News “We already have the tools and the technology we need to tackle climate change.
What we don’t have yet is the unprecedented political will we need to make this happen.” Rebecca Williams, Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC)
Vestas to install 15MV offshore wind turbine
Vestas is set to construct its V236-15.0MW prototype offshore wind turbine at the Østerild test site in Denmark in the second half of 2022. The turbine is scheduled to produce first power in the final quarter of that year. Once installed, the 280m-high turbine will be the tallest and most powerful in the world, surpassing GE’s 14MW Haliade-X prototype in the
Netherlands. Vestas launched the V236- 15.0MW — which has a 236m rotor diameter and a power rating of 15MW – back in February 2020.
The company aims to begin serial production in 2024. Its chief technology officer, Anders Nielsen, said, “Getting the prototype turbine in the ground will underline how the V236-15.0 MW will
US plans new offshore wind leases by 2025
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) could sell up to seven new offshore wind leases by 2025, according to US Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland.
Announced at the American Clean
Power’s Offshore WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition in Boston, Massachusetts, in October 2021, this is intended to support the Biden administration’s goal to deploy 30GW of offshore wind energy by 2030. The leases involved will be situated on the Gulf of Maine, New York Bight, Central Atlantic, and the Gulf of Mexico, as well as offshore the Carolinas, California, and Oregon.
“The Interior Department is laying out an ambitious roadmap as we advance the Administration’s plans to confront climate change, create good-paying jobs, and accelerate the nation’s transition to a cleaner energy future,” said Secretary Haaland. “This timetable provides two crucial ingredients for success: increased certainty and transparency. Together, we will meet our clean energy goals while addressing the needs of other ocean users and potentially impacted communities. We have big goals to achieve a clean energy economy and Interior is meeting the moment.”
UK to hold largest-ever renewable energy auction
The UK government has announced plans to raise the fourth allocation round of Contracts for Difference (CfD) to an overall budget of £265m per year. Over 12GW of new renewable capacity is set to be added at what will be the largest-ever renewable energy auction in the world. RenewableUK, the UK’s leading not-for- profit renewable energy association, has estimated that the government’s financing commitments could unlock private investment of over £20bn, accelerating the country’s green energy transition. The CfD auction will provide £200m to support
offshore wind projects and ensure the UK hits a target of 40GW of installed capacity by 2030, up from the current 10.4GW. It will also offer £55m to support emerging renewable technologies, with £24m reserved for floating offshore wind projects. In addition, the auction will include £10m to add 5GW of more-established technologies, such as onshore wind and solar projects. “The [CfD] scheme has helped the UK become a world leader in clean electricity generation and lowered prices for consumers,” said UK Energy Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan.
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raise the bar in terms of technological innovation, industrialisation and scale in the wind energy industry.” Vestas has already produced blade moulds for the prototype and will begin producing the 115.5m prototype blades in late 2021. The manufacturer will then pre-assemble and transport all large components to Østerild for the prototype installation.
that can be saved by a single Haliade-X operating at 14GW each year, the equivalent emitted by 11,000 vehicles. GE Renewable Energy
CO2 52,000t GE’s Haliade-X now
operating at 14MW GE Renewable Energy announced on 5 October 2021 that the company’s Haliade-X prototype in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, has started operating at 14MW. This milestone makes GE the first industry player to operate a turbine at this power output.
One turbine can generate up to 74GWh of gross annual energy production, saving up to 52,000t of CO2
, which is the equivalent of the emissions generated by 11,000 vehicles in one year. “We’re pleased to announce that the Haliade-X prototype is the first turbine in the industry to successfully run at 14MW,” said Vincent Schellings, chief technology officer, GE Renewable Energy Offshore Wind. “When we first commissioned our Haliade-X prototype in November 2019 at 12MW, we made a big leap forward in the industry. Over the past two years we have learned a lot about operating and optimising the performance of our Haliade-X platform, enabling us to uprate the Haliade-X platform to 14MW today.” The Haliade-X 14MW is set to make its commercial debut at the Dogger Bank C offshore wind farm, 130km off the north- east coast of England, with GE providing 87 units for the site. Together with the Dogger Bank A and Dogger Bank B sites, it is due to become the largest offshore wind farm in the world upon completion.
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