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voda 19 januari 2018 21:30

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Arkona wind farm concludes second construction phase ahead of schedule

Construction of the Arkona offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea is progressing at a fast pace. After the foundations, the 60 connecting pieces are now also prematurely installed. The so-called 'Transition Pieces', each weighing 400 tons, were taken from the port of Mukran on Rügen into the construction site and placed on the foundations and bolted together. The project has thus also successfully completed the second major construction phase on the high seas.

Preparations for the next steps are also in full swing. At the French shipyard STX France, the transformer station, which will be operated jointly by the project partners E.ON and Statoil and the transmission grid operator 50Hertz, will be transported by sea from the French Atlantic Ocean to the Baltic Sea in spring. Once this platform has been installed, the turbines are connected to the substation. The 75 kilometres of submarine cables required for this have already been delivered from the Nexans plant in Hanover to the base port of Mukran Port in Sassnitz. At the same time, production of the six-megawatt turbines has begun at the Siemens plants.

The Arkona project is located 35 kilometres northeast of the island of Rügen. The wind farm will have a capacity of 385 megawatts (MW) and will be able to supply up to 400,000 households with renewable energy from 2019 onwards. Compared to conventionally generated electricity, Arkona saves up to 1.2 million tons of CO2 per year. It will install 60 six-megawatt class turbines from Siemens. The plants are based on Monopfahl foundations at water depths of 23 to 37 metres. The investment amounts to €1.2 billion. Arkona is a joint venture between E. ON and the Norwegian energy company Statoil.

Source : Strategic Research Institute

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[verwijderd] 19 januari 2018 21:39

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voda 19 januari 2018 21:45

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France plans to accelerate wind power projects

Reuters reported that France is expected to announce measures this week to accelerate the installation of wind turbines and overcome long-running opposition from activists who have frustrated the country's attempts to hit renewable energy targets.

An industry official said that a working group formed in October to make approvals easier has finalised plans that include removing one legal avenue for blocking projects and paying a portion of wind farm taxes directly to affected communities.

French onshore wind projects delivering 22 gigawatts (GW) have been authorised, but only 12.9 GW has been installed because of legal challenges, according to official data, leaving France struggling to meet its target of producing 26 GW by 2023.

Industry officials said that it can take over a decade to get French wind farm projects up and running because of systematic legal objections by opponents whereas in Germany, Europe's biggest wind power producer, it can be as short as three years.

Marion Lettry, deputy head of the French renewable energy lobby SER and part of the working group, said Administrative Tribunals were set to be removed from the legal options open to those campaigning against wind farms in France.

She told Reuters that "This will not automatically reduce systematic appeals against projects, but will hopefully accelerate the process and thereby cut by at least two years off the time it takes for projects to be connected to the grid.”

A spokesman for the Ministry of Ecology declined to comment on specific measures, saying the conclusions would be announced on Thursday. The government has said previously it would adopt the working group's proposals as soon as possible.

France had been hoping growth in renewable energy sources such as wind, solar and hydro power would reduce its dependence on nuclear energy to 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2025 from more than 75 percent now.

But the government postponed that deadline in November after grid operator RTE warned that without a massive increase in renewables the country risked power shortages.

Almost all the wind turbines in France have been installed by companies from other European countries, according to data from industry lobby group France Energie Eolienne.

Denmark's Vestas Wind Systems has installed the most followed by German companies Enercon, Senvion and Nordex and then German-Spanish firm Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy.

The origin of the countrywide campaign against French wind farms dates back to 2004 when retired physicist Jean-Louis Butre attended a public hearing on a planned project near his house in the Poitou region of western France.

Source : Strategic Research Institute

voda 23 januari 2018 20:28

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France sets out ten point plan to double wind power capacity by 2023

Reuters reported that French government announced a ten point plan which will simplify administrative procedures and accelerate the development of wind power projects in order to double its installed generation capacity by 2023. The government said the proposed reforms will cut in half the average time it takes for wind power projects to be completed and connected to the French electricity grid.

If successful, it could counter long-running opposition from activists who have frustrated the country’s attempts to reach renewable energy targets, which include aiming to have up to 26 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind generation capacity by 2023 compared to 12.9 GW currently.

