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MHI Vestas Achieves Final Turbine Installation at Horns Reef 3

21 January 2019

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has installed the final turbine at Horns Reef 3 offshore wind park, now featuring the most powerful turbines in Denmark MORE ❯

New onshore wind installations plummet in 2018

18 January 2019

RenewableUK is today releasing new figures that new onshore wind installations fell by nearly 80% in 2018 to the lowest level since 2011. Last year 598MW of new onshore wind was installed, made up of 263 turbines at 54 sites, down from a record 2,666MW installed in 2017.
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TEPCO and Ørsted sign MoU to work jointly on offshore wind projects

18 January 2019

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (TEPCO), the largest power company in Japan, and Ørsted A/S (Ørsted), the world’s leading offshore wind developer, announced today that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to work jointly on offshore wind projects.
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USA’s First Utility Scale Offshore Wind Project Releases Comment on New York State Decision to Quadruple Offshore Wind Procurement

18 January 2019

USA’s First Utility Scale Offshore Wind Project Releases Comment on New York State Decision to Quadruple Offshore Wind Procurement
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Business & Finance

WFW advises UniCredit on Bel Lavello wind park project financing

17 January 2019

Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) advised UniCredit S.p.A. (“Unicredit”) on the long-term project financing, through its Infrastructure & Power Project Finance division, of the Bel Lavello wind park, located in the southern Italian region of Basilicata.

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Business & Finance

Quinbrook Closes Financing on Ranchero Wind Farm in Texas

17 January 2019

300MW project under construction and expected to be operational by year-end 2019

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Health, Safety & Environment

17 Jan | RODA and Ørsted Partner to Address Fisheries and Offshore Wind Coexistence

The Responsible Offshore Development Alliance (RODA) today announced that it has entered into a partnership agreement with Ørsted U.S. Offshore Wind to improve communications between the commercial fishing industry and offshore wind energy developers.

Project Development & Execution

17 Jan | ACCIONA completely renovated wind farm service Spain

El Cabrito, located at Tarifa (Cadiz), goes from ninety 330-kW wind turbines installed in 1995 to twelve 3-MW and 1.5-MW machines of Nordex technology
The installation will produce 16% more clean energy with the same capacity (30 MW) as the obsolete wind farm
The renewal has reduced its environmental impact, as well as its visual and noise profile, and makes it easier for birdlife to fly through.

Business & Finance

17 Jan | Wavin making waves with offshore wind farm energy supply

Manufacturer cuts CO2 emissions by 13.7 tonnes a year, with renewable energy from Ørsted.

17 Jan | Middle East electricity demand will triple by 2050, powered by rapid growth of wind and solar energy

Diversification of economies away from fossil fuels is needed to meet demands of energy transition

Project Development & Execution

17 Jan | Invenergy Announces Start of Commercial Operations of Upstream Wind Energy Center

Invenergy, a leading privately-held global developer and operator of sustainable energy solutions, announced today the completion of construction and the start of commercial operations of the 200-megawatt Upstream Wind Energy Center in Antelope County, Nebraska.

Business & Finance

17 Jan | EDF Renewables North America Acquires Nebraska Wind Project

EDF Renewables North America has closed on a purchase agreement with York Nebraska Wind Partners, LLC, a partnership comprised of Aksamit Resource Management, LLC and York Capital Management for 100-percent of the interests in the 300 megawatt (MW) Milligan¹ Wind Project located in Nebras

17 Jan | Newcastle College launches virtual reality offshore wind training facility

Great Exhibition of the North legacy provides world-leading capability

Technology

16 Jan | Design Certificate of 160m Nabralift Self-Erecting Tower awarded by DNV-GL

DNV-GL has awarded Nabrawind with the Design Evaluation Conformity Statement for the first Nabralift Self-Erecting tower design, that was prototyped last summer in Eslava (Spain), with a total hub height of 160m.

Installation, Transport & Logistics

16 Jan | Peterson Offshore Passenger Terminal celebrates 100th flight

On the 3rd of January 2019 flight no 100 took off from Peterson Offshore Passenger Terminal at Zeeland Airport

Installation, Transport & Logistics

16 Jan | Attollo Offshore launches innovation incubator to continue drive of improving offshore marine operations

Attollo Offshore, a leading offshore marine operator, continues to cement its reputation for innovative thinking by announcing the launch of its Aberdeen-based innovation incubator.

Installation, Transport & Logistics

16 Jan | FairWind will collaborate with Siemens Gamesa on pre-assembly project in Taiwan

FairWind is proud to announce the signature on a Letter of Intent with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) to collaborate on the pre-assembly work for the Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind power project in Taiwan.

Business & Finance

16 Jan | ABO Wind continues its successful cooperation with CEZ

Czech supplier purchases second wind farm portfolio with a total capacity of up to 116.5 megawatts
Sold projects will receive remuneration via former market bonus system
ABO Wind is working on future wind and solar projects with a total of approx. 900 megawatts

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