The German Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has awarded contracts to 1,441MW of onshore wind and 195MW of solar capacity in its latest tender round. A total of 119 bids for onshore wind projects were awarded from 126 that were submitted, while 87 bids for solar developments were also given the [...]
(WO) — Shell Offshore Inc., a subsidiary of Shell plc (Shell), announced has begun oil production at the Shell-operated Vito floating production facility in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GoM). With an estimated peak production of 100,000 boed, Vito is the company’s first deepwater platform in the GoM to employ [...]
Renewable Power Capital (RPC) has announced its entry into the onshore wind market in Poland, partnering with Tundra Advisory (Tundra) to develop a pipeline of up to 1GW of onshore wind projects across the country. The partners have already identified over 500MW of potential sites and the deal is subject to [...]
Four in five Irish people support wind farms, while opposition to wind energy has fallen to just 5%, new research has found. The polling, carried out for Wind Energy Ireland by Interactions Research, also found that 58% of Irish people would support the development of a wind farm in their [...]
The connection of wind parks Ouro Branco II in Brazil and Telsiai I in Lithuania to the grid means thatEuropean Energy has reached the milestone of having 1GW of renewable energy capacity under ownershipfor the first time in the company’s history. In 2022, European Energy grid connected more than 600MW of renewable energy capacity. The [...]
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) will join NorSea and Parkwind in a partnership dedicated to developing floating offshore wind projects in Norway. In doing so, the companies will further strengthen their consortium initially targeting the 1.5GW Utsira Nord tender. The group aims to take part when Norway realizes its goal of [...]
Jera has installed all 47 wind turbine generators (WTGs) at the 376MW Formosa 2 offshore wind project off the coast of Miaoli County, Taiwan. With the support of majority shareholder Jera, project sponsors, supply chain partners, and local stakeholders, Formosa 2 is steadily proceeding with commissioning work and is scheduled [...]
Windfarms produced a record amount of Great Britain’s electricity last year, although gas-fired generation also increased, National Grid has said. Figures from the company’s electricity system operator (ESO) showed that wind-powered electricity accounted for 26.8% of generation in 2022, up from 21.9% the year before. In late January last year, wind-powered electricity [...]
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has invited businesses in the Northeast of Scotland to enter its Fit For Offshore Renewables (F4OR) programme. Starting from Monday, 9 January 2023, the latest round of the F4OR NE Scotland programme will be available to established companies in the Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and [...]
While the world’s renewable energy capacity may not be growing fast enough to hit certain 2050 goals, 2022 was still a record-breaking year for renewable energy growth. Renewables made up 46 percent of Germany’s power consumption, the UK set its record for wind production, and China’s solar power for electricity [...]
EEW Special Pipe Constructions has produced the last monopile for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind project. The final piece in the set of 50 left the production line at the company’s Rostock site in December 2022. Each monopile has a diameter of between 8.75 and 9 metres and have been [...]
China’s CSSC Haizhuang has unveiled its H260-18MW offshore wind turbine. The 18MW-rated device comes with a 260-metre diameter rotor and has a swept area of 53,000 square metres, equivalent to area of seven standard football fields. Under full wind speed, it can generate up to 44.8kWh per revolution, and a [...]
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