Tag: Offshore Wind

Shell to buy electricity from its own Dutch offshore wind farm

Shell to buy electricity from its own Dutch offshore wind farm

Shell, Nuon Energy opened Egmond aan Zee in 2006 LONDON, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell signed an agreement on Friday to buy all of the electricity generated by a Dutch offshore wind farm in which it owns a 50 per cent stake as part of its drive to expand in renewable energy. Offshore […]

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Enbridge to buy stake in EnBW offshore wind park project -source

Enbridge to buy stake in EnBW offshore wind park project -source

EnBW offshore wind one of Europe’s largest FRANKFURT/LONDON, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Canadian energy firm Enbridge has won the auction for a stake in EnBW’s Hohe See, one of Europe’s largest offshore wind power projects, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. Once completed, Hohe See, expected to cost as much as 2 […]

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Statoil launches Batwind: Battery storage for offshore wind

Statoil launches Batwind: Battery storage for offshore wind

Batwind could lead to savings of up to £50 a year on average energy bill and system-wide saving of up to £2.4bn a year by 2030 A new battery storage solution for offshore wind energy called Batwind will be piloted in the world’s first floating wind farm, the Hywind pilot park off the coast of […]

Offshore wind farm under construction is first in USA

Offshore wind farm under construction is first in USA

5 turbines totaling 30 megawatts of offshore wind generation capacity will come online in 2016 In July, American offshore wind developer, Deepwater Wind, installed the first foundation for what is expected to be the first offshore wind farm in the United States, according to the US Energy Information Agency. The project will be located three miles southeast of […]