RWE Innogy, EDP Renewables and Macquarie Capital have formed a consortium to participate in the forthcoming Dutch offshore wind tender for Borssele I and II projects, each with a 350MW capacity. Macquarie Capital will also act as the consortium’s financial adviser. The tendering procedure for Borsse
China will become a global leader in environmental technology as the sector becomes more globally important, said Frederic Neumann, co-head of Asian Economic Research at HSBC. “China leapfrogged certain technology, going to the advanced stuff more quickly and that’s a positive product from China’s a
Sabella’s D10 tidal turbine, deployed in June 2015 in the Passage du Fromveur, has started delivering its first kilowatt hours following the connection to the electricity grid at Ouessant Island on 5 November. Since its connection to the island in late September, a 2km long submarine cable has been
Wind Energy Link (WELink), the global asset management, wind and logistics joint venture between Peterson, ATO Sustainable Business Engineers and Asset Management Control Tools & Training, has received the AMC ISO 55 001 quality certificate of product approval. The quality certificate was awarded fo
Spanish wind energy developer, Gamesa, has doubled net profit to €126 million in the first nine months of 2015. The result is driven by improvements in revenues (+30.4%) and underlying EBIT (+67.2%), and is in line with the Business Plan 2015-17, according to the company. Gamesa experienced strong g
Six operators constructing and operating wind farms off the Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex coasts will come together to emphasise the industry’s importance on 19 November at OrbisEnergy in Lowestoft. Offshore Wind Works, one of a series of events around the UK in Offshore Wind Week, facilitated by EEEGR
Swedish power company Vattenfall reported that the Kentish Flats Extension has generated enough electricity for the annual consumption of 7,072 homes (based on the DECC’s figure provided for the average annual UK household consumption) since the first of fifteen MHI Vestas V112 3.3MW wind turbines i
Spanish company Laulagun Bearings, in collaboration with IK4-IKERLAN, has developed bearings for offshore wind turbines that are capable of self-diagnosis and of making their condition known to the wind turbine’s control system. This will help minimise damage and coincide maintenance work with times
Swedish wave energy technology company, Seabased, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Seafaradays Energy Pte Ltd, a New Delhi-based energy project developer. The MoU involves plans for a wave energy plant off the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean. The wave energy plant
RenewableUK today highlighted new official Government statistics which show that more than three-quarters of the British public support using renewable energy. The Public Attitudes Tracking Survey published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change shows an increase in the percentage of people
Energinet.dk has installed the last piece of the land cable which will connect the future Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm to the national grid. The 220kV power cable has been installed between Endrup and Blåbjerg. In spring next year, a submarine cable will be connected with the land cable in Blåbjer
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) today issued findings from the fifteenth quarterly wave of its Public Attitudes Tracking survey, which show that the majority of UK residents is still in favour of renewable energy, as it was in the previous surveys. Support for renewable energy
Bard Offshore 1 has produced more than 2TWh of electricity since the inauguration in 2013, which makes it the first offshore wind farm in Germany to achieve this. From January to October, the wind farm produced 700 gigawatt hours, while in October alone it produced 100 gigawatt hours – enough to pow
Scottish Development International (SDI) will lead a trade mission to Japan from 16-20th November to explore the opportunities in subsea mining and renewables across East Asia. The trade mission will expose several British companies to detailed market insights and connect them with the key players i
