Lake Erie is about to join Cape Cod in hosting one of the first offshore wind farms in the United States. For a while now, plans have been… Timon Singh [mappress] Source: inhabitat, July 07, 2010;
Ruukki has agreed with the Norwegian company Aker Verdal AS on the delivery of steel structures for the Nordsee Ost wind farm project to be built offshore from Germany in the North Sea. Steel structure deliveries for the jacket foundations of offshore wind turbines are a new entry for Ruukki. Offsho
One of Lancashire’s new MPs has called for a rethink on windfarms being built in the countryside. [mappress] Source: lep, July 02, 2010;
Vattenfall reached an important construction milestone this weekend, when the 100th, and final, turbine was installed at Thanet Offshore Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm, which has been under construction since 2008 and is due to be finished in early autumn 2010. The installation of
Siemens will become shareholder (49 percent) in A2SEA A/S, a supplier of installation services for the construction of offshore wind farms. The Danish energy company, DONG Energy, will continue to be the main shareholder of the company. A2SEA in Fredericia, Denmark, employs about 200 people. Siemens
Enovos Luxembourg S.A. has acquired the “La Benate” wind farm near Saintes in France. The 6 wind turbine generators (WTG), with 2 MW… [mappress] Source: azocleantech, June 28, 2010;
The first of 90 foundations has today been installed at the 317MW Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm, off the coast of Norfolk, by Danish… [mappress] Source: newenergyfocus, June 28, 2010;
On behalf of Stadtwerke München (SWM), MECAL has accomplished the technical due diligence of the Offshore-Windfarm „Gwynt y Môr“, which has a planned capacity of 576 MW, one of the biggest wind farms in the world. The wind farm is to be realised of the coast of North Wales in the United Kingdom. The
Development of the Walney 1 offshore wind farm has overcome a “major challenge” with the installation of the offshore substation, Danish… [mappress] Source: newenergyfocus, June 24, 2010;
What are the solutions for offshore installations? What type of vessels are required? What kind of operational experience has been obtained… [mappress] Source: bymnews , June 23, 2010;
Siemens Energy has secured an order from DONG Energy to supply 111 wind turbines for what will be Denmark’s largest offshore wind power plant. The 400 megawatts (MW) Anholt Offshore Wind Farm will feature a capacity almost twice that of Horns Rev 2, currently the world’s largest offshore wind farm i
Earlier today, the Danish Energy Agency awarded DONG Energy the concession to build the next major offshore wind farm in Denmark off the Danish island of Anholt in the Kattegat. The construction of the wind farm will represent a total investment of approximately DKK 10 billion. With a capacity of 40
German utility company Stadtwerke München (SWM) has bought a 30% stake in RWE Innogy’s Liverpool Bay wind farm Gwynt Y Mor.- According to… Vicky Portwain (theenergycollective) [mappress] Source: theenergycollective , June 21, 2010;
RWE Innogy and Aker Verdal today signed a contract for the supply of foundations for the “Nordsee Ost” offshore wind farm.Aker Verdal, a… [mappress] Source: rwe , June 18, 2010;
