03 September 2014
A joint venture (JV) between China-CEE fund and Israeli-based Enlight Renewable Energy plans to invest up to $406m to acquire control of two wind energy projects in Poland, which together will have 250.5MW of installed capacity. The projects to be acquired by the joint venture include Wroblew and Project 2, which were developed by GEO […]
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03 September 2014
UK venture capital firm Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has today (2 September) announced it has raised £135m for a new infrastructure fund to invest in a diversified portfolio of UK-based clean energy projects. The Environmental Capital Fund (ECF) will be used to support small-scale hydro power, energy efficiency, heat pump and district heating projects in […]
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03 September 2014
The British summer may be over but it has ended on a high for the renewables sector, with new records set and wind generation levels exceeding both nuclear and coal. According to official National Grid statistics, wind overtook coal-fired power plants for generation on five separate occasions in August – the first time this has […]
Posted in Green Energy, Wind, Wind Energy0 Comments
03 September 2014
DONG Energy has installed the first offshore wind Suction Bucket Jacket at its Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm in Germany. GeoSea, a subsidiary of the Belgian Deme group, was in charge of the floating load out, transport and installation of this wind turbine jacket foundation. SPT Offshore was in charge of the suction process. […]
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03 September 2014
The construction phase of Global Tech I wind farm, which is located 100km off the coast in the German North Sea, has been completed with the erection of all 80 AREVA turbines. The offshore wind power station has 80 turbines of the 5MW class (AREVA Wind M5000-116) and a transformer station. The wind farm is […]
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03 September 2014
The start date of Finland’s biggest nuclear project Olkiluoto 3 EPR is being pushed to late 2018, which is almost a decade later than the proposed initial timeline. Areva-Siemens, the consortium constructing the reactor, has said that disagreements with its client Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) over the plant’s instrumentation and control (I&C) system has been the […]
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01 September 2014
The offshore wind project DanTysk has achieved an important milestone, with the INSTALLATION of the last of its 80 turbines. The 288MW offshore wind farm, erected by Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München (SWM), will have a production capacity equivalent to the consumption of up to 400,000 households. The wind farm is LOCATED 70km west of THE ISLAND of Sylt. Around 80 Siemens WIND […]
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25 August 2014
Norwegian energy firms Statoil and Statkraft have awarded a contract worth approximately £500m to Siemens to deliver turbines for the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm in the east of England, UK. Under the contract, Siemens will manufacture, supply, install and commission 67 6MW direct-drive wind turbines. Turbine installation is expected to start in 2017 and […]
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25 August 2014
Swiss power technology firm ABB has developed and tested a 525kV underground and subsea high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cable system, which the company claims will make renewable energy INSTALLATIONS more efficient and cost-effective. The technology, which features high-voltage power cables, joints and terminations, will increase the power capacity of CABLE CONNECTIONS to around 2.6GW from 1GW. The reach of the […]
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21 August 2014
Lithuania is considering closing 900MW of its gas-fired generation capacity by 2016 due to reduced margins. Producer and wholesaler of electricity Lietuvos Energijos Gamyba (LEG), which is part of the state-controlled energy group Lietuvos Energija, will close two 150MW units at Lithuania’s biggest power plant, Lietuvos Elektrine, by the end of 2014 and two additional […]
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