News Archive June 2021

Vestas shakes up management positions

Furthermore, Vestas creates a new regional division with Vestas Latin America to strengthen its global position as turbine manufacturer.

These workers will need to be trained to construct, install, operate and maintain the world’s growing onshore and offshore wind fleet, and represents only a fraction of the job opportunities available in the growing wind industry, the GWEC says.

Dogger Bank contract for Origo Solutions

Origo Solutions was selected as SCADA system integrator for British offshore wind farms Doggerbank A, B and C by Equinor.

Capital Energy buys wind power from Statkraft

Capital Energy signs its first PPAs for wind power in Spain with Statkraft. The wind farms have a total installed capacity of 126 MW.

Danish Energy Agency approves Thor OWF plans

The decision of approving the Plan for Thor Offshore Wind Farm is based on the SEA of the Plan for Thor Offshore Wind Farm and the public consultation.

RES takes over operational wind farm services from DNV

RES increases its global support services portfolio to 7.5GW by acquiring 412 MW of operational wind farm services from DNV.

Ørsted and Eversource to charter first U.S. Jones Act-qualified offshore wind turbine installation vessel

The vessel Charybdis is owned by Dominion Energy and expected to be sea ready by late 2023.

Sabowind sells project portfolio in Poland

Sabowind's so far biggest project portfolio in Poland consists of 54 wind energy turbines with 108 MW.

Deutsche Windtechnik Netherlands signed four new contracts for inspection and maintenance of four different offshore wind farms in the Netherlands: Gemini Windpark, Prinses Amaliawindpark, Eneco Luchterduinen as well as the new Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm.

How high are the consequential costs of climate change, air pollution, over-fertilisation, plastic waste or traffic jams really? A research project has now looked at all the consequential costs of our harmful economic practices. The result is a plea for targeted environmental taxes in Germany to relieve the burden on its citizens.

Vestas sells US tower factory to CS Wind

CS Wind will acquire the tower factory located in Colorado to strengthen local job creation and wind energy supply chain.

Bureau Veritas will deliver full project certification including design review, manufacturing surveillance, transport and installation surveillance, and commissioning surveillance for the offshore wind farm in Scotland.

Bladt Industries to manufacture transition pieces for French offshore wind farm

Saipem has awarded Bladt Industries with a contract to deliver TPs for the Calvados offshore wind farm in France.

WindEurope critizises new Spanish measure against wind farms

The measure might also risk undermining investment in wind energy in the country.

Parkwind joins race for Norwegian offshore wind

Parkwind and NorSea have established an alliance with the intention to apply in the auction for Norwegian offshore wind sites.

RenewableUK launches Just Transition Tracker

RenewableUK Chair Stephen Bull said: "It is a dynamic tool, to showcase current good practice and future actions undertaken by RenewableUK members on their just transition journey."

Ohio wind farm Scioto Ridge starts operating

RWE Renewables has finished its first project in Ohio.

Ørsted commits to recycling of turbine blades

The company wants to become more sustainable by either recycling, recovering oder reusing old wind turbine blades.

A new report by the International Energy Agengy (IEA) sees a rebound of the global investment in energy by nearly 10% in 2021. This is still not enough to reach the net zero pathway though.

Deutsche Windtechnik to retrofit EWE turbines with ADLS systems

The wind turbines are located at 25 wind farms across Germany, and in some cases the ADLS systems will be installed to simultaneously cover multiple wind farms.

Reality check on lifecycle of offshore wind turbines needed

As demonstrated across early offshore wind projects realistic lifespans beyond 35 years are achievable using current asset management methodologies and O&M activity.

ACP and MAREC Action condemn Ohio bill

The bill Ohio SB 52 would dramatically curtail, if not halt, wind and solar development in the U.S. state.

SSE Renewables deployed uncrewed boats for survey work

Two uncrewed vessels remotely controlled from shore travelled up to 40km into the North Sea to undertake survey work for two planned offshore wind farms.

Vestas to supply Japanese onshore wind farm

JRE orders 32 MW for the Azumakogen Wind Farm in the Fukushima prefecture, Japan.

