Posts Tagged ‘offshore wind’
24 May 2012
The investment opportunities in the offshore wind sector are ‘immense’ even though utility balance sheets and state lending organisations are not providing enough funding for European targets to be met, according to ratings agency Standard & Poor’s.
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23 May 2012
Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond has reaffirmed the country’s commitment to renewable energy and called for a transfer of skills from the oil and gas industry to the low carbon sector.
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22 May 2012
Wind energy company RWE has questioned Germany’s ambition of adding 10GW of offshore wind power to the country’s generating network by 2020.
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17 May 2012
UK utility Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) added 570MW of additional renewable energy capacity over the financial year ending 31 March.
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16 May 2012
A consistent pipeline of European offshore wind projects is helping large players to bring the cost down, Bent Christensen of Dong Energy told NewNet, but he warned the industry still faces major challenges.
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14 May 2012
The Indian government is set to embark on an auction process that would see it award offshore wind development rights in a similar way it has previously done for the oil and gas sector.
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14 May 2012
A Scottish offshore energy services group is on the acquisition trail as it looks to bolster its activity in the renewable energy sector.
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10 May 2012
Transmission Capital Partners has been selected by Ofgem as the preferred bidder to own and operate the transmission link to the 250MW Lincs offshore wind farm.
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8 May 2012
The majority of the problems in the cable installation at offshore wind farms lie in the design of the cable interfaces and the operating methodologies, according to a report by Enventi.
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8 May 2012
Spanish wind turbine company Gamesa said it will locate its first offshore wind prototype in its domestic market with installation expected to begin in the second quarter of 2013.
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4 May 2012
Danish utility Dong is forging ahead with its offshore wind roll-out which will see it have 1.3GW installed across Europe over the next few years and Benj Sykes, UK operations director, said the focus going forward must be on reducing cost.
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2 May 2012
Dutch construction company VolkerWessels has been contracted to provide technical services for an Irish Sea-based offshore wind farm, in a deal worth €115m.
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30 April 2012
Energy giant E.ON has selected the German island of Helgoland as its base of operations for the 288MW Amrumbank West offshore wind farm.
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26 April 2012
The renewable energy division of UK utility Scottish and Southern Energy and Repsol Nuevas UK have applied to the Scottish government for permission to build an offshore wind farm.
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25 April 2012
Enventi has announced that John Smith will be joining the company as shareholder and director as it launches a new initiative, which will aim to develop an offshore wind farm, deployable at £100/MWh.
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23 April 2012
The UK and US governments have agreed to jointly research and develop floating wind turbine technology.
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19 April 2012
European wind turbine manufacturer Nordex will look to sell the assets of its offshore wind business as it closes its operations in the sector.
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18 April 2012
European wind turbine manufacturer Nordex will exit its offshore wind business after talks to find an industrial partner for this side of the business faile
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17 April 2012
As Denmark sets an ambitious target to derive half of its total power supply from wind energy before 2020, a spokesperson for the government told NewNet that it will launch a tender to set two major projects in motion.
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17 April 2012
Danish energy company Dong has received consent to test two offshore wind turbines at its Gunfleet Sands site in South East England.
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