Global installed wind energy capacity has grown on average by 22 percent a year since 2006 as countries turn to low-carbon sources to produce electricity.

Renewables, including wind, solar, bioenergy, hydropower and wave and tidal energy, could account for nearly 30 percent of the global energy mix in five years’ time, according to the International Energy Agency.

French junior ecology minister Sebastien Lecornu, who added that the reforms would halve that time said that “Currently it takes seven to nine years to develop offshore wind projects.”

French activists opposed to wind farms have been systematically filing appeals against wind projects through administrative courts. Those courts take years to hear cases, thus delaying the completion of projects.

The government said in a statement regarding its new proposals that “The direct consequence of this is a lengthening of the time it takes to complete a project -- seven to nine years on average -- compared to three to four years in Germany.”

Some 70 percent of authorized projects are facing appeals in Administrative Tribunals courts, the government said, adding that its reforms would remove a level of jurisdiction in the appeals process.

Source : Reuters

voda 30 januari 2018 14:27

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Germany Wind turbine installations reach record high in 2017

Xinhua reported that the number of wind turbines installations has risen significantly in Germany, a joint report published by the German Wind Energy Association and the Association of German Manufacturers of Machinery and Industrial Equipment shows that a record of 1,792 new wind turbines were installed on land in 2017 with a total power generation capacity of 5,333 Megawatt. The figures marked an increase of 15 percent compared to 2016.

BWE and VDMA estimated that 28,675 wind turbines were attached to German electricity networks at the start of 2018, as renewable energy sources increasingly contribute to domestic power generation. The number of maritime wind turbines had also increased substantially in 2017.

For the coming year, the authors of the report only expected new wind turbines with a lower capacity of around 3,500 Megawatt to be installed and urged the Federal Government to schedule additional tenders for wind energy production. Otherwise, policymakers would struggle to achieve the goal agreed in preliminary coalition talks by the Christian Democratic Union, Christian Social Union and German Social Democrats of generating 65 percent of Germany's electricity with renewable technologies by 2030.

The report cautioned that several older wind turbines would have to be dismantled around the year 2020, necessitating an urgent "repair" of the existing renewable energy legislation which included faster procedures for authorities to approve new capacity.

Similarly, the Green party (Gruene) parliamentarian and energy expert Julia Verlinden warned that a positive trend towards greater wind energy output in recent years was set to reverse in 2018. According to Verlinden, the Federal Government would shoulder the blame for this undesirable outcome because it had "drastically limited" the expansion of wind and solar power in recent renewable energy legislation. The Green politician consequently called on Berlin to act swiftly in establishing a new regulatory framework.

Source : Xinhua

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voda 1 februari 2018 20:24

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Bosnian power utility seeks consultants for wind park development

Reuters reported that Bosnia's second biggest power utility ERS issued a tender seeking consultants to advise it on developing a 48 megawatt wind park to help the Balkan country diversify its energy sources and cut greenhouse gas emissions. The Hrgud wind park in Berkovici, southeastern Bosnia, will comprise 16 wind turbines with a capacity of 3 megawatts (MW) each. In 2015, ERS won a 50 year concession to build and operate the park with a help of a 60 million euros (USD 75 million) loan from German state-owned development bank KfW.

The total cost of the project is seen at 65 million euros and ERS will provide the reminder of the financing.

Potential consultants are invited to assist ERS in preparing an environmental and social scoping statement, an environmental and social impact assessment report and an environmental and social management plan.

The winner will also help develop stakeholder engagement and land acquisition plans and support the utility during consultations with the local population. Potential bidders should apply by March 30.

The wind park, the first in the Serb Republic one of Bosnia's two postwar autonomous regions is projected to be connected to the grid in four years and to produce 126 gigawatt-hours of electricity a year.

Bosnia generates 40% of its electricity from hydro and the rest from coal-fired plants and plans to increase the share of renewable energy to 43% by 2020.

Unlike other Balkan countries that rely on power imports to cover much of their demand, it is able to export power largely thanks to its hydro capacity.

Bosnia's other autonomous region, the Bosniak-Croat Federation, has given approval to three companies to start building wind farms with combined capacity of 138 MW.

Several developers are seeking to add a further 320 MW in wind capacity in Bosnia over the coming years.

