News Four-country deal to send Caspian wind power to EU Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania, and Hungary agreed Saturday to supply Europe with electricity generated by wind farms that Azerbaijan plans to build in the Caspian Sea. Supported by the EU, the…
News Eiffage lands heavy fabrication deal for big French offshore wind farm Eiffage Métal, a unit of French construction group Eiffage, has won a contract to fabricate 62 heavy components for a 496MW wind farm planned off the western Atlantic coast of…
News Thai-Chinese venture plans $1.5bn onshore wind farm in Laos Thai energy company Bangchak Corporation (BCPG) will join forces with PowerChina International to build a $1.5bn wind farm in Laos. The two companies yesterday signed an agreement to cooperate on…
News Spanish company plans €2bn floating windfarm for Galician coast Spanish renewables company Capital Energy has submitted plans to Spanish authorities to build a €2bn floating wind farm off the northwest coast of Spain, Nova News reports. The so-called Breogán…
Innovation Up next in the wind revolution: Wooden turbine blades Finnish wood supplier Stora Enso has teamed up with German start-up Voodin Blades to develop wooden blades for wind turbines. They say it’ll be a sustainable alternative to conventional blades,…
News Swedish firm plans $18bn Baltic wind farm Swedish renewable energy developer OX2 has applied to build a 5.5GW wind farm, the world’s largest single such development, between the islands of Gotland and Öland in the Baltic Sea.
News 3D-printed reefs deployed to reverse 90% decline in cod stocks Danish utility Ørsted has teamed up with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) to test the effect of 3D-printed reefs on marine ecosystems in the Kattegat strait between Denmark and Sweden.
News Wind-farm hat trick sees Van Oord enter Japan for first time Rotterdam-headquartered marine contractor Van Oord and Japanese construction giant Kajima have been selected as the preferred “balance of plant” contractors for three offshore wind projects in Japan.