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Siemens Gamesa ‘defect’ halts turbines at wind farm in Norway
Developer says manufacturing issue stops operation at project north of Oslo A wind farm in Norway has been partially shut down due to what was described as a “manufacturing defect” affecting its Siemens Gamesa turbines. The 160MW Odal wind farm has 13 of its 34 SG 5.0-145 turbines out of action due to problems with […]
Norwegian Floating Offshore Wind Project Gets EUR 175 Million Boost
Odfjell Oceanwind, Source Galileo, and Kansai Electric Power Company have received NOK 2 billion (approximately EUR 175 million) in state funding from Norwegian government agency Enova for its GoliatVIND floating offshore wind project. Located approximately 95 kilometres from Hammerfest at a depth of 300-400 metres, the GoliatVIND floating offshore wind project could add 320 GWh […]
Corio and Å Energi launch first challenge in offshore wind innovation competition
Å Energi and Corio Generation are inviting Norwegian and international startups and scaleups to solve the challenge of regaining control of a floating offshore wind turbine that has come loose from its anchors. The challenge is part of our accelerator programme and was launched on 14 March at the Slush’D energy conference in Mandal. The […]
Production start at the Mendubim solar plant
The 531 MW Mendubim solar plant in Brazil has come into operation. This marks a 30% increase in Equinor’s equity power production in Brazil. “Mendubim represents an important contribution to Equinor’s diversified energy offering in Brazil that includes a robust oil and gas portfolio and an attractive renewables position,” says Veronica Coelho, Equinor’s country […]
The Two Sessions| Advice and Suggestions from Heads of Central Energy Enterprises
Ma Yongsheng, member of National Committee of the CPPCC, Party Secretary and Chairman of Sinopec Corp., suggested to restart the China Certified Emission Reduction Scheme (CCER) market, designing and releasing methodologies of Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS), and accelerate the inclusion of CCUS project into CCER to better achieve the “double carbon” goal. […]
Norwegian players unveil floating foundations JV
Odfjell Oceanwind, together with automation and manufacturing company Prodtex, have established a joint venture to produce floating wind turbine foundations. The joint venture, Windsteel Technologies, will establish the production capacity necessary to meet the need for hundreds of floating wind foundations per year in Europe alone. The aim is to have the first factory operational […]