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]
Swedish energy giant and offshore wind leader Vattenfall has announced it is funding a €3 million study into the environmental impact of offshore wind. Vattenfall will launch a €3 million scientific research program intended to understand the environmental impacts of offshore wind. It is believed that this study will be the largest … [continued]
Swedish energy giant Vattenfall has announced it has acquired the Global Tech II offshore wind farm this week, cementing its intentions to expand its renewable energy production. Vattenfall announced on Wednesday that it had acquired the Global Tech II offshore wind farm from Erste Nordsee-Offshore-Holding, a joint subsidiary of Austrian STRABAG … [continued]
State-owned Swedish energy company Vattenfall announced improved operating profit in the first half of the year, but acknowledged it was involved in a challenging market, resulting in significant impairments for its lignite operations. “The first half of the year was characterized by stability in Vattenfall’s operations and a number of … [continued]
Swedish power company Vattenfall has announced it has acquired 100% ownership of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre. Only a few days after Vattenfall announced the key suppliers for the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), also known as the Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm, the company has announced it has invested a … [continued]
Swedish power company Vattenfall has announced the key suppliers for the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre, also known as the Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm. The European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) is also the Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm, a project which will be made up of 11 wind turbines and have … [continued]
The Carbon Trust’s flagship R&D program, the Offshore Wind Accelerator, has received an investment boost of £6.4 million that is aimed at reducing the levelized cost of energy from offshore wind. According to the Carbon Trust, nine of Europe’s largest offshore wind developers have signed on to a new program with the … [continued]
Vestas Offshore Wind has been awarded the contract to supply 406 MW of wind turbines to Vattenfall’s Horns Rev 3 wind farm being developed off the west coast of Denmark. Swedish power company and developer Vattenfall placed the order with Vestas Offshore Wind for 49 V164-8.0 MW wind turbines for … [continued]
OSIsoft, based in San Leandro, California, has been in the software business since 1980 and currently has over 1,000 employees. It makes products for operational intelligence and real-time data infrastructure. Mike Kanellos, Head of Corporate Communications and Technology, answered some questions for CleanTechnica. 1. When you say you have 450+ interfaces, … [continued]
It has been a great week for clean energy in Europe. First, the energy ministers of nine North Sea countries met at an Energy Council in Luxembourg to discuss cooperation on offshore wind power. The nine countries: Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, France, Denmark, Ireland, and Belgium signed a Memorandum … [continued]
