Glennmont purchases onshore wind farms
Glennmont agrees to purchase clearvise AG’s 30 MW Finnish onshore wind farm.
Glennmont agrees to purchase clearvise AG’s 30 MW Finnish onshore wind farm.
Ofgem gives approval for a necessary new electricity transmission link from Orkney to the Scottish mainland.
United Kingdom: ABB has won a contract to supply transformers for the 8.25 MW turbines at Dong Energy’s 330 MW Walney 3 East offshore wind farm off Cambria, England.
Russia, Moscow: General Directors of RusHydro Public Company, Russia’s largest hydropower producer, and Power Machines OJSC, manufacturer of electrical equipment including power transformers, held a working meeting in Moscow to discuss prospects for future cooperation of the two companies.
Belgium, Brussels: General Electric has won EU approval for its €12.4 billion ($13.9 billion) acquisition of Alstom’s power business after agreeing to sell some of the French company’s turbine assets to Italian rival Ansaldo Energia.
Denmark: Siemens believes that using smaller high-voltage alternating-current (HVAC) transformers for offshore wind projects could reduce project costs by up to 30%.
Russia, Moscow: Russian hydroelectric company RusHydro plans to replace more than half of the main electrical equipment for hydropower plants by 2025 as part of a comprehensive modernisation programme.