UP to 300 wind turbines the height of the London Eye could be sited off the Dorset coast and generating energy by 2018.The offshore wind… Melanie Vass (bournemouthecho) – [mappress] Source:bournemouthecho , June 17, 2010;
Today, Danish energy company DONG Energy inaugurates its latest British offshore wind farm, Gunfleet Sands. The wind farm, located in the Thames Estuary off the Essex coast, will supply green power corresponding to the annual power consumption of some 125,000 British households. Thus, Gunfleet Sands
Transpower orders its third powerful offshore grid connection. The contract with the consortium of Siemens Energy and Prysmian Powerlink is the starting signal for the third innovative major project of its kind. The high voltage direct current (HVDC) connection “BorWin2“ with a capacity of 800 Megaw
Order worth more than EUR500 million for the consortium A consortium of Siemens Energy and Prysmian Powerlink has received an order worth more than EUR500 million from the German transmission grid company transpower. The BorWin2 offshore consortium will connect two North Sea offshore wind farms to t
EnBW Erneuerbare Energien GmbH and Siemens Energy have today signed a contract for the supply of 80 wind turbines each with a capacity of 3.6 megawatts (MW) and a rotor diameter of 120 meters for the offshore wind farm EnBW Baltic 2. The order, which represents an investment volume in the triple-dig
DONG Energy has today signed a GBP 250 million Loan Facility with the European Investment Bank (EIB), guaranteed by the Danish Export Credit Agency (Eksport Kredit Fonden, EKF) on the basis of deliveries from Siemens Wind Power and Per Aarsleff. The loan is part of the financing for the construction
Detailed marine mapping from SeaZone is helping Forewind Ltd plan and deliver its offshore wind energy project in the North Sea.Using… [mappress] Source: spatialnews, June 03, 2010;
The Crown Estate and SeaEnergy PLC are pleased to confirm developments concerning SeaEnergy Renewables Limited’s (SERL) interest in the Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm (Inch Cape). In February 2009, The Crown Estate awarded the Inch Cape site to a consortium comprised of SERL, SeaEnergy’s 80% owned sub
Aberdeen-based OEG Offshore has expanded into the renewables sector, securing a £2.2 million ($3.1 million) job on the London Array wind… [mappress] Source: upstreamonline, May 19, 2010;
The 500-megawatt Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm, around 25 kilometres from Sizewell, is expected to be complete in two years’ time. [mappress] Source: eadt, May 19, 2010;
ELECTRICITY has been generated by the Thanet Offshore Wind Farm for the first time.Vattenfall, the company behind the project, powered up… [mappress] Source: thisiskent, May 18, 2010;
Subsea cable specialist, Offshore Marine Management (OMM), yesterday (May 17) announced that it has been awarded two separate contracts to… [mappress] Source: newenergyfocus, May 18, 2010;
The Cape Wind project has cleared one more hurdle. The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday ruled that the 130 offshore turbines… [mappress] Source: canadianbusiness, May 17, 2010;
Draka Offshore announced today they have been awarded the array cabling contract for the Walney 2 project from Dong Energy in Denmark. This announcement follows the recent completion of the company’s expansion to its subsea production facility. “The Walney 2 project represents our first major wind f
