406 results found for 'Beacon Wind 1 and 2 '

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  • Maersk Helps Unemployed Tyneside Residents Enter OW Sector

    20 August 2014
    Training & Education

    Maersk Training offers free places on Offshore Wind Training Course to local unemployed people in Tyneside, to help them take advantage of job opportunities in the thriving offshore wind energy market. The courses are open to people who are unemployed, a UK resident for the past 3 years, aged 19 or over and live in […]

  • Exclusive: Muehlhan Wind Service Enters Taiwanese Offshore Wind Market

    19 December 2018
    Business & Finance

    Muehlhan Wind Service (MWS) has entered the offshore wind market in Taiwan, the company’s Commercial Director Thomas Andersen revealed to Offshore WIND during an interview.

  • Cadeler Solidifies German Offshore Wind Contract with Ørsted

    11 November 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Cadeler has signed a firm contract for a wind turbine installation vessel to be used on Ørsted’s Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farms in Germany, following a preferred supplier agreement signed last month. The contract covers the transportation and installation of a minimum of 48 Siemens Gamesa 11 MW turbines. The […]

  • GWEC, Greenpeace: Wind to Provide Up to 30% of Global Electricity Supply

    21 October 2014
    R&D

    The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and Greenpeace International have released the 2014 edition of the Global Wind Energy Outlook in Beijing. The report shows that wind power could reach 2,000 GW by 2030, and supply up to 17-19% of global electricity, creating over 2 million new jobs and reducing CO2 emissions by more than […]

  • Costa Rica Making First Offshore Wind Moves

    1 September 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Jobs & Recruitment

    The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), the Vice-ministry of Energy and Environmental Quality (MINAE) of Ministry of Environment, and Energy and Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) have kicked-off a joint initiative to build knowledge about the local benefits of offshore wind and explore pathways for its future development and growth in Costa Rica. The closed-door […]

  • UK’s Tidal Lagoons to Have Cheaper Power than Offshore Wind

    21 March 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    An economic study into the cost profile of power from tidal lagoons has found that a portfolio of three UK tidal lagoons, in operation by 2021, would deliver large-scale low carbon power at a significantly cheaper price than offshore wind. The study, conducted by energy economists at Pӧyry, a management consultancy, identifies a volume-weighted levelised […]

  • Dutch Cabinet Marks New Offshore Wind Grid Connections as Projects of National Importance

    7 December 2022
    Authorities

    The Dutch Cabinet has taken the lead on five energy infrastructure projects, making them projects of national importance. The five developments mainly revolve around grid connections for offshore wind farms and further development of the hydrogen infrastructure.  Jump to: On 2 December, Micky Adriaansens, Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, and Rob Jetten, Minister for Climate and […]

  • Offshore engineering centre: A complete package from ABB

    12 August 2013

    The Swedish port of Karlskrona is the home to the ABB High Voltage cables division. This is where HVDC and HVAC cables for the offshore industry are designed and produced since mid of last century. Today the infield and the export cables for offshore wind farms are part of the portfolio. The offshore cable installation works are also coordinated from […]

  • Germany: Windreich’s Subsidiary Achieves around EUR 36 Million Profit in 2012

    16 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    The principal subsidiary of Windreich, FC Windenergy achieves an operating profit of around EUR 36 million even in the difficult setting. FC Windenergy is mainly engaged in project development and project sales. The Windreich group generates a total asset of EUR 567 million due to the preliminary figures for 2012, a balance sheet total of […]

  • RWE’s 2015 Results Powered by Offshore Wind

    8 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    The commissioning of new wind farms with a total generating capacity of some 1GW, including Nordsee Ost and Gwynt y Môr, had a considerably positive impact on 2015 financial results of RWE’s Renewables Division.  The unit posted an operating result of EUR 493 million, more than double the amount it marked the year before (EUR 186 million). On the other […]

  • Le Béon Manufacturing and Partners to Provide Material for Floatgen Mooring System

    1 June 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Ecole Centrale de Nantes (ECN), a French engineering school and research institution, has selected an international consortium led by Le Béon Manufacturing to supply the material needed for anchoring Floatgen, a floating wind turbine demonstrator developed by the French company Ideol. The concept is based on a concrete floater built by Bouygues Travaux Publics. ECN invited tenders […]

  • HST Orders Second Damen Fast Crew Supplier

    27 September 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Damen Shipyards Group signed a contract with High Speed Transfers (HST) for a Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710 during the Global Wind Summit in Hamburg.

