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OFFSHORE WIND
BOEM issues offshore wind lighting guidelines
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has published new guidelines on the lighting and marking for offshore wind farms around the US coast.
WaveMaster Horizon plots course for maiden voyage
Shipbuilder Damen has handed over accommodation support vessel WaveMaster Horizon to Bibby Marine Services.
Bernhard Schulte Offshore forms US vessel pact
German shipping manager Bernhard Schulte Offshore and US shipbuilder MidOcean Wind have established a joint venture to build and operate support vessels for the US offshore wind industry.
Offshore wind ‘to be $1 trillion industry'
Global offshore wind capacity could increase 15-fold and attract $1 trillion of cumulative investment by 2040, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Equinor hails Q3 a 'game-changer' for offshore wind
The last three months have been a “game changer” for Norwegian developer Equinor's offshore wind business, according to company chief executive Eldar Sætre.
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Orsted, Equinor ink New York offshore power pacts
Orsted and Equinor have signed power purchase agreements with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority for the 880MW Sunrise Wind and 816MW Empire Wind projects, respectively.
First Subsea delivers more cover at Kincardine
UK company First Subsea is to provide cable protection systems for the 50MW Kindcardine floating offshore wind farm off the coast of Scotland, the company's second contract for the project.
OWC sets up shop in Scotland
Engineering consultancy Offshore Wind Consultants is setting up a Scottish office in Edinburgh to support the country’s offshore wind market.
Orsted makes Polish offshore play
Polish company PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna is in talks with Orsted over the sale of 50% stakes in two offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea with total capacity of up to 2500MW.
Fugro enters Korean offshore wind market
Fugro is partnering with Korean company Underwater Survey Technology 21 (UST21), marking the former's entry into the offshore wind market in South Korea.
ONSHORE WIND
EDPR presses ahead at Indiana Crossroads
EDP Renewables North America is to build the 302MW Indiana Crossroads wind farm in White County, Indiana in the US.
Wooden towers get nod for Swedish wind farm
Swedish wind developer Rabbalshede Kraft has signed a letter of intent for the supply of 10 wooden turbine towers from Modvion for the former’s Fagremo project in Vastra Gotaland county.
Sweden ‘to end wind subsidy in 2021’
Sweden is considering a phase-out of onshore wind subsidies at the same time as Norway in 2021, according to Reuters.
Amazon delivers Scots wind PPA
Internet retailer Amazon is to buy power from a 50MW wind farm in Scotland in what it claims to be the largest corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) in the UK.
Greenbyte energy cloud covers local wind
A subsidiary of Swedish wind energy developer Svevind has selected Greenbyte's energy cloud asset management and monitoring system for its own fleet and portfolio of third-party wind farms.
ALE completes Argentine heavy lift
Heavy lift specialist ALE has completed the transportation, craneage and electro-mechanical installation of 16 turbines for the Loma Blanca 2 wind farm in Argentina.
Chinese team to build Ukraine wind giant
A subsidiary of the State Grid Corporation of China and Norwegian company NBT are teaming up to build the 300MW second and 750MW third phases of the Zofia wind farm in Ukraine.
Deutsche Windtechnik provides Nordic service
The Swedish arm of turbine maintenance company Deutsche Windtechnik has signed a 14-year service agreement with Nordic wind energy developer Rabbalshede Kraft covering Enercon hardware.
TRIG takes reins at Little Raith in Scotland
The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) has acquired the 25MW Little Raith wind farm in Scotland from local developer Kennedy Renewables for an undisclosed price.
Engie wind on Walmart US shopping list
Engie US Wind is to supply electricity to Walmart from two under-construction wind farms in the US under virtual power purchase agreements totalling 366MW.
Axpo inks Polish wind PPA
Axpo Polska is to manage the physical power generated by a 42MW wind farm at Kisielice in Poland for at least 10 years.
SOLAR
Statkraft nets 320MW Irish solar bounty
Statkraft has acquired Irish solar projects of a combined capacity of 320MW from UK developer JBM Solar for an undisclosed sum.
Total Quadran advances PV goals in France
Total Quadran, oil giant Total's renewables subsidiary in France, has five solar projects totalling 63MW due online in the next two years on former industrial sites in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of the country.
Smith Bros to link 500MW UK solar-plus-storage
Smith Brothers Contracting is to provide turnkey electrical engineering services at the 500MW Sunnica solar-plus-storage energy farm in the UK.
WAVE & TIDAL
Orbital strengthens SKF relations
Orbital Marine has signed a strategic contract with SKF for the latter to supply fully integrated power trains for the former's 2MW O2 floating tidal turbine which will be deployed at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney in 2020.
OTHER NEWS
Greencoat Capital snaps up 40MW UK biomass plant
Greencoat Capital has acquired the Templeborough biomass plant in England from Danish investment firm Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.
Brussels green-lights UK capacity market
The European Commission has reinstated state aid approval to the UK capacity market following an in-depth investigation.
Labour unveils net zero blueprint
The UK Labour party has unveiled plans for at least 90% of electricity demand to be met by renewables and low-carbon power by 2030 as part of net zero carbon emission efforts.
UK researchers to launch renewables hub
UK research organisation TWI and the University of Bedfordshire are to establish the Renewables Innovation Centre at the former’s Cambridge headquarters.
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