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Major Order in UK: Deutsche Windtechnik Extends Maintenance Contract For 61 Siemens Wind Turbines

Jan 09, 2024 17:08 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom - Deutsche Windtechnik and Ventient Energy are further expanding their cooperation in turbine service. read more...


1.1 GW Seagreen: Scotland's Largest Offshore Wind Farm Enters Full Operations

Oct 17, 2023 14:31 | Glasgow, Scotland - In Scotland, SSE Renewables and Total Energies have fully commissioned the 1.1 GW Seagreen offshore wind farm. All 114 Vestas V164-10.0 offshore wind turbines, each with a capacity of 10 MW, are now producing electricity. read more...


Cooperation: Mainstream Renewable Power And Ocean Winds to Develop Another Floating ScotWind Wind Farm

Aug 17, 2023 14:27 | Dublin, Ireland - International wind and solar project developer Mainstream Renewable Power and Ocean Winds, the joint venture of EDPR and ENGIE for offshore wind energy, have joined forces for another floating offshore wind project. read more...


Nordex Group Continues Series Of Orders

Dec 06, 2021 10:50 | Hamburg, Germany - Following the mega order for 377 megawatts (MW) from Brazil, wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has received another major order for a Texas wind farm with a total capacity of 300 MW. Nordex will also be supplying 12 turbines with a total capacity of 50 MW for a Scottish wind farm on which infrastructure work is already underway. read more...


World's Largest Floating Offshore Wind Farm Fully Online

Oct 22, 2021 08:36 | Hamburg, Germany - The use of offshore wind energy currently still takes place almost exclusively in shallow waters. But the real potential lies dormant in coastal regions with deep waters. 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...


First 9.5 MW Turbine Installed on a Floating Wind Project in Scotland

Nov 17, 2020 16:28 | Aarhus, Denmark - MHI Vestas has now installed the first V164 9.5 MW turbine, the most powerful turbine in use at a floating wind project, at the installation harbour for the Kincardine floating offshore wind farm. read more...


Vattenfall Gives Nordex the Go-ahead – Start of Construction Work on Scottish Wind Farm

May 26, 2020 09:37 | Hamburg - The Nordex Group will be supplying wind turbines for Vattenfall's largest onshore wind farm in the United Kingdom. The Swedish utility has now given the green light for the construction of the South Kyle onshore wind farm with a total capacity of 240 megawatts (MW). read more...


GE to help Deliver Wind Energy to 375,000 Homes in Scotland

Jan 20, 2020 14:24 | Paris, France – The Grid Solutions business of GE Renewable Energy has been awarded a multi-million dollar project for the design, supply, construction and commissioning of onshore and offshore wind substations for the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm in Scotland. read more...


Seagreen Announces MHI Vestas as Preferred Supplier for Turbines

Oct 23, 2019 11:05 | Aarhus, Denmark - MHI Vestas has entered into a preferred supplier agreement with Seagreen Wind Energy Limited to supply and service up to 114 wind turbines for the Seagreen Offshore Windfarm, Scotland’s newest and largest offshore wind farm. The offshore project is build by SSE Renewables. read more...