offshore wind farm Articles
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Vattenfall to invest over €1 billion in North Sea wind farm
Swedish power giant Vattenfall announced that it will invest more than €1 billion (about $1.4 billion U.S.) in the DanTysk project, a 280 megawatt (MW) offshore wind farm to be located in North Sea waters between Germany and Denmark. Vattenfall has formed a joint venture with Stadtwerke München GmbH (SWM; Munich, Germany) to develop the DanTysk facility, with Vattenfall holding a 51% ...
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Winds of Change: Offshore Wind Farms at the Forefront of Energy Transition
At a time when the importance of turning to sustainable energy sources and reducing our carbon footprint is increasingly recognised, offshore wind farms represent a ray of hope amid growing concerns about the energy crisis. They constitute a significant step forward in the search for long-term solutions in the field of renewable energies and sustainable development. In this article, we take a ...
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Japanese Offshore Wind Farm Auctions have Begun
You can almost hear the gavel banging. The third-largest wind market in Asia has commenced its first-ever offshore wind farm auction this month. Off Goto, Nagasaki, this project is one of eleven areas identified by the Ministry and Port Authority of Japan as viable offshore locations. The Goto wind farm will have a capacity of at least 16.8 MW, and a 20-year seabed lease. The country is hoping ...
By Powerhub
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Proposed offshore wind farm consents process in the UK: some considerations
The objectives of the study were to define the full details of the consenting process for offshore wind farms in territorial waters (in England and Wales) and to develop guidance aimed primarily at developers outlining the consenting process in its entirety. Conclusions included: the formalisation of available routes to consents for developers; the formalisation of the requirement for a DTI ...
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Renewable energy production issues with the Cape Cod offshore wind energy programme
This paper evaluates the first offshore wind farm proposal in the USA. It is being put forward by Cape Wind Associates, a Boston-based firm that wishes to build 170 turbines five miles offshore in Nantucket Sound. The proposed development would supply up to 95% Cape Cod's energy needs and 2% of the energy requirements for the eastern New England region, preventing the need for additional fossil ...
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Project - RTE
Customer: RTE Context: RTE, the French electricity transmission system operator is in charge of the high voltage grid installation, connection and management onshore and offshore. This includes the connecting of all the marine renewable energy farms being developed in France. Challenge: With the growth of marine renewable energy developments in France with numerous offshore wind and floating ...
By Open Ocean
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Experience with and strategies for public involvement in offshore wind projects
The paper describes and analyses different models for public involvement, based on experience from offshore projects in Denmark (especially Middelgrunden) and Sweden (Karlskrona Vindkraft Offshore). The public likely to be concerned by offshore wind energy projects must be informed and consulted as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). However, as member states individually define ...
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Offshore windpower: a major new source of energy for Europe
After several decades of theoretical developments, desk studies, experimental wind turbines and prototype wind farms, the first large-scale commercial developments of offshore wind farms are now being built. To support and accelerate this development, the European Commission funded a project, "Concerted Action on Offshore Wind Energy in Europe" (CA-OWEE), which aimed to gather, ...
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GE, Harbin form joint venture to market wind turbines in China
GE Energy (Atlanta, GA) announced that it has formed a joint venture with China’s Harbin Electric Machinery (HEC) to produce GE-designed wind turbines for sale in the Chinese wind energy market. Anticipating a six-fold increase in China’s wind power capacity by 2020, the joint-venture company will produce turbines for both terrestrial facilities and offshore wind farms. GE will hold a ...
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Maintenance Manager to control operation and maintenance of offshore wind farms
Maintenance of wind farms is of increasing importance. Especially in remote areas, where logistics and accessibility are restricted, costs of preventive as well as corrective maintenance form a substantial part of the costs of electricity. The importance of a tool that assists in feedback to the design, failure logging, configuration control and maintenance planning is evident. This paper ...
