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MHI Vestas installs record-
breaking floating turbines off UK
JAPAN MHI Vestas has installed a V164-9.5 MW tur- anchored at the project site in December 2020.
bine, the most powerful turbine in use at a float- “We are proud to have the most powerful tur-
ing wind project, at the Kincardine project off bines installed on a floating offshore wind plat-
the UK coast. form,” said MHI Vestas project director, Allan
MHI Vestas has installed a V164-9.5 MW Birk Wisby.
turbine, the most powerful turbine in use at a “The V164-9.5MW turbines are an excellent
floating wind project, at the Kincardine project fit for the Kincardine project, and it is a great
off the UK coast. achievement by the team to have completed first
The turbine was installed on a Principle installation at the quayside. We look forward to
Power WindFloat platform, the first of five such completing the remaining 4 units.”
units to be installed at the Kincardine project. Cobra Group said: “This is an exciting,
MHI Vestas said that the advance in turbine world-leading project developed by Cobra
nameplate capacity was cementing its position Group. The Kincardine floating wind farm will
as the global leader in floating wind technology. be the biggest ever built. The installation of the
Kincardine, which is being developed by largest turbine ever to have been placed on a
Cobra Group, is set to be the largest floating floating foundation represents a major milestone
wind farm in the world by nameplate capacity. for the project, and we are very much looking
The five units at the project will be installed forward to seeing it generate power at [the] site
about 15 km off the coast of Kincardineshire, at very soon.”
water depths ranging from 60m to 80m. Kincardine is anticipated to power approxi-
This first 9.5MW unit is expected to be mately 35,000 Scottish households.
SOL AR
Mongolia seeks EPC contractors
for 10 MW solar plant
MONGOLIA MONGOLIA’S Ministry of Energy is seeking statistics published by the International Renew-
EPC contractors to construct a 10 MW solar able Energy Agency. New PV additions for last
power plant project in Altai, capital of Govi-Altai year totalled 25 MW, while in 2018, 2017 and
province in the western part of the country, PV 2016 newly deployed solar capacity reached 15
Magazine reported on November 4. MW, 33 MW and 10 MW, respectively.
Bids must be submitted by December 11. Most of the total solar capacity is made up of
The project is financially supported by the solar parks of a similar size as that to be delivered
Asian Development Bank (ADB) and is part of by the latest tender and was procured by the gov-
the Upscaling Renewable Energy Sector Project ernment. They include a 16.4 MW project com-
which aims to deploy 40.5 MW of solar and wind missioned by Sharp Corporation in June 2019, a
capacity in the country’s western and Altai-Ulia- 16.5 MW (DC) array in Zamyn Uud, Dornogovi
stai regions. Included in the scheme is another 10 province which was also completed by Sharp
MW solar park that is planned for Khovd, capital last year, a 10 MW plant in the second city of
of the province of the same name in the western- Darkhan and a 10 MW solar plant in Govisum-
most part of the country. ber province.
Mongolia’s installed PV capacity stood at In 2017, Mongolia had to import around 20%
just 89 MW at the end of last year, according to of the electricity it required.
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