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Siemens contracts for 105 MW of wind power to Finland
Siemens Gamesa has been chosen by project developer Energiequelle for the first time to deliver wind turbines for the Mikonkeidas wind farm in Finland.
Vestas selected for 1.5 GW Atlantic Shores offshore wind project
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, a 50:50 partnership of Shell New Energies and EDF Renewables, has selected Vestas as the preferred supplier for its 1.5 GW offshore wind project in...
Foresight Energy invests in combine PSH/wind power project
Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners, Foresight Group’s flagship energy transition fund, has made its first investment in pumped storage hydro technology.
IberBlue Wind launches in Spain and Portugal
IberBlue Wind, a joint venture focused on the development of floating offshore wind farm projects, is commencing operations in Spain and Portugal with the aim of becoming one of...
RWE and Latvenergo team up on offshore wind in the Baltic
RWE and Latvenergo have joined forces to develop, construct and operate offshore wind projects off the Latvian coast. A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed by the two...
Saipem and Siemens to develop a floating electrical substation concept
On 5 September Saipem and Siemens Energy signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the joint development of a cutting-edge technology solution in the offshore wind sector. This is...
ScottishPower Renewables exploring offshore 5G with JET
JET Engineering System Solutions has recently been awarded a contract by ScottishPower Renewables to explore the potential deployment of a 5G mobile network at sea for the construction...
Financial close for Central Asia’s largest wind farm
Uzbekistan’s ministry of Energy announced on 31 August that it had reached financial close on a 500 MW wind farm close to the city of Zarafshan in the country’s Navoiy region.
ACWA signs energy agreements worth $12 bn with Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Energy has signed three agreements with Saudi Arabia based Acwa Power worth a total of $12 billion. The agreements were signed during a recent the state visit...
Wind energy to power offshore oil & gas platform
UK green energy infrastructure developer Cerulean Winds, and Ping Petroleum UK have signed an agreement to create one of the UK’s first oil and gas facilities powered mainly by...
Ørsted inaugurates Taiwan offshore hub
On 2 August Ørsted inaugurated the Ørsted Taiwan Offshore Wind Farms Operations and Maintenance Hub. Located at the Port of Taichung, the O&M hub is the first operations facility...
First offshore wind power order for Siemens in Japan
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has been awarded by Green Power Investment a firm order for the 112-MW Ishikari offshore wind power project. It is the company’s first firm offshore...
First turbine commissioned at Kaskasi wind farm
The first turbine of RWE’s 340 MW Kaskasi offshore wind farm was recently commissioned on the site 35 km north of the island of Heligoland, and is now supplying green electricity to...
8 GW boost for UK offshore wind
Commenting on the UK government’s approval of six offshore wind projects to enter the final stage of Leasing Round 4, adding 8 GW of new capacity and powering over 7 million homes,...
Two RWE projects selected for EU grants
Two innovative projects with RWE involvement have been pre-selected for funding by the EU Innovation Fund – one of the world's largest programmes for demonstrating innovative...
UK renewables auction promotes move away from fossil fuels
A record amount of renewable energy was secured on 7 July 2022 via the biggest ever round of the UK government’s flagship auction scheme. The fourth round of the Contracts for...
Offshore wind pipeline has ‘nearly doubled’
RenewableUK’s latest ‘EnergyPulse’ market intelligence report shows that the global pipeline of offshore wind projects has almost doubled over the past twelve months, from 429 GW a...
€475m EIB innovation loan for Vestas
Vestas has signed a €475m green loan with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to fund its research, development, and innovation activities through to 2025. The work will be...
RWE and Hellenic Petroleum join forces for offshore wind
RWE and Hellenic Petroleum Holdings, through their respective subsidiaries RWE Renewables and HELPE Renewables, have joined forces to explore offshore wind opportunities in Greek...