News Archive September 2021

Iberdrola and the port of Sassnitz (Fährhafen Sassnitz GmbH) have signed the lease agreement for a new operation and maintenance building to handle Baltic Eagle at a ceremony.

Statkraft to deliver green energy for refinery in Finland

Statkraft and Neste have signed a PPA for wind energy from the Mastokangas wind farm.

Van Oord’s MPI Resolution vessel will install the 10 turbines for the Taranto Offshore Wind Farm in Italy. Once installed it will be the first offshore wind farm in the Mediterranean Sea.

IT corporations need a lot of electricity. To improve their carbon footprint, major companies have thus been investing in switching to green electricity for some time. The high availability of renewable energies has now tipped the scales in favor of Internet giant Google investing around one billion euros in Germany in the coming years to make its cloud services greener. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) plans to conduct an environmental review of a proposed commercial-scale wind project offshore New York which could generate up to 1,300 MW of renewable energy.

With a total offshore wind technical potential of 14 GW, of which near of 1 GW is fixed-bottom offshore wind and 13 GW is floating offshore wind, Costa Rica has the potential to become a first mover for offshore wind in Central America.

BASF to buy offshore wind farm shares from Vattenfall

Following the approval of all relevant authorities, BASF has today successfully completed the purchase of 49.5% of the offshore wind farm Hollandse Kust Zuid from Vattenfall.

RES sells Australian Dulacca Wind Farm to Octopus Australia

The wind project, located in Queensland, Australia, will consist of 43 wind turbines and generate enough electricity to power approximately 124,000 homes.

The €45 million marine energy project - European SCalable Offshore Renewable Energy Sources (EU-SCORES) - will pave the way for bankable hybrid offshore parks across Europe by 2025

DNV publishes Energy Transition Outlook 2021

It's a grim outlook that highlights the global pandemic as a “lost opportunity” for speeding up the energy transition.

Tilt Renewables has announced that construction of the Rye Park Wind Farm, the to date largest OWF in New South Wales, Australia, will commence this year having achieved financial close.

GlobalData: Denmark reaches nearly 100% renewables in 2030

According to a new report by GlobalData, the Danish Government continues to play a pivotal role by encouraging renewable energy development.

Sofia OWF to use novel bird monitoring technique

APEM and NIRAS – will develop the project’s Ornithology Monitoring Plan and carry out the work usins a novel bird monitoring technique.

Norway supports New Ocean Grid project in the North Sea

The project will develop new technology, knowledge and solutions to enable a profitable development of offshore wind on the Norwegian continental shelf.

Ørsted signs monopile suppliers for German offshore wind farms

Bladt Industries and Steelwind Nordenham will supply monopiles for the two German offshore wind farms Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3, the developer announced.

Statkraft Ventures invests in Stuttgartbased GovTech start-up vialytics

Statkraft Ventures is financing the further growth of the artificial intelligence company vialytics.

GFW Gesellschaft für Windenergie merges with Deutsche Windtechnik

In July 2021, GFW was fully merged with Deutsche Windtechnik, meaning that GFW has ceased to be an independent company.

Life-Cycle-Service Provider: energy consult expands its service portfolio

Besides operational management, energy consult will also provide additional services in the future.

Another turbine manufacturer enters 6 MW onshore market

Nordex announces entry into the 6 MW class with the N163/6.X turbine.

Ingeteam installs SCADA solution across 20 GW of renewable projects

In the past few years, the company has noted a strong demand for its products across all renewable technology segments.

Denmark commissions Scandinavia's largest wind farm

Danish Crown Prince Frederik and the Danish Minister for Industry, Economics and Finance, Simon Kollerup, inaugurated Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm yesterday.

Global Offshore awarded array cable installation at German offshore wind farm

Global Offshore will install 27 array cables at Parkwind's Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea.

Prysmian Group, in consortium with Asso.subsea, has signed a contract for the development of an export submarine power cable system for the Gruissan floating offshore wind farm located in Southern France.

