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World’s First 26 MW Offshore Wind Turbine Rolls Off Production Line

TECHNOLOGY
October 14, 2024, by Adnan Memija
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A 26 MW offshore wind turbine has been rolled off the production line by China’s Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC) in Fuzhou, Fujian Province.

The company said the offshore wind turbine is tailored for areas with wind speeds of 8 m/s and above and has strong resistance to typhoons and corrosion.

The wind turbine’s hub center is 185 metres high, equivalent to a 63-story residential building, while the designed rotor diameter exceeds 310 metres, with a swept area equivalent to 10.5 standard football fields.

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With average winds of 10 m/s, a single unit could generate 100 GWh of clean energy annually, enough to power 55,000 homes, said DEC.

A single turbine could lead to a 30,000-tonne reduction in coal use and an 80,000-tonne cut in CO2 emissions.

According to DEC, the 26 MW offshore wind turbine is the world’s largest in both capacity and size.

In June this year, DEC installed an 18 MW offshore wind turbine at a coastal test base in Shantou, Guangdong province.

The model has a rotor diameter of 260 metres and a swept area of 53,000 square metres, and can generate 72 GWh of electricity annually, enough to power around 36,000 households, according to the company.

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UK Planning Inspectorate Completes Rampion 2 Examination, Next Stop Secretary of State

PLANNING & PERMITTING
August 7, 2024.

The UK Planning Inspectorate has completed the examination of RWE’s application for a development consent order (DCO) for Rampion 2, the proposed 1.2 GW extension to the existing 400 MW Rampion offshore wind farm in Sussex.

The Examining Authority (ExA) at the Inspectorate now has three months to make a recommendation on whether to approve the project. According to a notice from the ExA on 7 August, the findings and conclusions of the examination, together with the recommendation will be sent to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero no later than 6 November.

The final decision on Rampion 2 will be made by early February 2025, at the latest, since the Secretary of State will have three months to decide on whether to grant or refuse development consent after the ExA sends in its report.

RWE is developing Rampion 2 on behalf of Rampion Extension Development Limited, a joint venture company owned by the Germany-based developer, a Macquarie-led consortium, and a subsidiary of Enbridge.

The project partners submitted the DCO application in August 2023 with the Planning Inspectorate starting the examination process on 7 September 2023.

RWE Applies for Rampion 2 Development Consent

If consented, construction on Rampion 2 could start in late 2026 or early 2027 and the offshore wind farm would then be fully operational before the end of the decade.

The project, located between 13 and 25 kilometres offshore, is proposed to have 90 wind turbines and a total generation capacity of 1.2 GW, enough to power more than 1 million homes, according to RWE.

China’s Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC) installed an 18 MW offshore wind turbine at a coastal test base in Shantou, Guangdong province, on 5 June.

An aerial photo of Dongfang Electric Corporation's 18 MW turbine being installed at the coastal test base in China
Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC)
The model has a rotor diameter of 260 metres and a swept area of 53,000 square metres, and can generate 72 GWh of electricity annually, enough to power around 36,000 households, according to the company.

The core component of the wind turbine is an 18.X MW permanent magnet semi-direct drive generator, developed in-house by DEC, which says its new generator has low vibration, low noise, and a uniform temperature rise.

The transmission of the semi-direct drive offshore wind turbine has a modular design, and the shaft system, gearbox and generator are highly integrated, which improves the reliability and transmission efficiency of the transmission chain and has good grid adaptability, the company says.

An aerial photo of nacelle installation for Dongfang Electric Corporation's 18 MW turbine at the coastal test base in China
Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC)
According to DEC, its 18 MW offshore wind turbine is the largest currently installed in the world.

A 15mw turbine, these are absolutely enormous…

Rampion Windfarm staff RWE on a team day trip to the Rampion Windfarm with some renewable energy bears…..

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Brighton Marina Rampion Windfarm Trip on Monday 4th September at 1pm
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Peggy out in the Windfarm Today and they were spinning well….

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Fécamp Gravity-Based Foundations Rise, Saipem 7000 to Handle Them

February 14, 2022, by Adnan Durakovic
The first of the 71 gravity-based foundations for the Fécamp offshore wind farm has been completed at the Grand Port Maritime of Le Havre, France.

Source: wpd
The consortium of Bouygues Construction, Saipem, and Boskalis is in charge of supplying and installing the foundations for the 500 MW wind farm located between 13 and 22 kilometres off the coast of Normandy