To formalize their collaboration, the Government of Denmark and the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen cooperation on offshore wind energy.
Lloyd’s Register to perform noise assessment for North Sea offshore wind farm
Lloyd’s Register’s consulting business will be working with Denmark’s transmission system operator, Energinet.dk, to measure underwater sound propagation for the Horns Rev 3 wind-farm substation development. The collaboration provides a critical approach on how to control noise transmission at sea, and will help safeguard marine life and ensure a sustainable project delivery. The 400-MW Horns Rev…
Renewables will drive Denmark’s cumulative installed capacity beyond 16 GW by 2025, says GlobalData
Denmark’s cumulative installed capacity is expected to expand from 13.5 Gigawatts (GW) in 2014 to reach 16.1 GW by 2025, rising at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 1.7%, says research and consulting firm GlobalData. A single user license: $2,500 The company’s latest report* says that more than half of the total power generation…
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind wins 21-MW service contract extension in Denmark
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has been awarded an extension of the service contract at the 21-megawatt (MW) Sprogø offshore wind power plant in Denmark, which is owned by A/S Storebælt. The contract extends the cooperation between MHI Vestas Offshore Wind and A/S Storebælt by three years, with the option to extend the contract for a…
New feed-in tariffs for small wind in Denmark and Poland create interesting market prospects
Small wind turbines are playing an increasing role in many countries, in particular in Asia and in North America. So far, European small wind markets, aside from the UK, have not been major drivers of this success story, neither technically nor economically. This might well change in the foreseeable future. In the past weeks, two…