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Tilting at windmills

01/05/2022

It's tilting at windmills - in the truest sense of meaning: The EU Commission has presented its plan for the future taxonomy regulation with nuclear energy and natural gas to be declared as sustainable - protest followed promptly.

Fred. Olsen Windcarrier signs three new offshore wind contracts

01/04/2022

Fred. Olsen Windcarrier recently executed three new contracts and reservation agreements with a combined revenue of up to EUR 80m. The contracts will cover approximately 300 days in 2022 and 200 days in 2023, in both Europe and Asia Pacific.

ERG takes three wind farms into operation

01/04/2022

Italian developer ERG announced the commissioning of two wind farms in Northern Ireland which are the companies first in the UK and another one in France.

World's largest offshore wind farm Hornsea Two now generating electricity

12/21/2021

Project developer Ørsted reports another success: Hornsea Two, located 89 km off the British east coast, has generated electricity for the first time.

Statkraft selects turbine manufacturer for Chilean wind farm

12/20/2021

The 110 MW order is the second contract awarded to German turbine manufacturer Nordex by energy company Statkraft in Chile.

Vesterhav Nord, Syd: New offshore wind farm collaboration of Siemens Gamesa and Vattenfall in Danish Waters

12/15/2021

Located up to 10 km off the west coast of Denmark, Vesterhav Nord and Vesterhav Syd are intended to be completed in 2023. They will deliver clean, renewable energy to around 350,000 average Danish households. A three-year service agreement, with both projects being served from the Port of Hvide Sande, is included.

Gearing: Flender reaches 200-gigawatt milestone

12/13/2021

As a manufacturer of mechanical and electrical drive systems, Flender has helped shape the wind energy industry since the beginning. Now, with its Winergy product brand, the company has reached the milestone of 200 GW of gearbox capacity delivered worldwide for wind turbines.

New US deal for Vestas: 235 MW Invenergy order

12/08/2021

The Sapphire Sky wind project in Illinois will consist of V150-4.2 MW turbines and V136-3.45 MW turbines in 3.6 MW operating mode. Turbine delivery will begin in Q2 of 2022 with commissioning scheduled for Q4.

Offshore wind farm Hollandse Kust Zuid goes to Allianz at 25.2%. BASF reduces shares.

12/06/2021

Hollandes Kust Zuid will be the world's largest offshore wind farm when fully commissioned in 2023 with a total installed capacity of 1.5 gigawatts. The project is being managed by Vattenfall. The wind farm consists of 140 wind turbines.

New 300 MW US order for Nordex

12/03/2021

The German manufacturer will supply 67 N155/4.X turbines for the 'El Sauz' wind farm in Texas. A 5-year service contract is included.

Thor Wind Farm I/S to build Thor Offshore Wind Farm following a historically low bid price

12/01/2021

Thor Wind Farm I/S today won the concession to build Thor Offshore Wind Farm. This is the first time a tendering procedure has been completed for offshore wind energy in Denmark without aid. When power is produced, the winner is expected to pay DKK 2.8 bn. to the Danish state within just a few years.

Metsähallitus starts preparations for Finnish offshore wind farm

11/23/2021

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.

Groundbreaking ceremony: US offshore wind farm to be built

11/22/2021

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.

Australia: Berrybank 1 wind farm starts operation

11/19/2021

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.

Energy transition as cost driver?

11/17/2021

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?

First phase of UXO search at Sofia Offshore Wind Farm completed

11/16/2021

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.

WindEvents.Com - the free platform for event organizers, exhibitors and event visitors

11/12/2021

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.

Unlikely alliance: China and the U.S. want to take joint action against climate change

11/11/2021

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.

Climate protection: Politics alone won't fix it

11/10/2021

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.

Fugro wins site investigation contracts for Denmark’s Energy Island

11/09/2021

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

Construction start for Canadian Lanfine Wind Project

11/09/2021

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.

COP26 faces

11/03/2021

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.

CIP pledges to deploy EUR 100bn into green energy investments by 2030

11/03/2021

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.

Mainstream Renewable wins big in South Africa's auction round

11/02/2021

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)

SSE Pacifico to tackle Japanese offshore wind market

11/02/2021

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

No failure allowed

10/27/2021

This weekend in Glasgow the COP26 world climate summit will begin. Meanwhile, in Germany, coalition negotiations of the so called 'traffic light parties' (SPD = red, Grüne = green, FDP = yellow) are in full swing. Motto for both events is: no failure allowed, because a great deal depends on the work done over the next few years. Germany, as Europe's largest industrial nation, has a crucial role to play.

CoensHexicon to explore South Korean waters

10/26/2021

Hexicon’s Korean joint venture CoensHexicon has been granted the permission to measure wind conditions in four areas in South Korean waters for the potential development of floating offshore wind farms.

KenzFigee to deliver crane for Sofia offshore wind farm