News Archive November 2021

Equinor: Big plans for Scotland

Equinor has reveiled plans for its preferred floating wind foundation design for full-scale gigawatt (GW) commercial floating offshore wind.

The 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) started in Glasgow October 31st. Chaired by the UK, government representatives of 197 countries will take part in negotiations. The heads of state and government are meeting on 1 and 2 November. Federal Chancellor Merkel is also attending this World Leaders Segment. The goal is for the international community to agree on the last unresolved issues concerning the rulebook for implementing the Paris Agreement by the end of the conference, scheduled for 12 November.

ACP releases statement ahead of COP26

"Our message to countries gathered there is, go big, go bold, follow the science, and the marketplace will have your back,” says ACP CEO Heather Zichal.

Under the terms of the agreement, Semco Maritime will create a world class service and maintenance hub in New Bedford and hire up to 40 people in the coming years.

SSE Pacifico to tackle Japanese offshore wind market

SSE Renewables has formed a new joint ownership company called SSE Pacifico to pursue the development of offshore wind projects in Japan.

A Mainstream Renewable Power-led consortium was awarded 50% of the total allocation in the latest round of South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP)   

Limiting the earth’s temperature rise to 1.5oC by 2050 requires a full decarbonisation of the energy sector. As such, the clean energy transition must progress rapidly. But to build a climate-resilient future, the energy transition must advance in a just and inclusive manner, leaving nobody behind.

GlobalData: laggards in energy transition split evenly between poor and rich

“Currently, half of the world, regardless of income levels, will not have a significant renewable generation share by 2030," says GlobalData.

Roxtec design software reaches milestone

There are around 40 000 registered users around the globe for the Roxtec Transit Designer™ which is a free software for design engineers working with cable and pipe penetration seals.

Let's do it!

The Transition to 100% Renewable Energy is Possible! The Earlier the Better, Let’s Speed it Up!

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), a fund manager within greenfield renewable energy investments, urges for swift policy action to accelerate the pace of the renewable build-out and to meet the Paris agreement targets to limit the rise in temperature.

The Global Solar Council and the Global Wind Energy Council, which represent private sector companies and associations across the wind and solar PV industries worldwide, have established the Global Renewable Energy Alliance to step up cooperation, knowledge exchange and joint advocacy yesterday.

The partnership between Commission, European Investment Bank and Breakthrough Energy Catalyst will mobilise up to €820 million between 2022-2026 to accelerate the deployment and rapidly commercialise innovative climate technologies.

Schaeffler expands its portfolio of mounting tools with new LASER-EQUILIGN2

The misalignment of shafts is a big problem for the operation of all types of machines.

Agreement signed for offshore wind research and education in Poland

RWE Renewables and the University of Gdansk has joined forces to accelerate the development of offshore wind energy, based on education and research.

COP26 faces

Last weekend the COP26 world climate summit has started in Glasgow, Scotland - and with it the struggle for a lot of money and useful results. Some people were particularly in the focus - even if they weren't present.

Statkraft publishes Q3 results

The solid result strengthens Statkraft’s financial capacity.

New consortium to take part in Norwegian offshore tender

Iberdrola, TotalEnergies, and Norsk Havvind have formed a consortium to respond to the Norwegian authorities' call for tenders for the development of offshore wind projects.

Claire Mack, Chief Executive of Scottish Renewables, said: “The challenges facing our environment have never been greater and the discussions currently taking place in Glasgow at COP26 will be critical in shaping the future of our planet."

Falck Renewables purchases two Finnish wind projects

Once in operation, the projects with a total installed capacity of 55 MW are expected to produce around 160 GWh of electricity annually.

SCADA International wins big in Finland

SCADA International is happy to announce the new project and corporation with the Finish division of VSB Group, VSB Uusiutuva Energia Suomi Oy.

Dominion wins largest ever US submarine cable project

Dominion Energy awarded the contract for the installation of submarine cables at the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project to Prysmian.

The equal partnership will submit an application to the Norwegian authorities for the development of a commercial scale floating offshore wind farm in the Utsira Nord license area in the Norwegian North Sea.

Cadeler to transport and install next-generation wind turbines

Cadeler A/S has signed a preferred supplier agreement for an undisclosed project.

Jumbo Shippings wraps up Hornsea Two shipping contract

Jumbo has completed the transport and handling of offshore wind turbine foundation components for Ørsted’s Hornsea Two offshore wind farm.

OCEaN is a coalition of wind farm operators, transmission system operators, environmental and climate protection organisations that provides an open forum for discussion.

