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Canada: Grand Bend Wind Farm Achieves Commercial Operation

06/03/2016

Northland Power Inc., the Aamjiwnaang First Nation and the Bkejwanong Territory (Walpole Island First Nation) announced that the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) has confirmed that the 100 megawatt (MW) Grand Bend Wind Farm achieved commercial operation on April 19, 2016.

UK: Siemens awards major contract to ALE

06/03/2016

Four-year Crane Framework Agreement to UK-based heavy-lift specialist ALE / Value in excess of £43m (55m Euros) / Approximately three quarters of the contract value relates to UK projects / Great step for development in Hull and the UK offshore industry

France: The EDF Group embraces self-consumption

06/03/2016

With the energy transition and digital revolution in full swing, electricity generation models are becoming increasingly decentralised, grids are getting smarter and consumers are looking for ways to take charge of their own energy needs. By embracing self-consumption, the EDF Group is breaking new ground to better meet these expectations so that everyone is able to use electricity more efficiently and, now, generate it, too.

Portugal: Principle Power’s WindFloat Prototype Celebrates its 5-year Anniversary and the Final Stage of Technology Demonstration

06/03/2016

Principle Power announced the successful conclusion of the WindFloat Prototype’s 5-year testing campaign yesterday. The WindFloat (WF1) has met or exceeded all design expectations and Principle Power, along with its project partners EDP, Repsol, Portugal Ventures and A. Silva Matos, have been extremely pleased with the results of the testing campaign.

Sweden: Björkhöjden and Ögonfägnaden wind farms inaugurated

06/02/2016

Yesterday marked the inauguration of the two wind farms Björkhöjden and Ögonfägnaden. Comprising 123 wind turbines, the wind farms will generate approximately 1.1 TWh annually.

UK: Wind farms in operation in the UK reach 10 with the commissioning of the new Kingsburn wind farm in Scotland

06/02/2016

Falck Renewables S.p.A announces that Kingsburn Wind Farm, located 20 Km west of Stirling in central Scotland (United Kingdom) is, ahead of the forecasted time, now in operation.

Windfair introduces new colleague for maintenance of offshore foundations

06/02/2016

Offshore wind farms have a rough environment with salt water, swell and storms creating difficult living conditions and bring materials to their load limits. Regular inspections must be carried out to check on under water conditions. In addition to diving robots professional divers perform the repair work under water. A work that carries quite an amount of risk. This might change soon though because humanoid robots are on the rise.

Canada: Beothuk Energy Inc. Announces Offshore Wind Project Engineering Contracts

06/01/2016

Beothuk Energy Inc. is pleased to announce the company has awarded contracts for its St. George’s Bay (western Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada) offshore wind energy project through its engineering firm, Maderra Engineering, to DNV GL and Fugro GeoSurveys.

Scotland: SgurrEnergy secures Beatrice construction monitoring contract

06/01/2016

Leading renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, has been awarded a three-year construction monitoring contract for the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm - the first commercial offshore wind farm from the Crown Estate Scottish Territorial Waters leasing round to reach this stage of development.

Global: 2015 a Record Breaking Year for Renewable Energy

06/01/2016

Today REN21 published the most comprehensive annual overview of the state of renewable energy. The Renewables 2016 Global Status Report reveals that renewables are now firmly established as competitive, mainstream sources of energy in many countries around the world.

Global: Latin American wind power market faces uncertainty beyond 2018 after several years of strong growth

05/30/2016

The wind power market in Latin America increased to 4.2GW in 2015, representing a slight 2% gain compared to the previous year. MAKE expects modest expansion of 8% in terms of new commissioned capacity in 2016.

Australia: Off-grid energy solution coming to mainland Australia

05/30/2016

Tasmanian renewable innovation is set to power one of Australia’s most isolated communities.

Europe: Combatting offshore rain erosion

05/27/2016

Blades offshore need to withstand rain, wind and whatever weather conditions come their way. Recently, three of our colleagues experienced some of those elements firsthand, when they boarded a boat in Denmark to film a new video as part of the Windtrust project.

Scotland: Planning approval unanimously given for Crossdykes Wind Farm

05/27/2016

Planning approval has been given for Crossdykes Wind Farm by Dumfries and Galloway councillors, subject to the completion of legal agreements.

Germany: Germany’s renewables electricity generation grows in 2015, but coal still dominant

05/27/2016

Renewable electricity generation in Germany increased to 194 billion kilowatthours (kWh) in 2015, representing 31% of the country's gross electricity generation. The renewables electricity growth in 2015 was the largest in both percentage and absolute terms (19% and 32 billion kWh, respectively) in at least a decade.