Source : Reuters

kiekes 3 februari 2018 12:15

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Company announcement from Vestas Wind Systems A/S
Aarhus, 2 February 2018
Company announcement No. 2/2018 Page 1 of 2
Vestas to acquire Utopus Insights, a leading energy analytics and digital solutions company
The acquisition allows Vestas to seize digital opportunities and expand its service offering.
Vestas has entered into an agreement for the acquisition of Utopus Insights, Inc., an energy analytics provider with 15 years of experience in solutions development, a suite of innovative digital products, over 30 patents, and a highly experienced team with data science expertise in analytics, power engineering, energy software development, and meteorology.
The acquisition price for Utopus Insights is approx. USD 100m (approx. EUR 80m) on a debt and cash free basis. The consideration will be paid in cash from readily available sources. For 2017, Utopus Insights is, on a stand-alone basis, expected to report consolidated revenues below USD 10m (approx. EUR 8m). Utopus Insights will be included in Vestas’ financial reporting from the time of closing, which is expected to take place within the first quarter of 2018 and is subject to necessary third-party approvals being in place.
As the global energy sector is transforming, Vestas is looking to offer customers digital solutions to deliver greater predictability, increased renewable energy production, more efficient operations, and better integration with energy grids. This transformation means energy systems and power plant owners must improve forecasting accuracy for renewable production, optimise output from each individual generation asset and orchestrate a portfolio of resources across multiple sites and equipment types. They must also do so in a cost-effective manner that ensures grid stability as renewable energy sources gradually replace conventional, fossil-fuel generated power plants. With this purchase, Vestas seeks to seize the opportunity afforded by this ongoing transformation to deliver faster, smarter, and more holistic solutions.
“Vestas’ strategic objective is to accelerate the transition towards a fully decarbonised energy sector in the most efficient and cost-effective way possible – both for our customers and for our planet”, said Anders Runevad, Vestas’ Group President and CEO. “Acquiring Utopus Insights significantly improves Vestas’ existing market-leading capabilities for advanced analytics and integrated energy software solutions. We will now be able to provide our customers improved forecasting, output optimisation and coordination between assets, and support the larger energy ecosystem’s increased uptake of renewable energy”.
US-based Utopus Insights has its origins in IBM’s Smarter Energy Research Institute and has a rich pedigree in data science, software, utility operations, meteorology, and renewable and distributed energy. Utopus Insights currently offers five powerful novel software tools for the renewable energy industry and continues to develop new products based on its store of over 30 issued patents related to energy innovation. Vestas and Utopus Insights will also sign joint development agreements that support

voda 5 februari 2018 21:01

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Vattenfall asks local people for their GBP 3 million wind farm fund

Vattenfall, the developer of the pioneering European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre is calling for local advice on getting the most from the wind farm’s GBP 3 million community investment fund.

Last year, the Swedish energy group announced it would set up the GBP 150,000-a-year EOWDC fund to benefit people living in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and in the Blackdog area. The fund, which is in line with Scottish Government principles, will run for the operational life of the wind farm which is expected to be around 20 years.

Mr Adam Ezzamel, Vattenfall’s Project Director for the EOWDC, said that “The EOWDC Community Fund is a substantial amount of money which can make a big difference to a lot of people. We are capturing a natural resource and empowering local communities. But what should be prioritised? How can we maximise its value? We want local people to tell us what they think. This is a fund for you; designed by you.”

Adam is leading the construction of one of the most innovative wind farms in the world. He is keen to see as many new ideas come forward for the fund as possible. He added that “The EOWDC embraces innovation – it would be great if the fund could also take an innovative approach.”

To support the ‘conversation’, Vattenfall is asking people to complete a questionnaire. More information about the fund and a link to the questionnaire can be found here.

Members of the EOWDC project team will also be on hand to discuss thoughts and ideas at an innovation exhibition running throughout February in Balmedie Library and Aberdeen Central Library.

Scottish Government principles on community benefit funds from offshore wind drafted and published by Local Energy Scotland - can be viewed here. Across the UK, Vattenfall invests over GBP 2.3 million every year in community funds close to its operating wind farms.

The EOWDC is an 11-turbine test and demonstration offshore wind farm located in Aberdeen Bay. The facility will showcase some of the latest innovations in offshore wind which will support a safer, more productive and cheaper offshore wind industry.

