offshore grid News
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`The North Seas as the energy pool of Europe`
Members of European, national and regional parliaments signed a Joint Declaration on the North Seas Countries Offshore Grid Initiative (NSCOGI) expressing the need for a stronger cooperation among the 10 NSCOGI countries (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and the United Kingdom). The North Seas Countries Offshore Grid Initiative (NSCOGI) was ...
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Parliamentarians call for a stronger cooperation in the North Seas Countries Offshore Grid Initiative `The North Seas as the Energy Pool of Europe`
Members of European, national and regional parliaments signed a Joint Declaration on the North Seas Countries Offshore Grid Initiative (NSCOGI) expressing the need for a stronger cooperation among the 10 NSCOGI countries (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and the United Kingdom). The North Seas Countries Offshore Grid Initiative (NSCOGI) was ...
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Atlantic Offshore Wind Transmission Action Plan Released
This week (Sept 19) the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of the Interior released An Action Plan for Offshore Wind Transmission Development in the U.S. Atlantic Region. The plan details how wind resources could efficiently be captured off the Atlantic Coast of the United States and delivered to communities as clean, reliable power. It outlines immediate actions needed to connect ...
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Proposed EU sea planning law will boost investor certainty
EU Member States will have to plan the use of their sea space and work together where they share a sea basin, according to a proposed European Commission Directive on maritime spatial planning and integrated coastal management published today in Brussels. "The European Wind Energy Association strongly supports the Commission's proposal, which will allow the European offshore wind energy sector ...
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German Wind Industry Anticipates Breakthroughs
Last week an initial breakthrough was made to further accelerate Germany's shift to renewable energy. The country's four major grid operators provided the German government with a new plan for a major grid expansion. The government is reviewing the plan and has recently intensified high-level meetings among national and state-level players. Germany Trade & Invest experts will attend this ...
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PPL and Elia Group to Develop Innovative Transmission Solutions for New England Offshore Wind
PPL Corporation, through its subsidiary PPL TransLink Inc., and Elia Group, through its subsidiary WindGrid, this week (Oct 24) announced an agreement to develop and propose innovative transmission solutions to reliably and efficiently integrate future offshore wind capacity to the onshore grid in the New England region. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to ...
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UK offshore developers predict savings from plug-in grid
A new meshed offshore grid design being assessed by UK authorities could support clusters of projects further from shore and reduce the need for energy storage, industry experts told New Energy Update. Earlier this month, UK energy regulator Ofgem announced it would develop a new offshore transmission system to minimize the cost of rapid growth in offshore wind power in the coming years. ...
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JC Sandberg Joins American Clean Power Association As Chief Advocacy Officer
The American Clean Power Association (ACP) announced today that JC Sandberg will assume the role of Chief Advocacy Officer (CAO). Sandberg brings to the job more than two decades of legislative, regulatory and corporate experience where he has established himself as a policy expert and trusted voice on energy and infrastructure issues. In this newly-created role as CAO, Sandberg will lead ...
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Major Order for Siemens Energy Enables Transmission of Wind Power for 4 Million People
In future, a single grid connection will transport up to two gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind power to the onshore power grid. This is made possible by converter systems provided by Siemens Energy and Spanish company Dragados Offshore. The German transmission system operator Amprion has awarded the world's first order for two of these systems to the consortium. In total, up to four gigawatts of ...
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Offshore wind installations stabilise in 2014 following record figures the previous year
In 2014, 408 new offshore turbines were fully grid connected, adding 1,483 MW to the European system. The total installed capacity for Europe now stands at 8,045MW in 74 offshore wind farms in 11 European countries. Justin Wilkes, deputy chief executive officer of the European Wind Energy Association, said: "It is not surprising that we see a levelling-off of installations in 2014 following a ...
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Windy December lifts Orsted 2019 profit; UK to develop new offshore grid networks
Our pick of the latest wind power news you need to know. Orsted beats operating profit outlook after windy December Orsted, the world's largest offshore wind developer, beat its full-year operating profit outlook in 2019, but expects slightly lower earnings in 2020, the company announced January 30. Annual earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) rose by ...
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Commission proposes EU priority corridors for power grids and gas pipelines
The European Commission today presented its energy infrastructure priorities for the next two decades, aimed at making networks fit for the 21st century. In the Communication, the Commission defines EU priority corridors for the transport of electricity, gas and oil. This map of priorities will serve as a basis for future permit granting and financing decisions on concrete EU projects. ...
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Renewable energy business leaders to convene at European future energy forum
The foremost renewable energy gathering in Europe has announced a star line up of experts to appear in London, Oct. 19/21, 2010. A world-class debate will take place for three days, with how to fund the future of energy as the leading issue. The forum will kick-off on Tuesday 19 October with keynote presentations from international leaders from around the world including Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, ...
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Energy security: EP adopts blueprint for the EU`s future energy strategy
The European Parliament set out wide-ranging recommendations for the EU's future energy policy. MEPs call for mandatory emergency action plans in case of gas supply shortages, more grid interconnections among Member States, a specific road map for investments in nuclear energy, and new climate targets to be achieved by 2050, including cutting greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80%. The report ...
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Political Support and Clear Policies Prove Critical for Renewable Energy Market Growth
Having quadrupled its solar capacity target to 50GW by 2020 and begun an accelerated domestic installations program to tackle the oversupply of solar panels, China looks set to continue its domination of the global renewable energy market, according to Ernst & Young's latest quarterly global Renewable energy Country Attractiveness Indices report (CAI) released today. The indices provide ...
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New York Power Authority Releases Report on Learnings from European Wind Projects
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) recently (8/7) shared key learnings from a study of European offshore wind transmission models that will help guide New York State as it moves aggressively towards its 9 gigawatt (GW) offshore wind goal by 2035 and inform regional and national offshore wind development. The report, commissioned by NYPA and its New York State energy partners, identified healthy ...
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Renewable energy business leaders to convene at European future energy forum
The foremost renewable energy gathering in Europe has announced a star line up of experts to appear in London, Oct. 19/21, 2010. A world-class debate will take place for three days, with how to fund the future of energy as the leading issue. The forum will kick-off on Tuesday 19 October with keynote presentations from international leaders from around the world including Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, ...
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Landis+Gyr Secures Major Contract With Partner EDF to Deliver 650,000 SMETS2 Meters
Landis+Gyr this week announced that it has secured an additional major contract through its partnership with EDF. The agreement builds on the existing relationship between the two companies, and will see Landis+Gyr provide a further 650,000 SMETS2 gas and electricity meters by June 2025, following the initial order of 500,000 meters. As one of the UK's largest energy suppliers with approximately ...
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EC presents energy security, solidarity and efficiency proposals
The European Commission has proposed a wide-ranging energy package which gives a new boost to energy security in Europe, supporting the 20-20-20 climate change proposals which should be agreed by December. The Commission puts forward a new strategy to build up energy solidarity among Member States and a new policy on energy networks to stimulate investment in more efficient, low-carbon energy ...
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Wind – green energy for Europe
Opening speech at the European Wind Energy Conf. by Andris PiebalgsMarseille, 16 March 2009 Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure for me to be here at the opening session to welcome you to the 2009 edition of the European Wind Energy Conference in Marseille. I would like to thank EWEA for organising this major event, and for inviting me again this year. I really appreciate this yearly ...
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