By Elisabeth O'Leary ABERDEEN, Scotland, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Scotland's leader Nicola Sturgeon launched on Friday a major renewable energy project boasting the world's most powerful wind turbines, which she hopes will also propel the independence ambitions of her nationalist party. The 11 191-meter-high turbines in the waters of Aberdeen Bay will eventually produce 312 GWh of … [Read more...]
‘Ground-breaking’ Offshore Wind Project Inaugurated in Scotland
The European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) was inaugurated today in north-east Scotland, consisting of eleven of the most powerful offshore wind turbines in the world. The project has been led by Swedish energy firm Vattenfall. The company's CEO, Magnus Hall, says the pioneering wind farm will “turbocharge” the growth of low-cost sector. The 93.2MW … [Read more...]
World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Opens in Irish Sea… And It’s HUGE
The 659MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm has 87 wind turbines capable of generating enough green energy to power almost 600,000 UK homes. By Jeremy Hodges (Bloomberg) -- Orsted A/S unveiled the world’s largest offshore wind farm, an 87-turbine complex in the Irish Sea covering an area more than double the size of Manhattan. The Walney Extension off the coast of … [Read more...]
First Big U.S. Offshore Wind Farm to Save Customers $1.4 Billion
By Jim Efstathiou Jr. (Bloomberg) -- Massachusetts electricity users will save about $1.4 billion over 20 years from the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the U.S. Avangrid Inc. and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, joint developers of the 800-megawatt project south of Martha’s Vineyard, expect to provide power and renewable energy credits for 6.5 cents a … [Read more...]
Ulstein to Build Third ‘Walk-to-Work’ Offshore Wind Vessel for Bernhard Schulte
Ulstein Verft has signed a shipbuilding contract with Germany-based Bernhard Schulte for third service operation vessel (SOVs) designed specially for the offshore wind market. The vessel will support the maintenance work of GE Renewable Energy at the German wind farm Merkur Offshore. The project has been developed in cooperation with WINDEA Offshore, Bernhard Schulte’s … [Read more...]