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New wind power for Germany, the US and Japan
The Amrumbank West wind farm in the North Sea has begun construction with the installation of the first foundation 37 km north-west of the island of Helgoland, Germany.
The 288 MW wind farm from E.ON is being constructed by the jackup rig MPI Discovery, which has been chartered by E.ON for several years. The ship is loaded with material in Cuxhaven before proceeding to the site, where a ram is used to drive 60 m long steel tubular monopile foundations roughly 30 m into the seabed at water depths of up to 24 m. The wind farm is expected to be completed in 2015.
Meanwhile, in Central America, a new wind farm in Costa Rica and a wind farm expansion in Honduras are to go ahead following agreements that will see local and external bank finance leveraged for the projects. The 50 MW Orosi project in Costa Rica and the 24 MW expansion of the existing 102 MW Cerro de Hula wind farm will be managed by Globeleq Mesoamerica Energy (GME). Gamesa turbines have been chosen for both projects.
Meanwhile, in the US, an 80 MW wind farm is to be built near Lorenzo and Ralls in Texas. The Fiber Winds Energy project, which qualifies for the US’ production tax credit, will feature turbines from Alstom (pictured) and is expected to be completed in 2015.
Finally, a 48 MW wind farm will be built in Japan which will comprise 29 Alstom turbines. The wind farm will be built for the Green Power Hamada Corporation and is expected to be fully operational in 2016.
In other wind news, the French Areva and the Spanish Gamesa have announced that they are to create a 50/50 joint venture in the offshore wind sector. The joint venture aims to bring the two company’s experience together along with their R&D investments; and their supply chain capabilities. The two companies are to pool personnel and offshore wind related technologies and assets to focus on marketing new 5 MW turbines and develop next-generation 8 MW turbines.
News Item details
Journal title: Energy World
Countries: USA - Japan - Germany - Latin America -
Subjects: Asset management, Taxation, Wind power, Wind farms, Offshore wind farms
