European JV to Make Offshore Wind Floater for 15MW Turbines Updated On Thu, Feb 10th, 2022 by Saurenergy French engineering and technology company Technip Energies has acquired a 16.3% stake in Spanish renewable energy startup X1 Wind, which claims to have designed an innovative and disruptive offshore wind turbine floater with major environmental and operational benefits. The two companies will collaborate on the development of the first commercial-scale demonstrator, as well as the related industrialization and […] Read more
Norway to Launch 1.5 GW Offshore Wind Tender in Late 2022 Updated On Thu, Feb 10th, 2022 by Saurenergy Norway will launch its first tender for offshore wind turbines in the southern North Sea later this year. The government has confirmed that the project will be bottom-fixed to develop 1.5 GW of electricity meant to power the Norwegian mainland. The growth of Norway’s offshore wind industry would enable the country to transition from oil […] Read more
UK Grants 1st Reactive Power Contract to Offshore Wind Farm Updated On Wed, Feb 9th, 2022 by Saurenergy The National Grid ESO of the United Kingdom (UK) has awarded a contract to an offshore wind farm to help keep voltage levels in the national power network stable. As per the National Grid ESO, the contract is the first of its kind in the UK. The contract is for a ten-year period which will […] Read more
ABB to Upgrade Eneti’s Offshore Wind Installation Vessels Updated On Tue, Feb 8th, 2022 by Saurenergy South Korea-based Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Ltd. (DSME) will deliver two wind turbine installation vessels (WTIV) to Monaco-based offshore wind construction giant Eneti Inc. The deal is worth $330 million and the delivery is expected between the third quarter of 2024 and second quarter of 2025. ABB – the global leader in automation, digitization […] Read more
Energy Vault Inks $100 M Deal to Deploy its Energy Storage Tech in China Updated On Wed, Feb 2nd, 2022 by Saurenergy Swiss energy storage firm Energy Vault has announced a License and Royalty agreement for renewable energy storage with Atlas Renewable and their majority investor China Tianying, an international environmental management and waste remediation corporation engaged in smart urban environmental services, resource recycling and recovery, and zero-carbon clean energy technologies. The agreement supports the deployment of […] Read more
Led by Amazon, Corporates Bought 31.1 GW Clean Energy in 2021: BNEF Updated On Wed, Feb 2nd, 2022 by Saurenergy Corporations bought a record 31.1 gigawatts of clean energy through power purchase agreements, or PPAs, in 2021, up nearly 24% from the previous year’s record of 25.1GW, according to research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). Over two thirds of this purchasing (65%) occurred in the U.S. However, also underpinning the strong growth is a surge in activity […] Read more
WPD Eyes 1.9GW Offshore Wind Projects in Black Sea, Romania Updated On Wed, Feb 2nd, 2022 by Saurenergy German company WPD has applied to develop two offshore wind farms in the Black Sea off the Romanian coast. The total proposed capacity of the projects is 1.9GW. Two separate companies have been established, namely, the Black Sea 1 (with a capacity of 500MW) and the Black Sea 2 (with capacity up to 1.4GW), said […] Read more
S Korea’s Doosan Heavy Unveils 8MW Offshore Wind Turbine Prototype Updated On Tue, Feb 1st, 2022 by Saurenergy South Korea-based Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has announced that it has completed the implementation of the 8MW offshore wind turbine prototype at the Korea Wind Power Demonstration Center, South Jeolla Province. The commissioning process will be initiated at the end of this month, after which international certification for the wind turbine will be obtained […] Read more
China Now A Superpower In Offshore Wind Too, With Highest Installs In 2021 Updated On Thu, Jan 27th, 2022 by Saurenergy Offshore Wind, one of the last renewable energy bastions where European manufacturers and countries still dominated, has finally seen China arrive in style in 2021. Figures shared across multiple sources including the National Energy Administration of China place China’s offshore wind capacity additions in 2021 at 17 GW. That figure takes total offshore wind capacity […] Read more
