Nine European Countries Agree: North Sea to Become Europe's Green Power Plant With 120 GW Offshore Wind Capacity by 2030

Apr 29, 2023 13:28 | Ostend, Belgium - In Ostend, Belgium, the heads of state and government and the energy ministers of nine countries have agreed on closer cooperation in the utilization of offshore wind energy in the North Sea. By 2030 alone, the installed offshore wind power capacity is initially to increase to 120 GW (120,000 MW), and the further utilization potential is enormous. read more...

Siemens Gamesa Preferred Supplier For Polish Offshore Wind Farms

Feb 23, 2022 16:12 | Stavanger, Norway - In Poland, the expansion of offshore wind energy continues to gain momentum. Norwegian energy company Equinor and Polish partner Polenergia have selected a preferred wind turbine supplier for two projects. read more...

Scot Wind Programme: Scotland Plans Up to 10 GW Offshore Wind Capacity

Jul 20, 2021 14:51 | Edinburgh, Scotland - The Scottish government is pushing ahead with the further expansion of offshore wind energy. By the ScotWind programme, offshore areas can be leased. The application deadline for the first round was 16 July 2021. read more...

AEG Power Solutions Secures Power Supply for Dogger Bank Transformer Platform

Dec 08, 2020 12:23 | Zwanenburg, The Netherlands - In the British North Sea, the currently world's largest offshore wind farm Dogger Bank is being built. The Norwegian EPC Aibel, specialized in off-shore industries, will supply two HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) substation platforms (which converts the wind turbines' AC voltage into DC voltage for more efficient transport to the mainland) for the Dogger Bank A and Dogger Bank B projects. read more...

Strategic Research Cooperation: Equinor Increasingly Focuses on Offshore Wind Energy

Dec 04, 2020 13:14 | Stavanger, Norway - The Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor continues to drive the transformation forward and focuses on offshore wind energy. read more...

Reducing Risk: Equinor Sells Shares in the British Doggerbank Offshore Wind Project

Dec 04, 2020 12:49 | Stavanger, Norway - Norwegian energy company Equinor has reached an agreement with Italian energy group Eni to acquire a stake in Dogger Bank's offshore wind farm projects A and B. Eni will then acquire a 10 percent stake from Equinor for a total price of approximately GBP 202.5 million. read more...

Scatec Solar ASA - SN Power to Acquire its First Wind Farm in Vietnam

Nov 05, 2020 14:30 | Oslo, Norway – SN Power AS, has signed a binding agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in the 39.4 MW Dam Nai Wind Power Joint Stock Company in Vietnam from Mekong Wind Pte Ltd which is fully owned by the Singapore based Armstrong South East Asia Clean Energy Fund. read more...

Nordex Achieves Substantial Order Growth in the First Quarter of 2020

Apr 06, 2020 17:12 | Hamburg, Germany - The Nordex Group closed the first quarter of 2020 with high order receipts. Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, orders were up substantially. Despite the corona pandemic, turbine construction is also continuing. read more...

Supply Contract Awarded for Largest Floating Offshore Wind Farm

Nov 07, 2019 12:45 | Zamudio, Spain - The world’s largest floating wind power plant will be installed in Norway, equipped with 11 Siemens Gamesa SG 8.0-167 DD turbines. Scheduled to be commissioned in late 2022, Hywind Tampen will be the first ever floating wind power plant to power offshore oil and gas platforms. read more...

KNOC and Equinor Sign MOU for Commercial Floating Wind Farm

Feb 20, 2019 10:33 | Stavanger, Norway - Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) and Equinor ASA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly explore the opportunities to develop commercial floating offshore wind in South Korea. read more...