Renewable generation will become the safest investment choice in the power market and dominate power generation new builds in the next ten years, DNV GL predicts in its Technology Outlook 2025. DNV GL identified ten technology trends in materials, wind, solar, electricity storage, data-communication
Wind power installed capacity in China will more than treble from approximately 149 Gigawatts (GW) in 2015 to over 495 GW by 2030, representing a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 9%, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData. The company’s latest report, Wind Power in China, Market O
Galloper Wind Farm Limited (GWFL) has started preparing a section of Sizewell beach in Suffolk for the installation of the export cables that will bring the power generated from the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm to the onshore substation that will connect to the National Grid. Work is also conti
ABS Group Ltd. has received a contract to provide project certification services from DONG Energy Wind Power A/S for the planned 1.2GW Hornsea Offshore Wind Farm Project One in the UK. ABS Group’s certification scope will cover Quality Assurance/Quality Control document review and manufacturing insp
Nexans Deutschland has won a contract to supply 76 kilometres of subsea energy cables to E.ON for the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm. The cables, which will be manufactured in Nexans’ Hanover plant, are designed for operation at 33 kV and will serve as the internal cabling for the wind farm which i
The installation works on the Horns Rev C transformer platform, the heart of the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm, have finished. The components of the platform, 1,888 tonne topside and the 1,300 tonne jacket, have been lifted off the transport barges and put in place by the heavy-lifting vessel Stani
The installation works on the Horns Rev C transformer platform, the heart of the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm, have finished. The components of the platform, 1,888 tonne topside and the 1,300 tonne jacket, have been lifted off the transport barges and put in place by the heavy-lifting vessel Stani
One in three Danes wants Denmark’s electricity to come exclusively from renewable energy sources within the next five years, with only 10% of the country’s population willing to wait 15 years or more for this to happen, according to a survey commissioned by DONG Energy. Almost 77% of respondents pre
Siemens, SPR Sign Europe’s Largest Wind Turbine Contract ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) has concluded a major East Anglia ONE deal with Siemens, worth up to one-third of the overall £ 2.5 billion (€ 3.2 billion) project investment. Under the agreement, Siemens will supply 102 wind turbines and servi
The cable-laying vessel Siem Aimery, the latest vessel added to the Siem Offshore fleet, was christened in a naming ceremony on Wednesday, 27 April, at the Remontowa Shipbuilding yard in Gdansk, Poland. The vessel will now undergo final mobilisation prior to commencing cable loading activities for i
VBMS has reached a major milestone by installing its 1,000th inter-array cable during its works for Vattenfall’s Sandbank offshore wind farm this week. In 2008, when the company was founded, VBMS installed its first inter array cables in Belgian waters for Thornton Bank Phase I. Through the years, V
Cape Wind Associates has filed a court appeal against the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board’s decision not to extend the company’s permit for two subsea cables that would connect a 468MW offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound to the mainland. The board decided not to extend the permit by M
Xodus Group has been awarded a framework agreement with energy company SSE to provide employers representative services for the development and ongoing improvements of its electrical networks. The contract is for three years with potential extension for a further two years and is estimated to be wor
N-Sea has been awarded a pre-construction unexploded ordnance (UXO) contract with Galloper Offshore Wind Farm Ltd (GWFL). The clearance works commenced in April 2016 and include UXO risk management, target investigations and clearance on the Galloper wind farm, off the coast of Suffolk. Expected to