Woolworths Group signs first PPA for wind power in Australia

Woolworths Group invests in a PPA with Bango wind farm on its road to 100% green electricity by 2025.

Manor Renewable Energy to do O&M work at Rampion

RWE has supplied Manor to provide six wind turbine technicians for their service and maintenance campaign on the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm in the UK.

A new computational model developed by engineers at Johns Hopkins University can accurately predict the power output of wind farms or help optimize those already in use.

Ireland and Norway: Partners on climate action

Both countries highlighted at an event how closely they work together for climate action.

Taaleri SolarWind II fund invests in two wind farms in Finland

The Taaleri SolarWind II fund and co-investors have acquired 100% ownership of the Isoneva and Murtotuuli wind farms.

The World Resources Institute and Ørsted conducted a new working paper where they give advise how the right policies and financial frameworks can help the energy transition.

Deutsche Windtechnik expands Swedish portfolio

Deutsche Windtechnik has been commissioned to provide the full spectrum of maintenance for more than 200 wind turbines in Sweden.

G7 to lose trillions without more climate action

The economies of the G7 nations could see an average loss of $4.8 trillion annually by 2050, says Oxfam.

The companies jointly conduct a feasibility study of the patent pending FRP monopile design offshore Massachusetts in 35 to 85 meters water depth.

Semco Maritime sets up shop in Poland

Semco Maritime will establish a new office in Gdynia to support the growing Polsih offshore wind market.

New U.S. jobs report: green energy boom to create many American jobs

The reports finds that higher-than-average pay and significant union coverage are key aspects of the clean energy employment future over the next decade.

Kriegers Flak OWF: all turbines installed

The last of a total of 72 turbines was installed at Kriegers Flak in Danish waters.

SSE Renewables unveils O&M facility at Arklow Harbour

The leading renewable energy developer has revealed official designs for the Operations and Maintenance Facility (OMF) proposed for the South Dock in Arklow Harbour.

GE has shared its position that the accelerated and strategic deployment of both renewable energy and gas power can make substantial progress in combatting climate change in the near-term future.

Report: Wind energy can help electrify 75% of Europe’s energy demand

Electrification is the most cost-effective way to decarbonise Europe, a new report by ETIPWind and WindEurope states.

ACP welcomes decision on Gulf coast offshore wind announcement

The U.S. Department of Interior has decided to forward the development of offshore wind energy in the Gulf of Mexico.

Statkraft to build new Spanish wind farm

The new wind farm will be located in the municipalities of Barjas and Oencia.

Nexans holds naming ceremony for new flagship vessel

The “CLV Nexans Aurora” was built at the Ulstein Verft in Norway and is a cable laying vessel designated for offshore wind farm construction.

Excellent performance of German Nordergründe OWP

Deutsche Windtechnik achieves an outstanding result over the course of a year at the Nordergründe offshore wind farm

Floating turbines are the next evolution step in offshore wind industry. Currently, a new concept from Norway is receiving a lot of attention that takes a completely different approach to floaters. The inventors promise lower costs and more yield - the most important ingredients for successful wind power production.

M-PT: New! Hydraulic pump with data logging

Complete documentation of all bolt connections is now also possible with the hydraulic bolting systems from M-PT.

WindEnergy trend:index: wind industry in good spirits

The data published in the seventh issue of the WindEnergy trend:index shows the best results ever concerning the mood in the wind industry.

Ørsted joins Norwegian offshore race

Ørsted joins consortium with Fred. Olsen Renewables and Hafslund Eco to apply for offshore wind areas.

Annual clean energy investment in emerging and developing economies needs to increase by more than seven times, says a new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Siemens Gamesa publishes white paper on hydrogen

The paper outlines the path needed to ensure that green hydrogen becomes a mainstream energy source

Energy Perspectives is an independent report describing three possible paths for the world economy, international energy markets and energy-related greenhouse gas emissions, the Norwegian energy company Equinor says.

