News Archive May 2021

Ramboll to Support Planning of Denmark's Energy Island

Ramboll is supporting the visionary plan to construct an artificial island in the North Sea through detailed studies of the possible activities on the island.

Rystad Energy Expects Investment Boom in Offshore Wind Industry

As the capacity is poised to grow rapidly, so are the investments into the offshore industry with new countries emerging the market during the next decade.

Vestas Marks Latvian Market Entry

Vestas has secured a 59 MW order for the Latvian wind farm Targale.

Van Oord is responsible for the transport and installation of 62 jacket foundations for the wind turbines and the 4 foundation pin piles for the offshore substation of the Saint-Brieuc Offshore Wind Farm.

Vestas Secures First EnVentus Order in Italy

Vestas will supply the 30 MW Fiurme Santo wind farm in Porto Torres in Sardinia, Italy with wind turbines of its EnVentus platform.

Finnish real estate asset management company Sponda has today announced an agreement with energy company Helen that will enable the construction of a new wind power farm in Ostrobothnia, Finland.

Walmart to Get Even Greener

Walmart wants to become a regenerative company powered by 100% renewable energy by 2035. The company has taken the next step now by signing a collaboration with ENGIE North America.

Ternan Energy and Geosyntec Team Up for U.S. Offshore Wind

The collaboration between Ternan and Geosyntec will provide clients direct access to a geotechnical engineering team located throughout the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.

Reduced repairs costs, increased reliability and support for long-term monitoring among key benefits of accurate tensioning / Correct bolt tension is hard to achieve but essential to safety and product reliability

Wanderup Wind Field Gets ADLS Technology

Deutsche Windtechnik will retrofit the ADLS technology for the German wind farm.

“The ECO CABLE product label is aimed at proactively addressing the greener and greener expectations of the market and of all stakeholders”, explains Massimo Battaini, Prysmian Group Chief Operating Officer.

Latvia Needs to Harvest Wind Power

The wind energy potential in Latvia is significant, both for onshore and offshore wind. But the country needs to start developing wind farms.

The annual Wind Investment Awards is a platform to celebrate best practice in the global onshore and offshore wind industry, incorporating innovation, financing, project development and asset management.

The Polish Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) has announced that Equinor and Polenergia's Baltyk II and Baltyk III projects have been awarded contracts for difference (CfD). With a total potential capacity of 1440 MW, these two are among the first offshore wind projects to be awarded in Poland.

UK: New Wind Energy Record on Monday

On Britain's Bank Holiday on Monday 48.4% of the country’s electricity was produced by wind energy.

Is the Future Vertical?

New research from Oxford Brookes University has found that vertical turbine design can be far more efficient than conventional turbines in large wind farms. Will wind farms now soon look different?

Siemens Gamesa Named as Preferred Supplier for Taiwanese OWF

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and customer Hai Long have extended their partnership so the turbine manufacturer will supply all 1,044 MW for the offshore wind farm.

TÜV Süd Secures Contract for Korean Offshore Wind Project

TÜV SÜD has won a contract for a wind condition analysis and AEP (annual energy production) assessment services for a planned offshore wind farm in South Korea.

ACCIONA to start construction work on Spanish Celada Fusión wind farm

The wind farm will include 10 Nordex 149 wind turbines that will be installed atop 125-meter-high steel towers.

ESVAGT sends vessel to Baltic Sea

The ESVAGT Dana will do maintenance work for the Baltic 2 offshore wind farm in Germany.

Enel Green Power to construct 1.5 GW of renewables in the U.S.

The developer will construct five new renewable energy projects in the U.S., including three hybrid renewable + storage projects

“The underlying operating result was the best ever achieved in a single quarter, following higher Nordic power prices and successful energy management”, says CEO Christian Rynning-Tønnesen.

SCADA International wins hybrid project for juwi

SCADA International secures deal to deliver control solutions for a new hybrid project for juwi.

Commercial operation of Crossing Trails wind farm started

EDPR has started the commercial operation of it wind farm in Colorado.

“VISSKA” is the German acronym for a research project aimed at exploring the use of vibratory pile driving at the Kaskasi II offshore wind farm, in terms of installation, noise emissions and the impact on the behaviour of porpoises.

LR undertook certification activities, as well as incorporating the work of other parties in its evaluation, before issuing the project certificate to Blauwwind for its Borssele III & IV offshore windfarm project.

“The North Sea has some of the world’s best wind resources. A floating offshore wind farm at Utsira Nord could be the next project at scale to drive industrialisation of floating offshore wind and create new opportunities for Norwegian industry," says executive vice president for New energy solutions in Equinor, Pål Eitrheim.

Bigger vessels needed for next-generation offshore turbines

As turbines grow bigger, the installation fleets need to become bigger themselves

The project will include the development of a new robotic seabed drilling system along with the installation and testing of marine anchors using micropile technology.

