MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has been selected as the preferred wind turbine supplier for the 252 MW Deutsche Bucht offshore wind project being developed in Germany by owner British Wind Energy. The news, announced in late September, states that MHI Vestas Offshore Wind, the offshore wind-oriented company created by Vestas Wind Systems A/S … [continued]
As part of a larger €7.3 billion investment package, the European Investment Bank has approved more than €1.3 billion in new loans for resource efficiency and climate related investment. The European Investment Bank (EIB) announced mid-September that it had approved €7.3 billion in new loans for investment in strategic infrastructure, the environmental and … [continued]
The global offshore wind market reached nearly 15 GW in total capacity by the end of 2015, according to new figures from Navigant Research. In a new report from global research firm Navigant Research analyzing the global offshore wind market, the total capacity figures by the end of 2015 for … [continued]
DONG Energy and SmartWind Technologies have announced that the world’s first radar for offshore wind power is now delivering three-dimensional (3D) data on the wind flow in the Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm region. This is a ‘first of its kind’ project, and according to DONG Energy, “represents a paradigm … [continued]
Danish electricity and offshore wind energy giant DONG Energy has announced it intends to develop the UK’s largest offshore wind operations and maintenance hub, which it believes will be a “game changing industry first.” DONG Energy made the announcement on Thursday, revealing that it intends to invest millions of pounds … [continued]
The Wind Power and Renewables division of German multinational Siemens will provide four 7 MW wind turbines with accompanying new offshore wind innovations to a pilot offshore wind project being developed in northern Denmark. Nissum Bredning Vindmøllelaug and Jysk Energi placed the resulting winning bid for the Nissum Bredning Vind offshore wind … [continued]
Swedish power company Vattenfall has turned the offshore wind industry on its head, by placing the lowest bid on the Danish Near Shore Wind Tender for two offshore wind projects located in the Danish North Sea. Vattenfall announced this week that it had won the Danish Near Shore Wind Tender … [continued]
The Koch brothers are behind a new public relations campaign for oil and gas, but that won’d stop offshore wind energy development in the US.
Danish wind energy giant DONG Energy has completed the installation of the world’s largest wind turbines at the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm in England. DONG Energy announced last week that it had successfully completed the installation of the first of thirty-two 8 MW wind turbines at the Burbo … [continued]
International infrastructure group Balfour Beatty announced Thursday that it had reached financial close for the £162.9 million Humber Gateway offshore transmission project which will connect North Sea offshore wind with the east Yorkshire coast in England. Balfour Beatty revealed on Thursday that its consortium with investment firm Equitix reached financial close … [continued]
