Wind

Siemens secures new supply and installation contracts for German wind farms

Tuesday, 28 February 2017 Dan McCue

Siemens has been awarded three additional contracts for supply and installation of their gearless wind turbines in Germany.

Senvion inks conditional maintenance contracts for wind farms in Australia

Monday, 20 February 2017 Dan McCue Senvion has signed a conditional contract with Nexif Energy for the EPC contracts and maintenance agreements for the 25 turbine Glen Innes wind farm in New South Wales and the 59 turbine Lincoln Gap Wind ...

Germany

Siemens to build EnBW Hohe See offshore wind project

Monday, 20 February 2017 Robin Whitlock

Siemens Wind Power is to provide complete offshore wind power plant solutions including foundations for the EnBW Hohe See offshore wind project.

Wind power surpasses water as top renewable energy resource in US

Friday, 10 February 2017 Dan McCue Wind surpassed hydropower dams to become the largest source of renewable electric capacity in the U.S., and the fourth largest overall thanks to the sector’s second-biggest quarter ever for new installations, ...

Duke Energy wind farm in Oklahoma is now operational

Friday, 10 February 2017 Dan McCue

Duke Energy Renewables’ 61-turbine Frontier wind farm, located near Blackwell, Oklahoma, has begun commercial operations.

Sparrows Group to supply 103 cranes for installation at East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm

Thursday, 09 February 2017 Dan McCue Sparrows Group, based in Aberdeen, UK, has secured a contract with ScottishPower Renewables, a unit of Spain’s Iberdrola, to supply 103 cranes for installation at the East Anglia ONE offshore wind ...

Europe added 12.5 GW of new wind capacity in 2016

Thursday, 09 February 2017 Robin Whitlock

Wind accounted for 51 percent of all new power installations in 2016, connecting a total of 12.5 GW to the grid across the 28 EU Member States reports WindEurope.

EGP signs 3.5 GW Master Supply Agreement to develop additional renewable energy capacity in the US

Monday, 06 February 2017 Robin Whitlock Enel Green Power North America, Inc (EGP-NA) has signed master supply agreements with three top-tier wind turbine manufacturers to support future development of approximately 3.5 GW of new wind capacity ...

Ideol partners with Atlantis in UK deal to establish a floating offshore wind project pipeline

Monday, 30 January 2017 Robin Whitlock

Marine renewables developer Atlantis Resources has partnered with floating offshore wind technology developer Ideol to develop a 1.5 GW floating offshore wind project pipeline in the UK.

Long Island Power Authority Approves wind farm

Thursday, 26 January 2017 Dan McCue The Long Island Power Authority unanimously approved New York’s first wind farm; a $740 million project to be constructed 30 miles off Montauk Point. Montauk Point is located on the eastern tip of Long ...