The power and automation technology Group, ABB has won a lucrative order worth around $55 million to supply and lay a submarine AC power cable system for the 400 MW Dudgeon wind farm off the East coast of Norfolk. The order was offered by a company owned by Statoil and Statkraft: Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited.
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It’s a technique that’s been used to good effect in Ireland; allowing and encouraging farmers to use renewable energy technology on their land. That windy bottom field with drainage problems- why not get a wind turbine erected there? Experts now say that if farmers throughout the UK were to do this, it would help the UK… Read the rest
A failure to invest in Britain’s 70 year old grid has meant that the boom in its wind power electricty generation is not being taken full advantage of. Many of the companies who are investing in or building the 6,500 offshore turbines say that a “super-grid” is needed to connect with Europe and make sure that… Read the rest
The UK plans for 25GW wind power contribution to national grid.
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and Ofgem announced a new regulatory framework to connect island offshore renewable projects to the onshore grid.
The objective is to connect huge amounts of UK offshore wind energy to the national grid . The two… Read the rest
