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Power Star Configuration: New Subsea Power Distribution System Reduces Costs For Floating Offshore Wind Farms

Jan 03, 2024 15:36 | Fornebu, Norway - Norwegian industrial group Aker Solutions has signed a FEED (Front-End Engineering and Design) contract with the Marine Energy Test Centre (MET Centre) in Norway to test a new subsea power distribution technology. According to Aker, the technology has the potential to significantly reduce the cost and complexity of offshore wind farm projects. read more...


World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm Dogger Bank Produces Electricity For First Time

Oct 12, 2023 15:45 | Stavanger, Norway / London, UK - An important milestone has been reached at the UK mega offshore wind farm Dogger Bank. The first Haliade-X turbine from GE Vernova has produced electricity for the first time and fed it into the grid. read more...


Portugal And Norway Cooperate on Floating Offshore Wind Energy

Sep 25, 2023 22:26 | Lisbon, Portugal - Forum Oceano of Portugal and Norwegian Offshore Wind are both focused on developing a strong supply chain for floating offshore wind energy. read more...


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...