First Floating Offshore Wind Farm to Power Oil and Gas Platforms Kicks Off

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 14:52:16 +0000

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Siemens Gamesa has bagged a lucrative contract to supply 11 8-MW offshore wind turbines to Equinor’s 88-MW Hywind Tampen floating wind farm, a first-of-its-kind project that will power oil and gas platforms 140 kilometers offshore Norway.  Equinor—as Statoil, Norway’s state-owned oil company, is now named—announced a final investment decision to build Hywind Tampen on Oct. […]

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Taiwanese 376 Megawatt Formosa 2 Offshore Wind Farm Takes Step Closer To Construction

Credit to Author: Joshua S Hill| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 15:56:46 +0000

Offshore wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy announced this week that it had received a firm order for 47 of its 8 megawatt (MW) offshore wind turbines for the 376 MW Formosa 2 Offshore Wind Farm project off the coast of Taiwan. 

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Uptake of GE’s Biggest Wind Turbines Gain Traction

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 13:33:55 +0000

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GE Renewable Energy has made major gains in orders for its 5.3-MW Cypress onshore wind turbine and the 12-MW Haliade-X offshore wind turbine. Prototypes of both are still being tested in the Netherlands. Key Contracts for Innovative 5-MW Onshore Machine  The GE business division introduced the first turbine in the Cypress platform, a 4.8-MW machine, […]

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German Turbine Maker Senvion Eyes Asset Sale To Siemens Gamesa

Credit to Author: Saurabh| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 20:05:31 +0000

Senvion recently reported that it entered an agreement with Siemens Gamesa to discuss the sale of some assets. The agreement is part of insolvency plans agreed upon by Senvion with its creditors. The company is reportedly looking to sell some wind energy projects to Siemens Gamesa, which would be an attractive venture for the latter

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German Turbine Maker Senvion Eyes Asset Sale To Siemens Gamesa

Credit to Author: Saurabh| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 20:05:31 +0000

Senvion recently reported that it entered an agreement with Siemens Gamesa to discuss the sale of some assets. The agreement is part of insolvency plans agreed upon by Senvion with its creditors. The company is reportedly looking to sell some wind energy projects to Siemens Gamesa, which would be an attractive venture for the latter

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Siemens Gamesa Wins 453 Megawatt Order In India

Credit to Author: Saurabh| Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 21:45:54 +0000

Siemens Gamesa continues to win fresh orders under the auction regime of the Indian wind energy sector. The latest order is among the company’s largest to-date after the introduction of competitive wind energy auctions in India

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GE Is Speeding Massive Offshore Wind Turbine to Market

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 13:40:06 +0000

GE Renewable Energy’s mammoth offshore wind 12-MW Haliade-X  turbine is on track for an accelerated commercial launch in 2021, the company said as it unveiled the turbine’s first manufactured components on July 22. Haliade-X features a 220-meter (m) rotor and a 107-m blade designed by GE subsidiary LM Wind Power. The turbine design also includes […]

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GE Gains Vattenfall’s Backing for Massive 12-MW Offshore Wind Turbine

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 12:46:03 +0000

Swedish utility Vattenfall will take up deployment of the massive 12-MW Haliade-X offshore wind turbine in Europe, marking a major milestone for GE Renewable Energy’s effort to boost sales of the largest turbine currently on the market.  The two companies agreed to cooperate after a year of “intensive exchanges during which Vattenfall conducted an in-depth […]

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POWER Digest (April 2019): News Briefs from Around the World

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000

The Netherlands Orders Early Closure of Coal Plants. The Dutch government on March 8 told Swedish power producer Vattenfall to stop using coal at the 650-MW Hemweg-8 hard coal-fired unit in Amsterdam by the

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