Tag: offshore wind

The final turbine was installed on Saturday at Vattenfall's European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre, off Scotland, which is believed to be the country's largest offshore wind test and demonstration facility. EOWDC will be able to produce more than 70% of Aberdeen’s domestic electricity demand and annually displace 134,128 tonnes of CO2. 

Massachusetts chose a partnership between Avangrid Inc and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners to develop what will be the largest US offshore wind farm off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard. Vineyard Wind’s 800 megawatt proposal is the largest ever procurement of offshore wind by a US state.

Ideol and STX Europe Offshore Energy will develop a new generation of floating substation. This floating substation will be compatible with both bottom-fixed and floating offshore wind farms. The two companies will build a floating substation for both bottom-fixed and floating offshore wind farms starting at depths of 30 meters. 

The offshore wind turbines off the coast of Aberdeen show a change in direction for the city, its energy mix and its offshore industry, the UK Chamber of Shipping said. The turbines are part of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre, which is being installed in Aberdeen Bay.

Vattenfall released a video, depicting a time-lapse footage of the wind turbine installation at its European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre located just off the north east coast of Scotland in Aberdeen Bay. The European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre is Scotland’s largest offshore wind test and demonstration facility, being Scotland’s largest offshore wind test and demonstration facility which is being developed by Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm.

The Port of Seville in Spain, and especially the Armamento dock, will accommodate a new commercial shipment of offshore wind towers. The GRI Towers Sevilla company has transported four parts of towers in the last days. Each tower weighs 380 tonnes and is 85 metres in length. The large structures are heading to the East Anglia One park.

A joint industry project, comprising DNV GL, ECN, WMC, BREM, VanderHoekPhotonics, Deltares and other partners, seeks to reduce power-cable failures in offshore wind farms. These failures are the key risk affecting the offshore wind industry, representing about 80% of insurance claims.

A new industry project in UK is set to explore the technical, regulatory and societal issues of using autonomous surface vessels, integrated with existing manned shipping operations, to support offshore wind farm operations and maintenance, as well as to develop a timeline for the phased introduction of autonomous vessels.

IEA reports that policy support, technology advances and a maturing supply chain are making offshore wind a viable option for renewables-based electricity generation, leveraging the consistent and higher wind speeds available offshore. Investment has increased in recent years and, with less restrictions on size and height than their onshore counterparts, offshore wind turbines became giants.

The Danish government presented one of its main targets that will form a new energy agreement. Namely, Denmark wants to build a 800MW offshore wind farm. The government hopes that the wind farm will increase offshore wind power by one third. Namely, a wind turbine park will be built during 2024-27, which can supply electricity to 800,000 households.