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Large-scale floating wind farms may come to UK waters
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 by ScottishPower and Shell have joined forces to develop large-scale floating offshore wind farms off the north-east of Scotland. The partnership has submitted multiple proposals for the...

Celtic Sea Power to drive floating offshore wind
Wednesday, July 14, 2021 by The company given the task of leading the development of floating offshore wind energy in the seas around Cornwall, southwest UK, is to be known as Celtic Sea Power.

Vestas and Iberdrola finalise Baltic Eagle contract
Wednesday, July 07, 2021 by Vestas and Iberdrola have finalised the turbine supply contract for the Baltic Eagle project being developed off the island of Rügen, in German waters of the Baltic Sea.

Major wind research centre starts operations
Tuesday, June 22, 2021 by The NorthWind research centre on wind energy, located in Trondheim, Norway, announced the start of working operations on 16 June with its first General Assembly.

Sudan’s first wind turbine arrives
Tuesday, June 22, 2021 by Construction of the first commercial-scale wind project in Sudan is expected to start shortly as the single turbine that will form it has arrived, and is on its way to Dongola,...

Fortum to increase its wind capacity in Russia
Tuesday, June 08, 2021 by The Fortum-Rusnano wind investment fund has made an investment decision on the construction of wind power parks with a total capacity of 236.6 MW in the Samara region in Russia....

Kriegers Flak WTG installation completed
Tuesday, June 08, 2021 by On 5 June, the last of a total of 72 turbines was installed at Kriegers Flak, which will be Denmark's largest offshore wind farm. Next steps will be to finalise testing and...

Fifth Chinese company joins Global Wind Organisation
Tuesday, June 08, 2021 by Fast growing Chinese wind turbine manufacturer CRRC Zhuzhou Institute Co. has joined Global Wind Organisation, becoming part of a global network of stakeholders with a primary purpose...

Design for floating offshore wind in Ireland
Tuesday, June 01, 2021 by Wood, the prominent consulting and engineering company, has been awarded a pre-FEED (front-end engineering design) contract by Simply Blue Energy for a proposed floating offshore...

Hexicon to acquire Wave Hub test site
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 by Swedish floating windfarm developer and technology provider Hexicon is to acquire the Wave Hub offshore renewable energy test site in Cornwall, South West England. The deal, which...

Martha’s Vineyard wind farm is consented
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 by The US Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has given the final go-ahead to Vineyard Wind 1, the USA’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, scheduled to...

Siemens Gamesa is preferred supplier for entire Hai Long project
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 by The collaboration between Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and its customer Hai Long Offshore Wind Project has been extended to 1044 MW. Siemens’ largest offshore agreement in Taiwan...

Vestas EnVentus WTGs for 404 MW Mutkalampi project
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 by Vestas has been engaged by Neoen to deliver a full EPC turnkey solution to the 404 MW Mutkalampi project in western Finland. Aside from responsibility for the project’s civil...

Offshore wind FIDs to ‘skyrocket’ 57% by 2022 – new report
Tuesday, May 04, 2021 by New analysis from Westwood Global Energy Group, the energy market research and consultancy firm, suggests that offshore wind energy project final investment decisions outside...

GE wins its largest-ever onshore wind contract
Tuesday, April 06, 2021 by GE Renewable Energy has contracted to provide onshore wind turbines for the 1485MW North Central Wind Energy Facilities in Oklahoma, its largest single onshore order to date. Under...

US government plans for 30GW offshore wind
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 by On 29 March secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland joined the secretaries of Energy, Commerce, and Transportation in a White House forum to meet with representatives from states,...

Ørsted FID for its largest onshore project to date
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 by Ørsted has taken a final investment decision on its largest onshore project to date, the 518 MW hybrid wind and solar PV project, Helena Energy Centre, with an expected operational...

New 11 MW WTG for Hollandse Kust Zuid
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 by Vattenfall and Siemens Gamesa are working on the development of a new 11 MW wind turbine for the unsubsidised offshore wind farm Hollandse Kust Zuid. In due course 140 of the 200m...

Ørsted starts Greater Changhua installations
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 by With all the permits and EIA approvals in place, leading offshore wind developer Ørsted reports that it is moving “full speed ahead” with full-scale offshore construction activities...