News Germany erects 300m mast for super-tall wind farms The German Ministry for Economic Affairs (BMWK) has erected a 300m-high onshore wind power testing mast to prepare for a new generation of wind turbines. The mast was erected in…
News Siemens, Dragados win €7bn contract to build offshore wind converter platforms A joint venture between Siemens Energy and Spain’s Dragados Offshore has landed a €7bn contract to design and build three offshore wind-farm energy converter platforms in the German North Sea…
News Norway starts race to develop major offshore wind farms Norway this week opened competitions to develop offshore wind farms in two areas of its continental shelf, the first step in its plan to generate 30GW a year this way…
News Ferrovial and RWE to work together on floating wind farms off the coast of Spain Spanish contractor Ferrovial and German energy company RWE have agreed to work together to develop, construct and operate floating windfarm off the coast of Spain. Ferrovial has submitted expressions of…
News Germany to install up to five wind turbines a day by 2030 German chancellor Olaf Scholz has said his government plans to accelerate the construction of wind turbines in Germany, broadcaster Deutsche Welle reports. Speaking to the weekly newspaper Bild am Sonntag,…
News Skanska to oversee construction of New York wind port Swedish contractor Skanska has won a construction management deal to build an offshore wind hub, which will be connected to two wind farms. Two offshore wind farms, Empire Wind and…
News China Three Gorges begins work on offshore wind farm with world’s largest turbines China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG) has begun work on the first offshore wind scheme to employ 16MW turbines. The company is installing the units on the second phase of its…
News SeaTwirl’s vertical-axis floating turbine gets green light in Norway Norwegian wind power company SeaTwirl can go ahead with testing its 1MW vertical-axis floating wind turbine off the coast at Boknafjorden after regulators rejected appeals against the trial. The Nasdaq-listed…
News World’s biggest wind turbine planned; could power town of 100,000 Chinese company Mingyang Smart Energy has announced plans to build the world’s largest offshore wind turbine, a unit with a rotor diameter of 280m that would be able to supply…
News Four-country deal to send Caspian wind power to EU Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania, and Hungary agreed Saturday to supply Europe with electricity generated by wind farms that Azerbaijan plans to build in the Caspian Sea. Supported by the EU, the…
News Eiffage lands heavy fabrication deal for big French offshore wind farm Eiffage Métal, a unit of French construction group Eiffage, has won a contract to fabricate 62 heavy components for a 496MW wind farm planned off the western Atlantic coast of…
News Thai-Chinese venture plans $1.5bn onshore wind farm in Laos Thai energy company Bangchak Corporation (BCPG) will join forces with PowerChina International to build a $1.5bn wind farm in Laos. The two companies yesterday signed an agreement to cooperate on…