Keeping the big picture in mind with BLADEcontrol®

In the second part of our video trilogy, you can see how you can monitor the rotor blades of your turbines offshore in a relaxed manner.

energy consult to take over mangement of two Polish wind farms

German Life-Cycle-Service provider energy consult has taken over both the commercial and technical operations management of two Polish wind farms and a substation.

Siemens Gamesa signs MoU to license 11 MW Direct Drive offshore technology in China

Siemens Gamesa has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China Energy United Power Technology Co., Ltd.

Siemens Gamesa has been named Nominated Preferred Supplier by Vattenfall for the 3.6 GW Norfolk offshore wind power projects in the UK, using the new SG 14-236 DD offshore wind turbines.

Nautilus International pledges end to wind farm Visa waivers

The Union has long campaigned for an end to the immigration waivers, which have been repeatedly extended by the British government.

Offshore wind investments close gap to fossil fuels

The rapidly growing offshore wind sector is forecast to reach a market size of $87 billion by 2030, says Rystad Energy.

GlobalData: India's 2070 net-zero commitment not good enough

The West needs to support renewable capacity expansion in India, says GlobalData.

WWEA has found out that the average duration of planning a wind farms is internationally 62 months, mainly due to lengthy bureaucratic processes, while the average permitting process consumes 29 months.

Pattern Energy has started construction of its 150 MW Lanfine Wind power project in Alberta, Canada which will provide enough green energy to power approximately 25,000 homes in Alberta annually.

Schaeffler publishes Q3 results

Global automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler presented its interim statement for the first nine months of 2021 today.

ACP welcomes passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will invest $65 billion to modernize and enhance the US transmission system.

Fugro wins site investigation contracts for Denmark’s Energy Island

Fugro secured two geotechnical site investigation contracts with Energinet for Denmark’s proposed Energy Island project in the North Sea.

Nexans has unveiled its Mobiway Un’Reel solution, which is set to make cable installation simpler, smarter, more cost-effective and secure across a range of different low and medium voltage cables.

Offshore wind is one of the most promising clean energy sources, but faces challenges slotting into an increasingly busy marine space which is suffering ecosystem and biodiversity pressures.

“This specific project gives us an opportunity to contribute to the transition to more sustainable energy resources and given that it’s offshore we can also leverage our long term expertise within offshore projects to deliver additional value beyond the scope of the heat exchangers to our client” says Stefan Gavelin, Director Sales Enablement.

Statkraft and Süwag sign PPA in Germany

Statkraft and Süwag Vertrieb AG & Co KG signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for a period of two years.

GE Renewable Energy announced today that its Haliade-X prototype in Rotterdam has been operating for two years, making it the first 10+ MW offshore wind turbine to achieve this milestone.

Schaeffler starts making its supply chain carbon-neutral

Schaeffler signs off-take agreement with Swedish start-up H2greensteel for the supply of green steel.

GE plans to split off three business divisions

GE Aviation, GE Healthcare, and the combined GE Renewable Energy, GE Power, and GE Digital businesses to become three public companies.

PNE posts successful development for the first nine months of 2021

The company was able to continue the positive development in the realisation of wind energy and photovoltaic projects.

By partnering with Maersk, the world’s largest asset owner within shipping and containers, Vestas gets direct access to container capacity at a fixed price.

Nexans opens high voltage subsea cable plant in Charleston

It's a first in North America, uniquely positioned to serve the rapidly expanding U.S. offshore wind market.

To coincide with COP26 in Glasgow, Germanwatch and the NewClimate Institute published their annual climate protection index - and once again it shows that despite some progress, no country is yet on track to meet the 1.5-degree target. That's bad news. But politics alone won't fix it anyway.

Decarbonising North Sea maritime operations

The UK Department for Transport and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult have unveiled an initiative to decarbonise the O&M vessels working in the North Sea.

Located between the West Wales and South West of England coastline, Gwynt Glas will generate enough renewable energy to supply up to 300,000 homes.

Pilot project delivers first green hydrogen to zero emission vehicles

The Brande Hydrogen pilot project in Denmark celebrates a new milestone, producing its first green hydrogen as part of the testing and commissioning phase.

As part of their commitment to build the U.S. offshore wind energy supply chain, Ørsted and Eversource investments are enabling the expansion of a facility that will for the first time make subsea transmission cables in the U.S.

For a long time it looked as if the COP26 would not produce any significant results. Now the world's two biggest CO2 emitters have joined forces and announced something surprising.

Reliably finding industry events worldwide, announcing your own events or easily planning and sharing trade fair and conference visits - an urgent concern of many working in renewable energies. WindEvents.Com serves this purpose. Now the platform comes with a new design and new functions that further simplify its use.

