Wind

Heatwave hits European wind energy but boosts solar energy generation

Tuesday, 14 August 2018 Robin Whitlock Wind and solar performance maps by Vaisala show that the meteorological conditions causing the current heatwave in Western Europe have also negatively impacted wind energy project performance in markets ...

Senvion Wins Conditional Order for 250 MW in India

Monday, 13 August 2018 REM Germany’s Senvion has been awarded a 250 MW conditional order by an SPV of Continuum Wind Energy. The agreement includes the turnkey supply and commissioning of the entire wind farm comprising 108 Senvion ...

Ørsted to Acquire Lincoln Clean Energy

Friday, 10 August 2018 Dan McCue Danish company, Ørsted, has agreed to acquire 100 percent equity in Illinois-based Lincoln Clean Energy from I Squared Capital and management shareholders for an enterprise valuation of $580 million. ...

AWEA awards US Wind Champion Award to Democrat Representative for Oregon Earl Blumenauer

Thursday, 09 August 2018 Robin Whitlock

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has named Representative Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., as a US Wind Champion for his role in shaping US leadership in wind power.

Norway

DNV GL checks technical and financial risks of three Norwegian wind farms totalling 294 MW

Tuesday, 07 August 2018 Robin Whitlock Independent energy and certification organisation DNV GL has announced that the company’s technical expertise was an important part of the due diligence of the Bjerkreim cluster, a 294-megawatt group ...

NSW Scores Contract for Development of Cable System for Offshore wind farm

Tuesday, 07 August 2018 REM NSW, a subsidiary of General Cable which recently became part of Prysmian Group, has been awarded a contract by Northwester NV for the development of a submarine inter-array power cable system for ...

The Netherlands

Siemens Gamesa and Van Oord consortium named as preferred contractor for Fryslân nearshore wind farm

Monday, 06 August 2018 Robin Whitlock A consortium consisting of Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and Van Oord has been selected by Windpark Fryslân B.V. as the preferred contractor for the construction of the Fryslân nearshore wind farm, ...

Vaisala launches energy budget outlook service

Friday, 03 August 2018 Robin Whitlock Environmental and industrial measurement company Vaisala has launched a new Vaisala Energy Budget Outlook service to provide independent assessment of the impact of weather on wind portfolio performance, ...

Two Finnish wind farms for wpd windmanager

Thursday, 02 August 2018 Dan McCue As of July 1st, wpd windmanager has taken over the commercial and technical operations management for the Huikku and Karhusaari wind farm projects in Finland for Prime Capital AG. Currently, wpd windmanager ...

Vietnam

Pöyry awarded owner's engineering services assignment for a large wind farm project in Vietnam

Thursday, 02 August 2018 Robin Whitlock Super Energy Corporation Public Company Limited (Super) have awarded Pöyry with an owner's engineering services assignment for a 340 MW wind farm project in Vietnam, consisting of six sub-projects in ...