Wind

EOLINK has selected NOV-BLM to supply the mooring chain connectors and chain tensioner package for the Eolink 5 MW floating wind turbine pilot project in France.

KBR has been awarded a contract to provide engineering services for an offshore energy storage project for CrossWind, a joint venture between Shell and Eneco.

North Star has secured a £140 million financing package to support the next phase of its offshore wind growth plan.

WSP has been appointed is to assess the environmental impact of two proposed offshore floating wind farms, as part of the Scotwind leasing process in Scotland on behalf of ScottishPower Renewables and Shell.

Sumitomo Corporation has acquired an equity stake in AMUNET WIND POWER COMPANY S.A.E. and signed a loan agreement with a group of banks in relation to its onshore wind independent power producer project in Egypt.

This move is to support the demands of its solar and onshore wind development pipeline in Ireland, which has now grown to over 900 MW.

Western Power Offshore Developments were in the early stages of developing the East Celtic Wind Farm project off the coast of Ireland.

The Business Network for Offshore Wind has announced a new partnership with Leading Light Wind that will help grow the US offshore wind industry and its supply chain.

The company progresses towards the implementation of a 1 GW wind energy project.

Susie Lind has been appointed as new Managing Director, overseeing the partnership as they seek to develop floating offshore wind projects in the UK.

PD&MS Group has secured a three year framework agreement to support SSE Renewables on the 1075 MW Seagreen offshore wind farm located in the North Sea firth.

In partnership with renewable energy enterprise, TagEnergy, Vestas will deliver the EPC for the first stage of Golden Plains wind farm, a 756 MW project in Victoria, Australia.

Octopus Energy Generation’s match-making platform for wind energy identifies 2.3 GW of potential new British onshore wind energy that could be unleashed where people want it.

MunmuBaram, a joint venture between Shell and HEXICON AB, has named Vestas as the preferred turbine supplier for the 1.3 GW MunmuBaram floating offshore wind project in South Korea.

Six Vestas wind turbines (type V136) with a rated power of 4.2 MW will generate enough green electricity to cover the annual needs of more than 22 000 Italian households.