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WEBGE's Haliade-X blade failures highlight new giant offshore wind turbine challenges: analysts No end in sight as US developers push ever-taller onshore wind turbines: DoE report Cadeler backlog soars as offshore wind vessel leader banks on super-sized turbine installation Vattenfall-led hydrogen-fuelled steel to take step towards industrial scale Far …
US Biden administration announces 3.1GW floating wind lease …
WEB2 days ago — The US Department of the Interior will sell some 194,995-acres (789 km 2) in two wind energy areas (WEAs) off the coast of Oregon on 15 October, the sixth leasing round by President Joe Biden’s administration and the second in deep Pacific Ocean waters. The auction by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) under the …
Biden agency's roadmap would fast-track historic ramp of utility …
WEB2 days ago — President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday announced its proposed roadmap for a potential accelerated historic ramp of utility-scale development on federal lands in 11 western US states administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The Western Solar Plan, if adopted, identifies 31 million acres (12.5 million ha) of land from a ...
Orsted to double headcount in Rhode Island with newly created …
WEB2 days ago — Published 3 minutes ago. Leading US offshore wind developer Orsted is set to double headcount at its new Providence, Rhode Island, headquarters on newly formed EPC [engineering, procurement and construction] unit. The move to a larger facility downtown is part of the Danish developer’s $1.5bn investment into the Ocean State, where it owns ...
Vattenfall offshore wind project to power Salzgitter green steel ...
WEB3 days ago — Bernd Radowitz. European Editor, Recharge. Vattenfall will supply part of the output of its near-gigawatt Nordlicht 1 wind project to German metals giant Salzgitter for the production of low emission green steel. The Swedish utility under a power purchase agreement (PPA) from 2028 on will deliver the power output of 75MW to Salzgitter – the ...
Canada’s 'largest onshore wind project' sends first power to grid
WEB3 days ago — At the end of 2023, Canada boasted 21.9 GW of installed wind and solar capacity and energy storage, according to the Canadian Renewable Energy Association. Canada’s target of achieving a net zero grid by 2035 has however been thrown into doubt by new rules it is claimed will “throttle” the buildout of wind and solar farms in Alberta ...
Rising costs prompt Equinor to give up Iberian offshore wind …
WEB3 days ago — European Editor, Recharge. Published 3 minutes ago. Equinor has given up its plans for offshore wind in Spain and Portugal and could exit from more countries to save costs, the Norwegian oil giant’s head of renewables, Pal Eitrheim, said in Stavanger, Norway. The company last week had already cancelled plans to invest in wind at sea in ...
'Hydrogen could meet quarter of world's energy needs – at $11 …
WEBMar 30, 2020 — The study offers a rebuff to hopes that green hydrogen could entirely vanquish the ‘blue’ variety produced using gas. BloombergNEF still sees a possible “significant role” in some markets for hydrogen produced from fossil fuels but decarbonised using carbon capture and storage, citing China and Germany as examples of countries …
Solar makes up 75% of new US power generation in first quarter …
WEBJun 6, 2024 — US first quarter grid-scale solar installations surged 135% to a record 9.8GW versus a year earlier, as developers were able to tap greater imported panel supply and partially complete a backlog of projects that were slated to come online in 2023, according to a new report by Wood Mackenzie and Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).
Construction giant Bouygues buys concrete floating wind design …
WEBSep 14, 2022 — Darius Snieckus. Updated 14 September 2022, 05:59. French construction giant Bouygues Travaux Publics (BTP) has acquired an innovative concrete floating wind platform concept developed by Norwegian offshore engineering outfit Olav Olsen with a view to accelerating the design into mass production for the emerging market. The deal …