Sembcorp Marine and RWE have marked the start of the fabrication of the offshore converter platform for the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm with an official steel-cutting ceremony at Sembcorp Marine’s yard in Batam, Indonesia. “The offshore converter station sitting at the heart of the wind farm will be [...]

Serial production of the N163/6.X model is planned for 2023 Nordex Group has unveiled a new N163/6MW-plus turbine for its product portfolio. The German manufacturer said that compared with its sister model, the N163/5.X, the new N163/6.X is able to produce an up to 7% higher annual energy yield [...]

LearnWind aims to attract the talents of tomorrow to work in wind energy WindEurope has launched educational hub to tackle the skills gap in wind energy. The sector now employs 1.2 million people globally but the transition from fossil fuels to renewables has only just begun. With the launch of the [...]

€45m European Scalable Offshore Renewable Energy Sources aims to unlock wind, wave and solar potential A new €45m marine energy project has been launched to pave the way for bankable hybrid offshore parks across Europe by 2025. The European Scalable Offshore Renewable Energy Sources (EU-SCORES) Project aims to unlock the large-scale potential [...]

WFW advised on the deal for 156 hectares of development land in Sicily Global Maritime have been awarded a framework agreement (FA) to provide specialist marine services to BP, including its upcoming renewable energy projects. The FA will include marine vessel assurance, engineering, project operations, HSSE and general marine consultancy, [...]

WFW advised on the deal for 156 hectares of development land in Sicily Blue Elephant Energy (BEE) has signed a land use and development agreement with multiple landowners to secure over 156 hectares of land in Sicily, Italy, for the development of several solar power plant projects. The projects are [...]

Danish firm has three hybrid projects in California totalling 800MW under development Eurowind Energy is stepping into the US market, with its first projects expected to start construction in 2022.  Through its American subsidiary, Eurowind Energy USA, Eurowind Energy has entered into a cooperation with a North American partner [...]

Siemens Gamesa will expand its offshore blade factory in Hull, England by 41,600 square metres, more than doubling the size of the manufacturing facilities. The Siemens Gamesa wind turbine factory in Hull is to be doubled in size following an investment of £186m. This investment will create 200 new [...]

Purchase is part of a development and construction partnership with Anesco valued in excess of £100m Gresham House has acquired a 50MW solar farm in Lincolnshire, the UK, from Anesco. The acquisition is part of a three-year development and construction partnership valued in excess of £100m. Earlier this year, [...]

Norway is the country with the highest share of renewable energy in the world, according to new data. A study by energy tariff comparison platform Utility Bidder reveals the top 20 countries in the clean energy field, as well as those which rely most on fossil fuels. The fossil [...]

Wind alone provided a record 24.1% of the UK’s electricity last year with 13% coming from offshore, says BEIS ReneSola is partnering with Emeren to co-develop ground-mounted solar farms in Italy totalling 110MW. The partners said that the projects have a broad range of sizes across the country, with [...]

Wind alone provided a record 24.1% of the UK’s electricity last year with 13% coming from offshore, says BEIS Renewables provided a record 43% of the UK’s electricity last year, up from 37% in 2019, according to UK Government statistics. Increased wind generation meant that for the first time [...]