Top News of the Week Mar 2 – 8, 2015

Vattenfall Agrees 10.31 Eurocecent/kWh to Win Horns Rev 3

After today’s news that Vattenfall was chosen to build the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm, Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Building issued some details about the winning tender, revealing that the company was selected because it had agreed a price of 10.31 Eurocent per kWh, which will provide power much cheaper than other recently established offshore wind farms in Denmark and abroad.

Longer Blades and New Materials Affecting Wind Industry, Report Says

A recent report from Navigant Research examines the significant forces shaping the global wind power industry’s supply chain, including analyses of more than 500 component and materials suppliers.

Vattenfall to Build Horns Rev 3

Vattenfall Wind Power has won the bidding in the process to build the offshore wind farm Horns Rev 3 outside the Danish west coast.

Balfour Beatty to Build Onshore Substation for Dong

Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £12 million scheme to develop an onshore substation to facilitate the transfer of electricity from the Burbo Bank Extension wind farm in North Wales to the National Grid for Dong Energy.

UK Wind Power Subsidies Much Lower than People Think

A new survey by OnePoll, commissioned by RenewableUK, reveals that the UK public think that subsidies for wind power are over fourteen times the amount they actually are.