Mar 12, 2012
This week’s Wind Energy Update news brief includes: ERG Renew; Marubeni, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, IHI Marine United, Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Nippon Steel, Hitachi; E.ON UK, ABB; Fugro Seacore, ABB Inocean, ABB, Inocean AS Norway.
Mar 7, 2012
Effective risk management practices become increasingly important in the offshore wind energy sector as the cost of new projects reaches a staggering range of 2.0 to 2.2 million €/MW.
Mar 5, 2012
High voltage equipment manufacturers market their gear as “fit and forget”. So why should we worry? Richard Horan, offshore wind project manager and independent consultant, explains why more attention should be given to offshore substation maintenance.
Mar 4, 2012
US wind logistics companies and turbine manufacturers are bracing for a production tax credit-induced order vacuum. Dan McCue reports.
Mar 4, 2012
This week’s Wind Energy Update news brief includes the DOE; DECC, Ofgem; EDF Energy Renewables, Van Oord UK, PD Ports; National Grid, Forewind; Dillinger Hütte GTS; Kinetik Partners, Maryland Energy Administration.
Feb 29, 2012
It takes approximately 4 years and about £1000 per KW installed to develop a project in shallow waters (5-10m deep) in the offshore wind industry. The cost to ensure such a development depends on several factors and can account for as much as 20 per cent of the developers’ budget.
Feb 27, 2012
In this week's Executive Viewpoint, Anders Eldrup, CEO of Dong Energy, comments on the private sector’s growing appetite for offshore wind energy and on potential delays for connecting German offshore wind.
Feb 26, 2012
This week’s CSP Today news brief includes Dong Energy, KIRKBI, Oticon Foundation; Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC), RWE npower Renewables; Bureau of Ocean Energy Management; The International Energy Agency; National Renewable Energy Laboratory;
Feb 23, 2012
Germany’s administrators must act now to resolve issues that threaten Germany’s offshore wind programme, says Dutch-owned German grid operator, TenneT.
Feb 22, 2012
Two years after construction began, Vattenfall’s Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm is being readied to operate at full power today, with commissioning work completed on its thirtieth and final turbine.
Feb 21, 2012
With 6,810 megawatts (MW) of wind capacity connected to the U.S. grid in 2011, wind operators will re-evaluate strategies to get the most from their O&M expenditure as well as maximize generation
Feb 21, 2012
This week’s Wind Energy Update news brief includes ETI, NSTAR, Northeast Utilities; Cape Wind; Marine Scotland, The Crown Estate, DECC; Hochtief Solutions, Ventizz Capital Partners, PNE Wind, Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency; SSE Renewables; National Renewable Energy Centre; Vestas.
Feb 20, 2012
The cost of corrosion damage in offshore wind monopile foundations can be crippling, yet industry guidance is falling short. Andrew Williams reports.
Feb 20, 2012
Wind Energy Update gains insight into Gamesa’s on-going strategy for dominating Asian markets, and on how the Spain's wind energy goliath will be affected by Spain’s FIT suspension.
Feb 15, 2012
The most important update from the offshore wind industry in the past week was the revealing of the cable corridor for East Anglia One - the first of six wind farms planned to be built 14km (9 miles) out to sea.
