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  • China to Invest Big-Time in UK’s Energy Sector

    28 October 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Chinese investment in the UK energy sector could exceed £43 billion in the next decade, reveals a report published today by legal firm Pinsent Masons and the Centre of Economic and Business Research (Cebr). The report, ‘China Invests West: Can Chinese investment be a game-changer for UK infrastructure?’ indicates China is set to invest £105 […]

  • Deloitte: We’ve Picked Low-Hanging Fruits, Now It’s Time for Fundamental Choices in Energy Transition

    25 December 2023
    Transition

    The energy transition is at a crossroads, and it’s time to find new ways, Deloitte, one of the world’s largest professional services providers, highlighted at the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2023 (OEEC 2023) in Amsterdam this November. The energy transition is one of the biggest challenges of today’s generation. At the beginning of their […]

  • Seajacks Announces Zaratan Construction Summary (UK)

    17 August 2011

      In February 2010 Seajacks entered into a contract with GustoMSC to provide the Basic Design Package for two purpose built wind farm installation vessels. In June 2010 Seajacks entered into a contract with Lamprell shipyard to build these new vessels and Seajacks will take delivery of the first new-build, Seajacks Zaratan, in May 2012, […]

  • RWE Launches Heligoland Offshore Wind Base

    5 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Service and operating station of RWE Innogy was inaugurated today on Heligoland. Over a period of 20 years, the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm is to be operated and serviced from there. The wind farm is currently being built approx. 30 kilometres north of Heligoland. This is what a two-storey building with storage hall, offices […]

  • Researchers to Test if Wake Steering Makes Floating Offshore Wind Cheaper

    8 July 2021
    R&D, Technology

    A UK-US research team has started a project to investigate the application of wake steering on floating offshore wind farms. The UK team, led by DNV, is cooperating with the US National Offshore Wind Research & Development Consortium (NOWRDC) on the project funded by Innovate UK. The research project – running up to March 2023 […]

  • Wind Energy Uncertainty Forces Businesses to Exit, Says Report

    13 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    FTI Consulting, Inc., the global business advisory firm, released latest renewable energy publication, Global Wind Supply Chain Update 2015. This report is part of a series of data-driven publications evaluating competitive markets, policy, finance, technology and business models across the energy spectrum. The report, Global Wind Supply Chain Update 2015, examines the supply chain situation […]

  • A Wind Farm in Deep Water off the U.S. Coast

    22 December 2010
    Business & Finance

    Deepwater Wind, a company based in Providence, Rhode Island, has drawn up plans for what could be the largest wind farm in U.S. waters, the company announced last week. The proposed farm would generate a huge 1,000 megawatts of power and would be located 18 to 27 miles off the coast of Rhode Island and […]

  • South Yorkshire Businesses to Enter Renewable Energy Supply Chain

    27 June 2012

    BUSINESSES in South Yorkshire are being offered help to enter the renewable energy industry’s vast supply chain. The region and its companies – many of which are leaders in engineering and research fields – are ideally placed to take advantage of new green opportunities. But industry experts say the area’s businesses risk losing out, including […]

  • Bilfinger Lowering Curtains on Marine Noise Pollution

    3 October 2014
    Environment

    As governmental bodies are trying to protect the marine life, companies are facing more regulations and restrictions on the offshore installations. During the foundation installation, hydraulic impact hammers create a lot of noise harmful to marine mammals as well as to other sea life. Hamburg-based engineering and services company, Bilfinger Marine & Offshore Systems, developed […]

  • LiDARs Saving Millions on Costs, Experts Say

    18 July 2017
    R&D, Technology

    Wind measurement experts, gathered at a seminar hosted by Leosphere in June, claimed LiDAR is becoming the clear choice for bankable offshore wind measurements, saving millions on costs.

  • ENECO: Touring the Dutch offshore wind farms

    22 December 2014

    On a bright Sunday morning August 31st around 450 persons gathered in the Felison terminal of the DFDS Seaways in the port of IJmuiden where the Princess Seaways cruise liner was waiting to take them on a day trip to the Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm, Dutch utility Eneco’s second offshore wind farm in Dutch […]

  • Alstom Launches Construction of Its Plants in Saint-Nazaire, France

    21 January 2013

    Alstom CEO, Patrick Kron, and Alstom Renewable Power President, Jérôme Pécresse, accompanied Prime Minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, in Saint-Nazaire, when he officially launched construction works of Alstom’s first two offshore wind turbine factories on Monday 21 January. The exclusive supplier to the consortium headed by EDF EN within the framework of France’s first call for tenders […]

  • UK Opens GBP 220 Million Offshore Wind Road to China

    15 December 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, China’s Tus-Wind and TusPark Newcastle have signed a collaboration agreement to work together to advance offshore wind technology co-operation between the two nations.

