Aug 24, 2014
Power and automation technology group ABB has developed and tested a 525 kilovolt (kV) extruded high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cable system. According to ABB, its new initiative will more than double the power capacity to about 2,600 MW from 1,000 MW.
Aug 24, 2014
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind and Dong Energy have expanded their partnership as the two companies reached a conditional agreement for the purchase of 32 units of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind’s V164-8.0MW offshore wind turbine for installation at the Burbo Bank...
Aug 24, 2014
Norwegian energy utilities Statoil and Statkraft have allotted a contract to Siemens Energy for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm in the United Kingdom.
Aug 24, 2014
JDR has signed a contract with Siem Offshore Contractors for the Nordsee One offshore wind farm.
Aug 24, 2014
Plains and Eastern Clean Line has gained an important regulatory approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to sell transmission service to customers at negotiated rates and to negotiate bilateral agreements for 100% of the line’s...
Aug 24, 2014
Private investment firm Starwood Energy Group’s affiliate has completed agreements to finance and construct its second wind farm, a 165 MW project 45 miles south of Lubbock, Texas.
Aug 24, 2014
The United Kingdom's Crown Estate has finalised an agreement for lease with Forthwind, a subsidiary of 2-B Energy, for the UK’s first offshore demonstration of two-bladed turbines on the seabed at Methil in Scotland, consisting of two full scale...
Aug 24, 2014
Siemens’ 6MW turbine is set to be used on a commercial scale in Europe. The first of 35 Siemens 6MW turbines has been erected at the Westermost Rough offshore wind farm, which is currently being constructed off the coast of Yorkshire.
Aug 24, 2014
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in the U. S. last week conducted its nation’s third competitive lease sale for renewable energy in federal waters. US Wind emerged as the provisional winner of the latest lease sale.
Aug 22, 2014
When it comes to keeping wind turbines operating smoothly in icy conditions, there are several approaches being considered and tried, from the highly technical to the old school ‘shiver’ technique.
Aug 15, 2014
Iberdrola plans to use supercomputing in designing all of its wind power facilities at locations featuring complex terrain.
Aug 15, 2014
Steel contractor Bladt Industries has announced that Jan Kjærsgaard is to join the company as CEO. He will assume the role as CEO no later than November 1, 2014. He currently holds the position as CEO of Siemens Wind Power.
Aug 15, 2014
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in the U. S. has defined three Wind Energy Areas offshore North Carolina, which total approximately 307,590 acres, for potential commercial wind energy development.
Aug 15, 2014
Power and automation technology group ABB has bagged a contract worth $30m from Danish state utility Dong Energy.
Aug 15, 2014
An offshore construction site can come across many hurdles, extreme weather conditions being one of them. We look at how specialists and suppliers are dealing with tricky situations offshore to avoid downtime and boost preparedness of personnel.
