Wind

Boralex Inc. has announced the Scottish government’s approval for the proposed Shepherds’ Rig wind farm in Scotland.

Fred. Olsen Windcarrier vessel, Bold Tern, has installed 50% of the turbines at the Changfang & Xidao project in Taiwan.

Vestas has received a 158 MW order to repower three undisclosed projects in the USA. The order consists of 72 V120-2.2 MW turbines for the three projects.

Nova East Wind Inc, a joint venture between DP Energy and SBM Offshore, has been established to develop Canada’s first offshore wind farm.

The Hywind Tampen wind farm was recently opened by Crown Prince Haakon of Norway. The wind farm will power, Gullfaks and Snorre, which are the first oil and gas fields in the world to receive power from offshore wind, reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK has been appointed as principle contractor for North Kyle wind farm in Scotland.

Global OTEC Resources and ENOGIA have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop key subsystems of the first commercial-scale Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) floating platforms in São Tomé and Príncipe.

Nordex has been awarded three contracts totalling 189 MW by Rönesans Enerji in Türkiye.

Vestas has received a 288 MW order to power two undisclosed wind farms in the USA.

TagEnergy has signed a renewable power purchase agreement that will see Snowy Hydro take 40% of the energy and green certificates generated by the 756 MW first stage of Golden Plains wind farm.

Prysmian Group has been selected by Amprion as preferred bidder for the two off-shore grid connection systems, BalWin1 and BalWin2, and the underground cable project, DC34.

ACCIONA Energía has announced the start of the construction of Forty Mile, a 280 MW wind project in the County of Forty Mile No. 8 in Alberta, Canada.

The Correll Group has been contracted by Seaway 7 to complete the termination and testing of 29 66kV inter-array cables and four landfall export cables on Zhong Neng offshore wind farm.

Star of the South has confirmed that both the Port of Hastings and a Gippsland port will play important roles in the proposed offshore wind farm’s construction and operation, with an estimated 200 long-term jobs to be created in Gippsland.

SSE Renewables has celebrated the successful installation of the final turbine at the 443 MW Viking wind farm in Shetland, the UK.