Moventas is expanding its wind gearbox assembly and testing capacity at its manufacturing locations in Jyväskylä, Finland. The investment includes expansion of component manufacturing, serial production facilities and new 6MW testing facilities. The investment expands existing gear manufacturing capacity to over 5 GW, with the ability to expand further as volumes grow. The expansion related… Read more »
Extreme weather is listed as the No.1 global risk this year by the World Economic Forum. In addition, the draft recommendations from the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures call for a transparent and consistent process for identification of climate risks and climate action. DNV GL today releases a timely research paper exploring the role… Read more »
As wind turbine blades get bigger, they are increasingly being worn down by weather and by the airborne particles they encounter as they spin at up to 350 km/hour. Producers and owners of wind turbines have been looking for a solution. After three years of development work, the Danish company PolyTech A/S has launched a… Read more »
• First power plant project from Hong Kong for the Black Point Power Station • Market entry with first H-class gas turbine in Greater China • Delivery of the 80th SGT-8000H unit worldwide Siemens received an order from Castle Peak Power Company Limited(CAPCO) for the delivery of a power block for a new combined cycle… Read more »
New offshore wind turbines with a total capacity of 818 megawatts went online in 2016. The industry views this expansion as positive and expects that, combined with optimised turbine technology and operating concepts, this will also lead to cost reduction in the forthcoming tendering processes in Germany. This momentum will however be upset by the… Read more »
Chelmsford, 18 January 2017, Global Marine Systems Limited, the world leader in subsea cable system design, installation and maintenance, announced today that it has been awarded the renewal of the Atlantic Cable Maintenance Agreement (ACMA), alongside its Atlantic partner for maintenance services, Orange Marine. The new contract began on January 1, 2017, and runs for… Read more »
Munich, 15 February 2017: BayWa r.e. has secured new projects totalling over 70 MW in recent renewable energy auctions in Italy and Malaysia. And confidence is high ahead of upcoming German auctions. The three wind projects in Italy include the 48 MW Eolica San Lupo Srl project in Campania and the 10 MW Arlena Energy… Read more »
Activity in the offshore windfarm sector reached a record high in 2016, as the total construction value for projects reached £4.1 billion, increasing from £2.45 billion in 2015 (see figure 1.1). According to the latest data from construction industry analysts Barbour ABI, offshore windfarms alone accounted for 42 per cent of UK construction contract value… Read more »
Berlin, 14 February 2017 – Today the German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation launched an extended English version of its website, offering international visitors all its available information and services at www.offshore-stiftung.de/en. “The Offshore wind energy sector is becoming increasingly international. With the enriched content of our English website we will be able to better inform… Read more »
Ingeteam, an independent global supplier of electrical conversion equipment, announced today that it achieved a new record year for the deliveries of its wind power converters worldwide. With nearly 5 GW of new capacity added in 2016 alone, a total of 36,414 MW of wind turbines have been equipped with Ingeteam’s technology since 1995, making… Read more »
PIRIOU has just recorded a new order for an OST 30 of its tug range dedicated to towage. As the operator of Pointe-à-Pitre harbour in Guadeloupe (French Caribbean island), CARAIBES REMORQUAGE confirmed the construction of a 30.30m tug with 55 tonnes bollard pull and azimuth stern propeller. Built in Vietnam, its delivery is scheduled in… Read more »
ScottishPower Renewables has agreed a contract with Nexans and Darlington-based DeepOcean to fabricate and install the export cables for the East Anglia ONE offshore windfarm. The contract will safeguard 150 jobs in Darlington and the surrounding area, as well as enabling DeepOcean to offer significant opportunities to the UK supply chain. The cables will carry… Read more »
