Ørsted Plans Battery Storage to Support Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 19:30:28 +0000

Regulators in the UK have given the go-ahead for renewable energy developer Ørsted to build a utility-scale battery energy storage project to serve the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm. The South Norfolk Council—the planning authority for the region—on Jan. 11 unanimously approved the storage facility, which will feature lithium-ion battery technology and be built on […]

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A 1st in the U.S., Unions Announce Deal to Build Offshore Wind Farms (Video)

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Mon, 09 May 2022 03:53:09 +0000

The National Offshore Wind Agreement sets industry on a course to build an equitable offshore workforce with family-sustaining careers

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Burns & McDonnell Awarded Contract for Ocean Wind 1 Offshore Project

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2022 18:03:15 +0000

The first three major construction contracts have been awarded for the 1,100-MW Ocean Wind 1 offshore project that will provide electricity to New Jersey. Ocean Wind 1 is a joint venture between Ørsted and Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), which provides electricity for much of New Jersey. Those groups on April 25 announced Burns & […]

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Norway Setting Strategy for Offshore Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2022 04:13:00 +0000

Offshore wind is big business in the North Sea, with dozens of wind power installations commissioned in the region over the past two decades. Norway, a country that gets 98% of its power from renewable energy

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Hornsea One Will Power Millions of UK Homes

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 08:00:43 +0000

Hornsea One, the world’s largest offshore wind farm, is almost complete and will power millions of homes in Britain. The farm will span an area of 407 square kilometers, which is over 5 times the size of the city of Hull. Each wind turbine is around 100 meters tall and the blades are 75 meters long

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Ørsted Divests “Loss-Making” LNG Business

Credit to Author: Joshua S Hill| Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 17:35:10 +0000

Danish renewable energy giant Ørsted announced last week that it has signed an agreement with leading global natural resources company Glencore to divest itself of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) business

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Connecticut Gives Go-Ahead for 804-MW Offshore Wind Project

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 17:51:50 +0000

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Vineyard Wind’s 804-MW Park City project was given the go-ahead by Connecticut officials on Dec. 5, with regulators saying Vineyard’s bid in an offshore wind solicitation was “lower than any other publicly announced offshore wind project in North America.” Vineyard Wind competed against other groups in the bidding, including developers backed by Ørsted and Shell. […]

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