  • Dutch Stop Offshore Wind Turbines to Protect Migratory Birds in ‘International First’

    17 May 2023
    Environment, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The wind turbines at Borssele and Egmond aan Zee offshore wind farms were stopped for four hours on 13 May, to help migrating birds pass by safely. According to the Dutch Government, this is the first time such a measure has been applied and is in line with the approach of the government and participating […]

  • The Netherlands: Ballast Nedam Profit Up 28,57 pct

    9 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    Ballast Nedam has performed well, certainly considering the bleak market conditions, increasing competition and price pressure. This situation will persist in the coming years. The operating profit achieved of € 19 million was in line with the forecast issued in March last year of between € 15 million and € 20 million. The profit for […]

  • Germany: Bourbon Enterprise Uses Cuxport Terminal

    4 June 2012

    The cooperation between Cuxport and Offshore Marine Management GmbH (OMM) is gathering pace: the “Bourbon Enterprise”, the first vessel equipped for the maritime cable business at a quay at Cuxport, left Cuxhaven on Wednesday for the last time bound for the North Sea. On its seven trips, the 76-metre long multi-purpose ship has been preparing […]

  • Ørsted Hungry For More Taiwanese Offshore Wind

    9 May 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    World’s leading offshore wind developer Ørsted will join the June auction in Taiwan to seek more capacity for constructing large-scale Greater Changhua offshore wind farms.

  • Maersk Training, Dong Energy Spur Recruitment into Wind Industry

    19 December 2014
    Training & Education

    Global training provider Maersk Training confidently expects hundreds of job seekers to attend an Open Day event, which is held in conjunction with DONG Energy, highlighting career opportunities in the wind energy and renewables sector. Taking place on Friday 9th January 2015, from 10.00am to 3.00pm, it follows on from similar open days held earlier […]

  • West of Morecambe Fisheries Fund Opens for Applications (UK)

    3 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    The West of Morecambe Fisheries Fund, established to support fishing communities operating in the eastern Irish Sea, has opened for applications from the fishing industry. The fund is an innovative approach to enable both the wind farm operators of the Ormonde, Walney 1 and 2, West of Duddon Sands wind farms and fishing industry to […]

  • Ørsted Off to a Strong Start in 2022

    29 April 2022
    Business & Finance

    World’s leading offshore wind developer Ørsted has recorded DKK 5.7 billion (EUR 766 million) net profit in the first quarter of 2022, a 257 per cent increase compared to a DKK 1.6 billion net profit reported for the same period a year earlier. The operating profit (EBITDA) for the quarter totalled DKK 9.4 billion, an […]

  • Four Bidder Shortlisted for Offshore Transmission Links (UK)

    28 April 2011

      – Strong competition to own and operate over £1bn of high-voltage transmission links for three offshore wind farms – Shortlist of bidders follows strong interest in the first round of tenders which attracted £4bn investment appetite – Preferred bidders for links will be announced from autumn 2011 Ofgem E-Serve has today announced a short […]

  • Offshore WIND Conference 2016: Review of the Day Two

    26 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    The second day of the Offshore WIND Conference held in Amsterdam on 25 October kicked off with a presentation by Jasper Vis, Country Manager Netherlands at Dong Energy. Vis discussed the result of the Borssele 1 and 2 tender in the perspective of international cost reduction of offshore wind. “First the offshore wind industry needs […]

  • DKK 11 Bln to Strengthen DONG Energy’s Offshore Wind Business

    29 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    DONG Energy announced today that DKK 11 billion (over USD 2 billion) will be invested in the company, which will especially strengthen its role in the offshore wind industry. The Danish State represented by the Ministry of Finance, DONG Energy A/S, the Danish pension fund Arbejdsmarkedets Tillægspension (ATP), funds managed by the Merchant Banking Division […]

  • China: Ming Yang, CGNPC Sign Cooperation Agreement to Develop Offshore Wind Projects

    11 September 2012

    China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited (Ming Yang), a leading wind turbine manufacturer in China, has announced that Guangdong Mingyang Wind Power Group Limited (Guangdong Mingyang), a subsidiary of Ming Yang, has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding Co., Ltd (CGNPC), a leading clean energy supplier and energy services […]

  • Rope access: Working at heights

    24 June 2013

    When working in the rope access sector of the offshore wind industry it is not only an advantage not to be sea sick but also not to have a fear of heights and confined spaces. The rope access companies not only send their workers offshore in support vessels, but they also require that their workers carry out their […]

  • Denmark: Preliminary Data Indicates Change in Global Wind Turbine OEM Market Leader

    11 February 2013
    R&D, Technology

    BTM Consult, a leading forecaster and data source for the international wind industry, and part of Navigant’s Global Energy Practice, has announced its preliminary ranking for the top 5 turbine original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), due to be officially released in late March in the World Market Update 2012. Preliminary results show GE Wind dominating the […]

  • PML: New Study Unveils Potential Offshore Wind Farm Impacts

    19 May 2016
    Environment, R&D, Training & Education

    Offshore wind turbines in shelf seas can cumulatively change the local flow of water and alter the heights of tides far beyond the immediate areas around offshore wind farms, according to a new study by Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML). Overall, the environmental impact of renewable energy is expected to be overwhelmingly positive, via the reduction of […]