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Auction win secures Vestas’ largest order to date in Poland

23 April 2019

Vestas has received a 132 MW order from Windfarm Polska III sp. z o.o., owned by Stadtwerke München (SWM), for the Jasna wind project Pomorskie Voivodship, in northern Poland. MORE ❯

PNE AG: Another wind farm project in Poland sold

23 April 2019

"Jasna" wind farm with 132 MW will be one of the largest Polish onshore wind farms
Sold to Stadtwerke München
PNE acts as a service provider in the construction and operation phases

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EDPR announces an €800 million Asset Rotation deal for wind farms in Europe

23 April 2019

EDPR will provide operating and maintenance services to the above mentioned portfolio. MORE ❯

TransWest Express Transmission Project passes another major development hurdle

22 April 2019

Upgraded and expanded transmission infrastructure is essential to unlock homegrown renewable energy and further strengthen grid resilience MORE ❯

FERC directs SPP to lift unjust membership exit fee

19 April 2019

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) issued a statement in response to FERC directing SPP to eliminate the membership exit fee for non-transmission owners. MORE ❯

Europe invests €27bn in new wind farms in 2018

18 April 2019

Europe invested €27bn in new wind farms in 2018, which will finance a record amount of future new wind energy capacity. This is according to WindEurope’s annual Financing and Investment Trends report published today.
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17 Apr | PNE Group: Another successful sale in USA

Wind farm “Burleigh“ sold to Burke Wind, LLC
International business continues to grow

16 Apr | Siemens Gamesa installs Arkona offshore wind power plant in Germany in record time

Construction works and installation of 60 SWT-6.0-154 offshore wind turbines with a total capacity of 385 MW sets new standards in German Baltic Sea
Construction works completed in record time of only five months; installation of turbines completed in around three months

16 Apr | Siemens Gamesa selected by Eolien Maritime France as preferred supplier to supply and service nearly 1 GW of offshore wind projects in France

Framework agreement signed with the objective of supplying up to 1,000 MW for two offshore wind projects off the French coast. The supply and service of the wind turbines is still subject to contract and final investment decision
Future service contract up to 15-year included in the framework agreement
Projects under development are the result of the first offshore wind call awarded to Eolien Maritime France consortium in 2012
SWT-7.0-154 DD offshore wind turbines expected to be supplied from Siemens Gamesa’s planned industrial manufacturing facility in the Port of Le Havre, France, currently under development

16 Apr | Wind energy projects in the Nordics

The past few years have been dramatic for the wind-energy sector in the Nordics. Initially, there was a slowdown in project development tied to low electricity and certificate prices.

16 Apr | GE Renewable Energy signs an MOU with Eolien Maritime France confirming its commitment to the first French offshore wind farm to be purged of all claims and terminates its status as exclusive supplier

Paris, France, April 16th 2019 -- GE Renewable Energy announced today that it has signed a Memorandum Of Understanding with Eolien Maritime France (EMF) confirming its commitment to provide and service Haliade 150-6MW turbines to the first French EMF offshore wind farm to be clea

16 Apr | First cable to connect wind farms at sea Borssele reaches coast

TenneT has laid the first sea cable to connect the Alpha platform to the transformer substation in Borssele. In the morning of Friday 12 April, VBNK started withdrawing the sea cable on land and early Saturday morning the cable reached the newly built transformer substation.

16 Apr | Angela Merkel and Kjell Børge Freiberg opened Arkona offshore wind farm

Arkona is operated by the Germany company E.ON in collaboration with Equinor, and the formal opening of the project was hosted by the Germany company. Equinor’s chair of the board Jon Erik Reinhardsen participated in the opening ceremony.

16 Apr | Arkona offshore wind farm switched on

build today!’ The opening ceremony was held in Sassnitz, Germany, on board one of Van Oord’s installation vessels.

15 Apr | Siemens Gamesa is on track with the new SG 10.0-193 DD wind turbine for the world’s first zero subsidy offshore wind farm

The company is in final negotiations to supply the new SG 10.0-193 DD offshore wind turbines to Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) 1&2 already awarded to Vattenfall
For the Hollandse Kust Zuid 3&4, Siemens Gamesa and Vattenfall have signed a contract, which is subject to the outcome of the Dutch auction and final investment decision
The SG 10.0-193 DD offshore wind turbine announced in January 2019 would feature in the world’s first subsidy-free offshore wind power plant
The new SG 10.0-193 DD turbines could be installed, strongly supporting the decrease in the levelized cost of energy (LCoE)

15 Apr | Natural Power advises on one of Taiwan’s largest offshore wind power projects

Natural Power is delighted to have acted as technical advisor to a consortium of Japanese investors led by Sojitz Corporation (“Sojitz”) for the agreement of a significant equity position with international wind farm developer WPD on the Yunlin Offshore Wind Park.

15 Apr | ALE adapts crane to reduce execution schedule on wind farm project in Argentina

ALE has utilised its innovative methods to adapt a crawler crane, Manitowoc 18000, with SPMTs to significantly reduce the schedule for the Loma Blanca wind farm project in Argentina.

12 Apr | Denmark’s largest onshore wind project: Eurowind Energy chooses Siemens Gamesa as its supplier

Consists of 18 wind turbines for the Thorup-Sletten project in the northwest of Aggersund. Siemens Gamesa will also maintain the wind farm for 20 years through a long-term service program.
The installation will start in October this year. The 18 onshore turbines will have a total capacity of 77 MW and an electricity production corresponding to the annual consumption of approximately 65,000 households.

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