Highlights of the Month: December 2015

Samso Turbine Breaks Off and Crashes into Sea

Denmark’s Samso offshore wind farm, also known as Paludans Flak, is out of action after one of the turbines collapsed and crashed into the sea early Saturday morning, Søren Hermansen, Director of the Samso Energy Academy, confirmed to Offshore WIND.

Photo of the Day: Port of Esbjerg’s December Look

Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Sea Challenger loading Gode Wind turbine components at the Port of Esbjerg, while transition pieces (TPs) and monopiles for the Sandbank offshore wind farm are ready for load out.

Gemini Activities in Rearview Mirror (VIDEO)

After the Gemini foundations, substations, and cables were installed this year, the work on the Dutch offshore wind project will continue early next year.

K2 Management Bags Danish Nearshore Wind Job

K2 Management has been awarded with a contract from Sønderborg Forsyning, a local Danish utility covering the municipality of Sønderborg, which is planning to build a 100-120MW nearshore wind farm.

Game Not Over for Trump

Following the decision by the UK’s Supreme Court to dismiss the appeal by Trump International Golf Club Scotland Ltd, Donald Trump might take the case against the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) to European courts.

EU Funds New Offshore Wind Project

EDP has been granted European funding to develop new technology for offshore wind power.

Australian Multi-Billion Fund to Focus on Offshore Wind

Australian Federal Government will include wind power in the new investment mandate of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), with a special focus on offshore wind energy, the national media reported.

DONG Energy: Offshore Wind Power Will Match Fossil Fuels on Cost

DONG Energy said it believes that there will be a major breakthrough within the next decade where green energy becomes cheaper than black energy, if political leaders, the industry, regulators and investors provide a final push with the global climate agreement at COP21.

DONG Orders MHI Vestas’ 8MW Turbines for Walney Extension West

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has received an order from DONG Energy for the supply of V164-8.0 MW turbines for the 330MW Walney Extension West project in the UK.

Offshore Wind to Remain UK’s Cash Cow in 2016

Offshore wind projects in construction across the UK in 2016 will generate GBP 5.9 billion of investment within the country over the next five years of development and construction activity, according to RenewableUK.