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RWE and ARC marine deploy environmental innovation at Rampion offshore wind farm

Stuart Mitchell

RWE, a world leader in offshore wind, and UK-based nature-inclusive design pioneer ARC marine have achieved a global first at Rampion Offshore Wind Farm with the installation of specially eco-engineered Reef cubes® as undersea protection for turbine foundations. The pioneering solution is designed to protect the critical energy infrastructure from strong currents in the subsea environment, while creating new and extending existing living marine habitats. In the last few days, around 75,000 Reef cubes® ranging in size from 15cm to 35cm, were installed at the base of one of the turbines at the Rampion offshore…

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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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