Tag: RWE

RWE’s Sofia is the UK’s first offshore wind farm to use recyclable rotor blades

Stuart Mitchell

RWE and turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa are driving a new era of wind turbine innovation with the first ever large-scale installation of recyclable blades at a UK offshore wind farm. Highly unique, the rotor blades are made using an innovative resin. At the end of the blade’s operating life, the various materials can then be easily separated from the other components as a result and can be recycled, for example into vehicle components and consumer goods like bicycle helmets and suitcases. Following an agreement signed in 2023 with Siemens Gamesa,…

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RWE and North Star sign long-term agreements for next-generation service operation vessels to maintain RWE’s growing offshore wind fleet

Stuart Mitchell

RWE has entered into a long-term partnership with North Star, the UK’s largest shipowner-operator, backed by global private markets firm Partners Group, acting on behalf of its clients. The companies have agreed that RWE will charter two next-generation service operation vessels (SOVs), the Grampian Eagle and the Grampian Kestrel, from North Star – both capable of using alternative low-emission fuels. Full marine services will be delivered by North Star as part of the charters. RWE and North Star have also signed reservation agreements for two newbuild vessels delivered by the…

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RWE and The Oyster Restoration Company complete feasibility project for large-scale native oyster restoration

Stuart Mitchell

RWE, one of the UK’s leading energy generators and The Oyster Restoration Company (TORC)  have successfully completed a feasibility program that proves large-scale native oyster reef restoration can be executed inside offshore wind farms across European waters. This is a step forward for offshore wind developers that are seeking credible, scalable, and verifiable biodiversity solutions at large scale. Over the six months of the feasibility testing, RWE and The Oyster Restoration Company jointly developed: substrate testing and ecological assessments, reef-base engineering solutions and the evaluation of deployment logistics, the analysis…

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RWE achieves strong earnings in 2024 and invests heavily in expanding its renewables portfolio

Stuart Mitchell

RWE can look back on a successful 2024 fiscal year. Group earnings exceeded expectations, with adjusted EBITDA of €5.7 billion and adjusted net income of €2.3 billion. The company continued to expand its portfolio, investing a total of €10 billion net in offshore and onshore wind farms, solar farms, battery storage systems and electrolysers. New plants with a total capacity of around 2 gigawatts (GW) were commissioned in 2024. The expansion is also reflected in the company’s electricity generation – at almost 50 terawatt hours, electricity production from renewables reached a new all-time high. During…

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TotalEnergies and RWE join forces on green hydrogen to decarbonize the Leuna refinery

Stuart Mitchell

In line with its 2030 ambition to decarbonize the hydrogen used in its European refineries, TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with the German developer RWE to supply 30,000 tons a year of green hydrogen to the German Leuna refinery for fifteen years, beginning in 2030. The green hydrogen will be produced by a 300 MW electrolyzer, built and operated by RWE in Lingen. Green hydrogen storage will be provided locally. The green hydrogen will be delivered by a 600 km pipeline to the gates of the refinery and will prevent…

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