Wind

Foundation innovations beyond floating will unlock largescale offshore wind development

Monday, 19 April 2021 Robin Whitlock

The acceleration of deep-water offshore wind development is being held back by a singular focus on floating wind, according to pioneering low carbon energy developer Enterprize Energy.

Japan

DEME Offshore and Penta-Ocean establish joint venture to develop Japan’s flourishing offshore wind industry

Wednesday, 14 April 2021 Robin Whitlock DEME Offshore and Japan’s leading marine contractor Penta-Ocean Construction Co., Ltd., have announced they have agreed to establish a joint venture company to focus on the construction of offshore wind ...

Japan

Eos partners with Onyx InSight to deliver wind monitoring solution to Japanese market

Monday, 29 March 2021 Robin Whitlock Provider of data analytics and engineering expertise to the global wind industry Onyx InSight has agreed to cooperate with EOS, Japan’s biggest independent service provider to the wind industry to monitor ...

ERCOT finds that frozen wind turbines were the least significant factor in Texas blackouts

Wednesday, 17 February 2021 Robin Whitlock The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has released data showing that the vast majority of power plant outages in Texas were gas-fired generators. As multiple experts have documented, the ...

New training programme aids US businesses entry into offshore wind market

Thursday, 11 February 2021 Robin Whitlock The Business Network for Offshore Wind has launched a virtual training course designed to help US-based businesses expand into the growing offshore wind industry – an industry that has received focused ...

RWE Begins Operation of Two Onshore Wind Farms in the US

Wednesday, 20 January 2021 REM RWE continues to expand its renewables portfolio in North America, one of the company’s strategic core markets, by the commissioning of two new onshore wind farms with a total installed capacity of 348 ...

PepsiCo pledges net zero emissions by 2040

Monday, 18 January 2021 Robin Whitlock PepsiCo has announced plans to more than double its science-based climate goal, targeting a reduction of absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its value chain by more than 40 percent by 2030, ...

Azerbaijan

ACWA Power signs three agreements for independent wind power project in Azerbaijan

Wednesday, 30 December 2020 Robin Whitlock Following the signing of the implementation agreement in January 2020, ACWA Power has signed the official agreements for a $300 million 240 MW wind power project consisting of wind farms located in the ...

Norway Launches Major Wind Power Research Center

Friday, 11 December 2020 REM Today the Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Tina Bru, announced an investment of 120 million NOK (€11.3 million) in a new wind power research center in Norway. The NorthWind research centre ...

Seacat Services commissions two Chartwell 24 catamarans with advanced FOSS technology

Monday, 23 November 2020 Robin Whitlock Offshore energy support vessel operator Seacat Services has ordered two more Chartwell 24 vessels to complement its growing fleet, the two vessels being the first to be equipped with a new foil optimisation ...