Siemens Gamesa has received the firm order for the supply of wind turbines and a 15-year maintenance contract for the Fécamp offshore wind power plant from customer EDF Renewables, Enbridge and wpd. This 497 MW project located in Normandy will be equipped with 71 SWT-7.0-154 offshore wind turbines, each with…

Lisbon, 28 May 2020: The WindFloat Atlantic project is taking one of the final steps towards becoming fully operational. The last of the three pre-assembled wind turbine platforms making up the project has left the Port of Ferrol today, heading for its final destination 20 km off the coast of Portugal…

Following two successful geotechnical data acquisition awards in the Taiwan offshore wind farm sector in 2020, Fugro IOVTEC Co. Ltd (Fugro IOVTEC) has secured their third offshore geotechnical site investigation project in Taiwan for the Hai Long 2 and Hai Long 3 offshore wind farms. The project will follow Fugro’s…

Siemens Gamesa has signed a bank guarantee line for up to €600m to cover the construction of components for Hornsea 2, the largest offshore wind farm to be announced to date. Located in the North Sea and owned by Danish utility company Ørsted, the farm will consist of 165 Siemens…

East Anglia’s offshore wind farm sector is hoping to break into the US market with the expertise it has built up through developing the region’s coastline. A total of 20 Suffolk and Norfolk businesses met with operators and developers involved in Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) scheme through…

Edinburgh: 11 May 2020 Green Investment Group and Renewable Infrastructure Development Group announce partnership to bid in the Crown Estate Scotland’s ScotWind leasing round, due to launch imminently. From their Edinburgh base, Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) and Scottish offshore wind developer Renewable Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG) have announced their…

Following double digital growth year-on-year, every indicator is signalling Offshore Wind will be a dominant force in hitting net zero by 2050. However, crisis points are the ultimate test. Join ‘Adapting and Overcoming Disruption: Offshore Wind Amid Covid-19’ (15th May, 10am BST), New Energy Update’s webinar providing the market update…

Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) has announced financial close on Tysvaer Wind Farm, its second onshore wind farm to reach financial close this month. Located in the Tysvaer municipality, within Rogaland Fylke, southern Norway, the 47 MW onshore wind development will use 11 Siemens Gamesa turbines producing 150 GWh of…

Lockdowns are putting pressure on wind power analytics to improve performance and logistics, highlighting data gaps, experts said. COVID-19 lockdowns and supply chain disruptions have put unexpected pressure on newly-implemented wind power analytics and remote technologies. Prior to the outbreak, a growing number of operators were installing predictive maintenance solutions…...

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has continued its winning streak in Poland following the award of three projects totaling 184 MW at the country’s last auction round held in December 2019. The company will supply 63 wind turbines to several customers including independent private investors to national and international utility companies.…