Currently, onshore substation works at Blackdog have made good progress since 2016. Offshore construction is now also well underway with subsea cable laying started and the first foundation installation due in February.

Source : Strategic Research Institute

voda 6 februari 2018 20:05

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Poland could hit 8 GW of offshore wind by 2035

Renewables Now reported that Poland’s installed offshore wind power capacity in the Baltic Sea could reach 8 GW by 2035, according to an analysis by the Foundation for Sustainable Energy.

The milestone for end-2030 could be 4 GW in a scenario that puts offshore energy as “one of the key pillars” of the Polish economy after 2020. To achieve that goal, however, the country needs to create “stable legal and market conditions that will be incentivise investments,” explained Maciej Stryjecki, president of FNEZ’s management board.

The construction of offshore grid connection links with a capacity of 2 GW-3 GW is also among the conditions seen to be required to realise the potential for generation of between 30 TWh and 36 TWh from offshore wind farms per year. Overall, offshore wind can have a key role in Poland’s energy security in 2025-2035, FNEZ said, adding that the local maritime industry could deliver between 60% and 70% of the offshore market’s requirements.

It said that the organisation is currently plotting different scenarios for the energy sector, including offshore wind and transmission networks. It will present results from its analysis at the Baltic Energy Industry Forum in Warsaw at the end of this month.

Source : Renewable snow

voda 6 februari 2018 20:07

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Siemens Gamesa & Vestas win tenders for Iberdrola wind fleet

Iberdrola, through its subsidiary Iberdrola Renovables Energía S.A.U, has concluded the tendering process for the maintenance of a large portion of its wind-turbine fleet 4,425 MWs operated in the Iberian Peninsula. The key tender project winners were Vestas and Siemens Gamesa, together with Spanish companies Ingeteam, Tamoin and IM Future, and the Portuguese company Efacec. Iberdrola says it used strict criteria when selecting the winners, based on safety, technical expertise, and commercial competitiveness.

The framework agreements have a combined value of EUR 110 million and duration between two to three years, depending on the type of services which have been allocated.

Negotiations for this tendering process took place over the past six months and the key winners are Vestas and Gamesa, which will carry out preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance for 2,190 MW and 1,265 MW respectively at wind farms in Spain and Portugal.

In addition, Iberdrola will hire the services of Basque companies Ingeteam (233.3 MW) and Tamoin (421 MW), the Galician company IM Future (218 MW), and the Portuguese company Efacec (96.9 MW).

All the facilities asubject to the framework agreements are equipped with Gamesa G4X, G5X, and G6X wind technology.

Iberdrola tendered two types of services: basic maintenance, for a two-year period, and the risk service for three years which includes preventive and small corrective maintenance in addition to consumables, spare parts and predictive maintenance of oil use.

The selection of bids was done by Iberdrola in accordance with strict criteria based on safety, technical expertise and commercial competitiveness.

Iberdrola is the leading wind power operator in Spain, with 5,507 MW installed capacity at year-end, while owning 92 MW in Portugal.

Source : Strategic Research Institute

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voda 6 februari 2018 20:11

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Norway's wind power production to exceed 10 Twh by 2020

REUTERS reported that Norway's wind power production capacity may exceed 10 terawatt hours (Twh) by 2020. The country's energy minister Terje Soeviknes said that powered mostly by electricity produced in hydroelectric dams, Norway currently has an installed wind power capacity of 3.6 Twh, only a fraction of neighbouring Sweden's volume.

Mr Soeviknes in a speech late said that "By 2020, it is likely that we will have more than 10 terawatt hours of wind power developed in this country.”

The Swedish wind energy association estimates showed that Sweden's annual production capacity for wind last year stood at about 17.3 Twh.

Source : Reuters

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voda 7 februari 2018 19:49

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Enel purchases 132 MW of wind capacity in Spain

Enel, acting through its Spanish subsidiary Endesa’s local renewable energies company Enel Green Power España has signed an agreement for the acquisition of 100% of Parques Eolicos Gestinver, SL, a company owningfive wind farms totalling around 132 MW of capacity, from Spanish companies Elawan Energy and Genera Avante for a total consideration of 178 million euros[1]. The five wind farms are located in the regions of Galicia and Catalonia.