GE Renewable Energy: tackling the problem of recycling

GE Renewable Energy and LafargeHolcim signed an MoU to explore circular economy solutions to utilize materials from decommissioned wind turbines.

Romania needs to expand wind energy

Romania has launched a Code of Good Practice to support further its wind energy build-out.

Order extension for Vestas in India

Vestas has secured a 101 MW order from ReNew Power.

Ørsted expands onshore wind development in Ireland and UK

Ørsted has completed its acquisition of Brookfield Renewable's onshore wind power assets.

South America's largest wind farm starts producing electricity

Enel Green Power starts commercial operations of the Lagoa dos Ventos wind farm in Brazil.

Environmentally friendly alternative to using diesel generators launched

The new ICCP-POD is an environmentally friendly alternative to using diesel generators to supply energy during the construction phase of wind turbines.

The Offshore Wind Environmental Evidence Register (OWEER) will build a publicly accessible UK-wide register of evidence gaps and relevant research projects across three main areas to support the knowledge base for the development of new offshore wind farms.

As a part of the agreement, neowa will provide deinstallation services to GE Renewable Energy and its customers, including dismantling and removing decommissioned turbines from the turbine pad, as well as recycling various components.

Partnership for Norwegian offshore wind formed

The partnership of bp, Statkraft and Aker Offshore Wind will pursue a bid to develop offshore wind power in the Sørlige Nordsjø II licence area.

Renewable electricity produced by wind power is one of the key ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions related to the electricity purchases of production facilities, says Neste.

Destined for the renewable offshore wind market, the new CSOVs will be built to Kongsberg Maritime’s UT 5519 DE design by the Chinese shipyard China Merchant Heavy Industries (CMHI).

he proposed lease areas have the potential to unlock over 7 GW of offshore wind energy, powering more than 2.6 million U.S. homes and supporting thousands of new jobs.

Therefore, the aim of the three-year project is to develop an intelligent condition monitoring system (CMS) and combine it with an advanced control strategy in order to protect the blade bearings on the one hand, and, at the same time, optimize the expected energy yield and service life of the wind turbine.

WWEC2021 goes virtual

The 19th World Wind Energy Conference WWEC2021 has been scheduled to take place from 24-26 November 2021, with the theme “Powering the World with Wind and Sun”.

Construction begin for Sofia OWP

The official construction for British flagship project Sofia will start with onshore activities, which are also known as enabling works.

Vestas received orders from DIF Capital Partners for four wind farms in Poland, all of which were awarded in the second round of Polish auctions starting in 2019 and have a combined total capacity of 108 MW.

ORE Catapult publishes new paper

Major new renewables report sheds light on the financial implications of a future powered by wind.

“Italy as one of the big European countries and with its Mediterranean neighbourhood is a perfect location for our 20th World Wind Energy Conference," says the Hon. Peter Rae AO, President of the World Wind Energy Association.

GWEC launches campaign on Global Wind Day

The wind industry’s new campaign for COP26 asks governments, companies, and people across the world one critical question: Wind. Are You In?

Nordex announces gigawatt order

German turbine manufacturer Nordex has announced a potential order for 1 GW wind farm in Australia in an ad hoc release.

Fugro develops monitoring solution for floating wind turbines

A Fugro-led consortium has designed a mooring line fatigue tracker for foating offshore wind turbines.

Nexans to connect Viking Wind Farm

Nexans has been awarded a multi-million euro contract by SSE Renewables to supply 800km of underground cables that will make the vital power connections for the Viking Wind Farm on Shetland.

REN21 report: Alarming gaps in climate action measures

The new report paints a dire image of the current state of climate action - despite the pandemic.

Blue Gem Wind is a joint venture between TotalEnergies and Simply Blue Energy and has now begun offshore digital aerial surveys for a proposed 300MW floating wind project in the Celtic Sea.

F&G develops BargeRack system

BargeRack eliminates motions between the self-elevating installation vessel and the feeder vessel.

Norway gets new wind energy research centre

The NorthWind research centre on wind energy is focused on offshore wind innovations.

