offshore wind facility News
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UK is the world`s top destination
The Government today welcomed Siemens plans to invest £80million in the UK for offshore wind production facilities, following the Government’s Budget announcement of £60m for a competition to develop manufacturing and assembly sites sites for the offshore wind industry. Strategic industrial intervention by the Government is unlocking this investment, generating a new industrial sector in the UK ...
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Dominion Virginia Power Welcomes First-Round Selection For Offshore Wind Turbine Demonstration Facility
Dominion Virginia Power welcomed the news today that the U.S. Department of Energy had selected a company-led team to begin award negotiations for initial engineering, design and permitting for an offshore wind turbine demonstration facility off the coast of Virginia. In its DOE application, Dominion proposed designing, developing, and demonstrating a grid-connected, 12-megawatt offshore wind ...
By Dominion
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Iberdrola Opens West Of Duddon Sands, The Group’s First Offshore Wind Farm
Today, the UK Secretary for Energy and Climate Change, Ed Davey, IBERDROLA Chairman, Ignacio Galan, and DONG Energy Executive Vice President, Samuel Leupold opened West of Duddon Sands (WoDS) offshore windfarm. With an investment of €2 billion, this offshore wind facility developed by IBERDROLA, through its subsidiary ScottishPower Renewables, in a joint-venture with Dong Energy was ...
By Iberdrola
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Vattenfall AB acquires Eclipse Energy UK PLC
Vattenfall AB (‘Vattenfall’), one of the largest electricity generators in Europe, made an offer for the entire share capital of Eclipse Energy UK PLC (‘Eclipse’) on 10 October 2008 (the ‘Offer’) Eclipse is a UK based energy developer primarily focused on wind. Vattenfall has now received valid acceptances in respect of 91.2% of the issued share capital of Eclipse. As it has now received ...
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Equinor Selected for Largest-ever U.S. Offshore Wind Award
On January 13th 2021, Equinor was selected to provide New York State with offshore wind power in one of the largest renewable energy procurements in the U.S. to date. Under the award, Equinor and incoming strategic partner bp will provide 1,260 megawatts of offshore wind power from Empire Wind 2, and another 1,230 MW of power from Beacon Wind 1 - adding to the existing commitment to provide New ...
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Europe installs record 3.6 GW offshore wind in 2019; Shell-EDPR group sets lowest US offshore price
Our pick of the latest wind power news you need to know. Europe offshore wind installs rise 33% on year to 3.6 GW Europe installed a record 3.6 GW of offshore wind capacity in 2019, led by continuing growth in the dominant UK and German markets, industry association WindEurope said in its annual market report published February 6. Installations were 33% higher than in 2018 and 16% higher ...
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DOE Announces Up to $8.25 Billion in Loans to Enhance Electrical Transmission Nationwide
In support of the Biden Administration's commitment to modernize the nation's power grid and infrastructure and deliver 100% clean energy to businesses and homeowners by 2035, the U.S. Department of Energy this week announced the availability of up to $8.25 billion in loans from its Loan Programs Office (LPO) and the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) for efforts to expand and improve the ...
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Second Major Offshore Wind Project Breaks Ground in U.S.
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland was in East Hampton, New York, on Feb 11 to commemorate the groundbreaking of the South Fork wind energy project, the second commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project approved for federal waters in the United States. The South Fork project will be located offshore Rhode Island and New York and have a capacity of 130 megawatts of wind energy -- ...
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CEC Adopts Historic California Offshore Wind Goals, Enough to Power Upwards of 25 Million Homes
The California Energy Commission (CEC) recently (Aug 10) adopted a report establishing offshore wind goals and moving the state one step closer to development of the clean energy resource off California's coast. Preliminary findings in the report set planning goals of 2,000-5,000 megawatts of offshore wind by 2030 and 25,000 MW by 2045, enough electricity to power 3.75 million initially and 25 ...
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Asia`s Largest and World`s Second Largest Offshore Wind Event
The Offshore Wind China 2012 Conference and Exhibition, Asia's largest and the world's second largest wind power event, will take place in Shanghai between 30 May and 1 June 2012, with the aim of promoting offshore wind power development not only locally in the Shanghai area but also worldwide. The exhibition session will take place at Shanghai New International Expo Center, while the meeting ...
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GWEC and ECCT: Taiwan’s offshore wind ambitions are within reach and will power a green recovery
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and the European Chamber of Commerce Taiwan (ECCT) are bringing together Taiwan’s policymakers, offshore wind leaders, investors and other stakeholders over the next three days to power the growth of Taiwan’s burgeoning offshore wind market at the Global Offshore Wind Summit – Taiwan Virtual 2020. At this official Taiwan offshore wind ...
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Renewable Energy in the UK Industry Market Research Report Now Updated by IBISWorld
The world's energy crisis has necessitated a radical shift among policy makers and participants in the Renewable Energy industry. Increased awareness surrounding the impacts of climate change has driven an aggressive decarbonising strategy, spearheaded by the Renewable Energy industry. Renewable sources accounted for 4.1% of final energy consumption in 2012, leaving the industry with plenty of ...
By IBISWorld
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ETI unveils plans to design world’s largest open access indoor test facility for offshore wind turbines
Plans to design the world’s largest open access offshore wind turbine drive train test rig have been announced by the UK’s Energy Technologies Institute (ETI). Two companies - Converteam and HORIBA Instruments - are delivering competing designs for an indoor test-rig capable of dynamically testing a complete wind turbine drive train and nacelle with input power up to 15MW. The rig, to be built ...
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Sembmarine SLP Ltd carry out UK firsts
Lowestoft based Sembmarine SLP Ltd (SLP) undertook a series of firsts at their Hamilton Road site this month. The Engineering specialists have been working with Siemens Transmission and Distribution Ltd (STDL) to build an offshore facility for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm owned by Statoil, Statkraft and Masdar. The wind farm will be located 20 miles of the coast of Cromer in North Norfolk and ...
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Shell, Gasunie join forces to cut offshore wind hydrogen costs
The Dutch partners want to build 4 GW of large-scale offshore wind capacity and convert gas transport grids in a complete value chain plan for renewable hydrogen supply. The Dutch proposal could make the Groningen port area a key supply hub for renewable hydrogen. (Image credit: David Dixon) Last month, oil giant Shell, Dutch gas grid operator Gasunie and Groningen Seaports unveiled a ...
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Dominion Energy Launches Grid Transformation Program
Dominion Energy Virginia customers stand to benefit from a smarter, stronger and greener energy grid in the first set of plans filed this week under the Grid Transformation & Security Act (GTSA). The landmark legislation, signed by Gov. Ralph Northam, became effective July 1 and provides a roadmap for Virginia'senergy future. Dominion Energy is committing to having 3,000 megawatts of new ...
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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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