Swedish energy company Vattenfall has shortlisted 16 projects for a EUR 3 million scientific research programme at the company’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Aberdeen Bay, Scotland, to understand the impacts of offshore wind on the environment. The shortlisted projects span to
Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm is due to begin a second round of site survey works in Lincolnshire next week, as it builds a detailed picture of local ground conditions at various locations along the entire 60km cable route. The survey results will be crucial to designing the best approach to the i
Offshore wind turbines installed in the North Sea have been giving rise to sediment plumes, satellite images taken by NASA’s Operational Land Imager (OLI) show. For at least the past decade, satellites have spotted white dots cropping up in the North Sea. If viewed from Earth’s surface, you would se
E.ON Climate & Renewables (ECR), the renewables unit of the German energy company E.ON, plans to invest in one offshore wind project every two years as the company halved its renewable energy investment pipeline due to changing market regulations, ECR’s CEO Michael Lewis told Reuters. ECR is cutting
The international Paris Agreement to limit global warming to under 2oC this century compared to pre-industrial levels has come into force on 4 November, but UN has warned that even if the Paris pledges are fully implemented, the world is on track for a temperature rise of 2.9 to 3.4 degrees this cen
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs’ Office of Coastal Zone Management and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center will host public information meetings to discuss recent and upcoming planning and assessment activities related to future offshore wind projects in fede
WWF-Canada has launched Renewables for Nature, a new interactive decision-making tool to help identify regions with high renewable-energy potential and comparatively low conflict with nature in and offshore Canada. Energy types included in this interactive mapping tool are wind, offshore wind, solar
The European Commission’s ”leaked” plan to end the “priority dispatch” for renewable energy in electricity grids is set to harm investments in European wind and solar power systems to the tune of billions of Euros, according to European industry initiative EU ProSun. According to an article publishe
Norwegian transmission system operator (TSO) Statnett and Germany’s DC Nordseekabel GmbH, a 50:50 joint venture between TenneT TSO and KfW, have applied for a EUR 800 million loan with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to partially fund the construction of the 1.4GW NordLink high voltage direct cur
Elisa Floats Self-Installing Offshore Wind Turbine Researchers gathered around the EU-funded Elisa Project have developed an offshore wind turbine system that can be completely pre-assembled and pre-commissioned in controlled harbour conditions. The Big League Offering Lowest Offshore Wind Prices (I
Triton Knoll is set to start survey works on the dunes and beach at Mogg’s Eye, Anderby, Lincolnshire, as the 900MW offshore wind project moves into the design phase after consent was granted for its Electrical System in September. Up to three days of survey works are scheduled to begin on Wednesday
Offshore wind power has the potential to grow from 13 gigawatts (GW) in 2015, to 100GW in 2030, driven by technology advancements and further cost declines, according to new analysis from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). ‘Innovation Outlook: Offshore Wind’, launched at the World Wi
DONG Marks 1000th Turbine in Water DONG Energy has become the first company worldwide to have installed 1,000 offshore wind turbines, after recently installing the landmark turbine at the Gode Wind 2 offshore wind farm in German North Sea. DONG Upgrades Tendering System DONG Energy has added a new c
The Highland Council has asked the Scottish government to help local authorities in setting a recommended level of community benefit for offshore wind developments. In addition, the Highland Council has asked for rapid progress to be made to agree a position on the devolution of Crown Estate incomes