GWEC: auctions and tenders are booming

A total of 1.85 GW of new auctioned capacity was announced globally during Q2 2021, of which 250 MW stands unawarded as of September 2021.

Labkotec Oy at the HUSUM Wind 2021

Labkotec presents its ice detectors for rotor blades at the HUSUM Wind 2021 in Germany next week.

First 'Wind+Storage' to be built in Germany

juwi is about to build two multi-megawatt-class wind turbines and a battery storage facility in Brandenburg.

Borealis and Axpo sign PPA

The PPA covers the entire output of two wind farms located in Hannut and Beaumont which are part of the portfolio managed by Axpo in Belgium.

A sustainable product will soon celebrate its German premiere at the Kaskasi offshore wind farm off the coast of Heligoland: several of the installed turbines have recyclable rotor blades.

Using the international IEC 61400 standard as a basis, TÜV SÜD has developed a computer model enabling the impacts of such extreme wind situations on wind turbines to be simulated.

There are only a few weeks left until the federal elections in Germany. The election campaign is raging, and the parties are taking every opportunity to promote their theses. One constantly recurring narrative is that of the Greens and their candidate Annalena Baerbock: their plans to stop climate change are far too expensive. But is that really true?

Deutsche Windtechnik US acquires maintenance segment of Cooke Power Services

The acquisition of Cooke Power Services will support market demand for transactional work and increase Deutsche Windtechnik’s MHI capabilities.

ENERCON gets approval for first E-160 EP5 wind farms in Germany

ENERCON will install its first turbines to feature an E-nacelle and electrical systems integrated in the machine house next year.

wpd and JRE cooperate for Japanese offshore wind project

The Project aims to construct and operate an 300 MW offshore wind farm in Enoshima, Saikai City, Nagasaki Prefecture.

The Joint Venture is called MunmuBaram and aims to develop and operate a 1.4 GW floating offshore wind project off the south-east coast of South Korea.

New data gathered by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) show that if a wind turbine uses wake steering, it can both create more energy as a whole and potentially decrease noise at the same time.

FLOTANT validates dynamic cable design

The project consortium aims to develop conceptual and basic engineering for a hybrid concrete-plastic floating wind farm.

GIG acquires developer of planned Irish offshore wind farm

Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) has acquired Fuinneamh Sceirde Teoranta, the developer of the Sceirde Rocks offshore wind farm, in Galway, Ireland.

Despite pandemic: world installs 6.1GW of Offshore Wind in 2020

The Global Offshore Wind Report 2021 published by the GWEC finds that wind has the biggest growth potential of any renewable energy technology.

Schaeffler wins sustainability award

Schaeffler has received the Railsponsible Supplier Award 2021 in the 'Climate Change and Circular Economy' category for its 100 percent return service for axlebox bearings.

Statkraft and Boliden extend power contract

Norwegian energy company Statkraft and Swedish metals company Boliden has signed an extended power contract securing competitive power to the company’s smelter in Odda, Norway

GE paves road for African energy transition

GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business recently commissioned the first ever fully digital high voltage substation on the African continent in Senegal.

energy consult expands international business

energy consult establishes two subsidiaries in Poland and Sweden and expands its international business as a life-cycle-service provider.

Ørsted to develop Vietnamese offshore wind energy projects

Ørsted and T&T, a leading Vietnamese cross-industry company with 80,000 employees, sign MoU on strategic collaboration for offshore wind projects in Vietnam.

The report also highlights that future floating offshore wind projects are likely to deliver higher levels of UK and Scottish content than fixed offshore wind projects.

Japanese Eurus Energy starts commercial operation of three Dutch wind farms

Eurus Energy Group now owns 20 wind farms in the Netherlands, with a total generating capacity of 303.3 MW.

94.6 MW Lyngsåsa wind farm in southern Sweden put into operation

German energy company BayWa r.e. has commissioned the Lyngsåsa wind farm - the company's largest wind farm in Europe.

wpd orders largest onshore rotors for Taiwan

Vestas wins an 50 MW order for the supply of three wind farms in Taiwan.

