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Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has been awarded a firm order from the EDF Renewables/Enbridge/wpd consortium for the 448MW Courseulles-sur-Mer offshore wind power project. Located 10km off the Bessin coast, the project brings the total capacity awarded to Siemens Gamesa by the consortium in France to approximaely 1GW. Both the wind …

Norway-based Equinor, a state-owned multi-national energy company, has announced its ambition to become a net-zero energy company by 2050, which includes emissions from production and final consumption of energy. It sets a clear strategic direction and demonstrates the company’s continued commitment to long-term value creation in support of the Paris …

Norway-based Equinor is leading a project to develop one of the UK’s – and the world’s – first at-scale facilities to produce hydrogen from natural gas in combination with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The project, called Hydrogen to Humber Saltend (H2H Saltend), provides the beginnings of a decarbonised industrial …

Europe saw new wind-farm investments amounting to 19 billion euros confirmed in 2019, according to WindEurope’s annual Financing and Investment Trends (published on 7 April). Another 33 billion euros was invested in the refinancing of wind farms, the acquisition of wind-farm projects and other transactions. A total of 13 billion …

The wind-turbine materials market is expected to double in value to nearly $20 billion in 2026 from today’s value, US-based Frost and Sullivan has forecast. The market analyst outfit expects the market for “structural and non-structural materials” to grow at a compound annual rate of 8.9% — from $10.76 billion …

Edinburgh-based ACT Blade Ltd – a spin-off company from yacht-sail developer SMAR Azure — has completed the first of two static tests of its novel lightweight blade for wind farms at ORE Catapult’s National Renewable Energy Centre in Blyth. The tests are designed to pave the way for the blade’s …

A tender for tidal energy will see the first manufacturing plants come to France.

Shell is to increase the capital allocated to its new energies division. which includes offshore wind. to $1-2 billion a year until 2020.

Statoil has a 75% stake in the project. with the remaining 25% owned by Masdar.