Antonio Cammisecra, Head of Enel’s Global Renewable Energies Division Enel Green Power, said that “The acquisition of five wind farms will enable us to consolidate our return to renewables growth in Spain, after the two major tender wins from last year. These high quality assets are already operational and we are looking forward to further boosting their performance through their incorporation in our Group’s operation and maintenance system and in our integrated energy sale strategy.”

The Galician wind farms are the 20 MW Farrapa, 14 MW Peña Revolta and 23.5 MW Pousadoiro, for a total capacity of approximately 57.5 MW, all located in the Lugo Province. The 30 MW Les Forques and 44 MW Montargull wind farms are located in Catalonia’s Tarragona Province and have a combined capacity of 74 MW. All of these plants boast a load factor exceeding 28%.

The acquisition is expected to be finalised in the first half of 2018 upon the satisfaction of a series of conditions precedent, typical for this type of transaction. Following the acquisition, EGPE’s installed capacity in Spain will increase to more than 1,806 MW of which 1,749 MW from wind power, equivalent to almost 8% of total installed wind capacity in Spain, 43 MW from small hydro, and 14 MW from other renewable sources. At present, EGPE plants are able to generate around 4 TWh of emission-free energy each year.

Last year, EGPE was assigned 879 MW of new renewable capacity in two tenders, equivalent to a total investment of more than 870 million euros. All projects are expected to start production in 2019.

The 540 MW of new wind capacity, located in Aragon, Andalusia, Castile and León, and Galicia, are able to produce around 1,750 GWh each year while the 339 MW of new solar capacity, located in Murcia and Badajoz, are able to produce around 640 GWh each year.

Source : Strategic Research Institute

voda 7 februari 2018 19:50

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Norway government rejects plan for wind farm in Bygland

Treehugger reported that Norway government rejected plans for a wind farm in Bygland over concerns it could threaten the wild reindeer who call the area home. Wind energy is great. But so are wild reindeer and the Norwegian government thinks the same, evidenced when it recently rejected construction of a wind farm over concerns that it could harm the animals in an area that is home to the last remaining viable populations in Europe,.

The scrapped plans were for a 120 megawatt(MW) project in Bygland municipality that was conceived of to spark business in the sparsely-inhabited region, but it would have been within a designated reindeer national reserve, said the Nordic country's energy ministry.

Reuters notes that Norway has nearly 35,000 reindeer in its southern mountains, "the last redoubt of sustainable populations of the animals in Europe." As development encroaches upon reindeer habitat, however, the iconic animals are suffering ... hundreds of reindeer are killed by freight trains alone.

Norway generates more power than it uses (around 99 percent of domestic energy needs are met by its hydropower dams), so much so that they export surplus energy to their neighbors. Which may make the decision to protect reindeer an easier one. But what an inspiration: Create the infrastructure to generate enough renewable energy to ensure that future projects can be contemplated with all creatures great and small in mind. If there is a population of wild reindeer in the way, how remarkable to be able to vote in favor of the animals ... just as it should be.

Source : Tree Hugger

voda 7 februari 2018 19:51

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Greece windpower investments grew up significantly

Tornosnews reported that the year 2017 was the second best year for investments in windpower parks after 2011, Hellenic Scientific Association of Wind Energy in a report released said that more specifically, a total of 282 MW were added in the windpower capacity of the country totaling 2,651.6 MW, 12 pct higher compared with 2016, of which 2,329.9 MW were installed in the interconnected system and the remaining 321.7 MW in the non-interconnected islands.

The report said that in 2017, the first windpower tourbines were installed in Epirus Region (2.4 MW), with Central Greece remaining at the top of windpower capacity (877.85 MW or 33.1 pct market share), followed by Peloponese (502.8 MW (18.9 pct) and Eastern Macedonia-Thrace with 335.45 MW (12.6 pct).

Source : Tornosnews

voda 8 februari 2018 16:40

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Allianz koopt windturbines Zeeland

Gepubliceerd op 8 feb 2018 om 11:26 | Views: 629

ALLIANZ SE NA O.N. 07 feb
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AMSTERDAM (AFN) - Verzekeraar Allianz heeft via een investeringsfonds 22 windturbines in Zeeland gekocht. Het bedrag dat de Duitsers betalen voor de molens werd niet gemeld. Verkopende partij is een consortium van infrastructuur- en windenergiespecialist DIF Renewable Energy en investeerder Ampere.