Turkey's wind market grows rapidly

Turkey has reached 10 GW of wind energy installations, WindEurope said, meaning that the country managed to increase its wind energy capacity tenfold over the last 10 years.

Denmark and India join forces for offshore wind energy

The two countries inaugurated the joint Centre of Excellence for Offshore Wind and Renewable Energy in New Delhi.

Wind PPA sold at renewables auction in Chile

EDP Renewables won a 15-year PPA at a Chilean renewables auction, to sell the green energy produced by 120 MW San Andres wind project.

GE Renewable Energy manufacturing plant gets green light

The planned blade manufacturing plant in Teesside, UK, will be operated by LM Wind Power.

Fibre optic technologies have an important role to play in the journey towards a greener future, as fibre offers enhanced stability and reliability and has a longer expected network lifetime. These are the key takeaways of a whitepaper issued by Prysmian Group.

Kongsberg Maritime to deliver CSOV for Rem Offshore

Kongsberg Maritime will supply a large package of permanent magnet (PM) thrusters for installation on two new offshore wind farm maintenance vessels.

The two companies have integrated ENERTRAG Betrieb’s innovative lightning protection systems (LPS) testing solution with Sulzer Schmid’s UAV technology and digital inspection platform.

M-PT and RAD Torque Systems at the HUSUM Wind tradeshow

Visitors of the event get the opportunity to see the bolting tools from M-PT & RAD Torque Systems in action.

Siemens Gamesa presents upgrade of its largest onshore turbine

Siemens Gamesa has continued to climb new heights with the upgrade of its next generation onshore platform increasing power output to 6.6MW.

Ørsted appoints Neil O'Donovan as new CEO of Onshore

Neil O'Donovan has already been acting as interim CEO.

The HUSUM Wind 2021 is the first major event since the start of the Corona pandemic to be held again in attendance. And the event sends clear signals shortly before the German federal elections: There's an optimistic mood in the industry and the demands on the future federal government are clear.

The project represents one of the largest investments in a single renewable energy project in the United States and will become the first commercial scale wind farm in the US.

The potential for floating offshore wind offers significant opportunity for continued growth beyond the existing and planned fixed-bottom projects. Iberdrola is planning to evaluate both fixed and floating opportunities within the country.

New offshore nacelle assembly facility inaugurated in Taiwan

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has opened its first offshore nacelle assembly facility outside of Europe.

Harland & Wolff said the collaboration will enable them to take better advantage of the offshore wind opportunities set out in the UK Government’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution.

UK leads global floating wind pipeline

Research by RenewableUK shows that the global floating wind pipeline reaches 54 GW.

The project involves the development of a new, large format 3D printer capable of producing sand molds for casting the highly complex metal parts of different shapes and sizes that make up an offshore wind turbine nacelle.

Joe Biden's bold plan likely to fall short

Can the US achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, building on the net-zero power sector President Joe Biden wants in place by 2035. Can the country meet this challenge?

A group of associations and industry members today launched a new organization to ensure renewables are wholly sustainable for people and the planet and lead a just transition away from fossil fuels.

EIB finances European energy transition

The European Investment Bank (EIB) finances the construction of an electricity transmission corridor in the Netherlands.

EDPR signs PPA with Procter & Gamble

EDP Renewables has secured a 15-year PPA with Procter & Gamble for 127.5 MW of renewable energy to be built in Spain.

Vestas wins order for US repowering project

Vestas has received a 240 MW order to repower the Big Sky Wind wind farm in Illinois, owned by Vitol Wind.

New research published by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) and Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) highlights the fact that companies and banks continue to finance additional coal-fired generation capacity in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.

WEICan and ExxonMobil to develop new lubricant technologies for wind turbines

WEICan and ExxonMobil’s collaboration will focus on improving performance and cost efficiency of turbines by analyzing performance-based data.

Upgrading the performance of existing wind farms

RES, ZX Lidars and KK Wind Solutions have jointly developed a product to upgrade performance of existing wind farms.

