ORSTED WILL WORK WITH SOUTH KOREAN STEEL GIANT

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• Orsted, energy firm Denmark, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Korean steel giant POSCO to focus on offshore wind and renewable hydrogen.
• Major steel producer POSCO and its affiliates would support the development o...

BECHTEL TO PARTNER WITH HEXICON TO ACCELERATE OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY IN UK

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• Bechtel to support offshore wind energy technology for accelerating the production of offshore wind energy in United Kingdom
• This project is going to be further bolster the country as a world leader in the production of offshore wind energ...

UK: GOVERNMENT TO INVEST 90 MILLION POUNDS IN STORAGE AND FLOATING WIND ENERGY

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• The government of United Kingdom is going to be investing 90 million pounds in the storage and floating of wind energy
• The energy storage and floating offshore wind is going to be benefiting from the investment of 68 million pounds and 20 ...

TOSHIBA CORP. TO JOINTLY PRODUCE EQUIPMENT FOR WIND POWER GENERATION WITH GE

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• Toshiba Corp. to jointly produce equipment for wind power generation with GE.
• The equipment houses a generator and other components of a wind turbine.
• Toshiba plans to expand its renewable energy business to $6.1 billion ...

ENERGY INDUSTRY OF EUROPE SEEKS GOVERNMENT HELP TO TAP OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY SHARE

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• The energy industry of Norway has been seeking the government help for tapping the offshore wind energy share
• Norway has been relatively late for entering into the offshore wind energy

On Tuesday, an alliance of oil and r...

EUROPEAN UNION CONSIDERS INCREASING THE CAPACITY OF ITS OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY

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• The European Union is considering a plan for increasing the capacity of its offshore wind energy
• A draft said that, the European Union should aim for 60 gigawatts of the offshore wind energy by the year 2030

According to ...

BORIS JOHNSON PLANS TO POWER UNITED KINGDOM WITH OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY BY THE YEAR 2030

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• The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is going to present a plan to power United Kingdom with wind energy by the year 2030
• Boris Johnson has pledged to make the novel corona virus pandemic a catalyst for the green growth

SHIMIZU CORP. PARTNERS WITH ABB FOR OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY PROJECT

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• ABB Marines will implement the power systems for Shimizu Corp.’s WTIV
• The self-elevating platform will be the first of its type in Japan

ABB has bagged the contract from Shimizu Corporation to supply the power syste...

MHI VESTAS COLLABORATES WITH AKITA OFFSHORE WIND CORPORATION

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• MHI Vestas has confirmed receipt of the order from Akita Noshiro Offshore Corporation
• The project will be in two stages: Akita and Noshiro windfarms

The jointly termed Akita Noshiro offshore wind corporation has two stage...

JAPAN FOCUSES ON OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY

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• A joint task force has been launched to boost the wind deployment at offshore sites
• Japan’s current offshore wind capacity stands at 65.6 MW

Global and local industry participants are part of the offshore wind deplo...

JAPAN TO GET ITS FIRST OFFSHORE WIND FARM

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• Loan has been acquired for the construction to proceed
• The wind energy plant’s construction work is expected to be completed by 2022

Japan has been criticized time and again for its heavy dependence on fossil fuels ...

Wind energy potential of Japan

After being criticized widely for continued dependence on fossil fuels, Japan has decided to tap into its wind energy potential. This will come as a huge relief to the citizens in terms of both financial saving and climate sustainable efforts. The country can reduce the amount spent on importing ...