UK: A greener, cleaner and secure energy future for the UK

05/27/2016

Using pioneering mapping approaches, the RSPB has assessed whether the UK’s 2050 climate targets can be achieved using high levels of renewable energy whilst avoiding sensitive species and habitats / This new research shows that the UK has the potential to deliver up to four times the UK’s current energy consumption from renewable sources with low risk to wildlife

Spain: Gamesa's G132-3.3 MW, among the 100 best ideas of the year selected by financial journal Actualidad Económica

05/26/2016

For the last 24 years this journal has been acknowledging the creativity and imagination of firms which manage to set trends and defend their competitiveness in the marketplace.

Beatrice is a go – British offshore wind farm will be realized with EU funds

05/25/2016

The Scots are currently working more vigorously than ever to implement their COP21 plans: Earlier this week saw the start of building the next large offshore wind project, the Beatrice wind farm. Whether future EU funds will flow into the UK for such projects is of course dependent on the whereabouts of the British in the EU.

Germany: REETEC establishes a very efficient on- and offshore internal blade inspections solution

05/25/2016

REETEC GmbH successfully tested a new internal blade inspection system and method on an offshore blade over 60 metres lengths, producing a safe solution to inspect almost 100% of the interior area of blades for wind turbines.

India: Tata Power Renewable completes acquisition of 30 MW wind farm in Maharashtra

05/24/2016

Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited, a 100% subsidiary of Tata Power, India’s largest integrated power company, has completed acquisition of 100% shareholding in Indo Rama Renewables Jath Limited, which is a 100% subsidiary of Indo Rama Renewables Limited. IRRJL has a 30 MW operating wind farm in Sangli District of Maharashtra.

US: Historic project in the United States

05/24/2016

Since December 2015, Blue Water USA has been providing hub logistics services to General Electric (GE) in the Port of Providence (Rhode Island) for the 30 MW Block Island Wind Farm which is the first offshore wind farm in the United States.

Global: APeC outlook totals more than 63GW of new wind power capacity, accounting for 10% of global wind power growth

05/23/2016

New annual capacity in Asia Pacific excluding China (APeC) will more than double by 2025, compared with 2015 installations, driven by continued growth across most markets

US: DONG Energy Completes Acquisition of offshore wind development project in New Jersey – Announces "Ocean Wind"

05/23/2016

During last weeks Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) New Jersey Renewable Energy Task Force Meeting held in Trenton, DONG Energy announced that the company has taken over RES Americas Developments Inc.’s (RES) more than 1000MW development project rights off the coast of New Jersey.

US: GCube Targets US Weather Risk Market

05/20/2016

GCube, the leading underwriter for renewable energy initiatives, has responded to increasing demand from US wind project-financed wind operators, notably those refinancing or going through acquisitions, by strengthening its underwriting team and rolling out its unique Weather Risk Transfer mechanism across the North American market.

Spain: Gamesa closes its investment in NEM Solutions

05/20/2016

Gamesa has closed its agreement with CAF and Tecnalia to invest in this technology player, a specialist in advanced data management for application in predictive maintenance, thereby becoming a core shareholder with a 50% interest

Germany: Senvion contracts MPI Enterprise for turbine installation on Nordsee One

05/20/2016

MPI Offshore is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract to install wind turbines on the Nordsee One Offshore Wind Farm. In a short ceremony held earlier this week in Hamburg, the contract was signed by representatives from Senvion and MPI.

Netherlands: ECN wind study strengthens the Borssele wind farm business case

05/20/2016

Ten project developers are in the running for a permit to develop a wind farm off the coast of Zeeland. Two developers asked ECN to assess their designs in advance. Our wind report makes their business cases more solid and instils confidence in investors.

Global: New study from PML scientists reveals potential Offshore Wind Farm impacts

05/20/2016

Shelf seas comprise approximately 7% of the world’s oceans and are the focus of an enormous amount of economic activity; they hold around 20% of all life in the ocean, and sustain around 90% of the world’s fisheries.

Germany: Turbine installation completed at Gode Wind 2 + 1 Offhore Wind Farm

05/20/2016

On 19 May 2016, A2SEA’s SEA CHALLENGER completed the installation of 97 Siemens 6MW turbines at DONG Energy’s Gode Wind 2+1 OWF in the German part of the North Sea.

Global: HGC Engineering Achieves ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation for Noise Testing of Wind Turbines

05/20/2016

HGC Engineering's Wind Energy Division has been awarded full ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation to conduct measurements of wind turbine noise emissions to the exacting methods set out in IEC-61400-11.

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