Munich, 17 January 2017: BayWa r.e. has successfully sold the wind farm St Fraigne, some 140 kilometres North of Bordeaux, to FPCI Capenergie 3 fund managed by Omnes Capital. This follows the sale of the 8 MW St. Congard wind farm to Omnes Capital in August 2016. The wind farm with a total output of… Read more »
ScottishPower Renewables has contracted marine engineering specialist Van Oord and Great Yarmouth-based Seajacks to transport and install the foundation jackets on the East Anglia ONE offshore windfarm. The main installation vessel will be Seajacks’ state-of-the-art Scylla, the world’s largest and most advanced working in offshore wind. The contract will support 140 current positions with Seajacks,… Read more »
· DNV GL supports Siemens to prepare optimised turbine for the offshore market with a rated power increase of 14% compared to the previously certified turbine variant. · Certification confirms new turbine is built according to latest safety and performance standards · With the SWT-8.0-154, Siemens takes important third step in industrialising their offshore direct drive platform… Read more »
28% increase in new business in Germany to EUR 1.17 billion Hamburg, 13 January 2017. The Nordex Group closed 2016 with strong December order intake in Germany. In the last month of the year alone, it received orders for 89 wind turbines in 33 projects with a combined capacity of 262.5 MW. Consequently, Nordex recorded… Read more »
As of 10 January 2017, C-bed’s floating hotel, Wind Ambition, is in full operation on a new offshore wind farm project in the Baltic Sea. C-bed is part of the installation and commissioning phases at the Wikinger Offshore Wind Farm, which is located in the German part of the Baltic Sea. This new project encompasses… Read more »
Hamburg, 12 January 2017. Uptrend Down Under: End of 2016 the Nordex Group has signed a contract for supplying 22 AW125/3000 turbines for the construction of the first phase of “Mount Gellibrand” wind farm in Australia. This 66 MW project is located near Colac, in Western Victoria state, in the south-east of the country. The… Read more »
33.6% increase in new orders Acquisition of Acciona Windpower drives growth in South and North America Working capital ratio meeting 2016 target Hamburg, 11 January 2016. The order intake of the Nordex Group (ISIN DE000A0D6554) grew by 33.6% to EUR 3.30 billion in 2016 (2015: EUR 2.47 billion). The geographical distribution of 2016 orders mirrored… Read more »
Mita-Teknik chooses WINDSOURCING.COM as Sales Partner for the new MiComm IP-Box Hamburg, 10 January 2017. Already in 2015 WINDSOURCING.COM welcomed the leading industry player Mita-Teknik on board and became official distribution partner for the Danish company’s wind energy products. Mita-Teknik is an international company specializing in complete control concepts for wind turbines. Among others control… Read more »
C-bed marks the New Year by seeing Wind Innovation heading off to the German North Sea and immediately initiate a new challenging offshore wind assignment. The new project is located 95 km North West from Borkum Island, which is an ideal location with strong, steady winds. In total, the wind farm will compose 67 single… Read more »
Successful entry into the new growth market of Latin America Hamburg, 3 January 2017. With the award of two contracts for the construction of wind farms with a combined capacity of 148 megawatt, the Nordex Group has successfully entered the new growth market Argentina in December. 32 AW 125/3000 turbines are to be installed for… Read more »
The year 2016 is coming to an end, so it is time to look back at the past year. ELA Container Offshore GmbH draws a very positive balance for the year 2016. “I am very excited with what our team has accomplished in the year 2016. In addition to the realization of many small and… Read more »
• Rentel offshore wind power plant with a capacity of 309 megawatts • 42 SWT-7.0-154 wind turbines • Clean power for 300,000 Belgian households • 17-year service and maintenance contract Siemens, as a significant player in offshore wind power, has successfully entered the offshore wind market in Belgium with a first order for the 309MW… Read more »
