Wind

Alstom hands over offshore substation for wind farm to Trianel

Tuesday, 16 April 2013 REM

Alstom Grid has successfully delivered the offshore substation platform for the Trianel wind farm Borkum in the German North Sea, and handed it over to Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum GmbH & Co. KG.

United Kingdom

MD of Repower puts forward “the case for wind”

Monday, 19 December 2011 REM Last week, we reported on how the UK's wind industry has been weathering a storm as it is attacked by opponents of this source of power. In this piece, Rick Eggleston, Managing Director of REpower UK, ...

Report confirms North Sea as “Saudi Arabia of wind”

Tuesday, 25 May 2010 If less than a third of the viable marine energy resource identified in British territorial waters in the North Sea, especially wind power, was exploited, clean renewable energy sources could generate ...

Wind energy at heart of EU smart growth strategy

Tuesday, 09 March 2010 The European Commission's 'Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth' published recently contains grid and market commitments that will boost the growth of wind energy ...

North Sea “supergrid" a step closer

Tuesday, 08 December 2009 Nine European countries have signed a major agreement to develop the world's first large-scale offshore energy grid in the North and Irish seas. The North Seas Countries' Offshore Grid Initiative ...

UK government completes plans for 25 GW of wind and starts GBP 15 billion grid tender

Monday, 06 July 2009 The UK’s Department for Energy and Climate Change has announced a firm plan to install 25 GW of offshore wind capacity around the UK coastline by 2020, giving the Crown Estate the green light to ...