Denmark– Vattenfall has chosen Hvide Sande Harbour as service hub for its Danish offshore wind operations. The harbour will be a service port for Vesterhav Syd and Nord wind farms. Hvide Sande will benefit from this deal with the creation of about 50 jobs. Three wind farms The choice of Hvide Sande as the service […]
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Estonia/Denmark – Estonian Eesti Energia has signed a power purchase agreement with Danish European Energy for 3.8 TWh over 10 years starting in 2023. Power purchase agreements allow the customer to fix the electricity price on favorable terms for a long-term period. In 2021, over one hundred agreements have been signed with large companies all […]
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Finland – wpd has placed an order with the Nordex Group for N163/5.X turbines in Finland. The Nordex Group will supply 17 turbines from the Delta4000 series for the 96.9 MW ‘Nuolivaara’ wind farm. The order also includes a Premium Service contract covering a period of 15 years and an option to extend by a […]
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Ocergy has secured investments from Moreld Ocean Wind (MOW) and Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV) for the commercialization of its sustainable offshore solutions. The Series A round will fund Ocergy’s OCG-Wind Floating Offshore Wind Turbine (FOWT) technology and OCG-Data environmental monitoring buoy. Ocergy’s low-cost floating offshore wind turbine foundation has the potential to meet local supply […]
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Ireland – ORPC has partnered with a European consortium to create a new generation of marine renewable energy turbines that increasereliability and performance while reducing manufacturing costs. ORPC along with ÉireComposites of Galway and National University of Ireland Galway are collaborating with Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials, Germany, and Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche of Italy on […]
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CorPower has agreed a landmark deal with the heat treatment specialist Bodycote.
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Europe has invested €43 billion in new wind farms in 2020, the second highest annual amount on record. The investments cover 20 GW of new capacity that will be built in the coming years, 13 GW of it in the EU. But this is much less than what Europe needs to deliver its 2030 climate […]
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United Kingdom – Heerema Marine Contractors has signed a contract with Sembcorp Marine to transport and install the Sofia offshore wind farm HVDC Offshore Converter Platform. The platform’s fabrication will be executed at Sembcorp Marine’s yard, and offshore installation is scheduled for 2024. Heerema will install the platform using Sleipnir, the world’s largest and most […]
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Denmark – Fugro has been hired by Energinet to provide marine site characterization for the Danish Energy Island project in the North Sea. The work is part of Energinet’s preliminary studies to build the world’s first ‘hub and spoke’ energy scheme. It is an energy island 80 km off the Danish coast that will act […]
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Finland – Neoen has completed the financing of the Finland’s largest wind farm, the Mutkalampi. Mutkalampi, fully owned by Neoen, is a 404 MW wind farm located in Central and Northern Ostrobothnia in western Finland. Wind farm financing The project will be financed by Neoen’s own capital and a €290 million non-recourse senior debt facility […]
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