Devil-may-care

The saying could soon apply to humanity. Will a Noah come and save us all with his ark? Unlikely - and undeserved!

European Wind industry calls for landfill ban

WindEurope calls for a Europe-wide landfill ban on decommissioned wind turbine blades by 2025.

Siemens Gamesa to supply typhoon-proof turbines to Japan

Siemens Gamesa will supply 79 of its industry-leading Typhoon-class onshore wind turbines for Japan’s largest wind farm cluster.

Vissim to work on Dogger Bank

Vissim has signed a contract with Equinor to provide digital marine optimisation solutions for British Dogger Bank offshore wind farms.

PEAK Wind secures Monegros wind farm contract

PEAK Wind will be providing technical, operational, commercial, and financial asset management services for the 487 MW Monegros wind farm in Spain.

Ørsted has identified the 100 MW straw-fired unit at the Avedøre Power Station in Copenhagen as the best point source of sustainable CO2 for the next phases of the Green Fuels for Denmark Power-to-X facility in the Greater Copenhagen area.

NTN-SNR, a world leader in precision engineering, and TotalEnergies’ Lubricants division, a major player in the production and distribution of lubricants, are renewing their mutual commitment by signing several strategic partnerships in the mobility sector.

ENGIE and Deutsche Windtechnik expand their cooperation

A wind farm in Poland expands the cooperation between ENGIE and Deutsche Windtechnik.

Vestas wins work on second phase of Ukrainian wind project

Vestas has secured an order for the second phase of the DTEK Tiligul project in Ukraine.

Singepore in focus for hydrogen research project

DNV and Keppel Offshore & Marine have signed a collaboration agreement to develop hydrogen projects in Singapore.

Prysmian Group has been awarded a contract for the design, supply, installation and commissioning of two high-voltage submarine power cable links, one between Europe and Asia, the other across the Izmit Gulf in Asia.

MoU for mobile offshore wind units signed

Odfjell Oceanwind, Siemens Gamesa, Siemens Energy will form an alliance to develop Mobile Offshore Wind Units (MOWUs) for micro-grids.

“The rules which govern how the electricity network is paid for were designed 30 years ago and no longer do what they are supposed to do. They are bad for consumers and bad for the action we’re taking to tackle climate change," said Scottish Renewables CEO Claire Mack.

Irish engineering consultancy GDG has secured an International Energy Agency (IEA) Task to advance floating offshore wind with a program called 'Integrated Design of floating wind Arrays' or IDEA for short.

The vessel is specifically dimensioned for transporting and assembling new-generation 14 megawatt wind turbines on top of pre-installed foundations.

This is another success for GE’s 2.7-132 wind turbine which has proven to be the technology of choice for customers in India due to its industry leading performance at India’s low wind speeds.

The 'Technology Progress Report', a new supplement to DNV’s annual Energy Transition Outlook, highlights key technologies in three major energy sub-sectors: Production, transportation and use.

“The soaring confidence in the renewable energy and energy storage sectors is encouraging,” said ACORE President and CEO Gregory Wetstone.

Vestas wins order from South Korea

At 132m in height, the project will feature the tallest hubs for wind turbines installed with a tubular steel tower in South Korea.

SOO Green HVDC Link has announced the selection of Prysmian Group as its preferred supplier of HVDC cable systems for this first-of-its-kind transmission project to be installed underground along existing railroad rights of way.

VPPA: wind power for dairy products

Enel Green Power and HP Hood sign VPPA for renewable energy from the Azure Sky wind project.

First two export cables installed at Neart na Gaoithe OWF

The electricity transmission cables will connect Scottish NnG’s two offshore platforms to its onshore substation onshore.

Global offshore wind pipeline grows

The Renewables Consulting Group (RCG) publishes its new annual report.

North Macedonia gets first private wind farm

Erste Group has arranged €51 million in financing for northern Macedonia's first private wind energy project, 'Bogoslovec', with a total capacity of 36 MW.