Hamburg-based specialist shipbroker GRS – Global Renewables Shipbrokers – has provided brokerage services on turnkey solution basis for a geotechnical soil investigation campaign in Taiwanese waters. The campaign represents the first assignment of GRS in Taiwan. GRS supported the European wind farm developer during the entire purchasing procedure for a one-stop-shop contractor and eventually partnered… Read more »
Hamburg/Mumbai: Senvion, a leading global manufacturer of wind turbines, has concluded its first contract in India for the supply of 220 Senvion turbines totaling more than 500 megawatts (MW) under a firm framework agreement with one of the large Indian IPPs. The 220 turbines will consist of turbines from the recently acquired Kenersys portfolio. Turbines… Read more »
AXYS Technologies Inc (AXYS) is pleased to announce that the FLiDAR WindSentinel buoy has been deployed in Brittany, France as part of the energy assessment for the Bay of Saint-Brieuc commercial offshore wind farm development managed by Ailes Marines. The FLIDAR WindSentinel system is equipped with dual LiDAR sensors to measure the wind resource and expected energy production at the offshore wind… Read more »
N117/3600 also proving a success in Turkey Hamburg, 14 December 2016. The Nordex Group has received its first order for wind farms with the N117/3600 in Turkey. Its customers Bakir Enerji and Marmarares Elektrik have ordered a total of 19 turbines with a combined capacity of 68.4 MW for the “Esenköy” and “Kürekdagi” projects. “Esenköy”… Read more »
Hamburg-based Buss Group’s Orange Blue Terminal in Eemshaven signs agreement with wind turbine manufacturer Senvion / Order includes handling of 54 wind turbines for the Nordsee One wind farm / Components to start shipping from February Hamburg, 13 December 2016. The Buss Orange Blue Terminal and the international wind turbine manufacturer Senvion have signed an… Read more »
IPP purchases safe harbor components from Nordex for future wind farm projects Ordering components ensures that wind farm operator obtains top tax credit from Production Tax Credit Hamburg, 13 December 2016. An international IPP has now signed a contract with the Nordex Group for PTC qualifying components corresponding to a value of 32 million US… Read more »
• 60.6 megawatts wind power plant in Gyeongsangbuk Province • 17 direct drive wind turbines including new model SWT-3.6-130 • Second project for customer SK D&D Co., Ltd. Siemens Wind Power has received an order to supply 17 direct drive wind turbines for the Uljin onshore wind power plant in Gyeongsangbuk province on the east… Read more »
Hamburg, 8 December 2016. E.ON has placed a new order with the Nordex Group for a 228 MW project in the United States. Nordex will be installing 76 AW125/3000 turbines at the Bruenning’s Breeze Wind Farm in Texas. The IEC-2b turbine with its rotor diameter of 125 metres is designed for medium wind speed conditions… Read more »
Hamburg/Montreal: Senvion, a leading global manufacturer of wind turbines, announces that today, 47 Senvion wind turbines started spinning at the 150 MW Mesgi’g Ugju’s’n windfarm in Quebec, Canada. It is the biggest First Nations windfarm in Canada and can power about 50,500 households with clean, renewable energy for one year. The project is an equal… Read more »
• Milestone for new offshore wind power logistics concept • Ro-Ro-vessel can carry multiple large direct drive nacelles per trip Sea transportation and Roll on-Roll off-loading (Ro-Ro) are both key in Siemens’ new offshore logistics concept launched in 2015. Now the company has commissioned its first specialized transport vessel, the Rotra Vente. It fulfills the… Read more »
Colchester 1 December 2016 CWind Limited a leading provider of services to the offshore wind industry, announced today that it is now wholly-owned by Global Marine Systems Limited following the majority interest acquisition that took place in February this year and the subsequent purchase of the remaining minority stake in November. The acquisition bolsters CWind’s growth plans… Read more »
Hamburg, 30 November 2016. The Nordex Group has received the first order for the installation of its second turbine introduced in September. The manufacturer will be setting up its light-wind N131/3600 turbine in December for GP Joule, a project developer. The site of the project is located near Husum at Windtestfeld Nord in Schleswig-Holstein, where… Read more »