Market entry for wpd in Greece

The German developer wants to enter the Greece market by developing wind and solar projects.

PGE and Ørsted now each own 50% of shares in offshore wind projects Baltica 2 and Baltica 3, together comprising the Baltica Offshore Wind Farm, the largest offshore wind project in the Polish part of the Baltic Sea.

RenewableUK report: UK Government urged to set new 2030 targets for renewable technologies ahead of COP26

The report’s recommendations include reaching 30 gigawatts (GW) of onshore wind by the end of the decade

Vattenfall sells Dutch Jaap Rodenburg wind farm to a.s.r.

The ten existing wind turbines in Almere Pampus will be repowered with more powerful ones.

European Commission approves new German renewables law

WindEurope critizies one part of the approval as unhelpful.

The 60-minute webinar “Roxtec sealing consultancy for offshore wind projects” is available now. It will highlight the help we offer, from early online design and selection of certified seals through to onsite assistance. Directly after the webinar, you will be able to consult our sealing experts.

Mike Hastings: “It is a win-win situation. We empower the technicians to make preparations for installing sensors and guide them through step by step. From a company perspective, we also save travel expenses and time.“

PNE Publishes Results for Q1

PNE AG has made a dynamic start into the 2021 fiscal year while its pipeline for wind and solar grows.

SCADA International secures another Vestas contract

Vestas has chosen SCADA International to deliver technicians across Europe to install their Vestas Online Business- and Compact SCADA solutions

BayWa r.e. sells 62 MW Furuby wind farm in Sweden to ERG

Furuby wind farm sale marks BayWa r.e.’s second major transaction in the southern part of Sweden, after the sale of its 94.6 MW Lyngsåsa wind farm in 2019.

Hexicon to develop project for floating wind in Norway

Hexicon will develop a demonstration project called TwinWay for floating wind power at a deep water area off Norway’s coast.

After the Federal Constitutional Court admonished Germany's climate protection plans last month, the federal government plans to readjust them before this week's holiday. Details? There will be no details until later...

API and Mitutoyo announce reseller agreement

Adding API’s complete portfolio of portable equipment to Mitutoyo’s already diverse portfolio was a natural fit for both companies.

Schaeffler Publishes Q1 Results

After a slump because of COVID-19, the revenue of Schaeffler raises.

First U.S. Commercial Scale Offshore Wind Project Reaches Next Milestone

The final major step in the federal review process for the first commercial scale offshore wind farm in the United States is underway.

Renewable sources of electricity such as wind and solar grew at their fastest rate in two decades in 2020 and are set to expand in coming years at a much faster pace than prior to the pandemic, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency.

“It’s great to see the Government putting job creation and in particular the development of new skills and training at the heart of their policy agenda, as part of the green economic recovery after the pandemic," says RenewableUK.

Prysmian Group bets on Diversity & Inclusion

Prysmian has set up a new global Diversity & Inclusion Steering Committee, tasked with overseeing the achievement of the objectives that the Group has set itself.

GE Renewable Energy and Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions Corporation today announced that they have signed a strategic partnership agreement to localize critical phases of the manufacturing process of GE’s Haliade-X offshore wind turbine and to support its commercialization in the country.

The Record of Decision is BOEM’s “greenlight” for construction of the first U.S. commercial-scale project, approving the installation and operation of 84 offshore wind turbines arranged in a north-south and east-west orientation, with a minimum spacing of one nautical mile between them.

American Clean Power Association welcomes Vineyard Wind record of decision

“This is a historic day for clean energy and for our country", says Heather Zichal, ACP CEO.

BNEF: Latin America to Rocket in renewables installations in 2021

BloombergNEF expects new installations in Latin American countries to exceed 10 gigawatts (GW) for the first time.

The European Commission has made a budget available within the Horizon 2020 green deal programme for research into opportunities to increase the sustainability of logistics operations in sea ports and airports. Nearly € 25 million in funding will got to the ‘green port project’ Rotterdam.

In 2020, six 1.65 MW wind turbines were equipped with our BLADEcontrol condition monitoring system here. The wind turbines from POMA-Leitwind are located on Guadeloupe, one of the French West Indies islands in the Caribbean Sea.

Within the coming years the industry and research coalition is aiming to present a fully scoped solution ready for industrial adoption, based on commercialisation of the novel circularity technology.

Prysmian publishes financial results for Q1

The Board of Directors of Prysmian has approved the Group’s consolidated results for the first quarter of 2021.

The Vineyard Wind 1 project received the final major step in the federal review process, obtaining the Record of Decision from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

British renewables pipeline increases

Cornwall Insight's 'Renewables pipeline tracker' states that most regions across the UK showed a net increase in total pipeline capacity during the last year.