Statkraft to finish two Irish wind farms in 2022

Statkraft will finish construction of the two wind farms, totalling 57MW, at the end of 2022. The wind farms will have the capacity to power 45,000 Irish homes.

Developers are invited to submit their qualification submissions by mid-June 2022. This will be followed by a request for proposals from applicants successful in the first phase, the Albanian Ministry for Infrastructure and Energy said.

BayWa r.e. collaborates with Irish Rengen Power

Rengen Power, headquartered in Ennis, Co. Clare, and German developer BayWa r.e. want to develop Irish wind power projects.

Sulzer & Schmid closes Series B round for investments

The Series B round, led by Swisscanto Invest by Zürcher Kantonalbank, was oversubscribed.

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has revealed that demolition of old steelmaking facilities at the former Redcar Steelworks will start within a matter of weeks. GE Renewable Energy will build a rotor blade manufacturing facility at the site.

The IKEA Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation have announced to join forces to set up a $1 billion global platform to fight climate change and energy poverty.

New IRENA report on renewables costs

The report shows that costs for renewable technologies continued to fall significantly year-on-year.

Guzman Energy signs PPA for Panorama wind farm in Colorado

Developer Leeward Energy has annouced the PPA. The company will own and operate the wind farm in Colorado.

IST3 IG currently owns and operates five wind farms and one solar park in Germany and France and wants Greenbyte to monitor and optimize the operations of these assets.

LM Wind Power's Bergama factory celebrates 1111th wind turbine blade

LM Wind Power’s Bergama factory has produced its 1111th wind turbine blade, four years after production activities started at the plant.

A consortium of GE Renewable Energy, LM Wind Power and TNO, are collaborating on the TIADE project to develop technologies and design methods for more efficient operation of next-generation offshore wind turbine rotors.

X1 Wind CEO & Co-Founder Alex Raventos said the grant will provide resources to rapidly accelerate the detailed design and certification process of its first commercial large-scale floating wind units.

The plans sounded ambitious but promising: an international consortium consisting of InterContinental Energy, CWP Energy and Macquarie was planning a large-scale project for the production of green hydrogen from renewable energies in Australia under the name 'Asian Renewable Energy Hub'. But now the government has withdrawn support from the project.

Amazon continues green path

Amazon has announced 14 new renewable energy projects in the U.S., Canada, Finland, and Spain to advance its climate goal to power 100% of company activities with renewable energy by 2025.

Ørsted celebrates installation milestone

Danish energy company Ørsted has erected its 1000th turbine in UK waters.

Ramboll to support construction of two Danish offshore wind farms

Ramboll has been selected as the Owner’s Technical Engineer and turbine foundation consultant for the planned offshore wind farms Aflandshage and Nordre Flint.

The V174-9.5 MW turbines will be installed using a new floating installation method, an industry-first, instead of the typical method using a jack-up vessel.

ANTARIS small wind turbine installed in the north of Germany

In Schleswig-Holstein, another ANTARIS small wind turbine by BRAUN Windturbinen has been successfully installed.

BASF to buy offshore wind farm shares from Vattenfall

BASF will use its electricity share to support chemical production in sites across Europe.

Jan De Nul finishes Taiwan Power Company Offshore Windfarm Phase 1 Project

Jan De Nul kicked off the construction works of the challenging project in September 2018.

“We are accelerating the delivery of a market-ready floating substation offering and solution via this unique collaboration,” says Paul de la Guérivière, Chief Executive Officer of BW Ideol.

With the publication all the basic elements of the tender are in place, and the bidders now have four months to prepare their final bid for the offshore wind farm, the Agency said.

East Anglia ONE windfarm: Waste vegetable oil used for CTVs

Developer ScottishPower Renewables has launched an innovative pilot project to reduce its carbon emissions at the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm off the British coast.

Poseidon’s wear debris monitoring is being deployed alongside Duke’s already existing vibration-based CMS to provide earlier detection gearbox faults, better fault severity and end-of-life indicators, and catastrophic event detection to reduce the risk of more expensive gearbox replacements.

