Wind

Shell plans to enter UK offshore wind sector

February 22, 2019 | North Sea & Western Europe, Offshore, Wind

Shell New Energies VP says oil major may bid for leases or buy into projects London, UK | – Oil multinational giant Shell confirmed it plans to enter the UK offshore wind sector. Royal-Dutch Shell’s New Energies executive vice president Mark Gainsborough told Reuters the group “absolutely would like to get a position” in the UK market, either by bidding for a lease or buying a stake in an existing project. He told the financial news agency Shell would take an “active role” in a new …

Statoil to pilot battery storage for offshore wind project

March 21, 2016 | North Sea & Western Europe, Renewable Energy, Wind

Aberdeen, Scotland | – Norway based oil and gas company Statoil has launched 1MW storage system at its 30MW Hywind floating offshore wind farm located near the coast of Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Statoil has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Scottish Government, the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and Scottish Enterprise for the development of the storage solution called Batwind. Scotland’s Energy Minister Fergus Ewing said: “The signing of this MoU will allow the signatories to work together in the development of …

South Africa to select addition wind projects

April 15, 2014 | South Africa, Wind

South African energy minister Dikobe Ben Martins has confirmed that the government will select additional projects submitted in round three of the renewable energy independent power producers programme (REIPPP) announced last November. While the size of the extra allocation has not been announced, Martins said the decision was based on the fact that the prices offered by the bidders are competitive and reflect a downward trend compared with prices in the first two rounds. The average price for wind energy per megawatt hour fell from …

Siemens and Iberdrola to develop wind-ready grid for Middle East

January 07, 2014 | Renewable Energy, Wind

Qatar – Siemens and Iberdrola have announced that they will work together on smart-grid infrastructure in the Middle East to allow for the integration of more wind and solar energy. The two companies will develop smart-grid technology, allowing wind energy to be integrated into the grid more effectively, for Qatar and the region as a whole. Additionally, the firms will work on a demand response management system to balance supply and demand for energy. In a statement they said: “New technologies allow for an improved …

GE confirms Kenya wind deal

December 17, 2013 | Budget & Investment, Wind

Nairobi, Kenya – US industrial giant General Electric has won a contract to supply turbines to a Kenyan wind power park, set to be sub-Saharan Africa’s largest wind generation project outside South Africa, the US conglomerate said on Tuesday. The 60.8 megawatt (MW) Kinangop Wind Park is set to come online in the middle of 2015, and is one of several wind and geothermal projects in Kenya, where the government has pledged to ramp up output to meet growing demand for electricity. GE said it will provide …

UK, South Korea team up on offshore renewables

June 18, 2012 | Asia, Budget & Investment, Wind

Backed by the British Embassy in Seoul, the new project will bring together academics at the Korea Maritime University (KMU) and the industry know how of UK-based renewables consultancy IT Power, who will collaborate to advance their knowledge of offshore wind and wave and tidal technologies. The new project, the UK-Korea Ocean Energy Technology Co-operation Project, comes just weeks after the trade bodies in the two nations, ,, signed an accord of cooperation in London. Professor Young-Ho Lee of KMU said: “I am very excited …

U.K. opens world’s biggest offshore wind farm

February 09, 2012 | Construction & Installation, Wind

The U.K. opened the world’s biggest offshore wind farm today, marking the start of a 33 billion- pound ($52 billion) push to expand sea-based generation more than 10-fold by the end of the decade. New Energy Secretary Ed Davey inaugurated Dong Energy A/S’s Walney farm, located in the Irish Sea about 9 miles off the coast. The 367-megawatt project will produce enough power for 320,000 homes, according to Fredericia, Denmark-based Dong. Britain, with more than 1,500 megawatts of offshore wind, plans to boost capacity to …

GE wins $750 million turbine supply deal with BP Wind

October 27, 2011 | Wind

BP Wind Energy has selected General Electric (GE) to supply 350 1.6MW wind turbines for projects in Kansas and Pennsylvania, under a $750 million contract which includes five-year service agreements. The first deal is for 88 1.6-82.5 model units for BP’s Mehoopany Wind Farm about 20 miles from Scranton, Pennsylvania, with delivery scheduled for later this year. The second element confirms details of GE’s earlier-announced supply of the Flat Ridge 2 Wind Farm located 43 miles southwest of Wichita, Kansas, where 262 1.6-100 model units will …