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RWE to take over development of the Norfolk Wind Zone
RWE and Vattenfall have come to an agreement under which RWE will take over development of the three projects in the Norfolk Wind Zone in the UK. Vestas is to partner with RWE in...
Vestas signs 1362 MW of wind supply contracts
Vestas has released details of eight wind turbine supply contracts for locations around the world, all signed during the Christmas holiday period.
Prysmian completes Fécamp offshore cable project
Prysmian Group has announced the successful commissioning of the inter-array cable system for the Fécamp offshore wind farm, located in the English Channel, some 24 km off the...
RWE secures 684 MW wind project with Mitsui and Osaka Gas
RWE Offshore Wind Japan has been selected in a consortium together with Mitsui and Osaka Gas to deliver a commercial-scale offshore wind project off the coast of the cities of...
Vestas secures its largest onshore project to date
Vestas has secured a firm order from Pattern Energy to power a major portion of its SunZia Wind project in New Mexico, USA. It is Vestas’ largest order to date in the US market and...
“Significant advance” in ocean modelling
A Dutch offshore wind report has categorised the Unified-WRF model for offshore and weather studies a “significant advancement in meteorological and oceanographic modelling”. The...
US solar and wind ‘to overtake coal-fired generation in 2024’ – EIA
The US Energy Information Administration expects, for the first year on record, that combined electricity generation from wind and solar will overtake generation from coal in 2024....
UK plans for offshore wind leasing Round 5
The UK’s Crown Estate, which controls the disposition of land under Britain’s coastal waters, on 7 December unveiled further details for Round 5 of its offshore wind leasing...
MIDA and Masdar sign 10 GW renewables agreements
Masdar and the Malaysian Investment Development Authority have put together an implementation roadmap to advance 10 GW of clean energy projects in Malaysia, and signed five...
DTEK ready to implement largest wind farm in E Europe
Ukraine energy major DTEK Group and Vestas on 4 December signed a Memorandum of Understanding to complete the construction of the largest wind farm in Eastern Europe, a project...
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners launches GMF II growth fund
On 4 December Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners announced the launch of its Growth Markets Fund II (GMF II). The launch took place during the 2023 United Nations Climate...
GE Vernova to supply 36 WTGs to O2 Power in India
GE Vernova has received an order from O2 Power Private Ltd to supply, install, and commission 36 units of its workhorse 2.7-132 onshore wind turbines for a 97 MW wind power project...
RWE and partners secure contracts in French offshore bidding round
The French CRE (Commission for the Regulation of Energy) has published the results of its latest call to tender for onshore wind power (AO 13) for a cumulative capacity of 931 MW for...
Vestas secures order for V163-4.5 MW WTGs in US
Vestas has received a 239 MW order to power an undisclosed wind project in the USA. The order consists of 53 V163-4.5 MW wind turbines, and the contract includes supply, delivery,...
First power from Denmark’s next offshore wind farm
On 10 November, the first power from Vattenfall’s offshore wind farm Vesterhav Syd was supplied to the Danish power grid. It was the culmination of almost seven years’ work on the...
DNV concludes Phase 1 of project to optimise floating designs
DNV has successfully concluded Phase 1 of its joint industry project aimed at establishing offshore substation standards for the growing floating wind sector. The collaborative...
TenneT installs artificial reefs at Hollandse Kust west alpha
TenneT, in collaboration with contractor Equans/Smulders, has created several artificial reefs near the offshore transformer platform Hollandse Kust (west Alpha) to gain further...
Wind power package: a game-changer for Europe
In her State of the Union speech in September, EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen highlighted the current challenges faced by Europe’s wind energy industry. She committed...
RWE awarded 1.3 GW offtake contract in New York
New York State governor Kathy Hochul announced on 24 October that RWE’s Community Offshore Wind, a joint venture with National Grid Ventures, has been provisionally awarded a 1.3...
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