Siemens has been awarded the contract to supply wind turbines to the first offshore wind farm in Finland. “This order marks a significant milestone for Siemens,” said Michael Hannibal, CEO Offshore of the Siemens Wind Power and Renewables Division. “The project is not only the first offshore wind farm in … [continued]
Seabed scanning in preparation for wind farm development in the East Anglia Zone off the coast of Norfolk and Suffolk has revealed a Germany WWI submarine. In advance of any offshore wind farm development, a bevy of tasks must be completed to ensure that the projected development area is safe, … [continued]
California-based Pattern Energy has announced it has completed construction on the 150 MW Amazon Wind Farm Fowler Ridge project in Benton County, Indiana. The 150 MW Fowler Ridge wind farm will provide 100% of the electricity generated to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and will be used to power the company’s … [continued]
Spanish wind energy company Gamesa has announced installation of its first wind turbine in Thailand, and a 100 MW contract for Amazon.com’s Ohio wind farm. Announced on Tuesday, Gamesa revealed that it had installed its first G114-2.0 MW wind turbine in the Asia-Pacific region, at the Subplu1 wind farm being … [continued]
Spanish wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa has been awarded a contract to build a 130 MW wind farm in Mexico. The project is being built under a turnkey arrangement — allowing it to be sold on as a completed project upon completion. Gamesa was contracted to deliver 65 of its G114-2.0 … [continued]
Plans for a 1.2 GW wind farm have been submitted by ScottishPower Renewables. The project is called East Anglia Three and the proposed location is off the coast of Suffolk. Over 300 square kilometers would be used to create the wind farm, if the UK government decides to support it. If completed, it could … [continued]
Siemens has been contracted to supply 30 MW of wind turbines to what will be, upon completion, the world’s largest floating wind farm. Siemens made the announcement last week, revealing that it had been contracted by Norwegian company Statoil to provide five of its SWT-6.0-154 direct drive offshore wind turbines … [continued]
The Scottish Government refused consent earlier this week for two separate wind farms intended for the county of Sutherland. Scotland’s Energy Minister, Fergus Ewing, made the announcement earlier this week, explaining that consent for a 22 turbine wind farm located at Sallachy and Dullachy estate in central Sutherland, as well … [continued]
The Scottish Government has approved the construction of the world’s largest floating wind farm, to be developed by oil and gas giant Statoil. The news was made simultaneously that the Scottish Government had approved consent for the construction, as Statoil made its own final investment decision to build the project … [continued]
Siemens has announced yet another wind turbine order, this time for 56 wind turbines for the Galloper Wind Farm off the southeast coast of England. Following on from yesterday’s announcement that Siemens would provide 47 of its new 7 MW offshore wind turbines for the 330 MW Walney Extension East … [continued]
