by David Steven Jacoby | Jun 10, 2015 | Wind
The last 12 months have seen the unraveling of many Round 3 offshore UK windfarm plans. Both Vattenfall and RWE, although they are still committed to some major successful projects, have decided to curtail their future spending on renewables (mostly wind) by nearly...
by David Steven Jacoby | Jun 10, 2015 | Wind
Siemens Project Ventures GmbH has apparently not decided which type of wind turbine foundation to use for its 600 MW Hornsea One project (Heron Wind) in the North Sea, despite having chosen Siemens’ own SWT-6.0-154 wind turbines for the project (a joint venture...
by David Steven Jacoby | Jun 10, 2015 | Wind
Innogy’s Nordsea windfarm program is a model for supply chain leverage. The program is being constructed in three independent projects (Nordsea 1, Nordsea 2, and Nordsea 3). Each of the three was consented and will be constructed separately. This...
by David Steven Jacoby | Jun 10, 2015 | Wind
What size and number of wind turbine generators (WTGs) should RWE choose to produce the targeted power output from its Triton Knoll and other windfarms? Using small turbines (3.6’s) can minimize upfront per-unit costs (in significant part by leveraging economies...
by David Steven Jacoby | Jun 10, 2015 | Wind
The upcoming Wind Developer Congress this week in Berlin should be interesting. I’m hoping that it will help owners, developers, OEMs, and lenders to develop procurement strategies that assure availability of long lead time equipment and services,...