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Using Thermal Insulation in Offshore Wind Farms
Thermal insulation reduces the transfer of thermal energy between objects which have different temperatures or are within range of radiative influences. Heat flow is an inevitable outcome when objects of different temperatures interact. Thermal insulation provides a region in which thermal conduction is reduced or thermal radiation is reflected by the lower-temperature ...
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Logistics Planning in Offshore Wind Farm Development
“In the offshore wind power industry, logistics planning is the dominant driver to avoiding costly mistakes,” highlighted Jim Lanard, President, Offshore Wind Development Coalition. The technologies needed to set up offshore wind farms are available in the US, and what is needed the most is a focus on logistics that would make them happen efficiently, he added. A speaker at the ...
By Marcus Evans
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Offshore Wind Development Picking Up Pace
Wind power is the world’s leading source of renewable electricity, excluding hydropower, with 238,000 megawatts of capacity installed at the start of 2012. Thus far, almost all of this wind power has been tapped on land; worldwide just 4,600 megawatts of offshore wind farms were operating as of mid-2012. Offshore wind capacity is growing quickly, however, expanding nearly six-fold ...
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Prospect of offshore wind energy development in Japan
In Japan, the cumulative capacity of wind turbine generation systems on land has increased steadily in recent years. To install a large number of wind turbines has inherent problems such as shortage of suitable land, and inadequate infrastructure such as power cables and roads. The necessity for development of offshore wind turbine generation systems has been recognised based on the above ...
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Wind in power 2014 European Statistics
Wind power capacity installations During 2014, 12,819.6 MW of wind power was installed across Europe, of which 11,791.4 MW was in the European Union. Of the capacity installed in the EU, 10,308.1 MW was onshore and 1,483.3 MW offshore. In 2014, the annual onshore market increased in the EU by 5.3%, and offshore installations decreased by 5.3% compared to 2013. Overall, EU wind energy annual ...
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US launches multi-million $ plan to kick start offshore wind industry
The new strategy from the Obama administration could challenge the UK’s place as world’s leading offshore wind energy hub. The US government unveiled yesterday a coordinated strategic plan to accelerate the development of offshore wind energy in a move that could ultimately challenge the UK's position as the world's leading offshore wind hub. Interior secretary Ken Salazar and energy ...
By Vital Energi
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Renewable energy - Project references - Case study
Rent-A-Port Energy’s Management’s experience in pioneer offshore wind farms Rent-A-Port Green Energy’s management was the driving force behind the pioneering “far shore” wind farm C-Power. This was the first time ever that wind turbines were installed so far offshore (30 km) and in such great depths of water (30 m). The first phase, comprising six 5 MW wind ...
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Rising offshore plant capacities lead to greater data-based O&M gains
The growing size of offshore wind farms provides greater scope for data optimisation during Operations and Maintenance, while software solutions can also help mitigate risk during the development phase, Marcus Ihle, Senior Consultant at Outsmart, said. Further gains could be made if operators share more data from their growing databases with other plant owners, Ihle said. The Levelized Cost of ...
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UK and Norway unite to set the North Sea as a leading energy hub
The two governments agree to encourage renewable energy, CCS, oil and gas. The UK and Norway yesterday agreed to increase the levels of co-operation between the two countries as they attempt to re-establish the North Sea as one of the world's leading energy hubs. The two governments recognize the "growing potential for North Sea marine renewable energy projects to bring new investment and green ...
By Vital Energi
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Siemens Gamesa buys 8.9 GW of Senvion service contracts; Norway to build floating wind farm at oil platform
Siemens Gamesa expands services portfolio to 69 GW with Senvion deal Siemens Gamesa has agreed to buy 8.9 GW of service contracts from embattled turbine supplier Senvion as well as the German group's onshore blade manufacturing plant in Portugal, the companies announced October 21. The 200 million-euro ($222.8 million) deal will expand Siemens Gamesa's operations and maintenance (O&M) ...
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