Wind

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.

Iberdrola has begun commissioning of the Askio III wind farm, located in the town of Galatini, in the region of Western Macedonia, Greece.

Al Yamamah Steel Industries has selected Pemamek to supply high-capacity PEMA onshore wind tower production equipment to the company’s Al-Yamamah Wind Energy Systems Factory.

DNV is moving ahead in collaboration with Reodor Studios to create a digital service that will make it easy to plan for sustainable decommissioning and recycling when a wind farm has reached the end of its life cycle.

The wind farm will be situated in Plunge region, Northwest of Lithuania, with a total installed capacity of up to 218 MW, with total expected investment of approximately €300 million.

RES has submitted a planning application for its 21-wind turbine Bloch wind farm to the Scottish government’s Energy Consents Unit for determination.

Pryme Group has launched two specialist tooling systems for offshore wind installations via Caley Ocean Systems.

GE Renewable Energy has selected Mammoet UK to supply onshore heavy lifting and transport for the staging and assembly of turbine components for the Dogger Bank Wind Farm.

Bureau Veritasm, in partnership with the Korean Register, has been appointed to lead the project certification of Bada Energy’s Gray Whale 3, a major floating offshore wind farm project in the Republic of Korea.

The repowering of the wind farm has increased production by more than 50% through the installation of six next-generation wind turbines, for an upgraded installed capacity of 18 MW.

Community Offshore Wind, a joint venture between RWE Renewables and National Grid, has awarded Fugro an offshore survey contract to support site appraisal and concept design activities in the New York Bight.

To help the US reach its offshore wind generation targets, the companies are teaming up to provide engineering, procurement, fabrication, and construction of offshore substations.

At the end of September in the Saint Nazaire dock basins, Lhyfe launched its Sealhyfe project to deliver the world’s first offshore renewable hydrogen production prototype.

Vestas has secured a 21 MW order with wpd AG in Taiwan that includes five V117-4.2 MW turbines with 91.5 m towers in two wind projects.

Global industry organisations representing wind, solar, hydropower, green hydrogen, long duration energy storage and geothermal energy industries have officially joined forces under one Global Renewables Alliance, with the signing of a memorandum of understanding at COP27.