Renewables will dominate China's society in 2060

The China Energy Transformation Outlook 2021 summary presents pathways for achieving China’s targets to peak CO2 emissions before 2030 and reach carbon neutrality before 2060.

TÜV SÜD certifies largest offshore wind farm in Scandinavia

TÜV SÜD has now successfully completed certification of the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea.

Prysmian publishes Q3 results

“The results for the first nine months of 2021 confirmed we have returned to pre-pandemic levels,” commented Chief Executive Officer Valerio Battista.

Prysmian Group announces that it has completed the acquisition of Omnisens S.A., a leader in high performance fiber-optic based monitoring solutions for a safer and more efficient use of critical infrastructures.

BASF and Ørsted have concluded a 25-year fixed-price corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) for electricity from the planned offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 3.

The Antaris 3.5 kW in a hybrid system

The Antaris wind turbine works here on a 9.20m mast in a hybrid system with a PV system.

Outlook: Global Wind Industry looks to future with optimism

The eighth edition of the WindEnergy trend:index continues to draw an optimistic picture of the mood in the international wind industry.

The Crown Estate outlines 4GW opportunity for floating wind in the Celtic Sea

The Crown Estate has published further details on its plans for floating wind leasing in the Celtic Sea.

ENERCON finds new CEO

Dr Jürgen Zeschky will take on the role of new CEO at ENERCON.

In a vital step for the Phu Cuong Soc Trang Offshore Wind Farm, Mainstream Renewable Power today announces its receipt of a Decision on Investment and an Investment Registration Certification (IRC) from the provincial government of Soc Trang for the first 200 MW of the offshore wind farm.

Following the award in November 2020 of contracts for Dogger Bank A and B, Dogger Bank Wind Farm has now signed with the Sif-Smulders consortium the contract for the fabrication and supply of all foundations for the Dogger Bank C phase of the project.

Repsol finds partner for Delta wind farm

Repsol has reached an agreement with Pontegadea to partner in its first operational wind farm in Spain

DNV searches for development partners

DNV is looking for partners to launch a new joint industry project for floating offshore substations.

The current rules which govern how the electricity network is paid for were designed 30 years ago and are critically out of date. These charges are volatile and unpredictable and penalise Scottish renewable energy projects to the tune of tens of millions of pounds every year.

U.S. take next step in offshore wind on the west coast

The BOEM has designated a wind energy area off Central California for offshore wind.

Off-grid communities tend to rely heavily on diesel power for their energy needs. A new wind buoy could help remote coastal communities ditch their diesel dependence.

Global Energy Storage Market set to grow rapidly

By the end of this decade, the global Energy Storage Market will hit 1 terrawatt hour

James Fisher Renewables completed the first part of a two-phase contract to investigate unexploded ordnance (UXO) and potential archaeological features ahead of the installation of export cables for RWE’s Sofia Offshore Wind Farm.

The American Clean Power Association welcomes the signing of the The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law calling it a historic and long overdue investment in America’s infrastructure.

WindEurope urges the Lithuania to remove the changes to the auction rules and maintain the Ministry’s proposals of auctioning a double-side CfD based solely on a strike price.

Spain auctions 2.2GW of onshore wind

These new projects will bring an investment of more than €2.5m with them and will be supported by the 30,000-strong local Spanish wind industry.

PNE expands own wind farm portfolio

PNE AG has further expanded its internally operated portfolio of wind farms by taking 'Boitzenhagen' in Germany into operation.

Equinor signs MoU for South Korean offshore wind

Equinor has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Korean East-West Power (EWP) to cooperate on 3 GW of offshore wind projects in South Korea

Ørsted welcomes signing of U.S. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Ørsted Offshore North America CEO David Hardy attended the White House Ceremony.

Report: demand for offshore wind cables to increase sixfold

RenewableUK has published a new report on the demand for offshore wind cables: the market is about to increase sixfold within the next decade.

The COP26 world climate summit failed to live up to the hopes placed in it. Although some important initiatives have been launched, the decisive final declaration remained vague and fell far short of expectations. One argument that is used again and again: The high costs of the energy transition. But is this really true?

CRP Subsea enters renewables market

CRP Subsea has made a large-scale investment in a new manufacturing facility to support their entering the renewables market.

Enel Green Power sent out a message to developing nations

Enel is now in a position to help emerging nations on their journey to sustainable development and the energy transition.

“Prysmian Group uses a limited amount of mica in its products, in relation to the sector in which we operate,” said Prysmian Group Chief Operating Officer Massimo Battaini. “Our membership in the Responsible Mica Initiative is a step forward in ensuring the sustainability of our supply chain.”

