Wind

RWE has announced the winners of the global offshore wind co-use competition.

Windar Renovables has delivered, from its Mexican factory, the first offshore tower manufactured in the entire American continent.

RWE has expanded onshore wind capacity in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.

Ørsted has made a multi-million pound investment into UK suppliers for its Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm.

Sarens has signed a memorandum of understanding with Prumo Logística and the Port of Açu to study new solutions to facilitate logistical manoeuvres and the transport of materials for the construction of offshore wind farms in Brazil.

The Nordex Group has received an order from Eco-Optima for 40 MW in Ukraine with a curtailed and tailored logistic and installation scope.

Following an agreement in principle with the UK government, Vestas intends to repurpose its factory on the Isle of Wight to build onshore blades, mainly to support the UK market.

SUSI Partners, through its SUSI Renewable Energy Fund II, has sold the Fund’s 99 WM German wind portfolio to Qualitas Energy.

Ocean Winds has appointed Føn Energy Services to provide a fully integrated balance of plant operations and maintenance service programme for the Moray West and Moray East offshore wind farms in Scotland.

The Nordex Group has received its first order from Montenegro for eight N163/6.X turbines.

Tugdock and Sarens have secured funding to develop a heavy lift operations and maintenance from The Crown Estate.

Muir Mhòr offshore wind farm has submitted two key consent applications for consideration by the relevant authorities.

13 organisations across England, Wales, and Scotland are set to share nearly £5 million in funding through the initial round of The Crown Estate’s innovative Supply Chain Accelerator.

Iberdrola has received a production license from the Portuguese Directorate-General for Energy and Geology of Portugal, taking another step towards the construction of the largest wind farm in Portugal.

Proserv’s advanced Electro Cable Guard will de-risk offshore wind operations at the third phase of Dogger Bank wind farm by identifying signs of transmission cable failure far earlier, allowing proactive measures to be carried out to avoid costly outages.