Other | 2020-11-10
IRENA drives UN Climate Action Pathway on Energy
2020 was meant to be the “year of climate action,” with more ambitious national climate plans due under the Paris Agreement. While 2020 has so far brought loss and uncertainty with the COVID-19 pandemic being the most urgent threat today, it cannot be forgotten that climate change remains the biggest long-term threat to humanity and ...
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Other | 2020-11-09
EU ‘considers 60GW 2030 offshore wind target’
The EU is mulling setting a 60GW target for installed offshore wind capacity by 2030, media reports suggest. According to Reuters a draft European Commission strategy for offshore renewable energy has proposed the 2030 target as well as a 300GW 2050 goal. 60GW of wave and tidal energy is also being targetted by mid-century. The ...
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Netherlands | 2020-11-09
Windpark Fryslân Monopiles Halfway There
Van Oord has reached a halfway point on the installation of monopiles at the Windpark Fryslân nearshore wind farm in the IJsselmeer Lake, the Netherlands. In total, the 382.7 MW Windpark Fryslân will comprise 89 Siemens Gamesa 4.3 MW wind turbines installed on monopile foundations and scheduled for commissioning in 2021. Van Oord installed the first monopile at the ...
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Other | 2020-11-06
First virtual naming ceremony for DEME
DEME Group has just announced that the company is about to hold their first ever virtual naming ceremony. “We are getting ready for our first ever virtual naming ceremony of our next generation trailing suction hopper dredgers ‘Meuse River’ and ‘Bonny River’,” the company announced. “Although we can’t hold our traditional naming ceremony at this ...
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