News European Investment Bank agrees loan for Bosnian wind farm The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to loan €36m towards the construction of a 50MW windfarm in Bosnia Herzegovina. The Vlasic facility will contain 18 wind turbines, capable of…
News Californian port gets $427m for an offshore wind farm terminal The US Department of Transportation has given a $427m grant to a port and power project in northern California. The money will pay for a terminal at Humboldt Bay, a…
News OX2 and Ikea owner to develop giant Swedish wind farm for hydrogen Swedish renewable energy developer OX2 has teamed up with Ingka Investments, the owner of the Ikea furniture chain, to develop the Neptunus wind and hydrogen hub off Sweden’s southeast coast.…
News Netherlands to get world’s largest green hydrogen plant The Mitsubishi Corporation will invest $690m in developing the world’s largest green hydrogen plant in the Netherlands, Nikkei Asia reports. The Japanese industrial conglomerate has teamed up with Dutch renewable…
News The world’s heaviest wheeled crane makes its debut at wind farm site in China The world’s heaviest wheeled crane has completed its first lift at a wind farm in Yingkou, in China’s south–central Liaoning Province. The XCA3000, which is made by state-owned company XCMG,…
News Dubai firm invests in $600m Ethiopian wind farm Dubai renewables developer AMEA Power has signed a deal with the Ethiopian finance ministry to invest in an 18,000-hectare wind farm in the Horn of Africa region. Set to cost…
News Adani gets $1.36bn to build world’s biggest solar, wind park Indian conglomerate Adani has secured a loan of $1.36bn from a consortium of banks to build the world’s largest solar and wind park at Khavda in the western state of…
News Estonian contractor wins Lithuanian wind farm contract A €45m contract has been awarded to Estonian construction company Merko Ehitus to build foundations and roads for a 28-turbines windfarm located in Lithuania’s western Kelmė district. Merko Ehitus subsidiary…
News Danish investors propose $1.3bn offshore wind farm for Bangladesh Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, an investment company specialising in wind power ventures, has joined with consultant Copenhagen Offshore Partners to propose a $1.3bn project to the government of Bangladesh. According to…
News Massive wind farm off New Jersey coast approved The US government yesterday approved Danish energy company Ørsted’s plans to build the first-ever wind farm off the coast of New Jersey. Ocean Wind I will be built off the…
News Ikea owner and OX2 get green light to build 1.5GW offshore wind farm Stockholm developer OX2 and Ikea owner Ingka Investments have set a target date of 2027 to begin work on their Triton offshore wind farm in Sweden. The announcement came after…
Markets Mott MacDonald taps into growing Japanese offshore wind market UK-headquartered consulting engineer Mott MacDonald has helped Japan’s Hibiki Wind Energy and syndicated lenders reach financial close on the 220MW Kitakyushu Hibikinada offshore wind farm in western Japan. The company…
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…