Baltic Power completes turbine installation
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Installation of all 76 turbines at the Baltic Power offshore wind farm has been completed. Poland’s first offshore wind farm is now in the commissioning and testing phase, ahead of full operation in the coming months.
Inspire Environmental appoints ecosystem ecology director
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Inspire Environmental, a Venterra Group company, has appointed Dr Ewan Edwards as director of ecosystem ecology. Edwards has nearly two decades of experience in marine ecology, environmental science and offshore energy. H
Natural Power completes owner’s engineer role at Romanian wind farm
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Natural Power has supported Nala Renewables as owner’s engineer during the construction of the Green Breeze Wind Farm in Romania. Located mainly in the municipality of Cuca, in Galati County, the wind farm comprises 16 Vestas V162-6.2 MW turbines.
Floating wind industry sets out action plan for commercialisation
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More than 50 companies and organisations working in floating wind have set out an industry action plan aimed at supporting the commercialisation of the technology and developing floating wind in countries with deep coastal waters. The initiative aims to address barriers to floating wind deployment and improve collaboration across the sector. Its action plan focuses on demonstrating the value of floating wind and reducing costs, scaling the supply chain, and improving access to finance and insurance.
Internet-facing systems exposed at European wind and solar sites
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Research by The Hague-based internet intelligence company Modat and the Dutch National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NL) has identified 8,547 internet-facing systems at European solar parks and wind farms that should not be directly accessible from the internet. These include exposed administrative interfaces and control panels. The researchers mapped operating wind farms and solar parks in 40 countries across the European Union, European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and EU candidate states, and found exposed systems in 35 countries.
KK Group secures US repowering order
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KK Group will provide converter control upgrades for 33 GE 1.5 MW turbines operated by a US utility, with the aim of extending the operating life of the existing turbines. Under the project, KK Group will replace the existing converter controllers with its CMC1 Converter Controller. The upgrade is intended to support continued operation and grid compliance while retaining the existing converters and other major turbine components.
Full Circle Wind Services secures French wind farm maintenance contract
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Full Circle Wind Services has secured a five-year operations and maintenance contract with NTR covering five Nordex N90 turbines at the Momerstroff Wind Farm in the Grand Est region of France. The turbines have a combined capacity of 12.5 MW and have been operating for around 20 years.
Airspection demonstrates long-range drone flights for offshore wind
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Glasgow-based drone company Airspection has completed a round trip of around 14 km over the open sea, operating entirely beyond the operator’s line of sight. The flights were carried out as part of a programme supported by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to develop the evidence needed for routine long-range drone operations in UK airspace. Airspection carried out the flights off Liverpool Bay, launching from the shore and operating the aircraft towards a working offshore wind farm before returning to shore.
Forum Energy Technologies appoints representative in Japan
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Forum Energy Technologies (FET) has appointed Amariko Co., Ltd. as its local representative for the Dynacon product family in Japan. Amariko will provide business development, technical and administrative support to Dynacon customers in the country.
UK funding supports development of DeepWind test site
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UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has awarded EMEC funding to advance the development of DeepWind, a national floating and deepwater wind test site. DeepWind is intended to provide plug-and-play infrastructure in a representative environment where technologies can be tested and validated before commercial deployment.
- Blade damage reported at Greater Changhua 4 offshore wind farm
- Measnet site assessment test shows consistency across laboratories
- Victoria identifies transmission route for first offshore wind projects
- Subsea Micropiles collaborates with Pentland floating offshore wind farm
- High-altitude wind turbine reaches 365 metres in Germany
- Camera system provides data on bird collisions offshore
- Ukraine wind auction attracts 1.22 GW of bids
- US senators agree permitting reforms for energy projects
- European Commission approves three cross-border renewable energy projects
- Rezolv Energy energises first phase of Vifor wind farm in Romania
- Nexans expands high-voltage cable production in Belgium
- EWE, RWE and Vattenfall sell alpha ventus shares to Ocean Breeze Energy
- Vestas adds 522 MW to fourth-quarter order intake
- Verlume completes hyperbaric testing of Orah subsea battery system
- Windward Offshore names Windward Munich in Hamburg
- Brazil power reforms support growth in renewable capacity
- Iberdrola expands transmission network alliance with GIC in Brazil
- EST-Floattech to supply battery system for Marco Polo Marine CSOV
- Boskalis awarded inter-array cable contract for Zeevonk offshore wind farm
- Vestas reports new wind turbine orders across several markets
- deugro transports time-critical wind turbine components from China to Germany
- CGN commissions 2 GW Yangjiang offshore wind project
- Vestas secures 614 MW of orders in Australia
- Nabrawind and Envision obtain type certification for 188 metres turbine configuration
- Barrow offshore wind farm marks 20 years of operation
- Nordex secures 175 MW of orders in France, Portugal and Spain
- Labour proposes publicly owned GB Grid for faster connections
- BSM acquires 50% stake in OffshoreCrew
- Nordex Group receives 42 MW order from Navaris in Germany
- Vestas announces orders in Denmark and Italy totalling 65 MW
