestas Follows Siemens Gamesa

The Danish turbine manufacturer has to adapt its rotor blade production to the changing market conditions in Europe and will cut 590 jobs in Denmark and Germany.

AT&T to Buy Frontier Windpower II Electricity from Oklahoma

Duke Energy Renewables has announced that AT&T has signed a 15-year, 160-megawatt VPPA for Frontier Windpower II.

Prysmian Secures TenneT Order for Maintenance Service

New asset management solutions from Prysmian Group

Vestas: String of New Orders in the U.S.

Vestas wins 359 MW order of V120-2.2 MW turbines in US with 10-year service agreement

Moog and Voith Planning Joint Venture

The proposed joint venture aims to combine the solid expertise of both companies in the field of hydrostatic servo drives and leverage synergies to enter new markets.

Plasmafuel: Project meeting in Stuttgart

During the “Power-to-fuel” project "PlasmaFuel", a method to produce CO2-neutral and extremely pure fuel for shipping applications is developed.