The operations and maintenance (O&M) of wind power plants plays a key role in the development of the wind energy segment and the broader energy transition, by ensuring that wind turbines are able to operate at their full potential during their useful life. In addition, the after-sales service business continues to be an increasingly important source of revenue and employment for the wind industry.
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Scout Clean Energy, based in the US, has selected GE Renewable Energy as the wind turbine provider for its 200 MW Sweetland wind project in Hand County, South Dakota. According to the agreement, 71 of GE’s 2.8-127 onshore wind turbines will be shipped to the Sweetland project, which Scout will manage. Scout and GE have jointly deployed 1.07 GW of wind energy capacity.
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In order to construct the turbine islands for the El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) project in Egypt, Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) and Rosatom’s engineering company Atomstroyexport have finalised a contract. Under the agreement, KHNP will develop 80 buildings and structures at the power plant’s four units. It will also take on the responsibility of procuring and supplying equipment and materials for the turbine islands.
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Green Investment Group (GIG), a Macquarie-owned company, and Hydro Rein have agreed to form a joint venture to build and operate a 586 MW wind and solar power plant in Brazil’s northeast. The wind and solar hybrid project, named Feijo, will be developed in the Brazilian states of Piaui and Pernambuco. Feijo will be equipped with 80 wind turbines by Nordex, a wind turbine manufacturer.
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Denmark is planning to set up two energy islands that can supply renewable energy produced by offshore sources to the domestic market of Denmark and other European countries. Denmark will build the first island in the North Sea to serve offshore wind turbines with a 3 GW initial serving facility. The second Denmark energy island will be built in the Baltic Sea’s Bornholm islands, with a serving capacity of 2 GW.
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Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and bp, has appointed Vestas as its preferred wind turbine supplier for Empire Wind I and Empire Wind II, the 2.1 GW offshore wind project in New York. Vestas will deliver 138 V236-15MW wind turbine generators for the two Empire Wind projects.
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Vestas has partnered with the German renewable energy developer, wpd AG, for three wind farm projects with a cumulative capacity of 50 MW in Taiwan. These include Chuangwei 2, Leadway 2 and Hsinyuan wind farms.
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DNV, a Norwegian ship quality assurance and risk management organisation, has granted Samsung Heavy Industries approval in principle (AIP) for its independently designed offshore floater for wind power turbines. AIP for the floater implies that a certification body has evaluated its fundamental design and certified that it satisfies the agency’s technical requirements and standards for use.
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The last unit of GE Renewable Energy’s Wudongde (WDD) hydropower plant has been successfully linked to the grid for electricity generation and has completed 72 hours of trial operation. The company was responsible for the design, engineering, manufacture, installation monitoring, and commissioning of the six 850 MW Francis turbine generating sets and accompanying equipment for the hydropower project under a contract signed in 2015.
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Clean Energy Pipeline recently published a report “Europe: Offshore Wind Outlook 2020” which profiles the leading offshore wind markets in Europe – the United Kingdom, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland and Poland – with a focus on the key recent developments, project pipeline and future outlook.
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Offshore wind is expected to become increasingly important in the global power market owing to decline in cost combined with technology advancements. Norwegian companies can capture significant shares both in domestic as well as global markets in the development, execution and operations of these offshore wind farms based on experiences in Norway and abroad.
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China-based MingYang Smart Energy Group has launched a new 11 MW hybrid-drive offshore wind turbine, MySE11-203 which is said to be the world’s biggest hybrid-drive wind turbine. It will install a prototype in 2021 and will make the turbine commercially available in 2022.
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