Offshore wind fabricator Bladt Industries has invested to expand its factory in Denmark to enable production of XXL monopiles for next-generation wind turbines.
The Danish outfit said it expects to be ready to deliver XXL monopiles from 2022 from the upgraded production facilities at Lindo Port of Odense.
The XXL monopiles will be able to host 15MW turbines, with a rotor diameters of 240 metres.
“These turbines require an enormous foundation fixed to the seabed, and now, we are moving one step closer to meeting the future demand, while, at the same time, consolidating our position as one of the leading suppliers of offshore wind foundations and substations,” said Bladt Industries CEO Anders Soe-Jensen
This compares to 2243MW in 2019 and 393MW the year before.
Overall, wind produced 21.9% of the electricity consumed in 2020, making it the second technology of the energy mix by contribution to demand coverage and the first by installed power.
In relation to the contribution of renewable technologies, AEE found wind has contributed 49.7% of the total, being the first renewables technology, followed by hydro (27.7%) and solar (13.8%).
Spain now ranks second in Europe by installed wind power after Germany.
In 2020, Spain was the fourth european country to have installed the most wind power.
During 2020, the autonomous communities that have installed the most wind farms were Aragon (1050.87MW), followed by Navarra (262.58MW) and Castilla y León.
On U.S. East Coast, Has Offshore Wind’s Moment Finally Arrived?
After years of false starts, offshore wind is poised to take off along the East Coast. Commitments by states to purchase renewable power, support from the Biden administration, and billions in new investment are all contributing to the emergence of this fledgling industry.
About 60 miles east of New York’s Montauk Point, a 128,000-acre expanse of the Atlantic Ocean is expected to produce enough electricity to power around 850,000 homes when it’s populated with wind turbines and connected to the onshore grid in the next few years.
Fifteen miles off Atlantic City, New Jersey, another windy swath of ocean is due to start generating enough power for some 500,000 homes when a forest of 850-foot-high turbines start turning there in 2024.
Shipping group Maersk said on Tuesday it was among a group of companies backing a plan to build Europe’s largest green ammonia plant in Denmark as part of its ambition to shift to carbon-neutral ship fuel.
The project, led by fund management firm Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), will convert green power from North Sea offshore wind parks to zero-carbon ammonia that can be used to power ships and as agricultural fertiliser.
Maersk said last week it would accelerate plans to decarbonise sea-borne container shipping by putting the world’s first vessel powered by carbon-neutral fuel into operation in 2023, seven years ahead of its original plan.
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At a press conference in Esbjerg, Denmark, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has unveiled plans for the establishment of a European production facility of CO
2-free green ammonia. The project will be located in the town of Esbjerg on the west coast of Denmark, where the Power-to-X-facility will convert power from offshore wind turbines to green ammonia. This will be used by the agriculture sector as CO
2-free green fertilizer and by the shipping industry as CO
2-free green fuel. The excess heat will be used to provide heating for around one third of the local households in Esbjerg. The facility will consist of 1GW electrolysis. Ultimately, this is expected to reduce CO