Drammen - Draka Offshore announced today they have been selected by PNE WIND AG as the technical development partner responsible for designing the subsea inter-array power system for the Gode Wind II offshore wind farm project.
ACCIONA Energy will receive up to 13.79 million Canadian dollars (10.28 million euros at the present exchange rate) over ten years from the Government of Canada as an incentive for the Lamèque wind farm that the company is now building in the province of New Brunswick (eastern Canada).
Juwi is moving its US wind-energy headquarters in September from Cleveland to Boulder, Colorado, a state that offers a large renewable energy resource pool that the company can tap for expansion.
A2SEA - owned 51 % by Dong Energy and 49 % by Siemens Wind Power - has signed a contract with Chinese company Cosco Shipyard Group Co., Ltd., for the construction of a new jack-up vessel specially designed for the purpose of installation of offshore wind turbines.
Australian integrated energy company Origin Energy Limited (Origin) and New Zealand's TrustPower announced the signing of Origin's largest ever wind power purchase agreement in which it will be supplied the renewable energy generated by TrustPower’s planned Snowtown II Wind Farm in South Australia.
Siemens has obtained a contract to install wind turbines with a total capacity of 115 MW in Chile. The El Arrayán project, which awarded the contract, is a joint venture between Pattern Energy and Ashmore Energy International (AEI). The Chilean mining concern Antofagasta also has a stake in the project.
OutSmart will open an offshore wind operations centre for the German market in Emden at the end of this year. The operations centre will be manned 24/7 to operate offshore wind farms in the German North Sea and coordinate maintenance and logistic activities. Launching customer is Trianel for wind farm Borkum West 2 that is currently under construction.
Protecting porpoises from harmful noises during the driving of foundation piles into the seabed remains a critical factor in the construction of offshore wind farms in the North and Baltic seas. In the past, the noise emission limit of 160 dB (decibels) at 750 m from the source was often exceeded by 10 dB, i.e. by a factor of 10. As a comparison, a jet plane emits around 140 dB at 30 m.
The wind turbine manufacturer Nordex won the contract for the delivery and construction of the wind farm Honkajoki from the Finnish asset management company Taaleritehdas. The 21.6 MW wind farm includes nine turbines from the series N117/2400, which will be installed on 120 m high towers.
The interactive infographic map is showing the cumulative installed wind power capacity per country and continent from 1981 to 2013.
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