Wind

BayWa r.e. Secures Financing for Texas Wind Farm

Thursday, 02 April 2020 REM BayWa r.e. Wind has secured a tax equity commitment from a consortium led by GE Energy Financial Services for its 250MW Amadeus Wind project located north of Rotan, Texas. The project has also executed ...

Fontavis and OX2 Successfully Completed Orrberget Wind Farm

Tuesday, 31 March 2020 REM Fontavis and OX2 have commissioned another Swedish onshore wind farm. Nine Nordex N117 turbines with a capacity of 3.7 MW each provide Orrberget wind farm’s total installed capacity of 33 MW. The annual ...

Business Network for Offshore Wind announces schedule for IPF Virtual

Thursday, 26 March 2020 Robin Whitlock The Business Network for Offshore Wind has announced its schedule for IPF Virtual, taking place online April 21-22 in advance of this year’s in-person conference, now scheduled for August 18-21 in Providence, ...

Japan

Penta-Ocean and DEME Offshore sign MoU to collaborate on construction of Japanese offshore wind projects

Wednesday, 25 March 2020 Robin Whitlock Japanese marine contractor Penta-Ocean Construction Co., Ltd. and Belgian offshore marine engineering company DEME Offshore have concluded a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding comprehensive cooperation ...

Business Network for Offshore Wind flags opportunities for economic stimulus

Friday, 20 March 2020 Robin Whitlock As the US offshore wind energy industry takes precautions to keep business moving amid the coronavirus outbreak, its annual market report describes how the White House can act now to claim the US share ...

American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) releases COVID-19 outlook

Friday, 20 March 2020 Robin Whitlock Coronoavirus will pose significant challenges to the American wind power industry, which represents the largest source of renewable energy in the US and over 114,000 jobs in the US economy, according to ...

ALLETE Clean Energy Purchases 300-Megawatt Caddo Wind Project

Monday, 16 March 2020 REM ALLETE Clean Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of ALLETE, has acquired the Caddo wind project in Oklahoma from Apex Clean Energy, including plans to sell energy to three Fortune 500 corporate customers. The ...

TÜV NORD to Certify One Of the World’s Biggest Wind Farm Zones

Tuesday, 03 March 2020 REM TÜV NORD is carrying out its first project certification in accordance with the innovative, internationally recognized IECRE OD-502 scheme. The installations to be certified are the Dutch offshore wind ...

France

DEME Offshore and Herrenknecht to manufacture a subsea drill for the construction of Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm

Friday, 14 February 2020 Robin Whitlock DEME Offshore and Herrenknecht have signed an agreement for the fabrication of a subsea drill to be deployed at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm in France, which will be the first wind farm in the ...

Rope Partner secures new investors to meet the rising demand for high-quality turbine services worldwide

Thursday, 06 February 2020 Robin Whitlock

Wind turbine blade repair company Rope Partner has been acquired by funds advised by Magnesium Capital LLP (Magnesium) enabling the company