Top News of the Week Oct 21 – 27, 2013

Top News of the Week Oct 21 – 27, 2013

Top News of the Week Oct 21 – 27, 2013

UK: World’s Largest Wind Turbine Construction Complete 

The world’s largest and most powerful offshore wind turbine is now standing at Energy Park Fife.

GL Garrad Hassan Reviews Offshore Wind Over Last 10 Years 

GL Garrad Hassan, the world’s largest renewable energy advisory organisation and part of the recently merged DNV GL Group today published a landmark document providing exclusive insight into the last ten years of offshore wind.

Germany: ABB to Connect Sandbank to SylWin Alpha 

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won a significant order from the Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT to supply an AC (alternating current) power transmission link connecting Sandbank, an offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, to the HVDC (high-voltage direct current) converter station SylWin alpha.

Alstom’s 6 MW Offshore Wind Turbine Loaded at Ostend, Belgium 

The various components of Alstom’s 6MW offshore wind turbine, currently one of the most powerful on the market, are in the process of being loaded onto the liftboat or self-elevating wind turbine installation and crane unit, “Bold Tern”,  in the port of Ostend, Belgium.

UK: Gwynt y Môr Wind Turbine Installation Half Way Done 

RWE hits another milestone in Gwynt y Môr Offshore Windfarm installation.

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