Wind, Press Releases, Renewable News — 25 March, 2021
Contracts cover three wind farms in the Puglia region with a total capacity of 62 MW and one in Campania for 35 MW The four wind farms will supply enough clean energy to power 80,000 households and prevent the annual emission of 245,000 tonnes of CO2. The projects will be commissioned between early ...
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Wind, Press Releases, Renewable News — 24 March, 2021
In order to promote the distribution of Offshore Accommodation in the UK energy markets, ELA Container Offshore has partnered with Swire Energy Services. Through the collaboration, ELA expands SES's container portfolio with its offshore accommodation solutions and benefits contemporaneous from SES's...
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Wind, Press Releases, Renewable News — 24 March, 2021
Researchers have been awarded almost £1million to test the potential for flexible materials to be used in the design and manufacture of offshore renewable energy structures. The FlexWave project will explore whether types of rubber, composites and polymers can be effective in harnessing wave power a...
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Wind, Press Releases, Renewable News — 24 March, 2021
First order for Norfolk's "gamechanger" offshore wind turbine toilets ready for installation in Scotland. All turbines on Vattenfall's Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm to be the first in the world to be fitted next week with an in-tower loo invented and made near Norwich. "Hygiene and welfare are not opt...
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Wind, Press Releases, Renewable News — 24 March, 2021
Dutch dredging company Van Oord has signed a three-year agreement with ABB Turbocharging to provide fleetwide maintenance and optimization services. The agreement comes as two Van Oord vessels receive the first turbocharger upgrades of their kind in the dredger sector, saving thousands of tons in fu...
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Wind, Press Releases, Renewable News — 24 March, 2021
Taiwan Power Company appoints DNV as Owner's Engineer for the 300 MW Changhua II offshore wind farm DNV's team will review the design, fabrication process, and monitor construction of the wind farm TAIPEI, 23 March 2021 - DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, has signed a USD 17...
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Wind, Press Releases, Renewable News — 24 March, 2021
Further research into National Grid's 5-year view of Transmission Network Use of System (TNUoS) charges by Cornwall Insight highlights, annual TNUoS costs for a typical 40MW onshore wind site in Northern Scotland are forecast to rise to £1.28mn by 2025-26. This is an increase of 180% in nine years w...
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Wind, Press Releases, Renewable News — 24 March, 2021
Price floor should fill gap in 'fragmented' market Report funded by Scottish Renewables, the British Hydropower Association, Buccleuch, CCSQ, Drax Group, Intelligent Land Investments Group, SSE Renewables Vital electricity storage capacity needed to help the UK meet its net-zero target should be sup...
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