De molens hebben ieder een capaciteit van 2 megawatt. Ze worden door Allianz ondergebracht in het fonds AREF II, waarin al soortgelijke projecten zijn ondergebracht. Dit gaat om wind- en zonne-energieprojecten in Duitsland, Frankrijk, Zweden, het Verenigd Koninkrijk en Nederland, samen goed voor de opwekking van 350 megawatt.

AREF II is goed voor een totaal fondsvolume van 350 miljoen euro, samengebracht door institutionele beleggers.

voda 8 februari 2018 21:49

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British wind power attract large investment fund – Report

Reuters reported that British offshore wind project Triton Knoll has attracted the interest of several large investment funds, according to three sources familiar with the matter, in a sign of the growing competition for assets in the fast-changing sector.

German energy group Innogy, owner and developer of the planned 2-billion-pound (USD 2.8 billion) farm off the coast of eastern England, is looking for partners to get it off the ground.

The three sources told Reuters that the project has drawn interest from a number of infrastructure and pension funds, including Australia's Macquarie , Switzerland's Partners Group and Denmark's PFA Pension.

Innogy, Macquarie, Partners Group and PFA all declined to comment on Triton Knoll. Offshore projects of this size typically have more than one investor alongside the developer.

The demand for the 860-megawatt (MW) Triton Knoll is indicative of the wider interest in offshore wind projects among funds. The returns on offer typically 6-9 percent outstrip interest rates, while competition has been heated up by the fact the number of profitable new projects becoming available is declining because fewer can secure government subsidies.

New data from industry group WindEurope, provided to Reuters ahead of its publication, reflects this rising institutional investor interest, as well as the decline in the building of offshore farms.

Infrastructure funds, pension funds and asset managers accounted for 35 percent of offshore M&A activity in Europe in 2017, up from 27 percent in the previous year, according to the data.

At the same time, spending on new offshore capacity in Europe declined by 60 percent to 7.5 billion euros ($9.3 billion) last year, the first annual fall since 2012. "There is definitely competition. The larger the project, the larger the investors which look at them," said Oldrik Verloop, head of client advisory services for real assets at Aquila Capital, which manages 3.6 billion euros of renewable assets.

Source : Reuters

voda 9 februari 2018 17:05

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Natural Power secures consent for wind farm in North Wales

Natural Power has secured consent on behalf of Pany y Maen Wind Ltd for a seven turbine site in Denbighshire, North Wales. The initial application was refused by Denbighshire County Council on the grounds of landscape and visual impact, impact on local dwellings and on the historic environment, however the decision was appealed, and the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs agreed that the benefits of the scheme outweighed any potential negative impacts.

Mr John Woodruff, Head of Projects, Planning and Environment at Natural Power’s Welsh office in Aberystwyth said that “We have been working on this project since 2012, and are delighted to have secured consent for our client. This keeps our consent record in Wales at 100%, and we look forward to seeing the positive outcome of this new green energy development.”

Located in commercial forestry next to Llyn Bran in an area designated as suitable for large scale wind development by Welsh Government, the construction and operation of the wind farm comprising seven turbines to a maximum tip height of 102m, will provide a total installed capacity of 17.5 MW (dependent on final turbine selection), a habitat restoration scheme, and grid connection is expected to be 2021.

Natural Power’s global team of planners, ecologists, hydrologists, land agency and landscape experts work closely to help clients achieve consent for their projects.

Source : Strategic Research Institute

voda 9 februari 2018 17:10

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Europe added record 3 GW of offshore wind capacity in 2017 – Report

Reuters reported that Europe added more than 3 gigawatts (GW) of new offshore wind capacity last year, representing a new record. Research by industry association WindEurope showed that annual offshore wind report said 3.148 GW of new capacity linked to onshore grids was installed in 2017, twice as much as in 2016. That brings the cumulative total of offshore wind installations in Europe to 15.78 GW, made up of 92 offshore wind farms in 11 European countries.

