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Siemens Energy will help equip yet another offshore wind power plant in Germany, with an order of 80 3.6-megawatt (MW) turbines bound for the project Meerwind Süd and Meerwind Ost. The developer/operator of the wind farm is WindMW GmbH (WindMW), whose shareholders are funds managed by Blackstone and
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In its largest power transmission order ever — worth around $1 billion — ABB will supply a power link for the Dutch-German transmission grid operator TenneT that will connect offshore North Sea wind farms to the German mainland grid. The project will deploy the world’s largest offshore HVDC (high-voltage direct current)
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Smart-grid integrator S&C Electric Company is helping to bring more wind energy to the Orkney Islands, located off the northern coast of Scotland. The Thorkell project, under development by Orkney Sustainable Energy, will add 900 kilowatts of new wind energy to the base of renewable energy already installed
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J.J. Sietas KG of Hamburg is the first German shipyard to build a specialized vessel designed to help in the installation of offshore wind farms. Siemens Marine Solutions will supply the diesel-electric propulsion and automation system for the vessel, as well as the medium voltage system for power generation
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GE is bringing its wind turbines to Estonia, which it calls “one of Europe’s most promising wind sectors.” A total of 18 turbines are set to go up on the Paldiski Wind Farm, which is expected to add 45 megawatts of clean energy to Estonia’s power grid. The
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A Rhode Island Supreme Court ruling paves the way for Deepwater Wind to move forward with permitting and development of its planned Block Island Wind Farm, which remains on track to be the first offshore wind farm in the US. The court upheld Deepwater Wind’s power purchase agreement with
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A half-dozen research projects across the US will be working over the next two years to try and develop lighter, better and more efficient wind turbines. Reducing the weight of wind turbine components and making turbines easier to operate and maintain would help cut the cost of wind energy, according
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The Quebec government has given the go-ahead for an 80-megawatt wind-energy project to be located in the municipality of Saint-Robert-Bellarmin. The EDF Energy installation is expected to generated enough electricity to meet the power needs of more than 18,000 Quebec homes. Construction on the nearly $200-million project is set
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This time-lapse video from Puget Sound Energy (PSE) shows the recent assembly of three large wind-power turbines over a 48-hour-period at phase one of PSE’s Lower Snake River Wind Project. PSE’s third — and largest — wind-power facility, the project is located in Washington state about 300 miles southeast of
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International ferry operator Stena Line has launched a unique project it says is the first of its kind in the world: a passenger ferry equipped with two wind turbines. The turbines at the prow of the Stena Jutlandica, Gothenburg-Fredrikshaven, are aimed at both supplying energy and reducing fuel consumption. “Within
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Turkey’s newest wind farm is now selling clean energy into the country’s power grid. The 22.5-megawatt Sares wind farm is jointly owned by GE Energy Financial Services and GAMA Holding, a Turkish general contracting firm. The installation, which uses nine E 2.5-megawatt turbines, is located in
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What will be one of the largest land-based wind farms in Sweden has received a financial jump-start with an investment of around $172 million. Skanska Infrastructure Development, wind farm developer O2 and Jämtkraft are making a joint investment of around SEK 1.1 billion in the project, with Skanska holding
