The world’s largest freshwater wind farm is now online
Windpark Fryslân, the world’s largest freshwater wind farm that sits in the Netherlands’ Lake IJssel, is now fully commissioned.
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China’s offshore wind growth drives more than 300GW wind capacity installed
China is the world’s biggest polluter – and it’s also the world’s leader in clean energy growth. China’s cumulative installed onshore and offshore wind capacity has now reached 302.2 gigawatts (GW), according to Windpower Intelligence (WPI), the data and research division of Windpower Monthly.
Expand Expanding ClosePhase 3 of the world’s largest offshore wind farm moves forward
British utility SSE and Norwegian energy giant Equinor announced late last week that they have secured financing to proceed with the construction of the $3.98 billion Dogger Bank C offshore wind farm off England’s northeast coast.
Expand Expanding CloseWorld’s largest wind turbine maker bounces back from cyberattack
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas suffered a ransomware attack on November 19. But the world’s largest wind turbine maker said today that almost all of its IT systems are back online.
Expand Expanding CloseAustralia, which won COP26’s booby prize, greenlights offshore wind
Australia has the world’s highest uptake of rooftop solar, but it also has a huge dependency on coal. And the country just threw open the door to another clean energy source: offshore wind. On Thursday, its Parliament passed a law that establishes a regulatory framework for offshore wind power.
Expand Expanding CloseThe US’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm breaks ground
Vineyard Wind 1, the US’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, has officially broken ground. It’s also the first project of its kind in the Americas region.
Expand Expanding CloseBelgian, Italian firms land $1.1B contract for the largest US offshore wind farm
A consortium of Belgian dredging company Deme Group and Italian cable manufacturer Prysmian Group has been awarded a $1.1 billion contract by Dominion Energy Virginia to help build what will be the largest offshore wind farm in the US, the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project.
Expand Expanding CloseThe first US subsea cable plant for offshore wind farms opens in Charleston
Paris-headquartered global cable company Nexans has officially opened the US’s first high-voltage subsea cable plant. The Charleston, South Carolina factory will supply the fledgling yet soon-to-boom US offshore wind market. The plant is the only facility of its kind in North America.
Expand Expanding CloseEquinor pulls out of Ireland, and a $2.3B floating offshore wind farm
Norwegian wind giant Equinor is not only pulling out of what would be the Atlantic’s first floating offshore wind farm, it’s also pulling out of doing business in Ireland altogether.
Expand Expanding CloseUS to expand offshore wind in the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico
The Biden administration’s Department of the Interior yesterday announced new actions to build offshore wind farms in the Atlantic, off the coasts of Massachusetts and the Carolinas, and in the Gulf of Mexico.
Expand Expanding CloseJaguar Land Rover EVs will ferry world leaders at UN climate summit – even with a snag [Update]
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- Jaguar Land Rover will provide electric cars for delegates at COP26 in Glasgow.
- The floating offshore wind pipeline has reached 54 GW, and European countries lead.
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The US is getting its first offshore wind blade factory
Spain-headquartered renewables giant Siemens Gamesa announced today that it will build a new offshore wind turbine blade factory in Virginia. The $200 million factory will be the first of its kind in the US.
Expand Expanding CloseØrsted is going big on US offshore wind and this is what it needs to succeed
Denmark-headquartered Ørsted is the largest offshore wind company in the world. David Hardy, who became CEO of Ørsted Offshore North America in October 2020, testified today on Capitol Hill, before the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Energy Subcommittee. Here’s what he said this morning.
Expand Expanding CloseClean energy jobs: Here’s what happened in 2020, and what’s coming
Clean energy employment reached 12 million globally in 2020, up from 11.5 million in 2019, according to a report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), the eighth edition of “Renewable Energy and Jobs: Annual Review 2021.”
Expand Expanding CloseThe world’s largest offshore wind farm just hit two major milestones
The UK’s Hornsea Two offshore wind farm, soon to be the world’s largest when it’s completed next year, just achieved a couple of major construction milestones.
Expand Expanding CloseAlmost the entire US coastline could now host offshore wind farms
US Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland yesterday unveiled the path forward for future offshore wind leases. The Biden-Harris administration’s goal is to deploy 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy by 2030.
Expand Expanding CloseEGEB: This floating wind platform with tilted towers earns a European patent
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- Hexicon’s tilted towers floating wind power platform earns a European patent.
- The Solar Energy Industries Association launches a new diversity certification program.
- The Argonne National Laboratory is offering a free 15-minute webinar about threats to rare earth minerals.
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EGEB: Ireland launches its first offshore wind auction
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- Ireland opens a consultation of its first offshore wind auction.
- North Carolina’s governor is about to sign a major clean energy bill. Here are 3 standouts.
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EGEB: GM, GE to collaborate on boosting EV rare earth materials supply
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- General Motors, GE Renewable Energy will develop a rare earth materials supply chain for EVs, renewables.
- Scotland may get an offshore wind farm underwater substation.
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EGEB: This breakthrough research makes battery recycling more cost effective
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- Scientists have taken another step toward making Li-ion battery recycling economical.
- The “world’s largest” floating wind farm is being planned off the coast of Scotland.
- Canadian clean energy company Amp builds a microgrid for a Native American tribe.
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Maryland’s Skipjack Wind 1 offshore wind farm leaps forward with a $20M facility
Ørsted’s Skipjack Wind 1 will be a 120-megawatt (MW) offshore wind farm in Maryland that will power 40,000 homes once it goes live in the second half of 2026. It will generate $225 million in economic investment and create nearly 1,400 jobs in the state. Large offshore wind farms give rise to other projects, such as a new $20 million maintenance facility in Maryland for Skipjack Wind 1, which the Danish wind giant announced today.
Expand Expanding CloseEGEB: Here’s where global energy consumption is going if we don’t make changes
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- The US Energy Information Administration releases its International Energy Outlook 2021 report.
- Maine applies for a lease in federal waters for the US’s first offshore wind research site.
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GE’s huge Haliade-X 14 MW offshore wind turbine is now operational
GE Renewable Energy today announced that its Haliade-X offshore wind turbine prototype is now running at 14 megawatts in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. This means that GE Renewable Energy is now the first to operate a wind turbine at a power output this high.
Expand Expanding CloseEGEB: First major US offshore wind farm achieves $2.3B financial close
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- At $2.3B, Vineyard Wind is one of the largest clean energy project investments in the US.
- Rochester is New York State’s largest municipality to launch a community choice clean energy program.
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