Offshore wind has become a more established and proven renewable energy source.

Technology and operating costs have fallen over the past few years and many European governments have curbed subsidies which were aimed at helping the sector reach maturity.

The average size of offshore wind farms under construction grew last year to 493 megawatts, 34 percent higher than in 2016, as wind turbine size increased.

By 2020, Europe's cumulative offshore wind capacity is expected to grow to 25 GW. WindEurope then expects 3.1 GW to be added in 2021 and 3.2 GW in 2022.

The report said that "Beyond 2022, there is uncertainty over the EU market for offshore wind. The EU post-2020 regulatory framework and cost reductions in industry will be key drivers for offshore wind towards 2030.”

By 2030, there could be 70 GW of offshore wind capacity in Europe.

Source : Reuters

voda 16 februari 2018 16:58

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EU installed wind power capacity up 20pct in 2017
Published on Fri, 16 Feb 2018

Economic Times reported that wind power capacity in the European Union touched 169 gigawatts in 2017, an increase of 20% compared to the previous year, breaking an earlier record.

According to an annual report released, of the new wind capacity, 12.5 GW was from onshore plants and 3.1 GW from offshore, marking an increase of 9 per cent and 101 per cent respectively.

The report said that "With a share of 18%, wind remains the second largest form of power generation capacity in Europe, closing in on natural gas adding that last year 22.3 billion euros (USD 27.5 billion) were invested in wind energy.

Last year, Germany, France, Finland, Belgium, Ireland and Croatia created new domestic records for new wind power installations, with Germany taking the lead in the EU in both new infrastructure and total capacity.

In 2017, Germany's installed wind power capacity was 56.1 GW, an increase of 6.6 GW, and accounted for 42% of the total new installations in the EU during the year.

Regarding total capacity, it was followed by Spain with 23.1 GW and the UK with 19 GW.

The Wind Europe report also said that 85 per cent of the new capacities for power generation in the EU came from renewable energy, with wind accounting for 65.5% of the additional capacity, followed by solar (35.5%) and biomass (4%).

Source : Economic Times

voda 16 februari 2018 17:00

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Siemens Gamesa to supply 1,386 MW to Ørsted
Published on Fri, 16 Feb 2018

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has been awarded exclusivity by Danish energy group Ørsted for the supply and service of wind turbines for the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind project, being developed in British waters, where it will install its SG 8.0-167 DD turbines with total capacity of 1,386 MW. This offshore wind farm, which will be the world's biggest offshore wind farm when operational in 2022, is also the largest offshore project in Siemens Gamesa's history, the biggest to date being Hornsea One (1,218 MW), similarly developed by Ørsted.

Located 89 kilometres off the east coast of England, the wind farm will span 462 km2.

The nacelles will be produced at the new factory in Cuxhaven, Germany, while the majority of blades will be made at the factory in Hull, UK, where the pre-assembly work will also be carried out. Towers are expected to be partly sourced from UK suppliers.

"We are very pleased that Ørsted has placed its trust in Siemens Gamesa once again. Hornsea Project Two will be a benchmark in Europe, not only on account of its size but also its technology. Siemens Gamesa will install the newest model from its offshore platform at this facility. The SG 8.0-167 boosts annual output by 20% and offers higher returns," underscored Andreas Nauen, Offshore CEO at SGRE, who also highlighted the fact that offshore wind power is playing an increasingly important role in Europe's energy mix.

A single 8-MW turbine is capable of generating enough electricity for around 8,000 European households so that the power generated by this complex will cover the annual power consumption needs of around 1.3 million homes.

The new SG 8.0-167 DD is equipped with a rotor 167 metres in diameter. The blades, 81.5 metres long, deliver an 18% wider swept area and 20% more annual output than its predecessor, the SWT-7.0-154. It features the technology proven in the direct drive platform combined with a larger-scale rotor in order to offer customers higher returns while minimising the associated costs and risks.

Siemens Gamesa and Ørsted have already worked together on several offshore projects, notably: Hornsea One, London Array, Race Bank, West of Duddon Sands, Walney Extension East and Westermost Rough in the UK; Anholt in Denmark; and Borkum Riffgrund 1 and Gode Wind 1 and 2, located in German waters.

Source : Strategic Research Institute

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