Wind Energy

GE Renewable Energy builds world’s largest wind turbine rotor test rig

GE Renewable Energy has announced the construction of the world’s largest test rig for wind turbine rotors. The company says this will also be the most technologically advanced rig in the world, increasing the company’s testing capability for large...

Amazon to invest in 115MW wind facility in Ireland

Digital giant Amazon has planned to expand its renewable energy sourcing capacity in Ireland by investing in a new 115MW wind farm project in Ardderroo, Galway. The Galway wind facility is slated to become operational in 2022. Once operational, energy...

WPD signs agreements for offshore wind farm in Taiwan

Wind projects developer WPD has signed contracts with a group of contractors for its 350MW Guanyin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The construction site lies off the coast of Taoyuan. Construction work will begin there once the Taiwanese Government issues...

RWE installs foundations and cables for 857MW offshore wind farm in UK

German utility RWE has completed undersea work on the 857MW Triton Knoll offshore wind farm in the UK. The company installed 90 turbine foundations and two 50km-long power export cables. RWE owns the majority of the wind farm, and plans...

GE and E energija Partner to Deliver First Large-Scale Wind Farm in Baltic States

GE Renewable Energy will be supplying Cypress 5.3 MW turbines to Lithuania in what is said to be the first significant subsidy-free development in the Baltic states. GE will contribute 13 of its largest onshore wind turbines to create the...

Egypt, Vestas-led intl group agree to build 250-MW wind farm

Egypt’s New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) and an Italian-French-Chilean alliance led by Danish turbine maker Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CPH:VWS) have signed an agreement to realise a 250-MW wind project in the Gulf of Suez. Involving an investment of...

Total JV wins seabed rights for 96-MW floating wind demo off Wales

A joint venture between French oil-and-gas major Total SA and marine energy developer Simply Blue Energy has won seabed rights for a 96-MW floating wind demonstration project off the coast of Wales. The Crown Estate has cleared Blue Gem Wind...

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