Wind

ABB Transformers to be Installed at Major Offshore Wind Project

Wednesday, 26 June 2019 REM Swiss company, ABB, has won an order from MHI Vestas Offshore Wind to supply its energy-efficient WindSTAR transformers for installation in wind turbines in the North Sea. The order was booked in the ...

World’s biggest offshore wind turbine heading to the UK for testing

Tuesday, 25 June 2019 Robin Whitlock GE Renewable Energy has confirmed that the Haliade-X 12 MW nacelle and 107-metre long blade will be shipped to the UK as part of an advanced technology testing programme that will focus on enhancing the ...

New Jersey Selects Ocean Wind for State's First Offshore Wind Project

Monday, 24 June 2019 REM The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has selected Ocean Wind, an offshore wind energy project proposed by Ørsted with support from PSEG, to develop an 1,100 MW offshore wind farm, that will power ...

Atlantic Shores Partners with Rutgers to Study New Jersey Ocean Environment

Wednesday, 19 June 2019 REM Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Rutgers University to advance ocean research and monitoring that will support offshore wind development. The five-year ...

SGRE Conditionally Awarded Order for 376 MW Wind Project in Taiwan

Monday, 17 June 2019 REM Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has conditionally received an order for the supply of offshore wind turbines including a 20-year full service agreement for the 376 MW Formosa 2 Offshore Wind Farm Project ...

Ukraine

Vestas secures largest order to date in Ukraine with the country’s first V150-4.2 MW turbines

Monday, 17 June 2019 Robin Whitlock

Vindkraft has placed an order with Vestas for the 164 MW wind project Myrnenska, located in the Kherson region in southern Ukraine, consisting of 39 V150-4.2 MW wind turbines.

BOEM Announces Path Forward for Offshore Wind Leasing

Friday, 14 June 2019 Dan McCue The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management recently issued an update on the agency’s offshore wind leasing strategy for the Outer Continental Shelf. While pointing out the OCS “provides a world-class ...

US Senate introduces Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act

Friday, 14 June 2019 Robin Whitlock Senators Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts), Tom Carper (D-Delaware), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) have introduced the Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act in order to assist ...

€2 Million to Boost Cyber Power Behind Wind Energy Production

Thursday, 13 June 2019 REM

The University of Nottingham is leading a €2 million high performance computing project to optimize the sustainable exploitation of wind power in both the European and Brazilian energy markets.

Enel Lands 71 MW Wind Energy Contract in Russia

Wednesday, 12 June 2019 REM Italy’s Enel, through its subsidiary PJSC Enel Russia, has been awarded a new wind project of over 71 MW in the 2019 Russian government renewable energy tender. The Rodnikovsky wind farm will be located ...