wind farm construction News
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Bedburg and RWE commission wind farm construction stage one
The team installing the Königshovener Höhe wind farm have some eventful weeks behind them. At the weekend, the last of a total of twelve wind turbines was commissioned. Construction Stage One (38 megawatts) was thus completed on time after ten months of work, and Stage Two (29 megawatts) has already begun. This second stage will add nine wind turbines, class 3.2 megawatts. ...
By RWE AG
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Knockaneden wind farm makes third annual award to the local community
Knockaneden wind farm, constructed and operated by Mainstream Renewable Power, has awarded €9,000 to local community initiatives in the third year of its annual community fund awards. The wind farm which is located in the townland of Knockaneden, Co. Kerry will enter its fourth year of operation in 2016. This year 25 local organisations and initiatives received funding including care ...
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UK Government awards Mainstream CfD for £2bn offshore wind farm
Mainstream today secured a fifteen year Contract for Difference (CfD) from National Grid for its 450 megawatt Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm located in the Outer Forth Estuary in the North Sea. The CfD, which was awarded to Mainstream under a competitive tendering process, gives the wind farm an inflation-linked strike price for the electricity it produces for a period of fifteen years. The ...
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Offshore wind farm construction noise can displace harbour porpoises
Noise caused by construction of Germany’s first offshore wind farm caused significant habitat disturbance for harbour porpoises, according to a recent study. Its results suggest that porpoises avoided areas up to 20 kilometres from the noise source during construction of the wind farm’s foundations. Development of offshore wind farms plays a major role in the shift towards renewable ...
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Invenergy and GE Renewable Energy Complete Largest Wind Project in North America
Invenergy and GE Renewable Energy this week announced commercial operations for the 998-megawatt Traverse Wind Energy Center, the largest wind farm constructed in a single phase in North America. Located in north central Oklahoma, Traverse joins the operational 199-megawatt Sundance Wind Energy Center and the 287-megawatt Maverick Wind Energy Center, as the last of three projects developed by ...
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Salesforce funds wind energy project, expands business in Chicago
San Francisco based Salesforce, a cloud computing mammoth providing sales cloud, service cloud, and marketing cloud services to clients, has reportedly made plans to support a wind farm construction project in McLean County, in a bid to enhance its reach in the Chicago region. Astonishingly, this renewable energy project has been in the planning phase for the last 10 years, claim sources. ...
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Gamesa lands order to supply 239 MW to ScottishPower Renewables in Scotland
Gamesa has entered into an agreement with ScottishPower Renewables, Iberdrola's UK subsidiary, for the supply of 239 MW at the Kilgallioch wind farm being developed in southern Scotland. The company will also provide the facility's O&M services under a five-year agreement. Gamesa will handle the supply, transportation, installation and commissioning of 94 of its G114-2.5 MW turbines and two ...
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EdF Renewable Energies records strong growth in 2007
EDF Energies Nouvelles again posted very strong growth and met or exceeded all the objectives:• EBITDA of €134.3 million (up 46.3%),multiplied by 2.2 over two years• Net income of €51.4 million (up 134.7%),multiplied by 3,1 over two years• Installed wind energy generation capacity of 1,218 MW (up 50%). At its meeting on 21 February 2008, chaired by Pâris Mouratoglou, the Board of Directors of EDF ...
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WindVision 2025–a wind energy strategy for Quebec
By 2015 Quebec's wind energy industry will develop 4,000 MW of generating capacity, resulting in $10 billion in new investment, thousands of new jobs, and significant economic benefits for those regions hosting wind farm developments, according to a study commissioned by the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) by the firm Hatch in collaboration with economist Jean-Claude Thibodeau. "These ...
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Irish Minister Charlie Flanagan commends Mainstream’s support of Maths and Science programme
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan visited Mainstream’s Cape Town office to meet with staff and receive a briefing on the company’s operations in South Africa including its community initiatives. The Minister, who was in South Africa on a trade mission organised by Enterprise Ireland, was accompanied by Ireland’s ambassador to South Africa, Liam MacGabhann ...
