Continental European power prices tumbled again in December as exceptional wind power output combined with mild temperatures and falling demand, according to data released by Platts. European power prices, according to the Platts Continental Power Index (CONTI), fell 13.29% to EUR 33.08 per megawatt
Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO) will subsidize portions of project costs related to the development of two offshore wind farms with a combined capacity of 270MW. The first project NEDO will back is a 170MW offshore wind farm near the Port of Noshiro, Akit
Windcat Workboats’ Windgrip system has been selected as one of the eight finalists for RenewableUK’s 2016 Health & Safety Award. The patent pending system was developed in 2014 to improve the safety of the operation transferring personnel to wind farms, and has the added benefits of reducing stress
Germany connected 546 offshore wind turbines with a total capacity of 2,282.4 megawatts to the grid in 2015, a record unlikely to be beaten any time soon as it was based on ”the catch-up effects of grid connections,” the German Wind Energy Association (BWE) said in a release. Further 41 wind turbine
Alpha Ventus, Germany’s first offshore wind farm, generated 242.176 gigawatt hours of electricity in 2015, surpassing the forecast yield in its fifth year of operation by 3.1 percent. The power generated by the 60 MW Alpha Ventus is equivalent to the annual power consumption of 69,000 average househ
Statoil to Present Hywind Scotland Project in Peterhead To provide local communities with information about the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park, Statoil will hold a public exhibition on 20 January in Peterhead. 2015 Huge for Wind Power in Scotland Following a record final month, 2015 proved to be a “huge
SgurrEnergy has been appointed by Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult to operate and maintain the recently acquired Levenmouth 7MW demonstration offshore wind turbine, located just 50m off the East Fife coast. The turbine, acquired from Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), becomes the world’s most a
Fraunhofer UK, Synaptec and the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) have teamed up to develop a new way to address cable and electrical infrastructure integrity within the marine renewable energy industry. Funded by InnovateUK, the ORCHIDS project (Offshore Renewable energy Cable Health monitoring
Energy generated by wind turbines covered a record-breaking equivalent of 42.1 per cent of Denmark’s electricity needs in 2015, data gathered by Energinet.dk shows. The last year’s result is a 3 per cent improvement compared to a 39.1 per cent equivalent of Denmark’s needs covered by wind-generated
UK-based National Wind Farm Training Centers (NWFTC), part of CWind Limited, has developed a new SHEQ (safety, health, environment, and quality assurance) review and training service for its clients in the offshore wind industry. Following the recently completed pilot program to assist in the improv
Swedish utility Vattenfall expects its offshore wind projects to be competitive enough so as not to need any more government subsidies by 2025, the company’s head of strategic projects in wind industry Michael Simmelsgaard was reported by Reuters Africa as saying. Vattenfall also expects to have 7 G
On 1st January, SeaRoc Group moved into its fourth operational year on EDF Energy Renewables’ Teesside offshore wind farm. SeaRoc was appointed as the Principal Contractor in December 2012, replacing the residing Principal Contractor, and adopting full responsibility for the site on 1st January 2013
Singapore-based liftboats and service rigs provider Ezion Holdings Limited has secured an agreement to jointly market two service rigs being built by an undisclosed Chinese state-owned enterprise for offshore wind power installation projects. Ezion will also provide the technical expertise for the o
Danish independent energy service company Danske Commodities has signed a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL). Under the agreement, Danske Commodities will handle all forecasting and trading for 294 MW, equivalent to 50% of the farm’s production. The
