Press Releases
Floating wind innovation ramps up as results from Scottish Government-backed competition released
10 June 2021: As Scotland prepares to host COP26 later this year, the results of eight floating wind technology innovation projects that were winners in a Scottish Government-funded competition, were published today. The winning innovation projects include novel methods of monitoring and reducing mooring line loads and a new modular lifting solution for offshore component… Read more »
ABB to deliver power converters for the world’s largest offshore wind farm
In its largest order to date for medium voltage converters for wind turbines, ABB will deliver 95 units to GE Renewable Energy. The converters will be installed in the world’s most powerful offshore wind turbines at the UK’s Dogger Bank Wind Farm, which will play a key role in helping the country achieve its net… Read more »
20-megawatt solar array is a partnership between Madison Gas and Electric and seven customers
EDF Renewables North America (EDFR) today announced the commercial operation of the O’Brien Solar Fields delivering 20 megawatts (MW) of clean energy to Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) and its customers participating in the innovative Renewable Energy Rider (RER) program. RERs enable MGE to partner with a large energy user to tailor a renewable energy solution to meet that customer’s energy needs. The clean energy will be delivered to the following participating RER customers: City of Fitchburg, Placon, Promega Corporation,… Read more »
Vattenfall chooses Norfolk safety equipment specialist to supply all its UK wind farms
Wind energy leader Vattenfall has awarded Norfolk-based PPE manufacturer and supplier Gibb Safety & Survival a contract to supply all its 11 UK wind farms for at least three years. At least six new jobs will be created. It is the fourth UK and international contract Vattenfall has awarded to East of England businesses in… Read more »
Vietnam’s Offshore Wind Development Roadmap
World Bank Group have launched the Offshore Wind Roadmap for Vietnam. The roadmap provides strategic analysis of the offshore wind development potential in Vietnam It was prepared, under contract to the World Bank, by BVG Associates in association with Atkins, Frontier Economics, Sterling Technical Services (Vietnam) and Mr. Du Van Toan. Vietnam has an energetic… Read more »
GoodWe’s new manufacturing facility to boost production capacity to 1.2 million units per year
On 22 May GoodWe hosted the opening ceremony for the phase II of Guangde manufacturing base. GoodWe CEO & founder Daniel Huang, and the Board of Directors and Shareholders laid the foundation stone to mark the beginning of the project. Since GoodWe’s stock listing in 2020, investor capital has propelled the company into a new… Read more »
Energy industry unites and calls on government to build back greener ahead of COP26
With the eyes of the world on Glasgow at COP26 in November, the UK’s energy industry has united in a call for government to seize the opportunity to deliver a green economic recovery and boost Britain’s global reputation as a superpower of renewable energy. To help deliver the UK’s Net Zero emissions targets, nine of… Read more »
Wind industry worldwide in good mood
Wind industry in good spirits around the globe; Germany achieves best rating since beginning of WEtix surveys Hamburg, 9 June 2021 – The data published in the seventh issue of the WindEnergy trend:index reflect the most positive mood ever observed in the international wind energy sector. In particular, the long-term market expectations are a major… Read more »
The EU Countries with the Biggest Increase in Wind Turbine Energy Production!
Poland has increased the percentage of electricity produced by wind turbines the most, with an increase of nearly 250,000%! Belgium, France, and Norway all rank within the top 10 for the biggest increases. Denmark is the country with the largest overall generation of electricity using wind turbines, even though they had the smallest increase. In… Read more »
Deutsche Windtechnik achieves an outstanding result over the course of a year at the Nordergründe offshore wind farm with 98.8 percent contractual agreed availability, which exceeds the contractually guaranteed uptime
One year after being commissioned to provide complete service for the offshore wind farm Nordergründe, Deutsche Windtechnik has an excellent record of its work to show: With an average contractual agreed availability of 98.78 percent over the course of a year, the value for the Nordergründe wind farm even exceeds the contractually guaranteed uptime. In… Read more »