  • Otto Wulf ‒ A family running their own show

    14 August 2012

    The offshore wind industry is very much dictated by large conglomerates. How is it for smaller companies to keep on their feet in this competitive environment when the stakes are not particular in their favour? Offshore WIND visited family-run towage and salvage company Otto Wulf GmbH and heard how the fourth generation Wulf is running […]

  • Wind Servant – Gripping the wind

    30 August 2012

    After long delays caused by harsh winter conditions and ice around their shipyard in Turku, Finland, Mobimar’s trimaran wind farm support vessel. Wind Servant, is at last able to prove its worth. After the final completion of the sea trials the vessel will be handed over to the Finnish shipping company Meriaura also based in […]

  • Iberdrola Renewables and AREVA Join to Bid for French Offshore Wind Projects

    29 June 2011

      IBERDROLA RENOVABLES and the French company AREVA have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly bid on two zones for offshore wind power development off the French coast. Both companies have agreed to bid for two of the five areas that the French government has offered for competitive tender in a first phase in […]

  • UK: Humber Renewables Awards 2012 Review

    6 March 2012

    IT IS an industry experts predict will be worth £15 billion to the Humber over the next few years. On Friday, March 2, companies helping to cement our region’s position as the UK leader in renewable developments were recognised at an awards ceremony in Hull. More than 150 guests gathered at the Deep for the […]

  • Scotland’s Profits from Wave and Tidal Energy Over £217M

    25 September 2014
    R&D

    Scotland’s flourishing wave and tidal energy sector has invested more than £217m in the country to date, with £31.8m spent in the last 12 months alone, a new Scottish Renewables report shows. Crucially, the study revealed almost two-thirds (62%) of the growing industry’s supply chain is Scottish. Marine energy – in which Scotland is recognised […]

  • Siemens: Wind Power on Its Way to Cost Reduction

    13 November 2013
    R&D, Technology

    Siemens sees offshore wind cost reduction in greater output, less weight, improved production and installation processes of wind turbines. The company intends to apply this to reduce the offshore wind costs in the coming years. The company will present its new 4- and 6-megawatt wind turbines at the EWEA Offshore Trade fair in Frankfurt/Main. At […]

  • Dong Energy in Norddeich, Germany: Building the O&M base for the Borkum Riffgrund and Gode Wind projects

    22 July 2014

    It is always good when you can go to a pretty village on the coast on a bright summer’s day; just imagine how good this is when you do this every day for your work. DONG Energy were probably not too concerned about this aspect when they chose the small North German port of Norddeich […]

  • SMM Direct: Caterpillar Consortium Powers ‘INNOVATION’

    6 September 2012

    Caterpillar Marine Power Systems, together with SAM Electronics, SCHOTTEL and Zeppelin Power Systems, have delivered an integrated power and propulsion package for “M/V Innovation”, one of the largest and most innovative offshore wind turbine installation vessels to date. The consortium of globally renowned marine specialists provided both shipowner and shipyard a single-source solution for all […]

  • Wind power could supply most of East coast (USA)

    29 September 2010
    R&D

    The strong winds off the Atlantic Ocean could become a cost-effective way to power much of the East Coast — especially North and South Carolina, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Virginia, a new study released Tuesday says.

  • Germany: Positive Response to Joint Wind Energy Conferences

    30 September 2013

    The countdown is on. The first WindEnergy Hamburg, the leading international wind energy expo, will be held in one year’s time in Germany’s second largest city. The Hamburg Fair site will be the meeting point for experts from all parts of the world from 23 to 26 September 2014. Twelve months before the start, the […]

  • UK’s Offshore Wind Sector Reaches Milestone

    27 September 2012

    RenewableUK, the trade and professional body for the wind and marine energy industries, is celebrating a milestone month for the offshore wind sector. The UK now has more than 2.67 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity installed – enough to power more than 1,800,000 British homes. This represents more than 60% of the European Union’s offshore […]

  • Belwind Makes Its Offshore Wind Farms Available to Lead Wind Turbine Testings Project (Belgium)

    7 April 2011
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Belwind NV, the leading Belgian producer of alternative energy from offshore wind farms, is pleased to announce that, provided NER300 funding is approved, it will be making part of its latest wind farm concession site off the Bligh Bank on the Belgian continental shelf available for a project. This project will test the latest turbines […]

  • A Win for Coexistence in North Sea | BP and Ørsted Reach Agreement on Offshore Wind-CCS Project Overlap Area

    26 June 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and BP have reached an agreement on the previously disputed overlap area between the Hornsea Four offshore wind farm and the Endurance carbon storage site, developed by the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) that gathers BP, Equinor and TotalEnergies. Quick overview: Ørsted submitted an application for the development consent order (DCO) for the 2.6 GW […]