Prysmian welcomes EC's anti-dumping duties

Prysmian Group welcomes the European Commission’s decision to impose anti-dumping duties on imports of optical fibre cables from China.

Joule Challenge project launch announced

The new UK programme will set out a detailed roadmap for incorporating new composite-based components in the next generation of offshore wind turbines.

By installing the infrastructure service Vessel Insight, Rem Offshore will collect data from the vessels and enable use of applications to optimize operations.

Australia: Berrybank 1 wind farm starts operation

GPG, an international power generation subsidiary of Spanish Naturgy, has started operations of its second wind farm in Australia, the 180 MW Berybank 1 wind farm.

Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), has broken ground on Vineyard Wind 1, the first commercial offshore wind farm in the US.

Scottish team secures blade recycling pilot project funding

The UK government grants a consortium the funding to develop the UK’s first wind blade turbine recycling plant.

French offshore wind farm: halfway installation milestone reached

DEME Offshore confirms halfway mark installation milestone for the Saint-Nazaire Offshore Wind Farm, one of the first French wind farms.

OX2 to construct Finland's largest wind farm

The wind farm in Lestijärvi will - once operational - be the largest ever in Finland and among the largest onshore wind farms in Europe during 2021.

Spain: Enel connects 51 MW onshore wind farm to the grid

Enel Green Power Spain has connected to the electricity grid a 51 MW wind farm in the town of Motilla del Palancar, in the Cuenca province.

Ørsted acquires Lincoln Land Wind Farm in Illinois

The 302 MW Lincoln Land Wind is fully contracted via PPAs with Meta and McDonald’s.

As Europe’s largest originating port for components to the wind industry, the port of Esbjerg not only contributes as an important link in the energy transition, it also takes crucial steps towards greater sustainability.

Metsähallitus starts preparations for Finnish offshore wind farm

Metsähallitus starts wind measurements in Maalahti to build an offshore wind farm 15 km off the west coast of Korsnäs, Finland. First step is putting up the mast.

Waste from manufacturing represents one of the biggest challenges faced by many industries as they seek to reduce their carbon footprint. At LM Wind Power, nearly one third of its operational carbon footprint comes from waste disposal.

Vestas expands EnVentus platform’s power output

Vestas introduces the V162-6.8 MW, a new, more powerful onshore wind turbine.

Seaqualize tests inline Active Heave Compensator Delta600

Seaqualize has developed the world’s first iAHC: a tool specifically designed for heavy lift, in-air load control.

Deutsche Windtechnik looks back on another successful year

The full-service provider for wind turbines welcomed its 2,000th employee in November.

Prysmian to install submarine power link between Elba and Italy

The project involves marine and civil works for the design, supply, installation, and commissioning of an HVAC 132 kV three-core power cable

GE to help New Zealand's energy transition

Servicing one of the fastest-growing areas of New Zealand, GE's partner Counties Energy is 100% consumer-owned and focused on transforming its network for the low carbon future.

Generally speaking, manual relubrication errors are one of the main causes of failure in rolling bearings. The bearing specialists at Schaeffler have solved this problem.

• Italian government awards contract for difference for 25.2-megawatt project in Sicily • RWE to deploy its 17th onshore wind farm in Italy / Commissioning scheduled in 2022

German wind repowering potential at a glance with just three clicks

Available nationwide for 27,954 onshore wind turbines

EIB grants €200 million in funding to accelerate Nexans’ active role in the world’s energy transition and commitment to contribute to carbon neutrality by 2030. Nexans activities are in close alignment with the goals of the European Green Deal.

Development of projects with an envisaged capacity of up to 1.5 gigawatts Floating wind supports the green transformation of Ulsan region and creates diverse business opportunities for the existing maritime industry RWE contributes its extensive capabilities gained from bottom-fixed and innovative floating projects

ENGIE and BASF sign power purchase agreement for renewable energy in Europe

Long-term PPA over 25 years Total volume amounts up to 20.7 terawatt hours Renewable energy for low-emission chemical production

IRENA’s International Off-grid Renewable Energy Conference (IOREC) held virtually for the first time, gathers global stakeholders to mobilise investments

The inventor of the laser tracker API has agreed with TRIGO Group, the leading global quality service provider on a partnership for Hungary and parts of the CEE region.

1,500 km cable system for mediterannean Tyrrhenian link electricity corridor New investments in Prysmian's centre of excellene at Arco Felice (Naples) CEO V. Battavista “We are proud to work with Terna on tis milestone project, to develop an more robust and sustainable power grid in Italy.”