Vestas to supply wind farm in the Dominican Republic

Vestas has received a 47 MW order, including a service agreement, for a wind project in the Dominican Republic.

Siemens Gamesa will supply 17 SG 5.0-145 wind turbines for two wind farms in the province of Zaragoza to power nearly 70,000 homes and avoid the emission of 224,000 tons of CO2.

Despite UK emissions falling to nearly 50% of their 1990 levels during the 2020 lockdown, the journey to Net Zero is far from half completed, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) warns.

Tender for Danish Hesselø OFW stopped

The tender for Hesselø OFW has been put on hold until the results of the preliminary site investigations have been further analysed, the Danish Energy Agency said.

Vattenfall and Fred. Olsen Renewables collaborate for bid in offshore leasing round

Fred. Olsen Renewables and Vattenfall have formed a 50/50 Joint Venture Partnership ahead of the ScotWind leasing round.

Prysmian signs 'Turkish Crossing' contract

Prysmian will supply two high-voltage submarine power cable links, one between Europe and Asia, and the other across the Izmit Gulf in Asia.

Prysmian Group finalizes SOO Green HVDC Link contract

The 2,100-megawatt interregional project, considered the first link in a national clean energy grid, will connect two of the largest energy markets in the U.S.

Eolus and Hydro REIN acquire Swedish wind farm

Enercon sells the project, located in the Sundsvall and Timrå municipalities, which totals up to 260 MW.

PNE to build two wind farms in northern Germany

Both projects will be included the PNE Group's own portfolio after completion and have a joint capacity of 30.4 MW.

Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company acquires Altamont Winds Project

The Altamont Winds Project - Greenbacker’s second wind asset in California - boosts the company’s total nationwide wind energy capacity to just over 300 MW.

GE Renewable Energy names new Offshore Wind CEO

Jan Kjaersgaard follows after John Lavelle retires after nearly 40-year career with GE.

Fugro finishes first phase of collecting data for US offshore wind project

Fugro completed first phase of data collecting work for Atlantic Shores offshore wind project off the coast of New Jersey.

Successful LIEBHERR certification of the battery torque wrenches MAD (MB-RAD)

The global crane manufacturer LIEBHERR has approved the battery-operated torque wrenches of the MAD (MB-RAD) series for crane assembly.

Roland Berger discusses in its latest study how the offshore wind sector can increase its economic potential through hydrogen conversion, use of floating wind farms and cost reduction.

Vattenfall is building its largest warehouse in Northern Europe for large components and spare parts for wind turbines in the North Sea port of Esbjerg, Denmark. The inventory will supply wind farms in the UK, Scandinavia and Northern Europe and will be ready for use from 2022.

AkzoNobel broadens portfolio by acquisition

AkzoNobel has acquired Grupo Orbis to expand its position in South and Central America.

UL Inc. Board of Directors appoints three new members

UL Inc. expands its board of directors with expertise across industries.

Nexans won award for 'Best Investor Event'

Nexans was awarded “Best investor event (small to mid-cap)” by IR Magazine Awards-Europe for its Capital Markets Day which was held virtually back in February.

Developer Voltalia has announced the commissioning of all VSM3 (152 MW) and VSM4 (59 MW) wind farms in the Serra Branca cluster, the largest wind and solar cluster in the world, located in Brazil.

Vestas to supply Spanish wind farm with turbines

The project’s mixed technology configuration with two different wind turbine variants will offer maximum energy production in the site’s medium and high wind speeds.

Nordex wins huge order from Brazil

The German manufacturer will supply 70 N163/5.X turbines for a wind farm located in Brazil’s north-east state of Piaui.

"We found that we can get to 80+% renewable energy at the same cost as keeping the system at today's level of renewables," researchers said.

Report: wholesale power markets key to accelerating renewable energy in U.S. Southeast

The paper concludes that a centralized wholesale energy market operating in the SEEM footprint would benefit consumers.

2020 was a year marked by Corona worldwide. The pandemic - amongst others - had far-reaching consequences for the energy sector - but not all energy sources were equally affected, as new figures from Eurostat show.