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Ghana celebrates its first Global Wind Day as over 250 students meet in Ayitepa to learn about wind energy
More than 250 students from local schools gathered at Ayitepa village to celebrate Global Wind Day. Wind farm developers Mainstream Renewable Power and NEK Umwelttechnik organised the event close to the site of the proposed 225MW Ayitepa Wind Farm which is on track to commence construction early next year. During the course of the event the students were given a presentation on the wind farm, an ...
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Ayitepa wind farm secures grid connection with Ghana Grid Company
Global wind and solar company Mainstream Renewable Power announces the signing of a Grid Connection Agreement for the 225 megawatt Ayitepa wind farm in Ghana. The agreement was signed at the Headquarters of the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) in Tema and is a very significant step towards preparing the project to commence construction early next year. Set to become Ghana’s first ...
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4.9 GW of new offshore wind capacity under construction in Europe
"Despite offshore wind power installations being lower than in the first six months of last year, it remains the fastest growing power sector in Europe" said Justin Wilkes, Deputy Chief Executive Officer at the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). There are currently 16 offshore wind farms under construction in Europe, once completed they will bring online 4.9 GW of power capacity. ...
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Windy Rig construction keeps it local
Construction is expected to take around 16 months, with the project due to reach operational stage in 2021. Ionic Consulting are supporting Statkraft as Owner’s Engineer during construction, with RJ McLeod completing the Civil Works and Powersystems UK providing the Electrical Works. Windy Rig wind farm is a subsidy free project located in Dumfries & Galloway and was ...
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Ballast Nedam: HLV Svanen Deployed at London Array
Ballast Nedam has signed an agreement with London Array Limited for the deployment of the heavy lift vessel (HLV) Svanen at The London Array Offshore Wind Farm from the second half of August this year. Svanen will perform its services in addition to the installation vessels currently installing foundations for Phase One of the project. Some components will be shipped by Ballast Nedam from ...
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Mainstream awarded 250MW of wind energy projects in South Africa Government tender
A consortium led by global wind and solar company Mainstream Renewable Power was today awarded Preferred Bidder status by the Department of Energy in South Africa for two large-scale wind energy projects with a total generation capacity of 250 megawatts. The award was made under the fourth round of the South African Government’s Renewable Energy Procurement Programme and the two wind farms ...
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SIMEC Atlantis enters French joint venture to build new tidal project
U.K. headquartered SIMEC Atlantis Energy, the tidal energy projects developer, has reportedly entered into a new joint venture with the Development Agency for Normandy (AD Normandy) for developing a tidal power project in Raz Blanchard, Normandy. Regional investment fund Normandie Participations is also a partner in the venture besides AD Normandy, which is an economic development agency. The new ...
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Mainstream starts construction of two wind farms in South Africa
Global wind and solar company Mainstream Renewable Power celebrated the start of construction of two wind farms in South Africa’s Northern Cape which have a combined generation capacity of 280 megawatts. The Khobab and Loeriesfontein wind farms, which are situated alongside each other within the Hantam Municipality, represent a total investment value of approximately 7 billion South African ...
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Osbit to deliver Sapura Energy pile gripper system for Yunlin offshore wind farm project
Osbit, the offshore equipment supplier, has been awarded a contract to design and build an offshore wind turbine pile gripper system, by leading Malaysian-based global energy services provider Sapura Energy. The pile gripper will initially be used to support the development of WPD’s Yunlin offshore wind farm, the first large offshore wind farm to be constructed in the rapidly ...
By Osbit Ltd.
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British High Commissioner to Ghana announces Ayitepa wind farm ready for construction in 2016
The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin, hosted a breakfast for business and political leaders at his residence in Accra to announce the country’s first large-scale wind farm located in Ayitepa, which is Ghana’s only independent power generation facility ready to commence construction next year. Speaking at the event he said: “Ghana is a key trade partner for the ...
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