Vestas receives order for three Polish wind farms

Vestas has received orders for three onshore wind farms totalling 70 MW in capacity from Eurowind Energy A/S in Poland.

Ørsted and REWE Group sign PPA for Borkum Riffgrund 3

Developer Ørsted and German food retailer REWE Group have signed a long-term PPA for the electricity of the offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 3.

UK: all turbines installed at Triton Knoll

Triton Knoll consists of 90 turbines, each one up to 187 metres tall with blades of over 80 metres long.

Prysmian Group and Giancarlo Pedote, solo ocean sailor and skipper aboard of the Prysmian Group IMOCA at the Vendée Globe 2020, will be continuing their partnership in the Vendée Globe 2024.

VolkerFitzpatrick to deliver two wind turbine blade manufacturing facilities in the UK

Siemens Gamesa has awarded VolkerFitzpatrick an £82 million design and build contract for their facility in Hull.

Dominion Energy and various trade unions reaffirmed today their commitment to the participation of a unionized workforce in the construction of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project.

Wind Energy Ireland warns that unless urgent action is taken over the next twelve months there will not be enough time to build the offshore wind farms Ireland needs to meet its 2030 offshore wind generation target.

Vestas to close three factories

Turbine manufacturer Vestas will stop production at its factories in Lauchhammer (Germany) as well as in Viveiro (Spain) and Esbjerg (Denmark).

European transmission grid gets more tight-knit

Siemens Energy and Sumitomo Electric will supply HVDC technology for the power link between Ireland and the UK.

Dr. Dirk Orlowsky elected President of EAGE

As President, his work will focus on transforming EAGE via a 5-year strategy that prioritises globalization and multi-disciplinary activities.

Nexans hosts Nexans Climate Day in Sweden

Nexans Climate Day: 'Sustainable electrification – Making Climate Vision a Reality'

CIP and Avangrid Renewables agree on asset swap

CIP and Avangrid Renewables have come to an agreement to restructure their US offshore wind joint venture including an asset swap.

Chinese Goldwind completed the installation and grid connection of its GW 5S Smart Wind Turbine test unit, an important step in the development of high-performance and large-megawatt permanent magnet direct-drive onshore wind turbines.

EDPR signs 15-year PPA for Canadian wind farm

The company closed the agreement with TransCanada Energy to sell the electricity from its Shap Hills wind farm, avoiding estimated annual emissions of 700 thousand tons of CO2.

“This new analysis puts the spotlight on the consequences of not making small but vitally important adjustments to how the UK’s energy system, including its grid network, operates,” said Dr Nina Skorupska CBE, Chief Executive of the Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA).

For several weeks now, the US government has been negotiating a massive investment program that would also provide a lot of money for climate protection. Whether an agreement will be reached, however, is currently written in the stars with headwind for President Biden coming primarily from his own Democratic Party.

GE Renewable Energy and ACTA MARINE have announced the signature of a supply contract for the chartering of a Service Operation Vessel (SOV) for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm.

SSE launches 'Flying Squad' initiative to monitor puffins

The energy company has launched its “Flying Squad” initiative with Microsoft, tech firm Avanade and NatureScot to monitor puffin numbers around the Scottish coastline.

The project, funded by Innovate UK, will develop Ridley, a submersible platform that can transport large robots and remote operated vehicles (ROVs) to offshore sites and release them directly under the water.

Leading renewable energy players under the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Coalition for Action issue a joint statement today, urging renewable energy and agriculture sectors to break down silos and collaborate.

Net zero target brought forward to 2035 (Scope 1 and 2) / 46% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions confirmed (Scope 1 and 2 by 2030)

Two Antaris small wind turbines installed in Russia

The two turbines were installed in the Altai mountains

RWE expands O&M Grimsby base

The new ‘Grimsby Hub’ facility will expand the existing Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm base and will be the home for RWE’s specialist team for major component exchanges and offshore repairs.

ESVAGT receives another SOV from Havyard

The yet unnamed vessel completes the order for three SOVs ordered for Vestas.

