EDF Energies Nouvelles has announced the completion of the construction of the Teesside offshore wind farm, built by EDF Energy Renewables, a joint venture between EDF Energy and EDF Energies Nouvelles. As of yesterday, the first thirteen wind turbines of this 62 MW facility have been put into produ
Dublin and Wicklow residents can express their opinion on the proposed Dublin Array offshore wind farm by 28th June, The Irish Times writes. Dublin Array is being developed on the Kish and Bray Banks in the Irish Sea, 10 km off the coast of Dublin and Wicklow by an Irish company Saorgus Energy Ltd.
An application for the Atlantic Array offshore wind farm was received by the UK’s National Planning Inspectorate from Channel Energy Limited on Friday, 14 June. In the next 28 days, the Planning Inspectorate will review the application and decide whether or not to accept it. This decision should be
The 40th tripod foundation was installed at the Global Tech I wind farm in the North Sea yesterday, thus marking the completion of the first installation stage, achieved after 14 trips to the construction site. Arjen Schampers, Technical Director of Global Tech I Offshore Wind GmbH said: “We are ver
Global wind and solar company Mainstream Renewable Power has been granted planning consent by East Lothian Council for the onshore cable works to connect its 450MW “Neart na Gaoithe” offshore wind farm, located off the coast of Fife, to the National Grid. East Lothian Council’s Planning Committee ag
VolturnUS 1:8, a 65-foot-tall offshore wind turbine prototype, has been connected to the Central Maine Power Company yesterday, making it the first grid-connected offshore wind turbine in North America. The turbine is 1:8th the scale of a 6-megawatt (MW), 423-foot rotor diameter design. It is sited
The Highland Council will consider Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm plan next week, following a request for consideration from the Scottish Government. The local authority has advised that the councilors do not object to the plan, BBC reports. Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL) submitted an applic
So far, it has often been necessary to use external diesel generators to secure the power supply in connection with the completion of installation and commissioning of offshore wind turbines because the connection to the power grid has not been ready. In the Anholt project, all wind turbine position
The foundation installation at the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm is well underway, with half of the 160 monopiles installed at the 576MW offshore wind farm. FoundOcean has been securing the turbine transition pieces to the monopiles using BASF’s high strength Masterflow® 9500 grout, the only grout
DJURS Wind Power’s member companies have secured orders for DKK 450 million and directly related employment for 330 employees in connection with the construction of Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. Djurs Wind Power Apro Wind is one of the specific examples Very important locally Network produces results T
On May 29, three foundations of the Global Tech I offshore wind farm were picked up by the pontoon “Louis” at the Nordseewerke facilities in Emden and are currently being towed to Bremerhaven. They belong to the first manufacturing lot of 40 foundations for which the ARGE Tripod Global Tech 1 (conso
In April 2013 E.ON started preparations for constructing the Amrumbank West offshore wind farm. So-called scour protection is currently being installed north-west of Helgoland. This comprises two layers of special sand bags on the seabed to prevent the sea current from washing away the sand around t
Royal HaskoningDHV has congratulated SSE and RWE npower renewables on the announcement that Galloper Wind Farm has received development consent from the Secretary of State, and represents the largest offshore wind farm project to receive consent under the Planning Act 2008. SSE and RWE npower renewa
RenewableUK is celebrating the Government’s announcement that Galloper offshore wind farm off the coast of Suffolk has been granted planning permission. One of the developers, RWE npower renewables, said the construction phase alone will create up up to 850 jobs, with the potential to attract over £