The Briefing by the Business Network for Offshore Wind provides updates to the 2020 Transmission White Paper and offers immediate and long-term recommendations for strategic actions to ensure the U.S. deploys 30 GW of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030.

Study: Renewables enhance U.S. power grid resilience

Integrating renewables enhances the grid's resilience, meaning a highly resilient and decarbonized energy system is possible, a new study by Dartmouth Engineering states.

Construction start for TICO WIND plant

Enel Green Power España (EGPE) has started construction of 180 MW TICO WIND wind farm located in Villar de los Navarros in the province of Zaragoza, Spain.

LR approves ballast control system from Seaplace

LR has granted Seaplace Approval in Principle for its active ballast control system, designed specifically for the company’s floating offshore wind platforms concept.

ENGIE North America headquarters powered by wind energy

ENGIE North America has announced that its Houston headquarter is under contract for renewable energy from one of its own Texas wind projects.

The project calles H2RES will have a capacity of 2 MW and is located on Ørsted's premises on Avedøre Holme in Copenhagen. It will investigate how to best combine an efficient electrolyser with the fluctuating power supply from offshore wind.

The Turbine Supply Contract confirms that GE Renewable Energy will provide 87 units of the Haliade-X 14 MW offshore wind turbine, marking the first commercial commitment for this nameplate.

Iberdrola and 50Hertz have signed an agreement to cooperate with regard to the construction, installation and commissioning of an offshore substation for Baltic Eagle wind farm being developed in German waters of the Baltic Sea.

Financial Close for Finnish Karhunnevankangas project

wpd, together with Commerzbank and Norddeutsche Landesbank (NORD/LB), have achieved a financial close for wpd europe’s largest onshore wind project.

Ørsted Forms Partneship for Offshore Wind in Japan

Ørsted, JWD, and Eurus want to take part in the next Japanese offshore wind auction.

RWE to test airborne wind energy

RWE’s test site will first undertake testing, verification and demonstration of a 150 kilowatts demonstrator system, followed later by a larger commercial-scale 1 MW system.

Online customer platform optimized

As part of the enhancement of its user-friendliness, the platform has been given a simplified navigation and a new and responsive design as well as new content and functions

"The scale and speed of the efforts demanded by this critical and formidable goal – our best chance of tackling climate change and limiting global warming to 1.5 °C – make this perhaps the greatest challenge humankind has ever faced.”

The shareholders voted with a large majority in favor of the proposal of the Board of Management and the Supervisory Board to pay a dividend in the amount of euro 0.04 per no-par value share with dividend entitlement.

GE Renewable Energy wins Lincoln Land Wind order

The company has announced that it has been selected to provide 107 of GE’s 2.82-127 onshore wind turbines for the 302 project in Morgan County, IL.

RWE participates in U.S. New York Bight offshore lease auction

RWE Renewables and National Grid form a consortium to take part in the next offshore lease auction.

Friede & Goldman (F&G), a world leader in jack-up vessel technology with over 70 years of experience, is pleased to announce a collaboration with Tetrahedron, an award-winning crane designer. Through much research and development, this joint venture introduces: NewWindShape, a dedicated feeder solution for the offshore wind industry.

K2M, in partnership with Dohwa Engineering, will deliver the design of the turbine foundations, inter-array, export cables, and offshore substation for a wind farm in South Korea.

EU approves Polish offshore wind plans

The European Commission has approved a Polish scheme to support offshore wind technology. The scheme has a total maximum budget of €22.5 billion and will run until 2030.

The Fraunhofer institute has lacked the appropriate infrastructure to accommodate requests to test XXL blades from international manufacturers. This is now to be remedied when the bench is commissioned in summer 2022.

Mitsubishi Power and Iberdrola aim at decarbonizing the industry

Iberdrola and Mitsubishi Power have signed a collaboration agreement to jointly develop industry-scale solutions based on renewable energy.

Joint-venture partners Ørsted and Eversource will collaborate with marine services provider Sea Services North America, and its partner fishermen in Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York.

U.S. offshore industry takes root

The stage is being set in the U.S. for the development of the offshore wind industry on the East Coast. A number of companies announced this week where they plan to set up headquarters.

Vestas wins first EnVentus order in Australia

Neoen orders 157 MW for its Kaban Green Power Hub in Far North Queensland, Australia.

Offshore Wind Accelerator announces Hi-VAS project

A new project to build industry consensus on setting the future standard array voltage for offshore wind farms has been launched by the Offshore Wind Accelerator.

BASF and RWE cooperate for a greener future of chemicals

An offshore wind farm with a capacity of 2 GW will provide the chemicals plant of BASF with green energy in 2030.

James Fisher Renewables to search for UXO in French waters

James Fisher Renewablesis to identify unexploded ordnance (UXO) along the export cable routes for the Fécamp offshore wind project in France.

