​The UK-based energy company Good Energy and DONG Energy has announced a partnership which will see a renewable energy company source offshore wind power for its customers for the first time. The deal secures 12% of the output of the 210-MW Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm, operated by DONG Energy in the North Sea, enough…

BVG Associates has developed a local-content methodology for UK offshore wind, working closely with industry and government.

Utility company E.ON announced plans to install the first turbine foundation for the Rampion offshore wind project in the UK. The 40o-MW project is located in the English Channel and being built by E.ON, the UK Green Investment Bank, and Canadian energy company Enbridge. The project remains on schedule, despite adverse weather conditions that already…

he world’s largest operational offshore wind farm, London Array, has set a new record for the amount of clean electricity produced by an offshore project in a single calendar month.

Senvion, one of the world’s biggest wind turbine manufacturers, has signed its first UK contract with renewable-energy consultant, Fred. Olsen Renewables Ltd. As per the agreement, Senvion will supply 30 of its MM series turbines to the Brockloch Rig Wind Farm, located in the hills above Carsphairn Forest, some nine kilometers north of Carsphairn in…

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has received an unconditional order for 40 V164-8.0 MW turbines for the offshore Walney Extension West project in the UK. The 330-MW order is placed by power-development company, DONG Energy, and the contract covers supply and commissioning of the wind turbines, as well as a five-year full-scope service contract. The project will…

Renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy  is providing technical support to one of the UK’s largest onshore wind projects under development this year. SgurrEnergy is project lender KfW IPEX-Bank’s technical advisor on the Beinnuen wind project, which is located in the Scottish Highlands. The technical team has been working on the project since early 2015 and, following…

Enbridge Inc. announced the acquisition of a 24.9% interest in the 400-MW Rampion Offshore Wind Project in the UK. The company’s total investment in the project is expected to be CAD $750 million (£370 million) inclusive of all interest during construction, transaction costs, and a development fee. The offshore wind project was developed and is…

Senvion, one of the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturers, has signed a contract with Vattenfall to supply 16 Senvion 3.4M104 turbines to the Ray Wind Farm in the UK. Located on the Ray Estate near Kirkwhelpington in Northumberland, Ray Wind Farm will have a total rated output of 54.4 MWs and will produce enough electricity to…

Senvion, one of the world’s biggest wind-turbine manufacturers, has signed a major new contract with leading renewable energy developer Blue Energy. Senvion will supply 32 turbines to the developer’s Beinneun Wind Farm in Scotland. With a total rated output of 108.8 MW, the wind farm will produce enough electricity to power more than 59,000 homes…

Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, has been contracted to supply nine wind turbines to repower, the Ovenden Moor wind farm in the UK, developed by a joint venture between utility E.ON and renewable generator Energy Power Resources Ltd (EPRL). By replacing the old turbines the facility, which has been in operation since…

Visitors to the Renewable UK Global Offshore Wind exhibition (RUK GOW2015) will be first to see GEV Wind Power’s full-size Habitat, which takes place June 24-25, 2015 in London. The Habitat provides a weather-protected maintenance environment for wind technicians. It enables a technician to travel to the top of the turbine’s blade on the access…

Renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, is adding a new string to its bow with the launch of an onshore renewables Site Manager Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS). The course, which is CITB approved, is the first of its kind to be designed specifically for renewables professionals in the UK and will be delivered by SgurrEnergy’s health and…

As part of its continuing strategy to focus on growing business sectors in the UK, GAC has opened a new quayside office in Great Yarmouth to meet the needs of the renewable energy sector in the Southern North Sea for integrated shipping and logistics services. Offshore energy Great Yarmouth, along with neighboring Lowestoft, has supported…

The UK’s largest community owned wind farm, Beinn Ghrideag on the Isle of Lewis, has successfully completed construction after technical advisory support from renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy. This significant milestone has seen three 3-MW Enercon wind turbines installed onsite, with first energy production expected to be achieved in early summer. Developed by Point and Sandwick…

GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE, announced that it’s signed an agreement with SSE plc, one of the largest generators and suppliers of energy in the UK, to acquire the 16-megawatt (MW) Langhope Rig wind farm, which is nearing construction completion near Hawick, in the Scottish Borders. Situated approximately 55 miles south of…

Editor’s Note: The UK’s Carbon Trust helps companies develop and deploy low-carbon technologies from renewable power. The organization’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) is a collaborative R&D program, involving nine offshore wind developers with 72% (31GW) of the UK’s licensed capacity. OWA’s aim is to reduce the costs of offshore wind by 10% by 2015. Babcock…

The Rt Hon. Ed Davey, Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change, recently joined Siemens global executives to mark ground-breaking on wind turbine manufacturing and assembly facilities in Hull, a town on the UK coast. Davey visited Hull’s Alexandra Dock to celebrate the beginning of construction on the site where Siemens will operate blade…

Editor’s note: Although this report deals with the UK, it holds lessons for U.S. wind proponents. A recent report published by renewable energy consultancy GL Garrad Hassan and the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) shows how wind power can provide reliable, economic, and secure energy generation capacity for the United Kingdom. The report, titled…

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