The Technical Note is a result of a global collaborative effort, with more than 20 wind industry leaders, including OEMs, project developers, designers, and experts from Asia Pacific, Europe and North America.

GWEC and IRENA to collaborate on offshore wind

The two associations want to increase government ambition to achieve 380 GW of offshore wind installations globally by 2030.

Schaeffler to push digitalization in production

Schaeffler considers a holistic approach to digitalization as a key topic that opens up new opportunities for the company and its customers along the entire value-added chain.

N149/4.0-4.5 turbine receives certificate for grid connection in Spain

Measurement of the N149/4.0-4.5 was conducted in Germany in the Wennerstorf wind farm to the south of Hamburg.

East Anglia ONE grants service extension contract

Siemens Gamesa has been granted a long-term service and maintenance contract for the UK offshore wind farm.

Steelhead Americas sells US wind farm

Steelhead Americas is a wholly owned project development subsidiary of Vestas.

Enefit Green builds its largest wind farm in Lithuania

Enefit Green has made an investment decision to build the 75 MW Akmene wind farm in Lithuania which will be the company's largest to date.

Danish Energy Agency encourages discussions about the planned Energy Island

The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) invites potential tenderers and relevant market operators to participate in the second market dialogue.

James Fisher launches French brand

James Fisher has decided to rebrand the established French renewable energy provider Mojo Maritime as James Fisher Renouvelables.

Vestas bags four projects in Russia

Vestas will supply 253 MW for four wind farms in Russia.

Ukraine gets two new wind farms

Chinese turbine manufacturer Goldwind has signed two contracts for the supply of wind farms with 600 MW in the Ukraine.

DNV calls leaders for an urgent change of mindset

A massive redirection of spending from carbon-heavy investment into clean energy is needed to meet the Paris Agreement.

Joint Venture Blue Gem Wind has commissioned leading seabird researchers from Oxford, Sheffield, and Heriot-Watt Universities to support their current offshore Environmental Impact Assessment work.

Statkraft sells Scottish Andershaw Wind Farm

Statkraft has announced the sale of Andershaw Wind Farm in Scotland to Greencoat UK Wind, but retains long-term management role.

WindEurope critizises new Spanish measure against wind farms

The Spanish Government has introduced a new charge on wind farms and other non-polluting power plants to “compensate” for their higher revenue.

Nexans launches product to protect cable owners against cable theft

Nexans launches its VIGISHIELD solution, which will provide customers with a complete protection against cable theft.

Poland commits to offshore wind

Poland has signed its first Offshore Wind Sector Deal and establishes a leading offshore wind industry in Poland.

This year has been a great one for the UK offshore wind industry. And it's not over yet. An Analysis by RenewableUK shows that major investment announcements totalling over £900 million in new factories have been made so far in the country.

Ramboll to design foundations for French offshore wind farm

Saipem handed Ramboll a contract for the primary steel design of monopiles for the Calvados Offshore Wind Farm in France.

Repsol and the Ibereólica Renovables Group have completed construction of Cabo Leones III, the companies’ first joint wind farm in Chile. The wind farm, with a total installed capacity of 188.1 MW, is located in the province of Huasco in the northern region of Atacama.

Ørsted gets EIB loan to boost green energy

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a EUR 500 million loan with Ørsted

According to a new report the use of nuclear energy is falling behind renewables worldwide this year. However it's not only renewables benefiting, but also the number one climate killer, coal. That has consequences for emissions.

The two companies have signed an exclusivity agreement for the development and commercial roll-out of technology, products and services for the Operation and Maintenance of offshore wind farms using advanced sensor technology combined with unmanned marine and aerial vehicles.

The creation of the joint ownership company involves the acquisition by SSE Renewables of an 80% interest in an offshore wind development platform from Pacifico Energy.

The UK forms a taskforce by the Offshore Wind Sector Deal and brings together the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC), The Crown Estate through its Offshore Wind Evidence and Change programme, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Ministry of Defence (MOD).