GE develops 12 MW floater

The Floating Wind Turbine project is one of several cutting-edge energy technologies GE Research is featuring at the annual ARPA-E Innovation Summit.

Hecate Independent Power Limited (HIP) has announced plans for the launch of its HIP Atlantic Project. 10,000 MW of fixed and floating wind turbines in the North Atlantic will be connected to the UK by HVDC submarine power transmission cables.

Mammoet introduces specialized crane for Brazilian wind energy market

Mammoet has introduced a narrow track CC2800-1 to its fleet in Brazil in order to support the country’s fast-growing wind sector.

Demag has extended the possible applications and variations of its KBK crane construction kit. The focus is on components with a higher load capacity, improved utilisation of the available space and less installation work.

Innovative materials and recycling key to future of wind energy

Circularity and sustainability will be central to accelerating wind buildout in line with the European Green Deal.

Fugro wins contract renewal from Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind

Fugro will deliver real-time wind and metocean measurements off the coast of New Jersey in the U.S. over the next 2 years.

IRENA signs partnership with Siemens Energy to push global decarbonisation

IRENA and Siemens will also exchange knowledge and expertise on renewable electrification.

Electrical generation by renewables continues to grow in the U.S.

Sun Day Campaign analyses the latest EIA data.

The German-African Energy Forum is the flagship event of economic cooperation between Germany and the African continent. For thirteen years, the conference has been hosting up to 500 participants, a yearly average of ten African government delegations and continues to be a popular destination for leading energy businesses from Germany, Europe and Africa.

Vestas wins turbine contract for Germany's Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm

Iberdrola has chosen Danish manufacturer Vestas to supply turbines for its Baltic Sea offshore wind farm.

It has been clear for some time that Norway, too, finally wants to start building offshore wind farms. Shortly before the government's deadline for the first tender, the race is picking up speed, as several major energy companies have announced their participation.

GE Renewable Energy to supply Finnish onshore wind farm

GE has announced that it will supply 16 of its 5.5 MW-158 Cypress turbines, its largest onshore wind turbine in the field, to a wind farm in Finland.

DNV and LS Cable & System sign MoU for offshore wind cabling

The companies want to target emerging cabling opportunities in the offshore wind industry.

Ørsted signs another purchase agreement for onshore wind in the U.S.

North Iowa Municipal Electric Cooperative Association (NIMECA) will buy the wind power generated from the Willow Creek wind farm.

The new project announced today by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult brings together the six-legged BladeBUG inspect-and-repair robot for turbine blades and EchoBolt’s ultrasonic bolt inspection device.

Report: massive upscaling of European ports neccessary

The offshore wind expansion is only possible if Europe’s ports are expanded on a massive scale.

Old coal power plant Brayton Point to be redeveloped into offshore wind hub

U.S. offshore wind developer Mayflower Wind and Anbaric have agreed to bring offshore wind ashore at Brayton Point in Somerset, Massachusetts.

In a new case study, researchers at Texas A&M University, in collaboration with international energy industry partners, have used advanced data science methods and ideas from the social sciences to compare the performance of different wind turbine designs.

ACP welcomes decision on Californian offshore wind energy

“The American offshore wind industry applauds this historic step forward on offshore wind development off the U.S. West Coast."

API’s CMM Calibration service allows users of all popular CMM brands to maintain their investment by contracting API, as an independent third-party provider, to calibrate CMMs to OEM or better specifications in accordance with ISO 10360-2.

In 2020, the BMU supported a total of 385 ongoing and new projects in developing countries and emerging economies with 601.2 million euros under the International Climate Initiative (IKI).

Schaeffler opens new facility for bearings in China

The global automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler is ramping up its business activities in the Chinese wind power sector.

Report: How energy companies can change from black to green energy

The Danisg Energy Agency has released a new report on how a state energy company like Ørsted shifted from black to green energy.

GE Renewable Energy Wins Cypress Contract in Vietnam

The 88 MW order is GE’s largest Cypress platform deal in South-east Asia, eclipsing three other Cypress orders in Vietnam over the last 12 months.

Once completed in 2022, Hornsea Two will become the world’s largest offshore wind farm generating 1.4GW of clean power. The first step has been made by installing the first turbine now.

EDPR enters renewables market in Chile

The company will acquire a 628 MW wind and solar portfolio in Chile.

Pomerania Wind Farm starts generating electricity

Polish Pomerania Wind Farm will generate approx. 300 GWh of electricity per year

Ebflow Reduced Pressure Electron Beam (RPEB) welding is expected to be used at the Dogger Bank A phase of the wind farm, to fabricate welds on offshore wind foundation monopiles, reducing the amount of time it takes to carry out the task from a number of hours to a matter of minutes.