Vattenfall announced that it will be constructing the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) 3 & 4 offshore wind farm using a zero subsidy mechanism. This project follows Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) 1 & 2 and, together, represent the first two unsubsidized offshore wind farms globally, says GlobalData, a data and analytics company. The wind farms will…

Vattenfall and GE Renewable Energy have partnered to support the development and deployment of GE’s new wind turbine: the Haliade-X. With a capacity of 12 MW, the Haliade-X is the largest offshore wind turbine on the market to date. “The cooperation with GE Renewable Energy enables us to remain one step ahead in wind turbine…

Vattenfall’s battery@pyc, the largest co-located battery installation in the United Kingdom, is now operational, storing renewable wind power from the company’s Welsh onshore wind farm Pen y Cymoedd. The 22-MW facility, which shares electrical infrastructure with the Pen y Cymoedd wind farm, will help the UK National Grid maintain frequency levels and reliability of electricity…

This Flash Note analyses the viability and implications of the zero-subsidy bid.

The costs for maintenance and replacement of gearboxes, along with the costs caused by production losses due to non-functioning gearboxes, constitute a large share of the expenses of operating wind power plants.

Vattenfall has decided to invest more than EUR 200 million to repower and expand its Wieringermeer onshore wind farm in the Netherlands – the largest wind investment to date for Vattenfall in the Netherlands. The company will replace older wind turbines with updated technology for a capacity of 180 MW by 2019. Moreover, Vattenfall has…

Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München (SWM) officially put the Sandbank offshore wind farm, which is located 90 kilometers west of the island of Sylt, into operation. Sandbank is the second great “Energiewende” project (after Dan Tysk), that Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München have now realized together. The project gives both companies a combined portfolio of 576 MW…

Vattenfall’s fast growing wind organization is adapting to better focus on the different market conditions of various renewable energy sources. The Business Area Wind will now operate with three Business Units (BU’s); Offshore, Onshore and for the first time Photovoltaic & Battery. The new units will now cover the entire value chain of their respective business,…

Vattenfall and the BMW Group have signed a contract for the delivery of up to 1,000 lithium-ion batteries this year. The batteries will be deployed for storage projects at Vattenfall wind farms. With a capacity of 33 kilowatt hours (kWh), each one is equipped with a BMW-owned battery management system and are also used by the…

Danish authorities announced that Vattenfall had won a tender to develop and build wind farms on two near-shore sites off the west coast of Jutland. The winning bid was 0.05 EUR (0.63 SEK) per kWh. “We are really pleased that the Government and a majority in the Folketing has now confirmed that we can start building…

Vattenfall has won the tender to build Danish Kriegers Flak, a 600-MW offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. The winning bid was EUR 49.9 per MWh, which is among the lowest costs in the world for offshore wind power. “The announcement is an essential milestone for our ambition to increase our production of renewable…

Vattenfall’s new energy landscape comes with a positive impact on employment figures in the company’s wind business. In total, 130 jobs are to be filled within the next 12 months, providing interesting career opportunities to engineers and professionals. Vattenfall is investing five billion euros in the expansion of wind and other renewables. Offshore projects, such as Sandbank…

Vattenfall has acquired a wind-development project consisting of up to 79 turbines in the German North Sea. The acquisition is in line with Vattenfall’s growth strategy to extensively expand its renewable-energy production in the coming years. The Global Tech II wind project is located in the German North Sea, some 85 kilometers north of the island…

Gamesa, a global technology OEM in wind energy, signed an agreement with the state-owned utility Vattenfall, one of Europe’s power companies, for the supply of 36 MW in Sweden. Under the terms of the agreement, Gamesa will supply and install 18 of its G97-2.0 MW turbines at the Höge Väg wind farm located in the…

The world’s largest offshore wind farm has officially opened. The 300-MW Thanet Offshore Wind Farm, off England’s south east coast, is complete after two years of construction. The wind farm has 100 turbines, reaching up to 115-m, and is owned by Vattenfall, a European energy company. The electricity generated from the English Channel winds will…