Tag: offshore wind

The world’s most powerful single turbine was successfully installed on Monday, April 9,  for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre, in Aberdeen Bay, Scotland. Vattenfall also confirmed that it is one of two turbines that have been significantly enhanced with further internal power modes to generate more clean energy from the EOWDC.

Under the establishment of a US energy policy, BOEM announced it is conducting a high-level assessment of all waters offshore the US Atlantic Coast for potential future offshore wind lease locations. As part of its commitment to renewable energy and offshore wind, BOEM has awarded to date 13 commercial offshore wind leases.

The Redwood Coast Energy Authority selected a consortium of companies including Principle Power, EDPR Offshore North America, Aker Solutions, H. T. Harvey & Associates, and Herrera Environmental Consultants, to enter into a public-private partnership for the development of an offshore wind energy project off the Northern California coast. 

The Dutch government has awarded Swedish Vattenfall the permit to build a 700 MW non-subsidised offshore wind farm, in the North Sea, which could produce renewable electricity for 1 to 1.5 million homes. In December, Vattenfall submitted a bid for the first of the two 350 MW slots known as Hollandse Kust I and II.

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy signed a MoU with Yeong Guan Energy Technology Group to collaborate on the development of an offshore wind supply chain in Taiwan. Currently, there are over 10 GW of projects under planning in Taiwan, which could make Taichung Harbor a regional hub for the offshore industry.

European offshore wind saw an increase of 25% in 2017, installing 3.1 GW of new offshore wind. Europe now has over 4,000 offshore wind turbines operating across 11 countries, making a total of 15.8 GW of installed and grid-connected capacity, according to statistics released by WindEurope.

Governor of New York Andrew M. Cuomo released the New York State Offshore Wind Master Plan, which will guide the development of 2.4 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030, enough to power up to 1.2 million homes with clean energy and support the creation of thousands of jobs.

In January, the two foundations for the Danish offshore wind farm Kriegers Flak, left the port of Ostend, Belgium with destination Koege. In Koege, the foundations will await the arrival of the Heavy Lift Vessel “Rambiz” and a suitable weather window, before the float off and installation can take place.

In support of the “America First Energy Plan,” the US BOEM published draft guidelines for the use of a “Design Envelope” approach in Construction and Operations Plans for offshore wind energy facilities in the US.

Renewable energy, such as bioenergy, geothermal and hydropower projects, has head-to-head on costs, with power from fossil fuels. A new report claims that renewable energy will be consistently cheaper than fossil fuels by 2020.